Portuguese Country Training on Wildfires

The training will provide participants with practical insights into adaptation measures that have already been successfully implemented, including their governance arrangements, implementation processes, challenges faced, and lessons learned.  

 

It will also bring together local and regional authorities, as well as participants from neighbouring town/municipalities to exchange experiences and applicability of solutions within their own territories. 

The session will: 

  • Be conducted in the Portuguese language 
  • Include interactive discussions and peer exchange 
  • Include coffee breaks and lunch 
  • Include a charter bus Guimarães – Gonça – Guimarães  

The event aims to create an engaging and collaborative environment where participants can reflect on practical pathways for strengthening wildfire resilience and explore opportunities for future cooperation and replication of successful approaches. 

Registration LINK

For registration or any questions, please do not hesitate to contact: tlmenezes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt and igmarques@ciencias.ulisboa.pt

Agenda

Time 

Description 

Speakers 

9h30 – 10h00 

Reception 

César Guimarães (Gonça Parish President) 

Tiago Capela Lourenço 

10h00-10H30 

REGILIENCE+ & AdaptationHubs projects 

Jen Heeman 

Tomás Calheiros 

10h30-11H15 

(15min for questions) 

Advancing fire risk assessment, reduction, and adaptation: insights from the FirEUrisk project and its application to the Coimbra and Leiria Intermunicipal Communities (Portugal) 

Prof. Domingos Xavier Viegas 

11h15-11h30 

Coffee Break 

 

11h30-12h15 

(15min for questions) 

Aldeia Segura de Gonça 

Jerónimo Machado 

João Salgado 

12h15-13h00 

AdaptationHubs Talks: Governance and adaptation to wildfires 

Discussion panel moderated by Tomás Calheiros, with participation from the remaining speakers and Sandra Martinho (Lasting Values) 
 

13H00-14H00 

Lunch 

Best Of Café 

14h00-16H00 

Visiting Aldeia Segura de Gonça 

Jerónimo Machado 

João Salgado 

Event Details