Development Plan for the Agri-food Sector of Baixo Tâmega
Presentation of the project “Development Plan for the Agri-food Sector of Baixo Tâmega”
**30 November 2016
Free entry, registration required.**
VENUE: Instituto Empresarial do Tâmega, Tâmega Park – Edifício Mercúrio, Fração AC, Agração – Telões 4600-758 Amarante
Lat.: 41.287903(ddo) Long.: -8.088596 (ddo)
Contact:
Liliana Alves
Email: liliana.alves@ruris.pt
Mob. 968 385 206
Programme:
2:00pm – Welcome
2:30pm – 2:45pm – Opening Session
– Luís Miguel Ribeiro, President of AE Amarante
2:45pm – 3:15pm – Presentation of the project “Plan for the Agri-food Sector of Baixo Tâmega”
– Luís Miguel Ribeiro, President of AE Amarante
Contributions from the partners
– Paulo Portela, President of AE Baião
– José Pedro Reis, President of AE Marco
– Casimiro Magalhães Costa, Vice-President of AE Fafe, Cabeceiras de Basto and Celorico de Basto
3:15pm – 3:45pm – The DRAP perspective on the region's Agri-food Sector
– Manuel Cardoso, Regional Director of DRAPN
3:45pm – 5:45pm – Round Table: The Agri-food sector, opportunities and challenges
– Moderator: Carlos Duarte, Member of the Board of IDARN
– Amândio Santos, President of PortugalFoods
– Nuno Augusto, Executive Director of Regia-Douro Park
– Alírio Costa, First Secretary of CIMTS
– Telmo Pinto, President of Dolmen
5:45pm – 6:00pm – Closing
– José Luís Gaspar, Mayor of Amarante
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