Acts of the Annual International Conference Salerno 2009

As the deadline of the FP7 last call for projects was set for February 2, 2010, the conference of Salerno was the scientific meeting where the members of ENTI discussed and validated the axes and activities of ENTI and of the ENTI project for FP7 (which is become " Future Jobs For a better LIFE"). The day of Wednesday, November 4 2009, was organized to that end.

This event was the seventh annual international conference of Territorial intelligence.

It has presented a new theme whose relevance has progressively increased during the last years : the place of culture in sustainable territorial development.

The communications presented during the conference were divided according to five themes:

• Topic A: State of the art of territorial intelligence

   

• Topic B: From knowledge of territories to territorial action (knowledge, information and indicators, analytical methods, operating tools, decision-making process)

   

• Topic C: Territorial governance, vulnerable populations and territories voltage

   

• Topic D: Culture, tourism and sustainable territorial development (culture as fourth pillar of sustainable development, governance and cultural diversity, heritage and development, access to culture and cultural development of the territory, cultural tourism and sustainable development)

   

• Topic E: combining economic, social and environmental objectives of sustainable development in the context of the socio-ecological transition: changes in job areas and in local systems of employment and welfare.