Information: Regional Government to strengthen regional public administration's powers under the General Data Protection Regulation
The first of two training courses to improve the skills of the technical staff of the Regional Public Administration in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation began today at Nonagon - São Miguel Science and Technology Park in Lagoa. Promoted by the Regional Government in partnership with the consultancy company Deloitte, this initiative aims at training multidisciplinary team... more >>

Information: Regional Director highlights Regional Government's investment in information technologies
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications stated in Ponta Delgada that the Regional Government has invested in the area of information technologies, which has succeeded in attracting companies in this field. Frederico Sousa spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the opening session of "Building Portugal Together," held at the Regional Civil Engineering Laboratory (LREC), stressin... more >>

Information: Regional Government to invest this year 1.5 million Euros in Terceira's regional road network
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications stated in Angra do Heroísmo that the Regional Government will invest this year nearly 1.5 million Euros in the regional road network of Terceira Island, thus contributing to maintain the levels of safety and comfort of these road users. Frederico Sousa spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the paving works of sections of the Regional R... more >>

Information: Regional Government to provide text alert system to the population
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications revealed in Ponta Delgada that the Regional Government will “provide, already in 2020, a text alert system to the population for mobile network users who are in a risk area, regardless of the mobile operator and not subject to registration." Frederico Sousa spoke Saturday at the opening session of a debate promoted by the Portuguese E... more >>

Information: Regional Government actively participates in reflection on cyber resilience
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications stated in Lisbon that the Regional Government has actively participated in the reflection on cyber resilience. Frederico Sousa spoke Tuesday at the end of the fourth meeting of the Cyber Resilience Reflection Group at the National Defence Institute. On the occasion, he stated that "this reflection aims to create tools supporting the decisio... more >>

Information: Regional Government invests 275 thousand Euros in Graciosa's road network
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications signed in Santa Cruz da Graciosa several contract works. The first provides for the surfacing of the parking areas adjacent to the regional road network, while the other two concern the upgrading of a section of the Regional Road no.1-2 on Rua do Ilhéu in the village of São Mateus, and the upgrading of a section of the Regional Ro... more >>

Information: New submarine cable network could boost creation of Digital Platform in the North Atlantic
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications, Frederico Sousa, said yesterday in Lisbon that the new submarine cable network providing communications between the Mainland Portugal, the Azores and Madeira (CAM) could boost the creation of a Digital Platform in the North Atlantic. Speaking after the third meeting of the Working Group in charge of analysing the replacement of CAM equipm... more >>

Information: Regional Government to launch tender for redevelopment of Pedro Miguel road on Faial Island
The opening notice of the public tender for the upgrading of a section of the Regional Road no. 1-1, known as Pedro Miguel road, on the island of Faial was published today in the Official Journal. The intervention is aimed at the structural redevelopment and improvement of the road. This project, whose project was presented during the Government's visit to Faial in June, will comprise the upgradin... more >>

Information: Regional Government reinforces use of alternative solutions to herbicides
The Regional Director for Public Works and Communications stated today that the application of thermal weeding to control the growth of vegetation on the roadsides and footways in urban areas "is one of the viable solutions to complement the mechanical means already used and a gradual alternative to the use of herbicides in rural areas." Frederico Sousa spoke in Furnas on the island of São Mi... more >>

Information: 21st Century Park in Ponta Delgada hosts Easter activity programme
The Regional Secretariat for Transport and Public Works, through the Regional Directorate for Public Works and Communications, joins the Child Support Institute - Azores in organisation of the event "We were all once ... in search of lost eggs" to be held today and Friday at 21st Century Park. This activity falls within the protocol signed with a view to the revitalisation of this space in the cit... more >>