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The project TRANS-Lighthouses - More than green - Lighthouses of transformative nature-based solutions for inclusive communities, funded by the European Union and lasting from May 2023 to October 2026, kicks-off with this first meeting of its partners.

The consortium, coordinated by the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, comprises research and innovation centres, political institutions and civil society organisations, with 19 European partners from 10 countries, as well as 9 observers from 7 countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This first meeting is co-organised with the local partners Kairós - Cooperativa de Incubação de Iniciativas de Economia Solidária and the University of the Azores.

During the three days of the event, the TRANS-lighthouses partners will hold a series of meetings to deepen the development of their work plan in different strands and localities, as well as get to know the evaluation and pilot case to be developed in Lagoa.

Programme

Day 1 - Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- welcome at the University of the Azores
- opening with European Commission representatives who are accompanying the project
- presentation of the project by the CES-UC team coordinating the consortium
- lecture by Tiago Freitas, guest speaker, on nature-based solutions
- group dynamics "Knowing each other better and strengthening our partnership"
- workshops on evaluation cases, pilot cases and methodological approaches
- workshop on administrative and financial issues by the CES-UC team

Day 2 - Thursday, 22 June 2023
- field visits around São Miguel Island
- cultural-ethnographic activities

Day 3 - Friday, 23 June 2023
- welcome by the Municipality of Lagoa
- roundtable on alternative economies
- General Assembly of the consortium partners
- online meeting with the associated partners and the winning consortia of the same funding line
- roundtable on opportunities and challenges for co-governance in pilot cases
- workshops on evaluation cases, pilot cases and conceptual approaches