The 2nd Forum was held on November 16-17, 2000, with around 350 people representing 114 institutions.

Participants received the Evaluation Report on the Health Development Plan for the Municipality of Seixal, which summed up the inter-sector Programs, Projects and Actions developed within the Health Plan, and the Declaração do 2.º Fórum Seixal Saudável - Acção para a Equidade em Saúde no Seixal (2nd Healthy Seixal Forum Declaration – Action for Health Equity in Seixal), which was carried unanimously.

Important steps were taken in this Forum to reinforce the Project partnership; Partners were handed the Partnership Letter so they could analyse it and give their opinion on the contents.

The Theme Panels reflected the priorities established by the Steering Group for 2000, namely:

The Forum structure was designed to ease and stimulate dialog and the discussion of key issues and intervention strategies for health gains, which was achieved to a very satisfactory degree in the theme panels. The evaluation as to the realization of the general proposed goals was extremely positive, and some of the institutions there manifested their interest in being a part of the Project.

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