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PROGRAM

Thursday 10th of June

9:30 OPENING CEREMONY

• Mr. José Blanco. Spanish Minister of Public Works.
• Mr. Antonio González. President. ADIF
• Mr. Pedro Ortún. New Approach Industries, Tourism and CSR. DG Enterprise and Industry. European Commission.
• Mr. Gilbert Perrin. President. President European Greenways Association (EGWA).
• Mr. Eduardo Fayos. World Tourism Organization - Regional Representative for Europe.
• Mr. Jaime Barreiro. Director of the Spanish Railways Foundation (EGWA).

10:00 EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF GREENWAYS

• Mr. Pedro Ortún. New Approach Industries, Tourism and CSR. DG Enterprise and Industry. European Commission.
• Mr. Gilbert Perrin. President. European Greenways Association (EGWA)

10:30 Session 1: National greenways programs.

Moderates: Mr. Joaquín Jiménez. Director of International Affairs. Adif - Spain.

• Ms. Carmen Aycart. Director of the Spanish Greenways Program. Spanish Railways Foundation. Spain. (8 Mb)
• Mr. Jean Louis Pons. Chief of the national mission for cycle routes and greenways. Member of the Interministerial Coordination for the Development of cycling. France. (360 Kb)
• Mr. Luis Manuel dos Santos Silvestre. Manager of the Nacional Ecopistas Plan. REFER/INVESFER-Portugal (9,6 Mb)

11:30 Coffee break

12:00 Session 2: Heritage preservation and new uses for infraestructure.

Moderates: Ms. Carmen Aycart. General Secretary EGWA

• Mr. Miguel Ángel Ferrero.Director of patrimonial management. Patrimony and planning direction. Adif. Spain
• Mr. Gilbert Perrin. EGWA President. Chemins du Rail. Belgium (1,3 Mb)
• Mr. Fabrizio Torella. Vice-president. European Social Network of Railway Companies. Italy. (5 Mb)
• Ms. Lucina Rangel. Chief of the Historic Monument Department. Nacional Centre for the Preservation Cultural Railway Heritage. National Council for Arts and Culture (CONACULTA)- Mexico. (714 Kb)

13:30 Open discussion and questions

14:00 Lunch break

15:30 Session 3: Tourist promotion and market strategies

Moderates: Ms. Mercedes Muñoz. Director. EGWA

• Ms. Arantxa Hernández. Chief of studies and communication department. Spanish National Greenways Program. Spanish Railways Foundation (SRF). Spain. (7,2 Mb)
• Mr. Nicolas Poulouin. President. AF3V - France (5,7 Mb)
• Mr. Daniel Mourek. Nadace partnerství- Czech Republic (4,4 Mb)
• Ms. Catherine Girard. Tourisme Bretagne - France (2,1 Mb)

17:00 Coffe break

17:30 Session 4: The role of greenways in long distance networks and itineraries.

Moderates: Mr. Gilbert Perrin. President. EGWA

• Mr. Michael Cramer. European Parlament. Germany (1,2 Mb)
• Ms. Margarita Ortega. Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM). Spain
• Mr. François Leruth & Ms. Anne Daubechies. Public Service of the Walloon Region - Belgium (1,2 Mb)
• Mr. Bernard Ensink. Secretary General. European Cyclist Federation (ECF). Belgium (502 Kb)

19:00 Open discussion and question

19:30 End of the working sessions

Friday 11th of June

9:30 Session 5: Social and economical benefits of greenways (Part I)

Moderates: Mr. Gilbert Perrin. President, EGWA

• Mr. Ole Thorson. President. International Federation of Pedastrian (IFP). Spain (1,9 Mb)
• Ms. Francesca Racioppi. Acting Head of the Rome Office, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health. World Health Organization REgional Office for Europe. Italy (527 Kb)
• Mr. Daniel Mourek. Nadace partnerství- Czech Republic, on behalf of Mr. Ernst Miglbauer, Invent GmbH - Büro OÖ- Austria (637 Kb)
• Mr. Emili Mató. Manager. Girona Greenways Consortium. Spain (1,2 Mb)

11:00 Open discussion and questions

11:30 Lunch break

12:00 Session 5: Social and economical benefits of greenways (Part II)

Moderates: Ms. Mercedes Muñoz. Director EGWA

• Mr. Nicolas Mercat. France Vélo Organisation– France & D. Jean Philippe Perrusson. Chief of studies. Bourgogne regional council. France (1,4 Mb)
• Mr. Francisco Menacho. President. Sierra Greenway Foundation. Spain (5 Mb)
• Ms. Mary Powell. Tourism Development Manager and Project Manager of Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership. Lincolnshire County Council - United Kingdom (2,2 Mb)
  

13:30 Open discussion and questions

14:00 Lunch break

15:30 Session 6: Equipment and services for all

Moderates: Ms. Carmen Aycart. General Secretary. EGWA

• Mr. Vicente Dómine. General Director of Transport and Logistics. Valencia Regional Government. Spain
• Mr. Jesús Hernández. Accesibility Director. ONCE Foundation / European Network fo Accesible Tourism Vice-President. Spain
• Ms. Emmanuelle Bégué. Director, Syndicat Mixte pour le Développpement Rural de l'Arrondissement d'Argelès-Gazost (SMDRA)- France (870 Kb)
• Ms. Esther Peris. PREDIF representative on the European ASsociation of the Spinally Injured, on the accesible tourism area of FIMITIC. Spain (809 Kb)

17:00 Coloquio

17:30 CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA:

• Mr. Janez Potočnik. Commissioner European of Environment. UE (Video Message) (18 Mb *.avi)
• Ms. Paloma López-Izquierdo. Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM). Spain
• Mr. Gilbert Perrin. President. European Greenways Association (EGWA). Belgium
• Mr. Jesús Hernández. Accesibility Director. ONCE Foundation / European Network fo Accesible Tourism Vice-President. Spain
• Mr. Jaime Barreiro. Director of the Spanish Railways Foundation (SRF). Spain
• Mr. Carmen Aycart.President. European Greenways Association (EGWA). Spain