Cross-Border Virtual Conference of the Gerês-Xures Dinamico Project

Cross-Border Virtual Conference of the Gerês-Xures Dinamico Project, an opportunity to get to know the resources and capabilities of one of the areas with the most potential on the border between Spain and Portugal

WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER, 2020

Moderator Mr. Luis Caramés

(Professor of Applied Economics at USC and president of Grupo Colmeiro)

10:00am to 10:30am: Opening ceremony:

· Mr. José Manuel Baltar, President of the Provincial Council of Ourense

Presentation of the Conference:

· Representative of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Regional Government of Galicia

· Ms. Belén María do Campo, Director General of Natural Heritage

· Ms. Ester Silva, vice-president of the Comissâo de Coordenaçâo e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (CCDR-N)

· Mr. Luis Pedro Martíns, President of Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP)

· Ms. Sandra Sarmento, Regional Director of Conservaçâo da Natureza e das Florestas do Norte (ICNF)

· Representative of the Interreg VA Spain-Portugal Program (POCTEP)

10:30am to 11:00am Territorial Cooperation and Natural and Cultural Heritage: perspectives for INTERREG 2021-2027

· Mr. Serafín Pazos, head of Office of Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and technical writer of the

Committee of Regions on the INTERREG Regulation 2021-2027

11:00am to 11:30am: Coffee break

11:30am to 12:30pm: Cultural Heritage Panel

TALK/DISCUSSION: Presentation of Aquis Querquennis 3D Videos - Provincial Council of Ourense

(UTE Mystic Design-Vsion Estudio Interactive)

· Mr. Jaime García (Vsion Studio Interactive, S.L.)

· Mr. Jesús Bustos (Mystic Design, S.L.)

· D. Antonio Ortiz (Mystic Design, SL)

BOOK PRESENTATION: Vidas e lugares con historia (Lives and places with history) Provincial Council of Ourense and ADERE

· Ms. Carmela Sánchez and Ms. Belén Carballo. Vidas e lugares con historia (Lives and places with history) (Bande, Calvos de Randín, Entrimo, Lobeira, Lobios and Muíños)

· Ms. Cláudia Ribeiro da Cunha and Ms. Paula Cristina Caculo Marques de Azevedo. Vidas e lugares con historia (Lives and places with history) (Melgaço, Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte da Barca, Terras de Bouro and Montalegre)

PROGRAM

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CROSS-BORDER VIRTUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE GERÊS-XURÉS DINÁMICO PROJECT

The GERÊS-XURÉS DINÁMICO project is 75% co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg VA Spain-Portugal Program (POCTEP) 2014-2020

12:30pm to 1:30pm: Round table on Iberian cross-border reserves: experiences and projects

· Mr. Hernâni Dias, Mayor of Bragança. Representative of the Iberian Plateau Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve (Reserva da Biosfera Transfronteiriza - RBT)

· Mr. Alfredo Anega, Director of the International Tagus Natural Park - Regional Government of Extremadura. Representative of the River Tagus Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve (RBT)

· Mr. José A. Amoeiro, Natural Park Baixa Limia - Serra do Xurés (PNBLSX). Representative of the Gerês-Xurés Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve (RBT)  - Galicia

· D. Duarte Figueiredo, Peneda-Gerês National Park. Representative of the Gerês-Xurés Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve (RBT) - North Portugal and MaB Committee in Portugal

· Mr. Francisco José Cantos, Secretary of the MaB Committee in Spain. Representative of the “Ministry of Ecological Transition

- National Parks Autonomous Organisation ”

· Ms. Benedicta Rodríguez, President of the "Council of Managers of the Spanish Network of Biosphere Reserves"

1:30pm to 3:30pm: Lunch break

3:30pm to 4:30pm: Natural Heritage Panel

PRESENTATIONS: Limnological study of the reservoirs and water bodies of the Gerês-Xurés Cross-Border Biosphere

Reserve (RBTGX) - Directorate General of Natural Heritage (Regional Government of Galicia)

(UTE Ecohydros Home - Everis Spain)

· Ecohydros Home S.L. (video presentation), study of two reservoirs Everis Spain S.L., study of two rivers

PRESENTATION: Study of Places of Geological Interest in the Gerês-Xurés Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve (RGTBX) - General Directorate of Natural Heritage (Xunta de Galicia)

· Ms. Maruxa Pérez, Technical Director of the company "Estrategia y Gestión Ambiental, S.L."

PRESENTATION: Mountain goats in the Peneda-Gerês National Park - Instituto da Conservaçâo da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)

· Mr. Henrique Carvalho, Instituto da Conservçâo da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)

4:30pm to 5:30pm: Tourism Panel

TALK/DISCUSSION: Great Cross Border Route of RBTGX (300 KM) - ADERE and Directorate General of Natural Heritage (Regional Government of Galicia)

· Ms. Carla Rodrigues, ADERE

· Mr. Avelino Rodríguez, TRAGSA

TALK/DISCUSSION: RBTGX Tourist Guide - Turismo de Galica and Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP)

· Ms. Laura González-Dopeso, Turismo de Galicia

· Mr. Paulo Carrança, Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP)

PRESENTATION: RBTGX visitor monitoring plan - Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP)

· Ms. Yolanda Pena Boquete, Ayeconomics - Spin-off from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)

5:30pm to 6:30pm:

TALK/DISCUSSION: "Long stories, new visions: the presence of the Roman army in the south of Galicia and north of Portugal”- Talk about the discovery of several Roman camps in the RBTGX - Romanarmy.eu

Research Group

· Mr. Manuel Gago, Member of the Romanarmy.eu Research Group

· Mr. José Manuel Costa, Member of the Romanarmy.eu Research Group

6:30pm. Closing session and presentation of conclusions

• Mr. Luis Caramés, Professor of Applied Economics at USC and president of Grupo Colmeiro