Joan Reguant, Cultural Projects Coordinator of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation, participated in the 1st European Congress on Tourism and Gastronomy that took place in Madrid on 24th and 25th of May.

This first edition of the Congress, which counted with many reputed speakers, underlined the important role of gastronomy in the tourism trade, not only as a complement to the most traditional tourism, but to its recognition as a representative and important element for the agro-food industry, as well as on rural and sustainable development, promoting Spanish products and gastronomy.

Joan Reguant talked about the Mediterranean Diet beyond its well-known reputation as a nutrition guideline, about the lifestyle it represents and its values and habits shared by all the people of the Mediterranean basin, a transnational heritage that helps biodiversity and local production, as well as its gastronomy.

On 12th, 13th and 14th of March the First Meeting of the four communities (Chefchaouen, Cilento in Italy, Koroni in Greece and Soria in Spain) identified on the transnational nomination of the Mediterranean Diet, took place in Chefchaouen (Morocco).

During this first meeting, the local and national institutional authorities signed the Declaration of Chefchaouen, which pays special attention to the significance of the intangible cultural heritage in general and particularly to the Mediterranean Diet. Furthermore, the communities agreed with this Declaration to safeguard and promote this common heritage, shared by all the people in the Mediterranean, and alerts of the erosion process that the Mediterranean Diet suffers from because of new and unhealthy lifestyles.

After presenting their most important elements and proposing some actions to share in the future, the four communities have agreed to repeat this meeting organised by the Ministry of Culture of Morocco and the Municipality of Chefchoauen, in the other three communities in the upcoming months.

The Nomination of the Mediterranean Diet has been presented to the UNESCO for its recognition as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

On 29th August 2009, Spain, Greece, Italy and Morocco, jointly presented to the UNESCO, in Paris, the Nomination of the Mediterranean Diet for its inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Since then, taking advantage of the official deadline to submit additional information, the nomination has been completed, satisfying all the demanded technical requests.

The decision about the inscription, after the evaluation of the nomination by the Committee, will be made known on November 2010, during the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Known that the work has been completed, and hoping that the Mediterranean Diet will get its recognition as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Mediterranean Diet Foundation, Transnational Technical Coordinator of the Nomination, would like to thank all the people and entities that have supported this project.

On March 24th and 25th 2010, will take place the eighth Barcelona International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet.

This Conference will bring together a significant number of experts from different countries to discuss the nutritional, cultural and anthropological aspects of the Mediterranean Diet, a millennium-old heritage shared by the populations of the Mediterranean basin.

For the first time and trying to satisfy one of the repeated requests from exhibitors and visitors to Alimentaria, the show opts for a concentrated model in its next edition. The fair and the Congress will be held in the modern Gran Via Fira de Barcelona, occupying all of these facilities located in L’Hospitalet del Llobregat. A suitable framework to host one of the most important fairs in the world of the food and beverage industry.
For all the information about the congress, visit the website.

On January 18th, Joan Reguant, coordinator of cultural projects of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation, participated in the event that the AUGA and the UNECO Association of the town of Igualada held in the Ateneo of Igualada. His lecture, “The Mediterranean Diet, from the landscape to the table. The art of living”, attracted a large audience.

The event focused on the Mediterranean Diet as a cultural fact, a cultural heritage shared by all Mediterranean peoples. We are dealing with a dynamic and evolving heritage, built by those people who have lived around the Mediterranean, and their techniques, their own beliefs and acquired knowledge, a tour from the landscape to the table that also values the collection, preparation, conservation and consumption of food. We are talking about the Mediterranean Diet as the symbolism and devotion that the people of the Mediterranean area give to food and especially to sharing the table with others.

The conference served to highlight the importance of including the Mediterranean Diet on the representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, permitting and thus helping to safeguard and disseminate this heritage.

Jornada de Peix

El día 28 de noviembre, la Fundación Dieta Mediterránea participó en la jornada sobre la cocina del pescado organizada en el pueblo de la Costa Brava, Palamós, por la Cátedra de Estudios Marítimos de la Universidad de Gerona, con el Ayuntamiento de Palamós. La nutricionista Blanca Raidó representó la FDM con la intervención titulada “El valor nutricional del pescado de costa en la Dieta Mediterránea”.

El pescado tiene un valor destacado por la actividad económica que genera y por las manifestaciones culturales y sociales que conlleva. Por este motivo se ha organizado la jornada de trabajo, donde los profesionales y expertos presentaron e intercambiaron conocimientos sobre la importancia cultural, gastronómica, económica y nutricional que tiene la cocina del pescado en nuestro país.

Para más información:
Cátedra de Estudios Marítimos:
http://cem.udg.edu
Museo de la Pesca de Palamós:
www.museudelapesca.org

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