Dobrogea - Candidat Regiune Gastronomică Europeană 2029
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🌍 In Barcelona, at Palau de Pedralbes, pe on September 27, 2025, during the World Gastronomy SummitDobrogea was represented alongside global leaders, experts, and innovators — from UNESCO, Slow Food, Crop Trust, and the Future Food Institute, to international gastronomic networks and representatives of the Regions of Gastronomy worldwide.

The summit brought together over 160 participants from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, to envision the future of food by 2050 and to shape sustainable policies and solutions.

📜 The central moment of the event was the adoption of the World Gastronomy Summit Declaration, a document calling for the official recognition of food as an essential part of culture, identity, and heritage within global agendas, which was later presented at MONDIACULT 2025.

✍️ UNPR-RSE signed the declaration alongside organizations from around the world, and it can still be signed here: https://www.worldregionofgastronomy.org/wgs-declaration/

✨ The summit concluded with the Food Film Menu 2025 Gala, where the short film Flavours of Dobrogea: A Journey Through Ethnic Cuisine received the “Culinary Expeditions” award — once again bringing Dobrogea into the international spotlight.

🌟 The first World Gastronomy Summit marks the beginning of a global movement that seeks to have food recognized not merely as nourishment, but as an essential expression of culture, heritage, and identity — one capable of shaping resilient societies for future generations.

📖 Below is the full text of the adopted at the World Gastronomy Summit (translated into English):

 

The World Gastronomy Summit Declaration on Food at the Heart of Cultural Policies and Community Well-being

We, the undersigned, gathered in Barcelona at the first World Gastronomy Summit, in the presence of cultural leaders, policymakers, chefs, producers, researchers, and representatives of civil society, hereby declare our shared commitment to recognize, preserve, and celebrate food as a fundamental pillar of cultural heritage and identity.

We affirm that food is much more than nourishment. It is a living expression of culture — rooted in memory, territory, tradition, creativity, and community. Culinary practices connect generations, tell the stories of our peoples, reflect our natural environments, and shape our shared sense of belonging.

On the eve of MONDIACULT 2025, we call upon governments, international organizations, regional bodies, and civil society to join us in:

  • Recognizing food as cultural heritage and fully integrating it into cultural, agricultural, tourism, and educational policies;
  • Supporting local and regional initiatives that promote sustainable food systems, rooted in evolving cultural traditions, celebrating cuisine and its ingredients;
  • Empowering youth and communities to preserve and innovate their gastronomic heritage with pride, by investing in producers and protecting the ways of life of regions;
  • Encouraging research and storytelling that document and celebrate food traditions from around the world;
  • Promoting inclusive dialogue that unites cultures and generations through the shared language of food.

This Declaration is inspired by UNESCO’s leadership in recognizing culinary traditions as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. Fifteen years after UNESCO’s recognition of the Mediterranean diet as intangible cultural heritage, we reaffirm the essential role of gastronomy in protecting cultural diversity and fostering intercultural dialogue. From traditional agriculture and artisanal preparation to festive rituals and daily meals, UNESCO’s work on food traditions highlights both the richness and the fragility of our shared food heritage.

This Declaration aims to serve as a landmark in a growing global movement that calls for gastronomy to be placed at the heart of cultural policies and community well-being.

Together, we commit to nourishing both people and the planet — by protecting and celebrating one of humanity’s deepest cultural expressions: the food that defines us.

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