EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION EGTC DUERO-DOURO Budapest

EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION (EGTC) DUERO-DOURO Budapest, March 7 th 2014

REFERENCE FRAMEWORK OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC Members of the DUERO-DOURO More than 200 Portuguese and Spanish public institutions § 135 Spanish municipalities § 9 Portuguese Municipal Councils § 74 Portuguese municipalities • • • NUTS III: Alto Trás-os-Montes Douro Beira Interior Norte Zamora Salamanca § Salamanca University § Bragança Polytechnic Institute European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

Data on Location, People and Surface Of The Duero-douro • Surface: 8 910, 27 Km 2 • 356, 19 km of Portuguese/Spanish border • Population from Portugal: 73. 328 Inhabitants • Population from Spain: 46. 815 Inhabitants • Total population Duero-Douro EGTC: 120. 000 Inhabitants • Average size of each municipality belonging to the Duero-Douro: • 73% with less than 500 inhabitants • 27% between 500 and 3. 500 inhabitants European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

OPERATION OF THE Duero-Douro : GOVERNING BODIES §General Assembly § President of the General Assembly and of the EGTC (three-year revolving term by a member of Spain and a member of Portugal) § Vice President of the General Assembly and of the EGTC (three-year revolving term by a member of Spain and a member of Portugal) § Coordination Council § President of the Coordinating Council § Vice President of the Coordinating Council § 6 Sectorial Councils § 1 Territorial Coordinator § 1 General Director § 1 Secretariat SPHERES OF ACTION: Equal Opportunities, Economic Development, Local Development, Public transportation, New Technology, Environment and Sustainable Development, Education, Training and Employment, Health, Social Services and Social Welfare, Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Sport, Leisure and Recreation; agriculture, Local Government, Transport and communications, Research, Innovation and Development.

Implementing Projects of EGTC DUERO-DOURO. Knowing each other. Artists from the Duero (School Theater). Writers without borders: Reading/writing. Intereduca. Self-Prevention: Self-organizing model forest fire prevention. Sustainable recovery of the Border: NATURAL BORDER. Energy Efficiency Project in Public Lighting. . Microcredit program. Territoria. net. . Observatory for the promotion of culture in the Duero-Douro axis. . Tourism of tales and legends. . Duero-Douro Employement Agency European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

“Energy efficiency in public lighting of the duero-douro’s Energy Consumer Center”

Street lighting in rural municipalities Problems or needs. 1 - Improving Public Service. 2 - Energy Savings. 3 - Meet Regulations. 4 - Cost Savings Current energy condition in the Duero-Douro Currently 155 locations from Salamanca and Zamora, have joined this project. With a total of 15, 421 points of light and 258 cabinets. European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERODOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

BID AWARDED PROPOSED TEHCNOLOGY : LED AWARDEE : ELECNOR S. A. European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

BID AWARDED • PROPOSED TEHCNOLOGY : LED • Awardee: ELECNOR S. A. • Contract signature: September 25, 2013 • Renovation of lighting installation: 9 months from the start report. Before the project INSTALLED POWER After the project 1. 509. 640, 00 W 436. 510, 50 W 4. 131 h. HOURS ON CURRENT CONSUMPTION 6. 236. 323 k. Wh/año EXPECTED SAVINGS (installed capacity) EXPECTED SAVINGS (energy) REDUCING CO 2 EMISSIONS 1. 086. 547 k. Wh/año 71, 09% 82, 58% 1. 853. 919, 21 kg CO 2/año European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

BID AWARDED LIGHTING WITH LED TECHNOLOGY 30% Works already carried out: TOTAL: 38 villages. European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

Self-Prevention: Self-organizing model forest fire prevention SPAIN Total fires registered: 14, 050 fires (47 fires over last year); Forest area affected: 189 321 ha (3. 5 times the area affected last year); PORTUGAL • Number of forest fires: 20. 501 (4. 254 forest fires and 16. 247 small fires) • hectares burned: 104, 125 hectares, Total hectares burned in the territory Duero-Douro: 7, 186 MORE THAN 60% OF THE FIRES IN 2012 HAVE AFFECTED PROTECTED AREAS report made in 2013

Self-Prevention: Self-organizing model forest fire prevention ¿What is this project about? • Reintroduction of 150, 000 goats for clearing forests and fields • Generation of economic wealth in the territory • Settlement of the population in rural areas by preventing fires • Creating 663 jobs • Professionalism and profitability of livestock farming • Natural and effective fire prevention • Recovery of endangered breeds • Sustainable project and adapted to the territory European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

¿ How to participate in Self Prevention? • As shareholders §Providing liquid capital. §Providing Land. • By participating in job opportunities Self-prevention 2014 -2017 • 110 GOAT FARMS: • 50 EXTENSIVE SYSTEM. • 40 INTENSIVE SYSTEM. • 20 SEMI-INTENSIVE SYSTEM. • 11 DAIRY (CHEESE) AND 1 DAIRY (MILK) • 2 SLAUGHTER WITH ASSOCIATED MEAT INDUSTRY. • 6 SHOPS + 6 BAR-SHOPS • LOGISTOCS PLATFORM • FEED FACTORY European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro ( DUERO-DOURO EGTC) www. duero-douro. com

Self-prevention 2014 -2017 General Objectives: • Reduction of forest fires. • Making a plan of wildfire management Specific Objectives: • Advantages of grazing goats. • Development of standards and guide practices. • Priority areas for grazing. • stakeholders • Training and awareness. • Monitoring plots. • Building a site about grazing management. www. duero-douro. com

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