OPEN DAYS 2015 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET SPAIN

OPEN DAYS 2015 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET SPAIN

INDEX I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2015 A Coruña 3 Andalusia 4 Aragon 6 Principality of Asturias 7 Province of Barcelona 8 Basque Country 9 Castellon 10 Castile and León Two events 11 Castile La Mancha 15 Catalonia 16 Galicia 18 Region of Murcia 19 Navarre 20 Region of Valencia 21 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society, Regional Government of The Canary Islands 22 2

I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2015 A Coruña (Europe of Traditions) "New technologies for job creation in rural areas" A Coruña 5 November 2015 Places and spaces Roundtable Organisers: Diputación Provincial A Coruña, Galicia, Spain Mr Luis García José, Deputy and President of the Commission for Economic Promotion and Employment Diputación de A Coruña Mrs María Luisa Lista Ameneiro, project manager Diputación de A Coruña Mr Óscar Luis Blanco Domínguez, Parnet-tic 2 project manager Diputación de A Coruña Mr Laurent Magot, Director Chambre Agriculture Lot et Garonne, France Ms Marlene Marquez, Head of Cabinet Camara Municipal de Agueda, Portugal The local event organized by the Diputación de A Coruña will focus on the EU programs and projects which the Diputación has launched and implemented to promote a balanced regional development aimed at encouraging a deep urban-rural integration. The event will create a platform to share experiences and best practices related to the actions undertaken to reduce unemployment rates affecting medium-sized populations located in rural areas. It will focus on the use of new technologies into finding and creating employment, either self-employed or employed job, giving particular regard to the green or eco-jobs. The debate will emphasize the following discussion topics: -Advantages of electronic participation in the rural area: good practice of the Camara Municipal de Agueda (Portugal); - Training and recycling for workers in agricultural sector in France: experiences presented by the Chamber of Agriculture and Lot et Garonne (France); - Eco-agriculture and eco-employment as implementation of green business: good practices presented by the Provincial Council of A Coruña (Spain). The event will be aimed at practitioners from local authorities, project partners, local experts and technical staff. Local administrative authorities, local experts and technical staff. http://www.parnettic2.eu/index.php/es/ http://www.dicoruna.es/portada/ 3

Andalusia (Regions 4 Innovation) "Dual Use Technologies, RIS3 & RRI" Regions open for business Sevilla 27 October 2015 Workshop Organisers: Andalusian Agency for Innovation and Development IDEA Antonio Galán, General Director. Andalusian Agency for Innovation and Development IDEA Vicente Fernández, General Secretary of Innovation, Industry and Energy, Andalusian Ministry for Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment Carmen Sillero, Head of Division for Strategy and Programmes, IDEA AGENCY Joaquín Rodríguez Grau, General Director AEROPOLIS & CATEC Foundation ETSI representative, University of Seville Representatives to be confirmed from Andalusian dual use enterprises and social organisations The Workshop will be developed within the framework of the two days International Conference about Dual Use Technologies and RIS3. At EU level, dual use products, services and technologies can address both civil and military sectors. This research is called dual-use because its findings and results can be of benefit to the civil and military communities. Expensive technologies which would otherwise only serve one community or the other can be used to benefit both. At the same time, the military are increasingly relying on technologies developed by the civil sector. In this framework at a regional level the companies can access new business opportunities thanks to public (regional, national & EU) support for market and product diversification and for dual use projects than can bring benefits both to civil and defence industries. The Workshop will aim: Take awareness of the influence that these new processes and effective implementation of RRI can have in terms of enhancing innovation capabilities of regions Recognition of public authorities and government roles as key actors to create environments linked with values and RRI principles Approach and develop proposals for public-private collaborative work Identify environments and actors to foster these activities and projects. 4

International and European SMEs and companies, European and National Regional Authorities regarding innovation, Defence and business competitiveness, European Clusters, Regional stakeholders, Centres and Technological Parks, Research institutions, Universities, ONGs. 5

Aragon (Local and Regional cooperation for demographic change) " " Saragossa November 2015 Places and spaces Organisers: 6

