The first Local Initiative, was held at Pousada Castelo de Alvito, in the village of Alvito, on April 20, 2010.

Representatives of major organizations of farmers and Agricultural Cooperative Banks in the region attended to the meeting, where Mr. Godinho described the RuralE·Evolution Project, its background, brief description, objectives, what has been done and the next steps of the project.

Then Mrs. Rosas made a presentation about the benefits of the project for several local players, pointed out that both the Municipality and UCASUL already acceded to it and asked the public who can be interest in being involved in the project and what could be its role in this.

About the different comments made by the audience, we highlight the following.

The Director-General of UCASUL, the Union of Cooperatives that holds the biomass that is being considered for this project, explained the problem in a strategic perspective for the region, identifying the benefits of the transformation of biomass into electricity and the constraints that predicts we may find in the process.

From the Agricultural Cooperative banks, were stressed the following aspects:

- Importance of the project, energy production from olive pomace treated, taking into account the existing biomass in increasing quantities because of the many new plantings of olive trees in the region, and that if no other destination can be found, we may face an environmental problem.
- Difficulty that the project may have to get a connection to the national grid. Is necessary an administrative and a political decision.
- Willingness to collaborate with the project and interest in following its development.

Other comments:

- The project must demonstrate to policymakers the importance of commitment in renewable energy from agricultural biomass, which could become a gain and avoid an environmental problem.
- It was requested information about further developments of the project.