Information: Azorean youngsters participate in the 43rd International Skills Championship in Brazil
The 43rd International Skills Championship 'WorldSkills' will take place in the Brazilian city of São Paulo from August 11 to 16. The event will be attended by more than 1,230 competitors, including two Azoreans, who are graduates of the Azores School of New Technologies. Participants from sixty countries will compete in fifty skills in what is considered to be the largest 'WorldSkills' ever... more >>

Information: Regional Government promotes retraining of youngsters to horticulture
The second traineeship under the "Agir Agricultura" programme, now exclusively directed to the area of horticulture, started today at Capelas Vocational Training School on the island of São Miguel. Developed under the Professional Reconversion Traineeship Programme, this initiative is promoted by the Government of the Azores, through the Vice-Presidency. It follows the traineeship on cattle... more >>

Information: Employment Incubator Programme considered example of good European practice
At the invitation of the Italian presidency of the EU Council, the Employment Incubator programme, an initiative developed by the Regional Government, was presented today in Rome as an example of goof European practice. The presentation was made by the Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training, Ilda Baptista, under conference on "Gender Equality in Europe: Unfinished Business?" th... more >>

Information: Course for the Acquisition of Basic Skills certifies 55 trainees
The Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training stressed "the commitment and effort" of the 55 trainees who completed the course for the Acquisition of Basic Skills (ABC). Speaking on Thursday during the delivery ceremony of the 9th form diplomas to the beneficiaries of "Rede Valorizar" who completed this level of education, Ilda Baptista stressed that "the time when diplomas are de... more >>

Information: Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training presents new FIOS projects
The Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training, Ilda Baptista, will participate in the presentation ceremony of new 2014 FIOS projects, during which the participants in the 2013 projects will receive the programme completion certificates. The FIOS programme (Training, Integration and Social Occupation) is an initiative that was developed by the Regional Directorate for Labour and. ... more >>

Information: Ilda Batista to meet Friday with participants of IdeiaJovem Azores
The Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training, Ilda Batista, will meet Friday with the youngsters from Nordeste who are taking part in the IdeiaJovem Azores project. This youth entrepreneurship project involves six participants from the municipality of Nordeste in the search for viable and profitable business ideas. For two months, the initiative will provide young participants ... more >>

Information: Regional Government promotes information session on employment programmes
Under the Azorean Agenda for Employment Creation and Business Competitiveness, the Regional Directorate for Employment and Vocational Training promotes tomorrow, July 26, an information session on the new employment programmes in Angra do Heroísmo. Tomorrow's session will be chaired by the Vice-President of the Government, Sérgio Ávila at the Angra do Heroísmo Cultural Centre... more >>

Information: Fifty European youngsters to start traineeships in the Azores
Two new groups of trainees from European countries will soon start their traineeships in the Azores under the Eurodyssey and Leonardo da Vinci programmes. These youngsters will stay in the Region for the next six months. The first month will be exclusively dedicated to the learning of the Portuguese language and culture and the remaining months to the traineeship in an actual work environment. The... more >>

Information: "Estagiar U" Programme registered 900 applications this year
The "Estagiar U" programme was created by the Government of the Azores to provide youngsters with an intermediate qualification level with the opportunity of undertaking a professional traineeship in a real work environment. This year, this initiative reached a record number of applications. According to the data released by the Regional Directorate for Employment and Vocational Training, whi... more >>

Information: Adult Occupation Programme supports integration of 200 unemployed
The Regional Director for Employment and Vocational Training announced that 200 unemployed will be integrated in several public entities and private social solidarity institutions during the month of April under the Adult Occupation Programme (PROSA). Ilda Baptista stated that the integration of this group of unemployed "follows the applications submitted during the last application period for PR... more >>