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OPENING SESSION (Punctuality requested)

• Brief messages from the Organizing Committee. Presentation by Ms Mónica Martínez Castañeda, Managing Director of IMIDRA, with the intervention of:
  - Mr Carlos Novillo Piris, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Interior of the Community of Madrid.
  - Mr Gregorio Juan Velasco Gil, Coordinator of the Pastoral Knowledge Hub, FAO
  - Mr Raúl Compés López, Director of CIHEAM - Zaragoza
  - Mr Manuel Bahíllo Martín, Secretary General of Fundación Trashumancia y Naturaleza
  - Ms Francesca Pasetti Bombardella, Co-president for Europe of the GA4RP
• Message from the GA4RP Youth Group – Jacob Lekaitogo
• Official IYRP2026 presentation video
• Presentation of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026). Mr Gregorio Juan Velasco Gil, inaugural intervention by the FAO representative
• Transition

SESSION 1: GLOBAL FRAMEWORK, PUBLIC POLICIES AND PASTORALISM CHALLENGES

• Introductory Presentation: Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
• Round Table: Ms Ana Rodríguez Castaño, Secretary General of Agricultural Resources and Food Security
• Participants:
  - Ms Ariunzaya Enkhtuya, Ministry of Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia (Mongolia)
  - Mr Ángel de Oteo Mancebo, Director General of Agriculture, Livestock and Food. Community of Madrid (Spain)
  - Mr Bernard Bonet, IRAM (France)
  - Mr Blamah Diallo, Regional Technical Coordinator Réseau Billital Maroobe (Niger)
  - Mr Rolando Manzano, President Fundación para el Desarrollo Camélido Altoandino-Markas Layku (Chile)

Coffee / tea break

SESSION 2: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL INNOVATION IN PASTORALISM

• Presenters and moderators: Ángela Arevalo Robles (ILC)
• Introductory Presentation: Mr Balint Sándor, Centre for Ecological Research (Hungary)
• Round Table: "Indigenous Knowledge": Presentation Basele-Menita
• Dialogue on Tradition and Science:
  - Seidou Soumay Abdoul Rahamani (Niger)
  - Maya Sherpa (Nepal)
  - Abdoussaman Ag Alhousseini (Mali)
  - Livasoa (Madagascar)
  - Imran Khan Mamad Mutva (India)

Lunch

SESSION 3: VALUE CHAINS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

• Presenters and moderators: Mireia Llorente and Juana Victoria Alcasihuincha (Peru)
• Ahmad Saad Al-Huweitat, Tourism and Traditional Grazing (Jordan)
• Ilse Kölher-Rollefson, Camel Charisma Marketing
• Verónica Camila Apaza, Red Puna (Argentina)
• Montserrat Castellanos, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain)
• Patricia Jiménez, Certified Extensive Livestock Brand (Spain)
• Gerardo Báguena, Fundación Quebrantahuesos (Spain)

SESSION 4: INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE: THE FUTURE OF PASTORALISM

• Presenter and moderator: Tamara Mitrofanenko
• Intergenerational Dialogue:
  - Santiago Leon (Spain)
  - Irene Namongo (Uganda)
  - Milan Seculovic (Montenegro)
  - Bárbara Aguilar (Spain)
  - Joseph Boussion (France)
  - Megha Seth (India)

SESSION 5: DAY SUMMARY

• Reading of the day's conclusions
• Presentation of the Youth Manifesto: Francesca Pasetti - Jacob Lekaitogo
• Session closure and technical announcements

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SESSION 6: TRANSHUMANCE AS CULTURAL HERITAGE

• Session Presentation: Managing Director of IMIDRA / Deputy Minister of Environment
• Presenter: Sonsoles Zabala Argüelles
• Institutional Event: Mr Luis Fernando Martín Izquierdo. Announcement of Transhumance as PCI
• Exhibition: Ms Mª del Carmen Jiménez Morán
• Scientific and Informative Presentations:
  - Ms Rusudan Mirzikashvili, ICOMOS (Georgia)
  - Ms Laura Reyes, Ministry of Culture (Spain)
  - Mr José Alberto Millán González, Community of Madrid (Spain)
  - Dr Marta Moreno-García, CSIC (Spain)
• Round Table: Moderator Juan Manuel Gallardo Bolaños (RFEAGAS)
  Participants: Mª Carmen García Moreno and Diego Torres González (Spain), Nicole Colantuono (Italy), Madina Kyrkisheva (Kyrgyzstan), Abdoussamad Ag Alhousseini (Mali)

Coffee / tea break and networking

SESSION 7: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INNOVATION AND MODERN PASTORALISTS

• Presenter and moderator: Antonio López-Francos (CIHEAM - Zaragoza)
• Introduction: Claudio Porqueddu (Italy)
• Block 1: New Information and Communication Technologies:
  - Agustín Oliet Palá (Spain)
  - Yolanda Pueyo Estaún (Spain)
  - Joshua Laizer (Tanzania)
  - Georgios Ziagkas (Greece)
  - Ángela del Carmen (Spain)
• Block 2: Technical Innovation in Extensive Livestock Farming:
  - Hichem Ben Salem (Tunisia)
  - Manuel Luque (Spain)
  - Joshua Laizer (Tanzania)
  - Ángela del Carmen (Spain)
  - Georgios Ziagkas (Greece)

Lunch

SESSION 8: PASTORALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY: TERRITORY, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

• Presenters and moderators: Angela Arévalo Robles and Jacob Lekaitogo
• Pedro M. Herrera Calvo (FAO)
• Mohamed Ould Baba GUEYA (Mauritania)
• Ashwini Machindra Labde (India)
• Mireia Llorente (Spain)
• Laia Batalla (Spain)
• Dr Francisco Martín Azcárate (Spain)

SESSION 9: CONCLUSIONS, FINAL DECLARATION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

• Presenter: Tamara Mitrofanenko
• Reading of conclusions
• 100 photos of the meeting
• Conclusions of young pastoralists
• Reflection workshop: Mr Pedro M. Herrera Calvo
• Reading and signing of the manifesto

SESSION 10 AND FINAL CLOSING

• Acknowledgements from the organizers
• Institutional closing (Ms Mónica Martínez Castañeda, IMIDRA)

EXPERIENTIAL TECHNICAL VISIT

• 1st STOP: Cultural stop around the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (1 hour)
• 2nd STOP (12:00h): Casa de la Monta
• Exhibitions: "History of Casa de la Monta", "The Horse in Spain", Native Breeds, Bestiarium, Wool Textile Art.
• Activities: Spinning Initiation Workshop, Screening of "Transhumant Pastoralists, Carding Memories", Recital by Luis García Valera
• Demonstrations: Traditional Sheepdog Grazing, Shearing Exhibition
• Pastoral Meal: Rice Tasting with "Paquitos", Tasting of "100% Native Breed" Products (cheeses and jerky)