Principality of Asturias (Smart Maritime Alliance) "The Asturian Sea" Regions open for business Gijón 10/09/2015 & 23/10/2015 1st event: Vocational Training School of the Sea. September, 10th 2015 2nd event: Teachers Training Centre of Gijón. October, 23th 2015 Organisers: Vocational Training School of the Sea (Gijón) Indalecio Estrada Lozano, Principal of The Vocational Training School of the Sea 1st event - Morning session: Javier Sánchez Piquero, Deputy Headmaster of The Vocational Training School of the Sea 2nd event - Afternoon session: Javier Cristobo, Head of Oceanographic Institute The event will be about the Asturian Sea. The aim of the event is to get to know the maritime geo-economy of Asturias. It is integrated in the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the maritime and fishing education in Asturias. Two events will take place: one open to local politicians, entrepreneurs and social leaders, and the other directed to educational providers, that is to say: teachers and professors of the local schools within Asturias. It will include educational issues. The value of the economic and geographical characteristics of the Asturian costal line will be emphasized. The importance of the EU in the modernization, economic boost, particularly in the fishing sector will be pointed out. The first event is set to the local politicians, entrepreneurs and social leaders. The second one is set educational providers: teachers and professors. www.escuelanauticopesquera.es 7

Province of Barcelona (Cities and Regions for Jobs and Growth) "The Energy Agenda and the European Structural and Investment Funds: Opportunities for Local Governments" Barcelona 18 November 2015 Modernising Europe Conference Organisers: Barcelona Provincial Council, Europe Direct Barcelona, and Provinces of Lleida, Girona and Tarragona Barcelona Provincial Council s Directorate of International Relations organizes an annual Conference on the European Union. The aim of this conference is to promote a space for political debate around relevant European issues and their impact on local governments. The challenges, opportunities and position of municipalities in Europe are the focus of this discussion. This 20th Conference on the EU will present The Energy Agenda and the European Structural and Investment Funds: Opportunities for Local Governments. The European Commission adopted in February 2015 a strategic framework to give flexibility to the Energy Union, with a prospective policy on climate change. The main objective of this strategy is to reduce energy dependency, promoting the free circulation energy across borders, boosting energy efficiency and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. This priority is reflected in the European budget for 2014-2020, in particular in the European Structural and Investment Funds and in the Operational Programmes. This will enable investments from Member States, regions, cities and local governments to focus in energy-efficient buildings, the use of renewable energy, smart grids and sustainable urban transport, as well as reducing costs, creating jobs and developing SMEs. This Conference is aimed at Local Government representatives, business, academics and non-governmental organisations from Catalonia, as well as general public interested in European affairs. Website of Barcelona Provincial Council s Directorate of International Relations: www.diba.cat/ri/ 8

Basque Country (Smart Maritime Alliance) "European Union's regional policy and maritime industries" Vitoria 1 October 2015 Regions open for business Press event (press and radio) Organisers: Basque Government Camila de Epalza, Basque Government Brussels Representation 9

Castellon (Transitions Cities and Regions) " " Castellon Organisers: 10

Castile and León (Local and Regional cooperation for demographic change) "Preservation of historical assets and traditional architecture" Places and spaces La Alberca (Salamanca) 16-18 September 2015 Technical Conference Organisers: General Directorate of Cultural Heritage- Regional Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Territorial Department of Culture and Territorial Delegation of Castile and León in Salamanca Domínguez Perrino. Architect. Chief of Territorial Department of Culture in Salamanca. Mr. Enrique Saiz Martín. General Director of Cultural Heritage. JCyL. Mayor of La Alberca. President of Salamanca Council. Angel Mª Marinero Peral. General Director of Architecture and Urbanism. JCyL. Adolfo Domínguez Perrino. Chief of Territorial Department of Culture in Salamanca.JCyL. Alfonso Muñoz Cosme. IPCE José Luis García Grinda. University of Madrid. E.T.S Architecture. Juan Luis de las Rivas. Institute of Urban. Gregorio Vázquez Justel. Architect-planner José Carlos Marcos Berrocal. Architect. Silvia Escudero Hogan. Chief of Planning department. JCyL. Juan Carlos Navarro Pérez y Pablo Lombardía Trigo. Architects. Virginia Alonso Rodríguez. Land management department. JCyL. Miguel Ángel Martín Blanco. Architect. Javier Ramos Guallart. Architect. Co-director of the school of Cultural Heritage The technical conference will analyse the current state of historical assets in Castile and Leon, as well as the conditions for their preservation strategies, special plans, guidelines for their intervention and documentation, analysis and diagnosis of historical assets of the mountains in the province of Salamanca. Conservation and management strategies of historical assets from PAHIS Plan 2020 of cultural heritage of Castile and Leon will be considered. Institutional cooperation and promotion of activities for assessment, promotion and dissemination of cultural heritage in the mountains of Salamanca will be discussed. The technical conference focuses on technicians of local entities, experts on traditional architecture and cultural heritage, and, public in general. 11

