EFTR WHO WE ARE

 

EFTR
WHO WE ARE

 

The European Fairy Tale Route
became a Cultural Route
of the Council of Europe in 2022

 

The European Fairy Tale Route is an itinerary that links imaginary spaces to real places with the aim of highlighting the heritage of myths, values, and models of behavior which are the basis of our European identity. It enhances the tangible and intangible heritage of our continent, linking the characters of fairytales, folklore stories, legends, and oral traditions of the past with the authors, museums, parks, houses, libraries, and centers of reading. In a journey suspended between space and time, visitors can explore the enchanted places of the fairy-tale characters, and at the same time delve into the historical, anthropological, and literary culture of the stories, also experiencing the attraction parks in the tourist destinations of European fairy tales revealed by the route.

Fairy tales, as a common heritage shared by all the inhabitants of our continent, have had and still have a very active role in the education of children and continue to propose the fundamental values of solidarity, respect for differences, and care for environment to adults too. In fact, they are the basis of common feeling, and their re-proposition as an element of cultural diplomacy is the greatest goal of this itinerary, which aims to highlight shared ethics and propose evidence of the different models of behavior of each single culture.

Fairy tales should be considered as an important intercultural and educational tool relevant to improve democratic citizenship in our society and to live better together in Europe. Thus, the European Fairy Tale Route is a journey of (re)discovery of the characters and authors of European fairy tales, of enchanted places imagined as children, which is part of a new type of cultural and experiential tourism, where tradition is combined with emotion and imagination.

The EFTR aims to strengthen the economic, social, and cultural development by enhancing the areas along the itinerary in terms of visibility, cooperation, and sustainability. The European Fairy Tale Route became in 2022 a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

The Cultural Routes programme, launched by the Council of Europe in 1987, demonstrates in a visible way, by means of a journey through space and time, how the heritage of the different countries and cultures of Europe represent a share cultural heritage. The Cultural Routes put into practice the fundamental values of Council of Europe: human rights, cultural democracy, cultural diversity and identity, dialogue, mutual exchange and enrichments across boundaries and centuries.

 

The European Fairy Tale Route became a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe in 2022

 

The European Fairy Tale Route is an itinerary that links imaginary spaces to real places with the aim of highlighting the heritage of myths, values, and models of behavior which are the basis of our European identity. It enhances the tangible and intangible heritage of our continent, linking the characters of fairytales, folklore stories, legends, and oral traditions of the past with the authors, museums, parks, houses, libraries, and centers of reading. In a journey suspended between space and time, visitors can explore the enchanted places of the fairy-tale characters, and at the same time delve into the historical, anthropological, and literary culture of the stories, also experiencing the attraction parks in the tourist destinations of European fairy tales revealed by the route.

Fairy tales, as a common heritage shared by all the inhabitants of our continent, have had and still have a very active role in the education of children and continue to propose the fundamental values of solidarity, respect for differences, and care for environment to adults too. In fact, they are the basis of common feeling, and their re-proposition as an element of cultural diplomacy is the greatest goal of this itinerary, which aims to highlight shared ethics and propose evidence of the different models of behavior of each single culture.

Fairy tales should be considered as an important intercultural and educational tool relevant to improve democratic citizenship in our society and to live better together in Europe. Thus, the European Fairy Tale Route is a journey of (re)discovery of the characters and authors of European fairy tales, of enchanted places imagined as children, which is part of a new type of cultural and experiential tourism, where tradition is combined with emotion and imagination.

The EFTR aims to strengthen the economic, social, and cultural development by enhancing the areas along the itinerary in terms of visibility, cooperation, and sustainability. The European Fairy Tale Route became in 2022 a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

The Cultural Routes programme, launched by the Council of Europe in 1987, demonstrates in a visible way, by means of a journey through space and time, how the heritage of the different countries and cultures of Europe represent a share cultural heritage. The Cultural Routes put into practice the fundamental values of Council of Europe: human rights, cultural democracy, cultural diversity and identity, dialogue, mutual exchange and enrichments across boundaries and centuries.

 

EFTR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

EFTR
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Marina D’Amato (National Carlo Collodi Foundation)
President

Sabine Lutkat (European Society for Fairy Tales)
Vice-President

Michal Malinowski (Storyteller Museum)
Secretary

Roberto Vezzani (National Carlo Collodi Foundation)
Treasurer

Tom O’Rahilly (National Leprechaun Museum)
Dimitris Symeonidis (Dream Workers)
Beate Zekorn-von-Bebenburg (Struwwelpeter Museum)
Marta Minier (George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling, University of South Wales)
Members of the Association

Edmondo Grassi (Telematic University San Raffaele)
Representative of the Executive Committee

Marina D’Amato
(National Carlo Collodi Foundation)
President

Sabine Lutkat
(European Society for Fairy Tales)
Vice-President

Michal Malinowski
(Storyteller Museum)
Secretary

Roberto Vezzani
(National Carlo Collodi Foundation)
Treasurer

Tom O’Rahilly
(National Leprechaun Museum)
Dimitris Symeonidis
(Dream Workers)
Beate Zekorn-von-Bebenburg
(Struwwelpeter Museum) 
Marta Minier
(George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling, University of South Wales)
Members of the Association

Edmondo Grassi
(Telematic University San Raffaele)
Representative of the Executive Committee

EFTR THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 

EFTR
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 

Vicki Balomenou
Fairytale Museum

Rossana Barcellona
University of Catania

Lorenzo Cantatore
Roma Tre University

Alberto D’Alessandro
European Commission

Hanna Dose
Städtische Museen Bad Oeynhausen

Edmondo Grassi
University San Raffaele Roma

Harlinda Lox
European Society for Fairy Tales

Patrick Ryan
Independent scholar

Alice Spinnler
Swiss Society of Fairy Tales

Pia Todorovic
Swiss Society of Fairy Tales

Veronica Trevisan
Swiss Society of Fairy Tales

Vicki Balomenou
(Fairytale Museum)

Rossana Barcellona
(University of Catania)

Lorenzo Cantatore
(Roma Tre University)

Alberto D’Alessandro
(European Commission)

Hanna Dose
(Städtische Museen Bad Oeynhausen)

Edmondo Grassi
(University San Raffaele Roma)

Harlinda Lox
(European Society for Fairy Tales)

Patrick Ryan
(Independent scholar)

Alice Spinnler
(Swiss Society of Fairy Tales)

Pia Todorovic
(Swiss Society of Fairy Tales)

Veronica Trevisan
(Swiss Society of Fairy Tales)