"Poverty and Strategy" is the theme of the meeting-debate which is part of the management bachelor's degree at Católica Porto Business School, in the subject of Strategy, and is open to the entire community.
Date and time: 26 February, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Venue: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Arts Building, Auditorium EA226
Admission: free and open, no registration required
(held in Portuguese)
The problem of poverty requires comprehensive intervention, involving different levels of action and different types of institutions. Strategies to combat poverty are defined at European, national and local level. In this meeting-debate, participants will represent different levels of intervention, sharing their experience of the strategies they know or have designed and implemented in their organisations.
This is an activity organised in the context of the cooperation protocol between the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto and EAPN Portugal / European Anti Poverty Network .
PROGRAMME
2:30 p.m. | Opening session: The role of academia in building a fairer society
- Isabel Braga da Cruz, pro-rector, Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto
2:40 p.m. | The role of the European Union in combating poverty
- Paula Cruz, coordinator of EAPN Portugal's European Projects and Policies Unit
3:50 p.m. | Panel: Strategies to combat poverty - from national vision and practice to local vision and action
- Sandra Araújo, coordinator of the National Strategy to Combat Poverty
- Fernando Paulo, councillor for Education and Social Cohesion at Porto City Council
- Bárbara Barros, president of Porto's Food Bank Against Hunger
- Moderator: Raquel Campos Franco, professor at Católica Porto Business School