Detailed information will be uploaded on institutional web site http://www.patrimoniocultural.jcyl.es/ and press releases will be prepared. 12

Castile and León (Local and Regional cooperation for demographic change) "SEAPs and biomass: an opportunity for municipalities" Regions open for business Valladolid 23 September 2015 Workshop Organisers: Ente Regional de la Energia de Castilla y Leon (EREN) Morning session- workshop: Mr. Rafael Ayuste Cupido, Head of Renewable Energy Department in the Castilla y León Regional Energy Agency, ENTE REGIONAL DE LA ENERGIA DE CASTILLA Y LEON (EREN) Afternoon session-technical visits: Mrs. Puy Domínguez Pérez, technician in the External Relations, Studies and Training Department in the Castilla y León Regional Energy Agency, Ente Regional de la Energia de Castilla y Leon (EREN) Rafael Ayuste Cupido, EREN Javier Diez, AVEBIOM Santiago Diez, EREN Puy Domínguez, EREN Miguel Morcillo, CoM Indalecio González, FAEN Mª Jesus Rodriguez, JCyL In the frame of the European project RES H / C SPREAD which objective is to develop action pilot plans for the promotion of renewable energies in heating & cooling, in 6 European regions being one of them Castilla y Leon, it is organized this workshop. The workshop is focus on working with local authorities or technicians, interested in Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) and to expose the potential of a local resource such as the biomass for those SEAPs. The use of biomass means using local resources, close to the end user and in an increasingly efficient way of utilization. This workshop tries to show the possibilities of this local renewable energy resource such as biomass and its potential use for the improvement of sustainable local policies. Therefore, it will introduce subject as strategies for its promotion at regional level, the importance of the biomass in a Sustainable Energy Action Plan, the possibilities to finance biomass systems and examples of local authorities who have already opted for biomass as a solution for the local heat demand. The workshop will have presentations from Castilla y León Government (Regional Energy Agency of Castilla y Leon and General Directorate of Energy and Mines), the European initiative of the EC Covenant of Mayors, the Asturias Government (Asturias Energy Agency) and local entities that show examples of local biomass applications. 13

Municipalities, provincial and other governments, engineering & consulting, professional associations, energy companies, or other interested actors from Castilla y León or other regions. 14

Castile La Mancha (Local and Regional cooperation for demographic change) "Working in the EU: challenges and opportunities" Places and spaces Ciudad Real 26 October 2015 Seminar Organisers: Regional Ministry of Employment and Economy Mr. Damián Oliva García, Coordinator of European and Economic Strategy - Employment and Economy Regional Ministry Mr. Francisco Javier Moreno Mejía, EURES Advisor and Liaising Officer, Regional Ministry of Employment and Economy Ms. Isabel Moya, Territorial Policy Counselor, Permanent Representation of Spain before the EU Mr. Isaac Martín, Director, European Studies Center. University of Castilla-La Mancha Mr. Enrique González Sánchez, Ambassador for EU Institutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry The region of Castile-La Mancha faces demographic challenges due to its low population density rate, and sparsely populated areas. In addition, other elements regarding its geographical context, like having big urban areas in their neighbour regions, or large rural and mountain areas within its boundaries, makes this region to have some specificities that, as a matter of fact, have an impact in terms of infrastructure, public services provision, students and workers mobility, and companies efficient accessibility to different kind of resources (for example, human resources). For that reason, the local event will focus on raising awareness about the different EU tools, services and opportunities regarding the labour market that can help students, workers, and companies (especially SMEs), usually away from big urban areas. From the point of view of both students and workers, the foreseen workshop will provide with a better understanding about how to obtain quality information on the EU job an training opportunities at an international level. The same applies to companies that will have a better understanding about the EU labour market, and how to obtain and keep workers and talent from the EU. Students, workers, SMEs and other companies, regional and local authorities, representatives from universities, and professional and industries associations. 15

