09.00 - 09.30 

Reception of participants and hand out of documentation.  

09:30 - 10:00 

Official inauguration.
Mr. Pedro Rodríguez González.
Mayor of Huelva.
Mr. Juan Carlos Adame Pérez.
President of Huelva Impulsa.
Huelva City Council.
Mrs. Carmen de Miguel.
General Director.
Valencia Council of Chambers of Commerce.

10:00 - 10:15 

Presentation of the CIUMED Network. Network for the promotion of Medium-sized cities in the EU.
Mr. Henrique Albergaria.
President of the Institute of Regional and Urban Studies.
University of Coimbra.

10:15 - 10:30 

Presentation of the new European Union Agenda for 2007-2013.
Mr. Francisco Estevan Vítores.

European Projects Manager.
Valencia Council of Chambers of Commerce.

10:30 - 11:00 

Coffee Break.    

11:00 - 11:45  

Innovation and local development in the new European Agenda: promoting innovation and technological development in Medium-sized Cities.
Mr. Marco Lopiore.
Senior Lecturer EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration).    
 

11:45 - 12:30  

Territorial Cooperation among Medium-sized Cities: A European tool to promote Social Cohesion.
Mrs. Viktoria Varga.

Representative from the Managing Unit of Objetive 3 “Territorial Cooperation”. European Commission.  Directorate-General of Regional Policy.
 

12:30 - 13:30  

Round table. Moderated debate.
Mr. Francisco Estevan Vítores.
European Projects Manager.
Valencia Council of Chambers of Commerce.  
 

14:00 - 15:30  

Lunch Break.     

15:30 - 17:30  

Workshops on ideas of projects. Panel of European Projects.

Workshop A: "Innovation and Local Development".
Moderator: Mr. Francisco Jose Leiria Sabino.
Head of the Economic Activities Area.

Vila Real de Santo António City Council.

Workshop B: "Territorial Cooperation and Cohesion".
Moderator: Mrs. Elisabeth Delios España.
Urbanism Department Professor.
Politecnic University of Valencia.

20:00
 

Official dinner hosted by the Huelva City Council.
Ceremony of the I CIUMED Network Awards for the best practices on development activities of average cities. 

09.00 - 09.45  

Employment, integration and equality: mechanisms for the promotion of a social agenda for the Medium-sized cities of the EU.
Mrs. Isabel Rodriguez.

Finantial Assistan European Commission.

Directorate-General for Employement, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities E2 Unit.

09:45 - 10:30  

Cities as motors of sustainable local development in the EU: Environment, Transport and Energy.
Mr. Juan Manuel Revuelta.
Head of the Comunitat Valenciana delegation in Brussels.
 

10:30 - 11:00  

Coffee break. 

11.00 - 12:00  

Round table. Moderated debate.
Mr. Henrique Albergaria.
President of the Institute of Regional and Urban Studies.
University of Coimbra.  
 

12:00 - 13:30 

Workshops on ideas of projects. Panel of European projects.

Workshop C: "Employment, Integration and Equality".
Moderator: Mrs. María Dolores Hernández Sierra.
Responsible for the Area of External Resources of Huelva Impulsa.
Huelva City Council.

Workshop D: "Environment, Transport and Energy".
Moderator: Mr. José Mª Torner Borda.
Head of Territorial Analysis Section.

Generalitat Valenciana.

13:30 - 14:00 

Conclusions and closing. 

14:00 

Lunch