18:30-20:30. Welcome reception. Guided tour of the Museum of Natural History and tasting of wine. The museum is located 10 minutes from the Plaza do Obradoiro.

Organized by Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC), Sede Santiago de Compostela: M. Díaz Raviña, J.J. Villaverde, B. Sevilla, A. Regos; Galician Section of SECS: X.L. Otero (USC); Natural History Museum of the University of Santiago de Compostela (MHN-USC): M. González.

9:00 – 9:30. Opening of the course.

Welcome and introduction by different authorities and representatives of Xunta de Galicia, University of Santiago de Compostela, partners of the Facing Fire project and the student body.

9:30 – 10:00. Plenary talk.

Led by Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez, President of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS).

10:00 – 11:00. Flash presentations of Facing Fire project.

Short presentations of the activities and intellectual outputs carried out in the framework of the Facing Fire project and other educational projects. Participation open to different profiles (secondary school teachers, universities, communities, associations, NGOs, etc.). Send us your abstract.

11:00 – 11:15. Break.

11:15 – 13:30. I session of workshops designed for the Facing Fire project. Please see here the detailed programme of the workshops.

• Service-Learning. Educational innovation in environmental issues with special emphasis on forest fires. Service-Learning projects in the classroom.
• Gamification. Development of educational materials related to forest fires.

13:30 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00- 17:30. II session of workshops designed for the Facing Fire project. Please see here the detailed programme of the workshops.

• Educational strategies. Development of educational materiales related to forest fires.
• Audiovisual tools. How to create effective audiovisual materials in the educational field.

Field trip with practical activities.

08:30. Departure from Santiago to the working area of the Facing Fire project.

10:00 – 11:00. Interpretative route with contents related to the problem of forest fires, led by ApS students. 

11:00 – 13:30. Practical activities related to the contents of the workshops, as well as activities developed in the different national and international educational projects of Service-Learning. Please see here the detailed programme of the workshops.

13.30 – 15:30. Lunch.

15:30 – 18:00. Discovery of the biodiversity and the ethnographic and viticultural heritage of the region. 

9:00 – 10:50. Flash presentations.

Short presentations of the activities and intellectual outputs carried out in the framework of the Facing Fire project and other educational projects. Participation open to different profiles (secondary school teachers, universities, communities, associations, NGOs, etc.). Send us your abstract.

10:50 – 11:10. Break.

11:10 – 13:30. Needs on education and training on forest fires. The international perspective.

This activity will be divided into two parts. On the one hand, an interactive round table led by students, landowners, communities, administration and companies will discuss the professions of the future, the professional career in environmental forest management issues, skills and abilities required today and future prospects. 

On the other hand, a Campfire session will be organized, in which the participants, organized in small working groups formed by people with different profiles, will identify needs and opportunities responding to different current issues.  

13:30 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00 – 16:30. Final remarks.

Reflection and interaction session about the main results of the course and their possible application. Participation dynamics with surveys and active work.

16:30 – 17:00. Presentation of diplomas and awards to the best international S-L projects.

17:00. Closing ceremony.