Catalonia (Accessible transport for older people) "MYWAY Conference. A multimodal personalized App for your daily trips" Barcelona 16 October 2015 Modernising Europe Conference Organisers: Government of Catalonia. Mobility and Transport Direction Mr. Pere Padrosa, Mobility and Transport Director. Government of Catalonia (tbc) Mr. Marco Garré, SOFTECO. Mr. Stefano Persi, ENIDE. Mr. José Fernández, ENIDE. Mrs. Cristina Pou, Mobility and Transport Direction. Government of Catalonia. Mrs. Olga Serra, Mobility and Transport Direction. Government of Catalonia. Mr. Xavier Rosselló, Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority. Mr. Francesc Varela, NEXUS GEOGRAFICS. Mrs. Rocío Sánchez, NEXUS GEOGRAFICS. All the speakers tbc. The Government of Catalonia is one of the members of the European Project called MY WAY where the main goal is to develop a new App in Android and ios version to solve the daily citizens mobility needs. In this sense, during the conference of the 16th of October, within the Catalonia European Mobility Week, we will present the MY WAY project and the new App developed which will be able to be tested until the end of 2015. The multimodal new App includes all the public transport supply within Catalonia, as well as the private car, motorbike and bicycle. Moreover, it is conceived as user centric vision where the users can include their preferences which will be taken into account for the calculation of the journey planner and the presentation of the results. In this sense, during the project there have been defined 3 Focus Groups: elder people, workers and university students. All of them have been interviewed several times and their feedback has been used to develop the App. During the conference, those people interested to participate in the trial will be informed of the different steps to follow to use and evaluate the App as Real users. Municipalities (politicians and technicians, more than 100 local governments), mobility and transport associations such as AMTU or PTP, public and private transport operators (more than 60 private operators), older people, transport federations such as FECAV, universities such as UAB, other local authorities such as Provinces. The conference room has forum for 80 people. 16

http://mobilitat.gencat.cat/ca/temes/setmana-de-la-mobilitat-sostenible-i-segura-2015/ 17

Galicia (Local and Regional cooperation for demographic change) "Demographic challenges in Euroregion Galicia-North Portugal" Places and spaces Santiago de Compostela 23 October 2015 Seminar Organisers: Xunta de Galicia (Galicia s regional government) Mr. Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela, vice President of Galicia Two experts on demographic challenges form Galicia and North Portugal. Policy makers and academic experts from other EU regions with similar problems. Handbook on demographic challenges in Euroregion Galicia-North Portugal Demographic changes, in particular the ageing population, are well known and documented throughout Europe. Demographic changes have a wide impact on labour-market, welfare service provision, infrastructure, etc. Policymakers are struggling to find successful ways of facing these challenges. There are huge variations in the demographic patterns within Southern Europe, and in particular Galicia and North Portugal. The sparsely populated areas are in general characterized by out-migration, low fertility rates and an ageing population. There are however places within these areas that deviate from the overall demographic pattern. Cities are instead characterized by in-migration (even though that mostly means inmigration from close by areas) and a relatively younger population. The aim of this workshop is to develop strategies and best practices on how demographic challenges are being and can be handled. Representatives from universities, third sector, local authorities, business 18

Region of Murcia (Regions in the entrepreneurial discovery process) "The BIG DREAM project" Regions open for business Murcia November 2015 Workshop Organisers: Regional Development Agency. Instituto de Fomento Region de Murcia General Directorate for EU Affairs of the Region of Murcia (Member of the Committee of the Regions) School of Industrial Organisation. Spanish Ministry of Industry European Commission Director. Instituto de Fomento, Region of Murcia Development Agency General Director of EU Funds, Region of Murcia General Director of Employment, Region of Murcia Director EOI Mediterráneo Afternoon session: Mr Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive of North Tyneside Council & Chair of the North East European Strategy Group SME representative The Initiative for Young Employment in the framework of the National Strategy for Entrepreneurship and Young Employment and the EU Youth Guarantee aims to tackle the problem of 850.000 ni-nis (neither studying nor working) in Spain in 2012. The budget for the entire Young Employment Program is 38 M. The School of Industrial Organisation (EOI) launched a project to mentor the accompaniment process for new entrepreneurs in Spain, BIGDREAM. The Region of Murcia is one of the partners, with a co-financing rate demanded to these partners of around 17%. The target is young ninis between 16 and 24 years old. The project will extend till 31st December, 2018 Phases: - Lean startup training - Mentorship - Financial aids to different stages of start up Representatives of regional enterprises, intermediate business organisations, entrepreneurs. 19

