Information: Avelino Meneses highlights investment in education infrastructures on São Jorge Island
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated that the completion of the works underway at Calheta Basic Education and Secondary School concludes the essential interventions in terms of education infrastructure on the island of São Jorge. Avelino Meneses spoke at the end of a visit to the works of the new Calheta Basic Education and Secondary School, held under the Government's stat... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses highlights efforts and responsibility of Canto da Maia school community
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlighted in Ponta Delgada "the responsibility and the effort" of the school community of Canto da Maia Basic Education School. Avelino Meneses spoke at the end of a visit to the new building of Canto da Maia School on the island of São Miguel. He stressed that during "a long school year" the school community was able to carry out their acti... more >>

Information: Regional Government invests in the consolidation of entrepreneurial education with training of more teachers
The Regional Director for Youth, Lúcio Rodrigues, stressed today the importance of the "Entrepreneurial Education: The Path to Success" programme. Throughout these eight editions, it has covered about 19 thousand students from 60 regional schools and provided entrepreneurial training to 301 teachers. This represents an investment over 500 thousand Euros," which are "still consolidating." L... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores moves forward with classification of five buildings on Faial Island
The process for the eventual interest public classification of five buildings located in the villages of Matriz and Conceição, municipality of Horta, moved forward to the phase of written hearing by interested parties. The House of Pilar, located in the village of Conceição, the House of Comendador Eduardo Bulcão, the building of Horta Post Office, the "Império dos N... more >>

Information: Azorean Government and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation promote seminars on Antero de Quental
The Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariat for Education and Culture, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation will organise the seminars on Antero de Quental, "Antero Hoje," in Ponta Delgada on November 7 and 8. Eduardo Lourenço, António Machado Pires, Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, Ana Maria A. Martins, Luiz Fagundes Duarte, Urbano Bettencourt, Magda Costa Carvalho and Ana... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores supports safeguarding of whaling heritage with the allocation of more than 122 thousand Euros
According to the contracts published today in the Official Journal, the Regional Government has allocated more than 122 thousand Euros to 55 projects developed in the area of whaling heritage. The support intends to cover the costs with the conservation and recovery works on 45 vessels owned by institutions and individuals from the islands of Terceira, Graciosa, Graciosa, S. Jorge, Pico, Faial a... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores moves forward with classification of “Wall of the Nine Windows” aqueduct on São Miguel
The process for the eventual classification of the “Wall of the Nine Windows” aqueduct in the village of Santo António, municipality of Ponta Delgada, entered today the phase of written hearing by interested parties. The deadline for the written hearing phase is set at 15 days, according to the announcement published in the Official Journal by the Regional Secretariat for Educat... more >>

Information: Classification of “Cerca Building Complex” in Praia do Norte, Faial Island, moves forward to public hearing
The process for the eventual classification of public interest of the building designated as “Cerca Building Complex” in the village of Praia do Norte, municipality of Horta, moved forward today to the phase of written hearing by interested parties. The deadline for the written hearing phase is set at 15 days, according to the announcement published in the Official Journal by the Re... more >>

Information: Azorean Government distinguished by "good practices" in reusing schoolbooks
The Government of the Azores has been recognised by the Reutilizar.org Movement for "good practices" in reusing school books, namely by creating and financing a loan system for schoolbooks accessible to all students. The certificate was signed by Henrique Trigueiros Cunha, a spokesperson for the movement. It was presented to the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture in Porto during the deba... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores praises positive results of community intervention in promoting school success
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlighted today the "considerable success" achieved by the educational and community intervention project, designated as "An Ecological Approach to Promoting School Success," which took place over the last year in Lagoa and Água de Pau, São Miguel Island. Avelino Meneses spoke at the conference "Community Intervention and Educational Suc... more >>