Conference in the Spanish Parliament with Coop4RURALGov

Four members of our project will participate next 27th of September, in the Spanish Parliament, in the Rural Proofing and Local Governance Day, in which the rural guarantee mechanism and its role in rural repopulation will be discussed.

The intervention of Coop4RURALGov will take place from 10.45 to 12.00, in the first pannel, entitled ‘Rural Proofing. The international vision'.

Speakers will include:

-Taavi Kurvits - Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs (Estonia)

-Atanas Slavov - Municipality of Bratsigovo (Bulgaria)

-Kieran Coyne - Galway County Council (Ireland)

-Jesús Mª Rodríguez - DG Local Administration and Depopulation of the Government of Navarre (Spain)

-Miguel Martínez Tomey (moderator) - Historian and Writer

This event, open to members of Parliament, journalists and the general public, will take place on Friday 27 September 2024 from 9:30 to 13.30 in the Sala Ernest Lluch of the Spanish Parlament (Congreso de los Diputados, access through the entrance in C/ de Cedaceros).

The full programme is as follows:

9.15 - 9.30 Reception of attendees

9.30 - 10.00 Opening ceremony

-Joaquín Alcalde Sánchez - Director of El Hueco

-Isuara Leal Fernández - Deputy and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies.

-Carmen Navarro - Deputy and Fourth Secretary of the Congress of Deputies.

-Óscar Chivite - Regional Minister of Territorial Cohesion of the Government of Navarre

 

10:00 - 10.45 Colloquium. Ruralising the laws. The general framework

Debate on the general situation of ‘rural proofing’ or ‘rural guarantee mechanism’ by three experts in the European Union.

-Serafín Pazos - Consultant. EU expert

-Miguel Martínez Tomey - Historian and writer.

-Alfred Vernis - Professor

-Roberto J. Ortega (moderator) - Head of Communication at El Hueco

10:45 - 12:00 Panel of the Coop4RURALGov project (see above)

12.00 - 13.15 Panel 2. ‘Rural Proofing’ - What are we doing in Spain? Active Spanish politicians discuss how the weight of the ‘rural proofing mechanism’ in national, regional and local legislation.

-José Luis Martínez Guijarro. Vice-president of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.

-Ángeles Armisén - President of the Provincial Council of Palencia.

-Luis Rey de la Heras - Member of Parliament and spokesperson of the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge Committee.

-Tomás Cabezón - Member of the Spanish Congress and Mayor of Castilfrío de la Sierra (Soria)

-Roberto Ortega (moderator). Communication Director of El Hueco

13.15 - 13.30 Discussion with attendees