Madeira's Regional Government President, Miguel Albuquerque, will take over for one year the chairmanship of the Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions (RUP), the main body for political and technical cooperation among the executive heads of these regions.
Before the conference, Albuquerque attends a Council of State meeting at the Palácio de Belém in Lisbon on Monday at 3 p.m., dedicated to social cohesion.
The following day he travels to Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadeloupe, where the 30th Conference of RUP Presidents will take place on 5 and 6 November.