Program of the Seminar

9:00 h – Welcome and documentation distribution

9:30 h – Opening Session – representants of ACTUAR, CMC, CERNAS, ESAC, GRAU and IFSN

Morning session – Moderator: Gouveia Monteiro (CMC)

10:00 h – Urban agriculture through the scope of global landscape and systemic planning(Gonçalo Ribeiro Teles)
10:40 h – Urban Agriculture in Coimbra - The Social Vegetal Gardens of Bairro do Ingote (Miguel Malta, Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra - ESAC)
11.00h – Coffee-break
11:20 h – The Horta à Porta Project - Organic Vegetal Gardens in Porto Region (Aldora Pinheiro, Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto - LIPOR)
11:40 h - Hortas do Seixal Network Project: the municipality, its role and experience (Sónia Lança, Câmara Municipal do Seixal)
12:00 h – Debate
12:30 h - Field visit to Hortas do Ingote + Lunch

Afternoon Session – Moderator: Carlos Dias Pereira (ESAC)

15:30 h - Cities Farming for the Future (Femke Hoekstra, Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security-RUAF)
16:10 h - The International Food Security Network and Urban Agriculture (Marta Antunes, ActionAid International)
16:50 h - The Urbanet Tamale Project, Ghana (Zakaria Rashid, UrbANet)
17:30 h - Urban Agriculture in Colombia (to be confirmed) (Juliana Millan, Red Nacional de Seguridad, Soberanía y Autonomía Alimentaria, Colombia)

18:10 h – Coffee Break

18:30 h – Synthesis

18:45 h – Closing session