The programme includes interesting presentations about the City of Ghent, Local Action Plans and storytelling videos of the partners. During the event, Partners visit Afsneekouter and the green climate axes and Gentbrugse Meersen by bike.
Agenda of the event:
Day 1 – 10th of May
Arrival at Ghent
19:00 Welcome Dinner
Day 2 – 11th of May
09:00 Registration + coffee and sweets
9:30 Welcoming word - Tine Heyse - Alderman of Environment, Climate, Living and International solidarity
10:00 Presentation 1: Prospera: How can cities innovate local policies for the sustainable development of periurban areas? Carlotta Bonvicini - Deputy Mayor for Sustainability of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia
10:30 Brief presentation of PROSPERA methodological tool-kit realized by ILVO and CRPA - Anna Verhoeve – ILVO
10:50 Brief Presentation of the LAPs and storytelling videos – Part 1
11:10 Presentation 2: Foodmakers City of Ghent- Ghent artisan entrepreneurs who make unique products based on local ingredients, inspired by cultural heritage - Stéphanie van Lancker – City Of Ghent
11:20 Questions and answers
11:25 Brief Presentation of the LAPS and storytelling videos – Part 2
11:35 Presentation 3: Peri-urban farmland and development of alternative food networks and agricultural parks (for example agricultural Parco Agrario del Baix Llobregat in Barcelona) - Valerià Paül – Teacher at the University of Santiago de Compostela
12:00 Questions and answers
12:10 Time for networking with drinks and bites followed by a lunch
14:00 Fieldvisit green climate axes and Gentbrugse Meersen by bike - explanation provided by Eva Naessens - from the City of Ghent
17:00 Closing of activities
19:00 Dinner
Day 3 – 12th of May
9:00 Registration + coffee and sweets
9:30 Interregional cafe “Reflection on Phase 1 of the project to improve the upcoming implementation of the LAPS” Introduction – moderated by ILVO
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Interregional cafe “Reflection on Phase 1 of the project to improve the upcoming implementation of the LAPS” Part 2 – moderated by ILVO
12:00 Transfer on foot to the next destination
12:30 Boat trip and lunch
14:00 Fieldvisit Afsneekouter - visit to Afsneekouter, an agricultural area in Afsnee, peri-urban area of Ghent - explanation about the open call by Eva Naessens
15:00 Projectmanagement meeting part 1
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Projectmanagement meeting part 2
19:00 Dinner