MAIA Deliverable: Outcomes of the Policy Roundtables (v1)

Summary

This document is the Deliverable D4.1 on the results of the first policy roundtables of the MAIA project. The purpose of this document is to report on the development of the first Round Table “Adaptation to Climate Change: Gaps from Good Practices to Good Policies in Portugal”, describing the main issues highlighted by the participants and highlighting the first results that will contribute to the elaboration of the document “Foresight Promotion Report for Policy & Decision-makers” (D4.3).

About the Roundtable

The first MAIA Roundtable was developed on May 18 in the LNEC (National Civil Engineering Laboratory) in Lisbon, Portugal. The theme of the event was “Climate Change Adaptation: Gaps from Good Practices to Good Policies in Portugal”.

The Roundtable gathered relevant policymakers and institutional representatives that have a significant influence at the regional and national level in the topic of climate change adaptation.

The roundtable participants included:

• Ana Estela Barbosa (National Civil Engineering Laboratory);
• João Medina (Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação);
• Ana Daam (Portuguese Environmental Society);
• Ana Sofia Rizzone (Directorate for Territory, Portugal);
• Rosa Onofre (Alentejo Coordination and Development Committee);
• Rita Cardoso (Dom Luiz Institute);
• António Bota (Almodôvar Municipality);
• Carla Castelo (climate change researcher).

Results to date

The main results of the work achieved so far are:

• Development of the first roundtable as a pilot for the definition of the
  methodology;
• Collecting national results on adaptation to climate change in Portugal;
• Define a methodology for next round tables;
• To approve the proposal to develop a roundtable during the EU Regions
  Week.

Suggested citation

Cunha, S., Mendes, T., Thompson, D., Coelho, A., Medina, J., Corvaro, M., Zulueta,A. (2023). Outcomes of the Policy Roundtables (v1)  MAIA Project. Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação.