Cultural and experience tourism, including creative tourism, have recently been subject of study in the Algarve. At a national level, "Turismo + Sustentável" is underway, with a dedicated chapter for culture. And in the new financial programe “Portugal 20-30”, there is a strong focus on sustainability and on low density territories. How all of these aspects come together in a region that seeks to grow and enhance its heritage? Let's talk about it!
Guests: Carlos Martins (Opium); Leonor Picão (Turismo de Portugal); Aquiles Marreiros (CCDR Algarve); (Moderation: Dália Paulo, Câmara Municipal de Loulé)
(participation is free and there is no enrolment required)
Guests
Carlos Martins
Aquiles Marreiros
Dália Paulo
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Education
Economics Degree by Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto. Post-Graduation in Cultural Tourism by the University of Barcelona.
PhD in Geography by the University of Porto (not concluded).
Professional Experience
Founder and partner-manager of Infeira - Gabinete de Consultoria, Lda.
Founder and managing partner of Inpublic, Consultores, Lda.
Founder and managing partner of Opium, Lda, a company dedicated to cultural, territorial and economic planning.
Founder and managing partner of Local Heroes, Lda, a company specialized in gastronomy and tourism communication projects.
Founder and managing partner of Live Art, Lda, a company specialized in digital content. He was a consultant at Deloitte.
Councillor for Culture, Tourism and Economic Development of the Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira (1999-2005).
President of Sociedade de Turismo de Santa Maria da Feira SA (2000-2004).
President of the Board of the Regional Development Agency of Entre-Douro-e-Vouga. (1999-2003).
Coordinator of the City Animation Program in the scope of Euro 2004. (2003-2004) He was assistant to the secretary of State for Youth. (2006)
Coordinator of the Macroeconomic Study "Desenvolvimento de um Cluster de Indústrias Criativas no Norte de Portugal" and co-author of the Management Plan for the Oporto Historical Center - World Heritage of UNESCO. (2007)
President of ADDICT - Creative Industries Development Agency. (2010-2012)
Member of the National Council for Culture - Arts Section - Ministry of Culture (2014-2017).
Coordinator of the Candidature and Executive Director of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture and the City of Guimarães Foundation. (2009-2013)
Coordinator of the candidacy of Braga to UNESCO Creative City - Media Arts. (2016- 2017)
Coordinator of the project "Lugares Património Mundial do Centro" promoted by Entidade Regional de Turismo do Centro and the project "Plano de Desenvolvimento Turístico da Ria Formosa" developed by Turismo de Portugal. (2016-2020)
Founder of the European network "Next Culture Network". (2018)
Member of the Culture and Sport Commission of the Portuguese Olympic Committee. (2018-...)
Commissioner of the program "Which Culture for the Cities of the 21st Century" - Serralves Foundation. (2020)
Consultant to the Mission Structure of the Commemorations of the V Centenary of the First Voyage of Circum-Navigation of Ferdinand Magellan. (2018-2020)
Founder and member of the governing bodies of Porto Post Doc, Porto's international documentary film festival. (2016-...)
Founder and member of the governing bodies of the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra. (2018-...) Consultant for the United Nations (UNCTAD) in the area of Creative Economy and Tourism. (2019-...) Lecturer of the Cultural Management Course at the University of Santiago de Compostela. (2017-...)
Professor of the Master in Creative Industries at the Portuguese Catholic University - Porto. (2015-...)
Member of the Advisory Board of APDC - Portuguese Association for the Development of Communications (2020-...).
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Aquiles Marreiros, 45 years old, born in Faro, graduated in Geography and Regional Planning (2000, FLUL), post-graduated in Municipal Administration and Regional Development (2001, FE-UALG), Master in Territorial Management and Urbanism (2011, IGOT-UL).
He was a Geography teacher at the Pinheiro e Rosa Secondary School in Faro (2000-2002) and guest assistant at the School of Hotel Management and Tourism at UAlg (2017/2018).
For 13 years (2003-2016) he worked in the Planning Division (preparation, amendment and review of territorial management instruments) and in the Tourism and Economic Development Division of the Municipality of Albufeira, where he was responsible for the Entrepreneurship Office and the Applications and Financing Office.
In June 2016 he joined the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission, taking up the position of Director of Regional Development Services in March 2019, being responsible for the areas of planning, regional studies and cooperation.
From February 2020 to March 2023 he was coordinator of the Monitoring Body for Regional Dynamics, responsible for monitoring the Regional Operational Program and the implementation of the Regional Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (RIS3 Algarve).
He was responsible for the technical coordination of the Algarve 2030 Regional Development Strategy and for coordinating the negotiation process with the European Commission of the Algarve 2030 Regional Program.
Since March 2023 he is the Executive Member of the Steering Committee of the Algarve 2030 Regional Program.
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Municipal Director of Administration, Planning and Administrative Modernization of the Municipality of Loulé (Dec 2017) and Technical Coordinator of the project of the aspiring Geopark Algarvensis Loulé-Silves-Albufeira by the Municipality of Loulé. Director of Cineteatro Louletano. President of the General Assembly of Acesso Cultura (since 2022). She was Commissioner/Programmer of the "365 Algarve" Program, being assistant to the Secretary of State for Culture (2016-2017). She was Director of the Human Development and Cohesion Department and Head of the Culture and Heritage Division of Loulé City Council between 2014 and July 2016. She has a degree in History (Archaeology) and a postgraduate degree in Roman Archaeology from the University of Coimbra. Master in History of Portuguese Art by the University of Algarve. Curricular part of the PhD in Museology 2007/2009 completed. She was Regional Director of Culture of the Algarve from 2009 to 2013. She was Director of the Municipal Museum of Faro (2002 to 2009), mentor and director of the magazine MUSEAL from 2006 to 2009. She was one of the ideologists and founders of the Algarve Museums Network (2007) and the AZUL Network, of the Algarve Theaters (2016). She was a Member of ICOM Portugal (2014-2017) and Vice-President of ICOM Portugal (2017-2020). She was President of the Board of Acesso Cultura (2016-2022). Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Algarve.
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Director of the Offer and Resources Dynamisation Department - Turismo de Portugal
Degree in Sociology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Master's Degree in Social Psychology, ISCTE, Lisbon. Working at Turismo de Portugal since 1998, she has coordinated product development projects (cultural tourism, religious tourism, industrial tourism, nature tourism, gastronomy and wine tourism, medical tourism, accessible tourism) and also projects in the field of sustainable tourism; innovation and entrepreneurship; financing of projects of interest to tourism. Represents the Institute in various national and international forums.