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I am very pleased to announce the development of an important network, the European Network of Places of Peace. The first meeting of the Network took place on May 23-25, 2009, in Portugal in the historical town of Estremoz,  supported by the Minicipality of Estremoz. This meeting has a great significance for the municipality, and was organised to coincide with the commemoration of the anniversary of the historical peace treaty signed in this Municipality in 1763. The purpose of this Network is to celebrate peace by commemorating peace treatises, and those who participated in making them happen. The Network will connect participating places through cultural and heritage tourism initiatives, projects and opportunities.

Estremoz, beautiful sights and medieval heritage sites.

Mr. Eduardo Basso, President of the ENPP.

 The seven permanent members of the ENPP (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Saxony -Germany, Spain) .

The Meyor of the municipality, Minister of culture, and other policymakers were present.

Permanent members with Portugal Minister of culture during the commemoration ceremony.

A staged historical perspective of the signature of the Evora Monte’s peace treaty.

The symbol of the community’s peace treaty.

If you are around you may want to visit the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament conference. Pioneering women peace makers and musicians are participating in the Voices of Peace from the Balkans and the Caucasus to sing and support world peace. This interesting event is taking place on May 24, 2009 in Utrech, the Netherlands.

For more click: women-for-peace

It is true that certain forms of tourism and types of tourists make the critics of tourism and peace even more pessimistic about the positive relationship between tourism and peace. However, it is, nevertheless, worth noting that peace through tourism debate has become commonplace in the tourism discourse. And yes, not only in political arenas but also in academia. Internationally, tourism conferences and seminars are increasingly recognising the importance of the tourism and peace phenomenon. More and more conferences are including tourism and peace in their selection of themes. The International Center for Peace through Tourism Research has been invited to participate in the Annual Heritage Tourism conference organised by L&R Sozialforschung/L&R Social Research in Austria on June 3-5, 2009. You are cordially invited to participate with us in this important conference. For more information contact Mr. Behrouz Sayahpour

L&R Sozialforschung/ L&R Social Research

To see the conference program, click on the following links:

heritage-tourism-conference; heritage-tourism2