Por ocasião da visita dos Reis da Bélgica a Portugal, que irá decorrer entre os dias 22 e 24 de Outubro de 2018, a Flanders Investment and Trade, da Embaixada da Bélgica, vai promover, no dia 23 desse mês, entre as 08h00 e as 14h00, o Seminário “Towards a Circular Economy: Belgian-Portuguese findings and perspectives on Waste & Water”.
O ambiente, a sustentabilidade e a transição para uma economia circular são temas da maior importância para a Bélgica e Portugal. Nesse sentido, o objectivo deste seminário é registar os desenvolvimentos e resultados que ambos os países apresentam nesta área. Através da transferência mútua de conhecimento e informação, o evento pretende ainda perspectivar oportunidades futuras de cooperação bilateral.
A participação no evento é gratuita mas limitada à capacidade do espaço. Os participantes inscritos irão receber um convite pessoal não transmissível. Haverá tradução simultânea Inglês-Português.
Pode efetuar a inscrição no Seminário (até 25 de Agosto 2018) aceda ao seguinte link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScw0trfF8GmGZaEmWMN6kB0B72c5N6Bwdw4Y-UFCgZhQL6IlA/viewform
Para mais informações, por favor contactar:
Isabel Cro, Head of post in Lisbon, [email protected]
PROGRAMA (Provisório)
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome and introduction by the Belgian side (Minister President G. Bourgeois)
8:40 Welcome and introduction by the Portuguese side (Minister or Secretary of State)
8:50 The circular economy in Flanders (Transition Manager Vlaanderen Circulair)
9:10 The circular economy in Wallonia (speaker to be confirmed)
9:25 The circular economy in Portugal (speaker to be confirmed)
9:40 Revalorization and recycling of plastics (Rector of the UMons)
9:45 Revalorization and recycling of plastics (Prof Ragaert UGent)
9:50 Cleantech Clusters in Flanders (Carine Van Hove – Cleantech Flanders).
10:00 End of the opening session + coffee break
After the coffee break two breakout sessions will be organized, one dedicated to the construction sector, the other to water.
10:10 Breakout sessions
. Breakout session I: Construction
10:10 Policy in practice: Tracimat (Vlaamse Confederatie Bouw)
10:30 Policy in practice Portugal (speaker to be confirmed)
10:50 Practical case 1 Portugal (speaker to be confirmed)
11:00 Practical case 2 Belgium: Spaque – the Walloon policy on collection, treatment and
revalorization put in practice (speaker to be confirmed)
11:10 Panel discussion moderated by Philippe Van de Velde (OVAM) (panel members to be
confirmed)
11:35 Conclusions
11:40 End of the session
. Breakout session II: “Securing water for regions & citizens”
10:10 “Too much, too little … Flanders/Belgium within EU context” (Dirk Van der Stede – VLAKWA/VITO)
10:30 Portuguese approach “Building a Smart Water Society” (João Nuno Marques de Carvalho
Mendes (tbc), Chairman Board of Directors Aguas de Portugal)
10:50 Practical Case 1 Portugal (speaker to be confirmed via Portuguese Water Partnership)
11:00 Practical Case 2 Belgium (Stad Antwerpen (Nieuw Zuid) or Stad Gent (Oude Dokken))
11:10 “The exploration of water treatment tanks using two renewable energies “’ (SPGE -(Vincent
Paeps)
11:25 Panel discussion moderated by Dirk Van der Stede (panel members to be confirmed)
11:35 Conclusions
11:40 End of the session
11:45 Closing session of the seminar in the presence of HM
Round up Circular Economy in Belgium and Europe: future perspectives and collaboration opportunities in Belgium and Europe (Brigitte Mouligneau – Transition Manager Vlaanderen Circulair), the breakout session on construction (Philippe Van de Velde – OVAM tbc) and the breakout session on water (Dirk Van der Stede – VLAKWA/VITO)
12:15 End of the seminar
12:15 Network reception
14:00 End of the network reception