ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019 & SYMPOSIUM ON CONNECTIVITY IN MEDITERRANEAN

RIVERS

Málaga, Spain, 3 to 6 September 2019

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Programme Agenda

The meeting will be held across four days:

Day 1 – 3rd September Morning Field Visit to Guadalhorce case

study site and Ardales Cave

Afternoon

Symposium on Connectivity in

Mediterranean Rivers

Day 2 – 4th September Morning

WP Meetings and Talks by EAB

Afternoon WP Meetings Feedback and

Breakout Sessions

Day 3 – 5th September

Morning

CLOSED SESSION

AMBER Annual General Meeting

and EAB Feedback

Afternoon

Evening

International Experience on

Adaptive Barrier Management

Viewing of Carlos Rodriguez

Documentary Durienses,

followed by Dinner at El Pimpi

Restaurant

Day 4 – 6th September Morning

Afternoon

WP LEADS ONLY

EC Project Review Meeting

Free

Meeting Venue

All meetings will take place at the University of Málaga, Calle, Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa, 18, 29010

Málaga in Meeting Room 1 (Ground Floor, Room B.0.6) of the Ada Byron Building.

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Accommodation

We recommend accommodation close to the El Perchel underground train station, as the train will be

the most convenient way to travel to the meeting venue. The following hotels are in close proximity to El

Perchel Station and within a 30 minute walk to Málaga city center:

Barceló Málaga

https://www.barcelo.com/es/barcelo-hotels/hoteles/espana/andalucia/malaga

Hotel Guadalmedina

http://www.hotelguadalmedina.es/

TRYP Málaga Alameda Hotel

https://www.melia.com/es/hoteles/espana/malaga

Hotel Las Américas

https://hotel-lasamericas.es/

Hotel Don Paco

https://www.hotel-donpaco.com/

Sercotel Málaga

https://www.sercotelhoteles.com/hoteles/espana/Malaga/sercotel-malaga/

More hotels are available nearby El Perchel underground station.

How to get to the Ada Byron Building

We recommend travel by L1 train from El Perchel underground station to avoid traffic congestion. The

Andaluciá Tech underground station is approximately a seven-minute walk from the Ada Byron Building.

Location:

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Travel by train:

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Day 1 – T

Local Taxi Telephone Numbers

UNITAXI Malága

952 333 333

TAXI UNIÓN Malága 952 04 04 04 / 682 04 04 04

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Day 1 – Tuesday, 3rd September 2019 08:00 Field Visit to Guadalhorce case study site Travel by private bus to the Guadalhorce Reservoir and the Conde de Guadalhorce

Reservoir with representatives from AMA, Territorial Delegation of Malaga and New Culture of Water The bus will meet field-visit participants at the long bus stop at Calle, Héroes de Sostoa (close to the María Zambrano Train Station and the Barcélo Hotel). The bus company is Autocares Vázquez Olmedo and the buses for the field visit will have this name displayed.

9:15

Reception in the Offices of the Guadalhorce-Guadalteba Dams Explanation of the system of reservoirs by the Head of Exploitation, Ignacio Calderón

10:45 11:30

Travel by private bus to Ardeles Cave Visit to Ardales Cave

http://www.andalucia.com/province/malaga/ardales/cave

13:45 Picnic Lunch at Ardales. Accompanied by Salvador Sánchez, of the Platform in Defense of the river Grande and the Jara Environmental Association (Coín, Málaga).

15:00 Guided visit at the mouth of the River Guadalhorce A guided tour will be provided by Christoph Schröder of Proyecto SWOS ETC-UMA,

https://www.swos-service.eu/, and José Manuel Nieto López of Centro de Hidrogeología de la Universidad de Málaga (CEHIUMA), http://cehiuma.uma.es/

16:00 Symposium on Connectivity in Mediterranean Rivers La Térmica building, next to the Guadalhorce estuary. Diputación de Málaga, Avenida De los Guindos, 48, 29004 Málaga, https://www.latermicamalaga.com/

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16:00 Welcome coffee 16:30 Institutional opening from Diputacion Malága, Agriculture Counselling and AMA Junta

Andalucía 16:40 Hydrological Planning Technician from Environment and Water Agency, Andalucía 17:05 Anguilla Recovery Plan in Andalusia. Carlos Fernández Delgado (University of Cordoba) 17:30 SWOS Project Results (UMA). Surface waters and wetlands.- Christoph Schröder 17:50 CEHIUMA projects. Groundwater in the Guadalhorce basin.- José Manuel Nieto Lopez 18:10 Guadalhorce Case Study

