Agenda

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1:30 p.m.  Registration of participants and welcome coffee

 

02:00 p.m. Welcoming speeches

  • Mrs Lucie Studničná, CCMI president of EESC
  • Mr Jorge Seguro Sanches, Secretary of State for Energy, Portugal
  • Mrs Flor Diaz Pulido, European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Unit GROW G4 Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals and Forest-based industries

 

02:15 p.m Mineral raw materials demand and supply issues – from a Portuguese stakeholder perspective

How can a sustainable mining sector better contribute to the Portuguese economic and industrial growth"?

General discussion moderated by Mr Mark Rachovides, Euromines, the exchange of experiences/view points by all participants, including

 

  • Mrs Cristina Lourenço, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Economy
  • Mrs Teresa Ponce de Leão, President, LNEG (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia)
  • Mrs Fátima Nunes, Vice-President, ANIET
  • Mr Miguel Goulão, Executive Vice-President, Assimagra
  • Mr Emídio Gomes, President of CCDR North
  • Mrs Ana Maria Abrunhosa, President of CCDR Center
  • Mr João Teixeira, President of CCDR Lisboa

Debate

 

03:45 p.m.      Coffee break                                                            

04:15 p.m.      Increasing the industrial contribution to Portugal’s GDP

What needs to be done from a European and Portuguese policy point of view to enhance reindustrialization  in Europe and in Portugal?

General discussion moderated by Mr Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, Vice-President of the EESC in charge of Communication and Adviser to the Board of AIMMAP (Association of Portuguese Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industrial Companies), the exchange of experiences/view points by all participants, including

  • Mr Nuno Lacasta, President of the Environmental Portuguese Agency, Ministry of the Environment
  • Mrs Flor Diaz Pulido, European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Unit GROW G4 Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals and Forest-based industries
  • Mr Rui Amaro Alves, Directorate General of Territory, Ministry of the Environment
  • Mrs Francelina Pinto, General Manager, ANIET
  • Mr Luís Martins, Non Executive Vice-President, Assimagra
  • Mr Roberto Grilo, President of CCDR Alentejo
  • Mr David Santos, President of CCDR Algarve

Debate

 

05:45 p.m.  Wrap up by Mr Dumitru Fornea, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

 

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