
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.
- Location: Quinta da Eira do Sol (https://www.quintaeiradosol.com/), Gonça – Guimarães.
- Date: 16 June 2026
- Lead partner: FCID
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
- A site visit nearby learning from severe Wildfires in 2024
- 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 |