Professor Sérgio Claudino, from the University of Lisbon, will be at UFMG in June as a guest of the FUNDEP/IEAT Chairs program. During the visit, he will give the Conference “The Project We Propose!: the international commitment to territorial citizenship” on June 6, 2023, at 10 am, in the Auditorium of the Institute of Geosciences of UFMG.

To participate in the conference it is necessary to register through the Sistema Gestão de Eventos. A certificate of participation will be issued to those who register and sign the attendance list on the day of the event.

The conference will address the project “We Propose! Citizenship and Innovation in Geographical Education”, created at the Institute of Geography and Land Planning of the University of Lisbon, in 2011/2012. Aimed at Geography students and teachers, the project encourages schools and students to act actively in identifying and solving problems in their communities and promoting effective local territorial citizenship. In the 2021/2022 edition, more than forty schools participated in the project in Portugal.

According to Professor Sérgio Claudino, the project is very complete from an educational point of view, as it promotes the critical observation of the local reality, encourages dialogue between younger people and the population and focuses on the development of concrete measures capable of impacting the local communities. At the conference, Professor Sérgio Claudino will present more details about the project, highlighting how the initiative focuses on the development of a prospective vision and attitudes of citizen participation among its participants.

Emerged in Portugal, the project Nós Propomos! began its internationalization in 2014, precisely in Brazil. Currently, the project is also implemented in the following countries: Spain, Mozambique, Laos, Colombia, Peru and Mexico. More information can be obtained on the website.

Appearing in Portugal, at the IGOT-University of Lisbon, in 2011/12, the Project began its internationalization in 2014, precisely in Brazil. Today it also extends to Spain, Mozambique, Laos, Colombia, Peru and Mexico. More information can be obtained on the website.

About the chairmen

Sérgio Claudino has a Degree in Geography, Master in Geography and Regional and Local Planning and Doctor in Human Geography all obtained by the University of Lisbon. Professor of Basic and Secondary Education, Pedagogical Advisor in School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal). Since 1987 is professor at the University of Lisbon, assistant professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning and Principal Investigator at the Center for Geographical Studies, at the Center for Urban and Regional Dynamics and Policies/ZOE. The teaching and research activity is carried out in the area of Human and Regional Geography, but focuses mainly on teacher training and Geography Teaching. He founded and coordinates the Project Nós Propomos!, disseminated nationally and internationally. He coordinates the Training Center of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning. He collaborates with the Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency/A3ES. Member of the Board of Geoforo – Iberoamerican Forum of Geography, Education and Society. He has several works published in the country and abroad and has supervised master’s and doctoral theses in the field of Geography teaching. He has carried out several research internships and has been a visiting professor at Spanish and Brazilian universities.