1st International Event “Debating the Future of the European Rural Territories and the Social Value of the Cultural Heritage of the EU Historic Villages”

REGISTRATION

You can register for the 1st International Meeting in the next link.

DATE AND PLACE

PLACE: Casa de la cultura, Vimianzo (Spain)
DATE: 4th-5th of April 2019

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH 2019
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:30 Project official opening event

• Official inauguration and Project presentation: Manuel Antelo Pazos, Municipality of Vimianzo
• “Demographic Challenges in the EU: Solutions and Strategies?” Cristina Couto, team manager, Europe Direct – ACoruña
• Presentation of invited organisations, from Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria, Latvia and Republic of Macedonia.

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:45 Lectures

• “The developmental concept. A theoretical building-practical complex” Valerià Paül Carril, ANTE Research Group – Territorial Analysis, University of Santiago de Compostela
• “Archaeological Valorisation. An Insight from the Administration” Roberto Penas Puentes, head of Archaeology department, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Galician Government
• “Tourism Development Strategies through Creative Industries Tourism” Iria Caamaño Franco, Faculty of Sociology, University of A Coruña

13:45 – 14:00 Questions & Answers
14:00 – 15:30 Networking & Lunch (Cocktail at the Hall of the House of Culture)
15:30 – 16:30 Panel of experiences on rural development & cultural heritage
• “The Vimianzo Heritage and the Local Development” Marta Rey, councillor of Culture, Municipality of Vimianzo
• “The Impact of European Policies on Agri-Food Cultural Heritage” Rocío García Carregal & Leonor Lorenzo Abalo, Slow Food Compostela
• “Via Mariana” José Antonio de la Riera Autrán, founding member of Asociación Via Mariana

16:30 – 17:00 Debate

FRIDAY APRIL 5TH 2019

09:30 –11:00
1. Welcome words on behalf of the Municipality of Vimianzo Brief introduction of the invited guests from Galicia (stakeholders)
2. Strategies of Rural Development:

• María Cristina Cid Fernández, mayor of the Municipality of Allariz
• Antón Pombo, disseminator of the Way of St James and rural tourism entrepreneur
• Arménio Coelho, Aldeias Históricas de Portugal
• Uxío Novo Rei, Uxío Novoneyra Foundation

3. Discussion and debate about the current situation and challenges of the European rural areas, such as depopulation, population aging, lack of job opportunities, and on their future.

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee

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