10 March

Program

Venue

16:30-17:00

Registration and Welcome

Sparkling Wine Factory

2 Szent István Square, Pécs

17:00-18:00

Guided Sparkling Wine Cellar tour and sparkling wine tasting

18:00-20:00

Networking Dinner and informal networking with local stakeholders

• Short introductions by local stakeholders of the regional partners.
• Dinner and informal networking with local stakeholders.

11 March

Program

Venue

9:00-9:30

Registration and Morning Coffee

Pécs Trade Center – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya

36 Majorossy I. Street, Pécs

9:30-9:45

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Opening words: Mr Szabolcs Rabb, Secretary General, CCIPB
• Response: Mr Ioannis Kioses, lead partner West Macedonia Tourism Organisation Board member and associated policy authority Region of West Macedonia Vice-Governor, Greece
• Introduction to the Thematic Workshop A: Mr Manos Vougioukas, Secretary General, ECTN

9:45-10:45

Good practice presentations 1st Session (~10 min / partner)

• Setting the scene: Viticulture and Eno Heritage Preservation, Ms Emanuela Panke, President of Iter Vitis Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, Advisory partner, ITALY
• Western Macedonia’s Wine Journey: Ancient Vines – Living Heritage, Mr Ioannis Kioses, West Macedonia Tourism Organisation Board member and Vice-Governor of West Macedonia Region, GREECE
• Preserving and Promoting Outstanding Wine Heritage Through Living Traditions and Iconic Landscapes, Ms Océane Feuvrier, Wine tourism and gourmet tourism sector, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Tourisme, FRANCE
• From Trading Port to Taste Destination – Bremerhaven’s Emerging Beverage Identity, Ms Claudia Harms, EU programmes advisor, Erlebnis Bremerhaven/City of Bremerhaven, GERMANY
• Sibiu Local Breakfast, Ms Alin Chipăilă, Sibiu County Tourism Association, ROMANIA

10:45-11:00

Coffee Break with Product Presentation and Tasting

• An opportunity to meet fellow delegates, partners and stakeholders
• Tasting of Local Products from the Villány Wine Region

11:00-12:00

Good practice presentations 2nd Session (~10 min / partner)

• Wine Marketing and Wine Tourism in the Villány Wine Region, Ms Boglárka Dóra Kovács, Marketing Director, Villány-Siklós Wine Route Association, HUNGARY
• Commandaria wine heritage as a good practice, Mr Stefanos Hadjioannou, Officer, Pafos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CYPRUS
• Network of wine-producing regions in Portugal – a country of flavours, Ms Celia Barroso, Project Coordinator, AMPV – Stakeholder of Ave Intermunicipal Community, PORTUGAL
• The Grape Harvest Days festival at Čitluk, Mr Kresimir Milicevic, Manager, Tourist Board of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

11:50-13:00

Lunch and Networking at the Chamber

13:00-15:00

Steering Group Meeting

1. Welcome by the host partner Pécs-Baranya CCI and the lead partner, West Macedonia Tourism Organisation.
2. Steering Group Composition – all partners
3. Work Plan review – ECTN
4. Project Management and Coordination – Project coordinator
5. Communication Strategy – Communication manager
6. Financial Management – Financial manager
7. Progress Report 1 submission
8. Staff Exchange Programme – all partners
9. Good Practices – all partners
10. Next steps and events till April 2027 (semesters 3 & 4)
11. Action List
12. Any other business

15:30-17:00

Guided tour at the Janus Pannonius Museum

• Spirit of Place – Genius Loci: The development history of the city of Pécs with a focus on the growth of wine tourism, the evolution of the wine region.

JPM SZ12

12 Széchenyi Square, Pécs

18:00-21:00

Wine Tasting and Networking Dinner

Magtár Restaurant and Event House

6 Dóm Square, Pécs

12 March

Program

Venue

8:30-9:00

Meetup at the Chamber,

• then departure by rented bus to the Research Institute

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya

36 Majorossy I. Street, Pécs

9:35-10:00

Guided tour at the Research Institute and Cellar

Research Institute for Viticulture and Oenology of the University of Pécs

4 Pázmány Péter Street, Pécs

10:10

Bus transfer to the event venue at Szentmiklós Vineyard

Research Institute for Viticulture and Oenology of the University of Pécs

1 Szentmiklós Vineyard, Pécs

10:30-11:30

Breeding and clone selection – development of new varieties resistant to diseases and adapted to climate change (Good practice presentation)

• Presenter: Mr Péter Teszlák PhD, Reasearch Director, University of Pécs
• Q&A session

11:30-12:30

Grape gene bank and preservation of indigenous varieties – conservation and research of rare local grape varieties (Good practice presentation)

• Presenter: Mr Péter Teszlák PhD, Reasearch Director, University of Pécs
• Presentation combined with 5-sample wine tasting
• Q&A session

12:30-13:00

Break and informal discussion

13:00-14:00

 Lunch at the Winery

14.00-14:30

Closing of the Conference,

• then bus transfer back to Pécs city center