The Craft and Cultural Heritage Jobs Day took place on Tuesday,
15 May 2018 at the DRAC premises in Toulouse. It was organised on the initiative of
European Movement in partnership with
Maison de l’Europe-CIED,
DRAC Occitanie, the
Regional Chamber for Trades and Crafts, Toulouse Metropole and Toulouse City Council, Toulouse Academy, Cervantes Institute, Goethe Institute and the
European School of Law.Following the welcoming speech by
Michel-Joseph Durand, and
Christian Vidal, the respective presidents of the European Movement and Maison de l'Europe, the secretary-general of Maison de l’Europe,
Geneviève de Saint Hubert, spoke about the European Year of Cultural Heritage and the actions taken by Europe to promote culture and heritage.
Subsequently, the morning’s round-table discussions looked at the issue of craftwork jobs in Occitanie, Spain and Germany, from the point of view of the actors (textile, glassworks and metalsmith professionals), their places for training (Revel vocational school in woodwork and the Hélène Boucher vocational school in wig-making) and the initiation of a regional policy on craftwork jobs in Occitanie and beyond (Coop’Art).
After a break for lunch accompanied by music, the round-table talks looked at how cinema is part of European cultural heritage. There were speeches by the directors of the
Toulouse Cinematheque, ESAV, Cinespaña Festival and Goethe Institute
