Information: Andreia Cardoso defends innovative model of shared governance at local level The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated today that the Regional Network of Local Development and Social Cohesion Centres acknowledges the importance of the "active participation of communities, people and local institutions in order to make territories "a space for everyone that was created and built by all citizens."
Andreia Cardoso spoke at the presentation of this network in the ci... more >> Information: New support programme for caregivers reflects actual needs of carers and dependent people, says Andreia Cardoso The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated in Angra do Heroísmo that the Regional Programme for the Restructuring of Home Support Services and Support to Caregivers safeguards some key issues related to carers of elderly and dependent people.
Speaking at the presentation of the programme, Andreia Cardoso stressed that the documents foresees the need to "reserve a set of beds in res... more >> Information: Regional Government authorises financial support amounting to one million Euros for the renewal of degraded housing The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stressed in Ponta Delgada the importance of the social support provided by the Regional Government, noting that the support authorised today for the renewal of degraded housing on S. Miguel, Terceira, Faial and Graciosa amounts to one million Euros. Speaking at the signing ceremony of these support measures, Andreia Cardoso considered that in this diffi... more >> Information: Regional Network of Social Infrastructures provides over 126 vacancies in day nurseries in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in 2016 The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stressed that the social responses presented this week will provide over 126 vacancies in day nurseries in the municipality of Ponta Delgada already next year. The government official spoke at the presentation of the project for the construction of the day nursery of "Patronato de S. Miguel" (social solidarity institution).
"We will not only extend th... more >> Information: Qualification of responses to the elderly population is top priority, says Andreia Cardoso The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity highlighted today the capacity of Terceira Island in providing efficient social responses to its elderly population.
Speaking at the presentation of the project for the rehabilitation of the Jesus Maria José Shelter, Andreia Cardoso stressed that both the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and Terceira Island "are above the minimum coverage r... more >> Information: Replicating national responses is not appropriate to the regional reality, says Andreia Cardoso The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated in Angra do Heroísmo that the attempt to replicate national social responses carries the risk of creating a system that fails to meet the real needs of the Region. The government official alluded to the proposal presented by PSD concerning the implementation of a social network in the Azores, similar to the one implemented in Mainland Portug... more >> Information: Government launches tender for contract works over 766 thousand Euros The Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity, through the Regional Directorate for Housing, has invited companies to take part in the contract works for the construction/rehabilitation of houses on the islands of S. Miguel, Terceira and Santa Maria, representing an investment over 766 thousand Euros.
Included in the Regional Public Works Chart, these contract works will cover four dwellings in ... more >> Information: Government invests 5 million Euros in the rehabilitation of the regional housing stock, says Andreia Cardoso The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity met today in Angra do Heroísmo with the President of the Administration Board of the Society for the Promotion and Renewal of Housing and Infrastructures (SPRHI) to discuss projects and investments in the area of housing for 2015, "which represent a public investment over five million Euros."
At the end of the meeting, Andreia Cardoso revealed tha... more >> Information: Payments under Families with Future Programme to begin in February Following the publication of the final results of the applications submitted in 2014 to the Lease Incentive Scheme, under the Families with Future Programme, the payment of support will begin in February.
Of the 499 applications submitted, a total of 390 were approved. It corresponds to a monthly allocation of 68 thousand Euros.
Young households represent 57.5% of the almost four hundred appli... more >> Information: Senior tourism programme "Meus Açores, Meus Amores" exceeded expectations once again The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity and the Regional Secretary for Tourism and Transport made today the assessment of the first edition of the senior tourism programme "Meus Açores, Meus Amores" (My Azores, My Love), stressing that the demand registered in the second edition exceeded expectations once again.
"The demand by the public was not disappointing since the number of applic... more >>
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