The Development of Cultural Routes: A Valuable Asset for Romania

The development of cultural routes is a valuable tool for intercultural dialogue at grass-roots level and contributes to social cohesion through the development of inspiring themes and participatory activities. At the same time they are an ideal way for the Council of Europe to put into action the values it promotes of democracy and human rights, including access to culture for all. The offer of various cultural routes at the European level is exceptionally rich, the choice of major cultural routes of Europe being defined by the basic criteria of the Council of Europe. The paper focuses on cultural routes development in Romania, as a valuable asset, having all required features and offering corresponding content, information and facilities to the benefit for both local businesses and tourists. A general framework for evaluation and impact measurement of cultural itineraries is presented, setting into value the results of the two projects developed by Romanian authorities, co-financed by the European Commission