Workshop in Mérida (National Museum of Roman Art) Pictures

WORKSHOP IN MÉRIDA (Spain)

CULTURAL CROSS-BORDER WORKSHOP

Encouraging people to know our neighbours

Mérida (Spain)

27^th -28^th October 2011

27^th October 2011

Place: Regional Parliament of Extremadura (PlazaSanta Clara, 5)

10.00 Workshop

Topics:

• Cross border Initiatives Office

Montaña Hernández Martínez. Head of the Cross border Initiative Office (Regional Government of Extremadura)

• Learning the language of our neighbours

Lígia Borges. Portuguese teacher

• Ágora, the Peninsular Debate. History of a project

Javier Figueiredo. Cross border Initiative Office

Coffee break

• Portugal in the cultural policy of Extremadura

Marta Sofia Maia. Investigator (University of Minho, Portugal)

• Coming back to school. Senior University
• Learning in network. The experience of Popular Universities
• Debate

14:00 Lunch

15:30 Departure to the monumental city of Cáceres

16:30 Arrival and reception in the Town Hall of Cáceres and guided visit to the Medieval Town

19:30 Return to Mérida

28^th October 2011

9:30 Following meeting:

Place: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

- Dates for the following workshops.

- Newsletters and dissemination actions.

- Reports and other questions.

10:00 Lusitania, a common Roman past of Spain and Portugal. Recent activities on cross border cooperation

10:45 Guided visit to the National Museum of Roman Art and Roman Monuments.

13:00 End of the workshop

Our first workshop

Fundação Eugénio de Almeida (Évora, Portugal), organized the first of our workshops. Participants from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romenia, Greece, Portugal, Spain and the AEBR (Association of European Border Regions) during the sessions held on 19th November 2010 in Évora.