The countries of the Mediterranean diet
With the inclusion of the Mediterranean Diet in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Baku in 2013, the Mediterranean Diet countries have become 7: Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Spain, together with their respective emblematic communities, share the management of the cultural element.
Each country has therefore designated the respective focal points, administrations competent for the management of the UNESCO recognition at national and international level.
CROATIA
Mirna Bojić, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Culture
Jelena Ivanišević, Institute for Ethnological and Folkloristic Research
Silvija Pavičić, Stari Grad, Hvar, Representative of the Emblematic Community
CYPRUS
Angel Nikolaou Konnari, Associate Professor of History at the University of Cyprus and Expert of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Niki Kafkalia, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Agros
Department of Agriculture
National Commission of Cyprus for UNESCO
GREECE
Villy Fotopoulou, Director of Modern Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture
Rena Kosti, Ministry of Rural Development
Vasiliki Inglezou, Maniatakeion Foundation, Representative of the KORONI Emblematic Community
Chara Rikounaki, Representative of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (CIHEAM)
ITALY
Pier Luigi Petrillo, Full Professor, Member of the UNESCO ICH Evaluation Body
Lia Luchetti, official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry Policies and Tourism
Alessandro Zagarella, UNESCO expert
Ottavio Di Bella, UNESCO Expert
Laura Rossi, Researcher CREA, UNESCO Working Group, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry Policies and Tourism
Stefano Pisani, Mayor of Pollica, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Pollica-Cilento
Tommaso Pellegrino, President of the Cilento and Vallo de Diano National Park, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Pollica-Cilento
MOROCCO
Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen, Representative of the Chefchaouen Emblematic Community
Zitan Mohamed Rida, Representative of the Chefchaouen Emblematic Community
PORTUGAL
Jorge Queiroz, Head of the Divisão de Cultura, Património and Museus de Tavira, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Tavira
Jorge Botelho, Mayor of Tavira, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Tavira
António Rego, Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of State for Forestry and Rural Development
SPAIN
Elisa De Cabo de La Vega, Deputy Director of the General Protection of Historical Heritage, Ministry of Culture
Joan Reguant, ICH UNESCO Expert
Juan Manuel Ruiz Liso, Director of the Fundación Cientifica Caja Rural de Soria, Representative of the Emblematic Community of Soria
Meddiet - The portal of the Mediterranean Diet "is a project of the University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, made with ccontribution of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies - Ministerial Decree n. 93824 of 30 December 2014 and updated in 2018 in collaboration with CREA - Food and nutrition research center.