Organised by FAO (Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, UfM), AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) and Casa Mediterráneo, the Mediterranean Meeting Workshop on SIPAM: exchange of good practices and lessons learned was held at Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante on 2, 3 and 4 October, in which the 5 Spanish SIPAMs participated: Uva pasa de la Axarquía, Salinas de Añana, Olivos milenarios Territorio Sénia, Irrigation historical in l’Horta de Vale
RECOMED is the Euro-Mediterranean Network of Olive Tree Cities, formed by 10 Mediterranean countries, which are the main olive oil producers and is currently chaired by the representative of Greece, George Karabatos, together with Lola Amo, the President of AEMO (Spanish Association of Olive Tree Municipalities) as its Vice-president.
In 2025, the Generalitat will give aid to the owners as the Law says
Vicente del Bosque, who in 2015 was named "Ambassador of the Millenary Olive Trees of the Sénia Territory", has presided over the 12th Congress of Millenary Olive Trees that was held in the Arión Natural Museum (Ulldecona) with the attendance of 90 people from all sectors :
OTRart “transforming waste into art”, cooperation project: 6 countries: Greece, Italy, Spain (M. Taula del Sénia), France, Croatia and Malta. Partners of the project :
Jordi Hereu, Minister of Industry and Tourism, came to visit the millenary olive trees of the Territori Sénia in Ulldecona, where he met with the Taula del Sénia (Mancomunitat and Association), as well as with the owners of the estate and the Town Council.
OTRart is an initiative of the Creative Europe Program that addresses waste problems in the Mediterranean through artistic expression. The project began in Kalamata, Greece, in January of this year and involves six participating countries: Greece (Olive Routes), Spain (Taula del Sénia), Italy (Ceramics Route), France (Avignon University and Dechets d'Arts), Croatia (Tourism Association), and Malta (Unfinished Art Space).
This prize is the 8th awarded by AEMO (Spanish Association of Olive Tree Municipalities) to the Millennium Olive Trees of the Sénia Territory (located between the Valencian Community, Catalonia and Aragon), which is the place with the highest concentration of millennium olive trees in the world, with currently more than 7,000 specimens mapped that exceed 350 centimetres in trunk perimeter at a height of 130 centimetres from the ground.
As part of the Book Fair from June 1st to 15th, a photographic exhibition called "Cultural Itineraries of the Council of Europe in Spain", organized by the Minstriy of Culture, took place in the Retiro Park in Madrid.