Navarre (Healthy Strategies for Smart Regions) "Dissemination of health/medical research activities in Navarra targeting a wider audience, including all citizens" Pamplona November 2015 Regions open for business Open Day to visit the biomedical centre: «Navarrabiomed open to all citizens» and conference Organisers: Communication Department - Navarrabiomed-FMS It is a public entity that provides scientific and technical support to Navarra Public Health Service for the promotion of health research. The Foundation centralises and manages all the research undertaken by health professionals from the public sector. Navarre local event will focus on raising awareness of the importance of biomedical research in order to improve healthcare to citizens. The open day at the research centre will offer the community the opportunity to learn the findings of researchers and will show the need to develop a closer relationship among researchers, health professionals and patients associations in order to face health and societal challenges (demographic change, population ageing, chronic diseases, etc ) The event will be aimed at a wide audience, from the scientific community to individual citizens. The content of the event will be designed to engage the audience including people who have little or no previous experience in research, in order to raise their awareness of the health challenges and the work carried out at the centre to face them and find solutions. Citizens from all spheres. www.navarrabiomed.es 20

Region of Valencia (Regions in the entrepreneurial discovery process) "Entrepreneurial Event" Regions open for business Valencia November 2015 Entrepreneurial Event Organisers: Director General de Economía, Emprendimiento y Cooperativismo, Region of Valencia, Spain Raúl Martín Calvo, Director General de Economía, Emprendimiento y Cooperativismo Representatives of Regional Government: Regional Ministry for Entrepreneurship and Economy, IVACE, and other relevant regional entrepreneurs The local event in the Region of Valencia in 2015 aims to focus on how the region is using its regional smart specialisation strategy in dealing better with issues related to entrepreneurship The planned local event will show how the region can increase its engagement with topics that affect the creation of new businesses and that affect the overall performance at European level of the agenda on growth and jobs. This event represents a continuation of the work already carried out in the last years in the field of entrepreneurship, and opens up to collaboration and opportunities to learn from partners from other European regions. General public, representatives from local and regional authorities, third sector, universities, entrepreneurs, businesses, officers and practitioners from local authorities, etc. The content of the event will be designed to engage the audience including people who have little or no previous experience of European work and funding, in order to raise their awareness of the opportunities available http://www.emprendedores.gva.es/ 21

II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society, Regional Government of the Canary Islands "RIS3 Priorities in Blue Growth Regions open for business Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 8-9 October 2015 Workshops Organisers: Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society, Regional Government of the Canary Islands Smart Specialisation Platform, European Commission Marcelino Cabrera, Project Leader Smart Specialisation Platform Manuel Miranda Medina, Director of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society Jan-Maarten de Vet from ECORYS (lead author of the original Blue Growth Study) Jonathan Williams, CEO Marine South East Cristina Amil Lopez, DG MARE, European Commission Andreas Uihlein, Institute for Energy and Transport (IET), Joint Research Centre, European Commission Marcelino Cabrera, Project Leader Smart Specialisation Platform Most countries and regions across Europe now have in place Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), as a result of the European Union's new results orientated Cohesion Policy. They now face the challenge of moving from strategy making to implementation, through tailored policy mixes and tools, including (but not limited to) the use of European Structural and Investment Funds. To help launch this process, this workshop will bring together national and regional policy makers that identified 'Blue Growth' as a priority in their RIS3. Furthermore, it will be faced how to foster the development of new SMEs in this field and how to improve the competitiveness of the pre-existent SMEs to take the advantage of the new opportunities that are being created thanks to S3 Strategies. It is organised jointly by the government of the Canary Islands and the S3 Platform. The objectives of the workshop are to: 1. Understand how blue growth has been prioritized and framed in RIS3; 2. Discuss blue growth solutions proposed by industry, researchers and other stakeholders; 3. Examine possible blue growth policy mixes including the use of European funds; 4. Explore possibilities for transnational cooperation projects. 22

Representatives of Public Administrations, Universities and Research Institutions, Business Associations, Clusters, NGO etc. 23