As part of the Europe Day celebrations, the conference The Role of Regions in European Integration took place on May 9, hosted by Universidade Portucalense, the Law Department, and the IJP, in partnership with the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia in Portugal.
Guest speakers included:
Agustí Fernández de Losada Passols (Secretary for European Affairs, Multilateral Relations and Development Cooperation – Government of Catalonia),
António M. Cunha (President of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission),
Luís Nobre (President of the Euroregion Eixo Atlântico and Mayor of Viana do Castelo),
Rafael Barbosa (Deputy Director of Jornal de Notícias),
Paulo Silva (President of the Association of Paredes for Social Inclusion),
Pedro Ponte e Sousa, Pascoal Pereira (faculty members at Universidade Portucalense), and
Giuliano G. Braga Braga (faculty member at the University of Minho).