The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate for Youth, promotes the organisation of an information itinerary on the Free Time Occupation Program for Youth OTL-J, which will cover through all islands of the archipelago during the first quarter of this year.

This itinerary includes 17 information sessions that will present the 2016/2017 edition of the OLT-J programme, whose application period runs from March 15 to April 15, and clarify some doubts regarding the creation and management of projects, namely the completion of the application forms by project promoters.

The first two information sessions on the OTL-J itinerary will be held Wednesday, January 20 on Terceira Island; the first will take place at the Youth and Arts Academy in Praia da Vitória between 9:30 and 10:30 AM and the second at Angra do Heroísmo Cultural and Congress Centre between 2:20 and 3:30 PM.

On 25 January, an information session will be held on the island of Santa Maria at the auditorium of Vila do Porto Municipal Library between 9:30 and 10:30 AM.

In February, the information on OTL-J will travel to the islands of São Miguel, Graciosa, Pico and Faial, ending its journey in March on the islands of São Jorge, Flores and Corvo.

The Free Time Occupation Programme for Youth aims to encourage the inclusion of young people in active life and offer the opportunity for participants to know professional activities, being a first contact with the labour market.

OTL-J also intends to provide young people with an innovative way to occupy their free time, contributing to their non-formal education, the acquisition of knowledge, norms and values of a responsible citizenship. This initiative also contributes to the construction of social and professional experiences that are decisive to the education of qualified and responsible citizens.