NEWS

Launch of the project and first Steering committee

After participating to the launch of projects supported by the

European Commision in April, the FFE, coordinator, gath-

ered the 12 public-private partners of the Consortium for

the first steering committee, organised on May, 10 th, in

Paris. The Ministry of Sports, which officially supported the

application during the European call for projects, welcomed

this first Steering committee, formalising the implementation

of the works.

A roadmap, including a planning, a division of tasks and some monitoring tables, has

been given to each partner, before reviewing the works to conduct before the 2 nd Steer-

ing committee.

Finalisation of the Belgian layout

The Ligue Equestre Wallonie Bruxelles, in charge of

the belgian part of European Route d’Artagnan’s

layout, finalised its route !

Thus, they digitised 618 km of equestrian routes

divided in thirty stop-overs, enquired the bed and

breakfeats welcoming horses and made recogni-

tions on the field, for the Belgian sections of the

Route Royale and the Route de Madame, the two

principal trails of the European Route d’Artagnan.

To Véronique and Philippe : well done !

NEWSLETTER N°1 / JULY 2016

T. SAMECK

Events in Burgundy and Champagne-Ardenne

The village of Champlecy organised on May, 29th a party in honour of Anne-Charlotte de

Champlecy, « Ms. D’Artagnan ». A panel of the European Route d’Artagnan was placed in

the castle.

The village of Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse proposed on June 4 th and 5th a show of the

Lames-sur-Seine and a conference of Odile Bordaz.

The Departmental Committee of

Equestrian Tourism of the Arden-

nes offered a beautiful parade of

Musketeers to close its Equitour

hiking of June, 4th and 5th.

A. CULAS CDTE ARDENNES

EDITORIAL The support given by the

European Commission to

the European Route d’Art-

agnan shows the consid-

eration of equestrian tour-

ism as a full gentle roam-

ing.

This recognition promotes

the daily work of the re-

gional and departmental

stakeholders of equestrian

tourism.

The ambitious objective of

the European Route d’Art-

agnan is to propose an

equestrian and cultural

quality experience, discov-

ering European heritages,

in the footsteps of the fa-

mous Musketeer and to

the rhythm of the horses’

steps.

18 months are ahead of us

to achieve this project. A

beautiful adventure to

come…

Frédéric BOUIX,

Secretary-General of the

FFE

Alain LIBEROS,

President-founder of AERA

AGENDA

Hiking from Visé to Maastricht

23-24/06/2016 (Belgium-Netherlands)

Installation of a panel

25/06/2016 in Maastricht (Netherlands)

Opening in the Hautes Pyrénées

10/08/2016 in Artagnan (France)

Hiking to Lupiac-Festival D’Artagnan chez D’Artagnan

12-13-14/08/2016 in Lupiac (France)

Second Steering committee

20/09/2016 in Paris (France)

CONSORTIUM FOCUS

Regional sheets

The Regional and Departmental Commit-

tees of Equestrian Tourism are consolida-

ting regional sheets, contributing to the de-

velopment of the European Route d’Arta-

gnan’s layout.

The routes will become definitive this

summer. The 2 principles axes (Route

Royale and Route de Madame) will be

operational in autumn.

These regional sheets prefigure the con-

tent of the European Route d’Artagnan’s

guidebook.

Information to the local authorities

A letter supporting a request for a future

registration of the European Route d’Art-

agnan’s routes to the local plan for pro-

tection and development of hiking trails

was sent to the Presidents of the County

Council in April, 2016. Some local authori-

ties mobilised themselves since that day.

Press Kit

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Press coverage

To date, 112 articles were dedicated to

the European Route d’Artagnan :

· 8 in international press : England, Italy,

Denmark, Netherlands

· 13 in national press : Aujourd’hui en

France, Direct Matin, Femme actuel-

le, Le Figaro, Le Parisien...

· 37 in specialised press

· 35 in regional daily press

· 19 on websites

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The Fédération Fran-çaise d’Equitation (FFE) benefits from the delega-tion of public service from the Ministry of Sports for the develop-ment of equestrian activi-ties, formation and com-petition. Thus, it works for the promotion and the devel-opment of all equestrian tourism activities.

Created in 2014 in order to ensure the long-term governance, the Associa-tion European Route d’Artagnan gathers 7 local authorities, 5 na-tional equestrian federa-tions and 6 associations linked to the promotion of d’Artagnan.