- UNIOVI - AEMS-Ríos con Vida - IRS

19:00 Conclusions 19:20 Close

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Day 2 – Wednesday, 4th September 2019 09:00 Arrival

Meeting Room 1 (Ground Floor, Room B.0.6), Ada Byron Building, University of Málaga,

Calle, Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa, 18, 29010 Málaga

09:15 09:25

Welcome (Fire regulations, catering) Introduction to Jack Foxall from the Arcadia Fund

09:30 WP Progress Updates (each maximum of 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions) 09:30 WP1 Atlas – Wouter van de Bund & Barbara Belletti 09:50 WP2 Impacts – Piotr Parasiewicz 10:10 WP3 Tools - Paul Kemp & Jim Kerr 10:30 WP4 Case Studies – Niels Jepsen 10:50 WP5 Dissemination – Arjan Berkhuysen 11:20 Coffee Break 11.40 Talks by the AMBER EAB 11:40 Laura Wildman 12:00 Martina Bussettini 12:20 Josh Royte 12:40 Guillermo Gianicco 13:00 Lunch 14:00 WP Breakout Sessions - planning, progress & discussion for WP1,2,3,4,5 (non-AMBER

attendees free to circulate) 16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 Breakout Feedback 16:30 WP1 Wouter van de Bund & Barbara Belletti 16:45 WP2 Piotr Parasiewicz 17:00 WP3 Paul Kemp & Jim Kerr 17:15 WP4 Niels Jepsen 17:30 WP5 Arjan Berkhuysen

18:00 Close

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Day 3 – Thursday, 5th September 2019 09:15 AMBER General Assembly Closed session - AMBER members and EAB only

Meeting Room 1 (Ground Floor, Room B.0.6), Ada Byron Building, University of Málaga, Calle, Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa, 18, 29010 Málaga

09:30 Welcome and Opening Comments – Carlos Garcia de Leaniz Legacy and final event – Arjan Berkhuysen MS13 Policy Meeting Brussels – Carlos Garcia de Leaniz

No cost extension and final reporting implications – Victoria Hurst

Any Other Business 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 EAB Feedback 12:30 End of Closed Session 13:00 Lunch 14:00 International Experience on Adaptive Barrier Management 14:00 Jens Carlsson – Reconnect Ireland 14:20 Karl Matthias Wantzen – Unesco Chair "Fleuve et Patrimoine - River Culture" &

Université François Rabelais at Tours 14:40 Lourdes Lazaro - IUCN 15:00 Rosa Olivio del Amo – Dam Removal Europe 16:00

15:20 16:20

Hany Abo El Wafa - FIThydro Coffee Break Citizen Science and Data Collection Apps

16:40

Dave Kilbey – Natural Apptitude Networking Opportunity

17:30 Close 19:00 Carlos Rodriguez Documentary Durienses Auditorium of the María Victoria Atencia Cultural Center, Calle Ollerías, 34. Málaga,

http://www.centroculturalmva.es/6868/com1_ct-0/com1_fb-0/agenda

20:00 Close 21:00 Dinner at El Pimpi Restaurant Calle, Granada, 62, 29015 Málaga, https://www.elpimpi.com/

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Day 4 – Friday, 6th September 2019 Meeting Room 1 (Ground Floor, Room B.0.6), Ada Byron Building, University of Málaga, Calle,

Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa, 18, 29010 Málaga Lead 09:00 Closed session EASME - Reviewers 09:30 Introduction to the review meeting Victoria Beaz-Hidalgo

EASME 09:40

AMBER Overview of progress (20 min presentation followed by 10 min Q&A after each presentation)

09:40

10:00

10:20

WP1 summary & update (20 min) WP2 summary & update (20 min) WP3 summary & update (20 mins)

Wouter van de Bund/Barbara Belletti Maciej Zalewski/Piotr Parasiewicz Paul Kemp/James Kerr

11:10 11:30

Coffee break AMBER Overview of progress (cont.)

11:30

11:50

12:10

WP4 summary & update (20 min) WP5 summary & update (20 min) WP6 & 7 summary & update (20 min)

Niels Jepsen Herman Wanningen/Arjan Berkhuysen Carlos Garcia de Leaniz/Victoria Hurst

13:00 General feedback and conclusions

13:45 Buffer time

14:00 Close

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