Europe Day (9th May) will be celebrated in the Algarve, with the theme “Sea” to mark the activities planned for Lagos. The RIS3Azul conference, at 15:00, in the Auditorium of Paços do Concelho Século XXI, or a treasure hunt for the 2nd cycle classes of the municipality's Basic Schools, at 10:45, in the Historic Center of Lagos, are some of the proposals to mark this day. in «land of navigators».
At 10:00 am, the flag will be raised, followed by welcome speeches by Maria Joaquina Matos, Mayor of Lagos, and Francisco Serra, President of the Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) of the Algarve.
Throughout the day, the program offered to the population is one of celebration and celebration, to remember that it marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome and the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus programme, with the right to theater performances and visits to projects financed by the Regional Operational Program, such as the Church of Santo António and the Municipal Museum Dr. José Formosinho, at 11:15 am.
The Ris3Azul conference, in the afternoon, will propose to the participants to debate the strategic choices of the region, embodied in RIS3, the ongoing projects (or not) and the place of the Algarve in the Common Fisheries Policy.
"More Atlantic or more Western Mediterranean?", a film proposed by the SCIAENA association, and an initial presentation by Conceição Santos, from the General Directorate of Maritime Resources, will set the tone for the round table moderated by Professor Maria João Bebbiano, from the University of Algarve , explains the City Council of Lagos.
During the celebrations, which will also align the commemorations and debate with the proposal for the European Maritime Day to be celebrated on 20 May, there will also be music, closing at 19:00, with the Academy of Music of Lagos performing the “Symphony no 2: Mare Nostrum, Op. 124 (2004), by Jorge Salgueiro”, at the Cultural Center of that city.
CCDR Algarve, the Center Europe Direct Algarve and CRESC Algarve 2020 are thus joining forces this year with the Municipality of Lagos to celebrate a day that wants to celebrate peace and unity in Europe, celebrating the anniversary of the “Schuman Declaration”.
On May 9, 1950, Schuman proposed, inspired by Jean Monnet, the creation of a European community to manage two important resources, coal and steel, which were the basis of military power and industrial development as a guarantee of peace. In 1951 the ECSC – Coal and Steel Community is created. This first supranational organization paved the way for the EEC – European Economic Community, later called the European Union.
“The 9th of May – Europe Day – was celebrated for the first time in 1986. Initially addressed in particular to the school community, it is today one of the symbols of the European Union and is an opportunity to develop activities and celebrations that bring Europe closer to its citizens” , concludes the Chamber of Lagos.
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