The CULTUSERI 2025 conference, held from 16 to 21 November in Tbilisi (Georgia), saw the collaboration of partners from Aracne and members from BACSA (the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Central Asia Silk Organisation) to raise awareness in the global sericulture community of the sector’s potential for development in the cultural and tourism sectors. This is intended to complement and support the agricultural-industrial supply chain, which is currently suffering for a variety of reasons.
The conference aimed to showcase the work carried out within the Aracne project on an international stage, a goal that was successfully achieved. In fact, the conference was attended by delegates from countries outside Europe that are important in terms of silk: China, India, Japan, Turkey. In addition, there were also representatives of European countries (Switzerland, Germany and Romania) that are not Aracne partners, but which have an important silk tradition in both the agricultural supply chain and the textile industry. The presence of the International Sericultural Commission (representing 23 different silk-producing countries) General Secretary and Member Secretary of the Central Silk Board of India was really appreciated.
Attached are the conference programme and the letter sent by Mr P. Sivakumar, Secretary General of the International Silk Commission.
