Magma Geopark, together with several local partners, had an opportunity to visit the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, as part of the EU project Ruritage. The goal of the trip was to observe the good practices in tourism development, exchange knowledge and learn from our...
The 25th to 27th of September Magma Geopark successfully participated at the 19th European Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks hosted by Sierra Norte de Sevilla UNESCO Global Geopark, Spain. The Magma representatives presented to the audience the RURITAGE project and...
The Geotourism seminar at Stord gave us useful input on dissemination and exciting geology. We had a chance to learn more about innovative ways of interpretating geological heritage and also present our chosen ICT projects. Both Magma Geopark and Gea Norvegica had...
Harri Auvinen fra Savonia, Finland besøkte Magma Geopark 11 september og hadde opplæring og support på bruk av INTO Tool som skal brukes i å utvikle en forretningsmodell for Magma i RURITAGE prosjektet.
Borghi d’ Italia Italian shooting crew spent more then three full days in Magma Geopark to start shooting for the RURITAGE (www.ruritage.eu) promotional movie about our wonderful Geopark, the #GEOfood (www.geofood.no) project and sustainable development with local...
Magma Geopark, with Cathrine Johannessen Skogen, Anne Vigdis Ellingsen (Egersund Business and Harbor) and Frank Toks (Deputy Mayor Sokndal Municipality) participated in the RURITAGE project meeting in Crete from 27th to 30th of May. Here, role models and replicators...
Welcome to Ruritania! A cultural heritage social simulation. Develop your rural area. Deal with migration, depopulation, natural disasters. What happens next? It depends on you! Ruritania is a serious game i.e. a games with a serious goal, or officially called a...
On the recommendation of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, the executive board of UNESCO has designated Magma Geopark as UNESCO Global Geopark from 1st of January 2019 to the 31st of December 2022. Magma UNESCO Global Geopark is an area identified within the...
RURITAGE HUB OFFICIALLY OPEN On Thursday, April 11, we marked the start of an exciting time together with RURITAGE, and our local and international partners. We had a great open evening in our Magma office, and visitors got to taste GEOfood from both Eigra / Grand...
RURITAGE project meeting in Valladolid, Spain MAGMA participated in partner meeting and workshop 18th – 22nd of March in Valladolid, Spain. The first part of the meeting was dedicated to structure and progress in RURITAGE. Us Replicators also got to know our...
Magma UGG takes part in Central Committe Meeting in Swabian Alb At the end of the last Central Committe Meeting in Swabian Alb the delegates agreed on the following Declaration for strengthening the values of the Global Geoparks Network and the International...
Pål Thjømøe has been appointed ambassador for the Stavanger region for his efforts to get the Ruritage General Assembly 2019 to the Stavanger region. Ruritage is a four-year project (started in 2018) financed by the ‘European Commission Horizon 2020 Program’. The...
MAGMA UNESCO Global Geopark participated at ITB Berlin 2019 MAGMA Geopark was sharing a stand with 19 other UNESCO Global Geoparks in order to increase visibility and communicate our message to the wider audience. MAGMA Geopark promoted its soft adventures, such as...
6th ESTEAM partner meeting in Magma GeoparkThe 6th partner meeting of the ESTEAM project took place in Magma Geopark, Norway, from January 27th to February 2nd. This was a two part meeting, where the first part was dedicated to management of the project and the second...
Kulturrådet and Norges forskningsråd invited us to talk about Ruritage. More than 100 participants and ALL the main stakeholders working with cultural cooperation across and above borders were represented at the conference. It was really exciting to see all the...
