The Grands Sites annual meetings

This is an annual opportunity explore a theme that is important for the management and future of the Grands Sites over two days. It brings together all the network members as well as its partners.

Hosted on a different Grand Site every year, these ‘Rencontres’ (meetings) have been held since 1999, on the following themes:

2006 in Bibracte Mont-Beuvray
"the Grand Sites and the touristical strategy of the territories."

2005 in Marais Poitevin
“Visitor centres and interpretation on the Grands Sites”

2004 in the Baie de Somme
International symposium in partnership with the International Council on Monuments and Sites - France
“Living on a Grand Site: belief in sustainable development”

2003 at the Roches de Solutré Pouilly Vergisson
“What are the requirements for welcoming the public onto the Grands Sites?”

2002 at the Cirque de Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
“Economic spin-off from the Grands Sites”

2001 at Montagne Sainte Victoire
“Signposting on the Grands Site"

2000 at the Pointe du Raz
“Public security on the Grands Sites – Responsibility of the steward managers and owners”

1999 at Domaine du Rayol
“The sense of places and Grands Sites management”

You can read an exposé on each Rencontre here (in french)

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