Day of Return to Rural Spain: Women at the Forefront of Change in Valencia - FADEMUR

On May 26th, a training and information day will be held at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, which will focus on shared ownership, generational change, aid and subsidies aimed at the agricultural sector and innovation in entrepreneurship led by women in the region.

The objectives of this day are:

  1. To provide specific information on the incorporation of women into the economic activity of rural areas, promoting their incorporation and the entrepreneurial initiatives of rural women through the exchange of good practices.
  2. To disseminate among the rural population in general, and in particular among women who live and work in rural municipalities, the changes that have occurred with the entry into force of Law 35/2011, of October 4, on Shared Ownership of Agricultural Holdings, as well as other rural development measures.
  3. To promote the importance of incorporating women and young people into the agricultural and livestock activities of our municipalities.
  4. To publicize the opportunities offered by CAP instruments for the incorporation of women and young people into agricultural activity and access to the other measures of rural development programs.
  5. Report on women's access to governance bodies of professional agricultural organizations and cooperatives and other entities related to agricultural activity and rural development
  6. To increase public awareness and knowledge about the importance of the agricultural sector by highlighting good policies and good practices implemented by women.
  7. To inform unemployed women in rural areas about the job opportunities and employment prospects that exist, facilitating their access to the labor market, whether through employment or self-employment.

  8. To inform about women's access to new technologies and their use in rural areas and to promote good practices in their application.

    PLANNED PROGRAM:
    9:00h Reception and welcome of participants.
    9:30 a.m. Presentation of the day's events and the documentary "Women of Earth and Sky." Speaker: María Eugenia Búrdalo, founder of Huecoex
    9:45 – 11:25h Screening of the documentary "Women of Earth and Sky"
    11:25 – 11:40 Coffee break
    11:40 – 12:50 Round table discussion "Agricultural policies and shared ownership: key instruments for women's access to the agricultural sector." Speakers: Ricardo Bayo, Secretary General of UPA Comunidad Valenciana, and María Amparo Martínez, President of FADEMUR País Valenciano.
    12:50 – 13:35 Round table discussion "Entrepreneurship in rural areas: women transforming territories". Speakers: Fidel García Meseguer, Head of Rural Development and Depopulation at the Provincial Council of Valencia, Aitana Camps, Manager of the Turia Calderona Local Action Group, María Romà, founder of La Vidrioteca, and Ana Climent, founder of Ca Climent.

    13:35 – 14:10 Talk: How to turn an idea into a viable project in rural areas. Speaker: Lourdes D. García Esteve, Communication and Projects Department of the European Center for Innovative Companies of Valencia (CEEI Valencia)

This activity is carried out by the Federation of Rural Women's Associations (FADEMUR) with funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.