The Association de loi 1901 Itinéraires Liberté Pyrénées Europe , created in the summer of 2022 on the initiative of Mrs Josette Durrieu, honorary senator and former member of the Council of Europe, daughter of parents active in the Pyrenean Resistance. The association has set up a partnership network that includes local authorities in France and Spain, the Maison de l'Europe des Hautes-Pyrénées, the departmental services of theOffice National des Anciens Combattants (ONAC), and the Vielha History Museum (Spain), the Société des Membres de la Légion d'Honneur, departmental hiking committees, communities of communes with the "Villes et Pays d'Art et d'Histoire" label, and various associations, such as " Chemins de la liberté ", which is very active in researching and disseminating testimonials. It began by collecting testimonies from survivors and children of escapees and smugglers. The range of partners includes national institutions such as the Shoah Memorial, theInstitut des Hautes Études de la Défense Nationale and theInstitut Géographique National, as well as international structures such as the Erasmus mundus DYCLAM+ master's program (France, Romania, Portugal, Italy), theFranco-German Youth Office and the London-basedEuropean Interparliamentary Association for Security and Defense. A renewed Scientific Committee (since the previous application) advises the Association in this process, and has created a network of universities and researchers.

The Association's ambition is to participate in the construction of a "shared cultural space", at once educational, scientific and touristic, bringing together local authorities, tourist agencies on a local scale, non-governmental organizations, cultural institutions, educational structures and the academic world. Together, we will implement the API's main objective: to promote "themes of symbolic importance for European unity, history, culture and values".

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