Armenia to host 2026 Cultural Routes Annual Advisory Forum

Armenia will host the 15th Council of Europe Cultural Routes annual advisory forum and the governing board’s informal meeting. 

Armenia was unanimously approved as host country by the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA)  during its annual meeting in Luxembourg, the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport said in a press release.

The Governing Board also elected a new Bureau.

Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage Astghik Marabyan was elected as Bureau Member alongside Maria Giusi Luprano of Italy and Ilja Kocian of the Czech Republic. Spain’s Sergio Ortega Munoz was elected Chair, while Eszter Csonka-Takacs of Hungary was elected Vice-Chair.

Armenia has been a member of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe since 2015.