Informação: Regional Government values autonomy of results, says Avelino Meneses The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture defended in Horta that the Regional Government values the autonomy of "contents and results," contrary to the opposition that seems to value the autonomy of "form." Avelino Meneses spoke at the Legislative Assembly during the debate on education and the claims of Azorean teachers. According to him, this "autonomy of results" in the case of teachers ... Mais >> Informação: Rui Bettencourt stresses importance of qualifying Azorean youth for European affairs The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations stressed in Ponta Delgada the importance of qualifying Azorean youth for European issues in high-level training, such as that provided by the College of Europe. Rui Bettencourt spoke during the announcement of the "José Medeiros Ferreira" scholarship for the 2018/2019 academic year and at the signing ceremony of its awa... Mais >> Informação: Vasco Cordeiro announces training courses in the tourism sector on all islands The President of the Regional Government opened today the new Graciosa Tourism Office in Santa Cruz, where he announced the creation of vocational training courses in this sector, covering all islands. They are scheduled to begin at the end of high season. "This measure will reach all islands of the archipelago. It represents another important step taken towards a complementary response to the ne... Mais >> Informação: Corruption is fought with education, says Avelino Meneses The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture defended today in Ponta Delgada that "more" education contributes to "an effective decrease" of corruption. Avelino Meneses spoke at the delivery session of the honourable mention to Domingos Rebelo Secondary School under the "Images against Corruption" contest. On the occasion, he stressed that, at a social level, corruption "stems from the lack of... Mais >> Informação: University students respond to challenge launched by the Regional Government with 30 business ideas An application integrating several services of the University of the Azores, a premium camping space and a judo project were the top three projects in the fourth edition of the ETH project - Entrepreneurship Triple Hélix. This initiative is promoted by the Vice-Presidency of the Government, through SDEA - Society for Business Development of the Azores in partnership with the Department of Eco... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government and Blue Ocean Foundation to mark World Oceans Day on Western Group islands The Azorean Government and the Blue Ocean Foundation, through the Blue Azores project, mark today the World Oceans Day on the island of Flores, an initiative that will be held again next Sunday, June 10, on the island of Corvo. On these two days, several elementary school students aged between 6 and 10, accompanied by their teachers, will have the possibility of visiting the historic vessel "Sant... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government promotes ideas competition at the University of the Azores More than a hundred students from the University of the Azores (UAç) will present 28 business ideas in the "Ideas Competition 2018" to take place Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7, in the context of the ETH project - Entrepreneurship Triple Hélix. The initiative is promoted by the Vice-Presidency of the Government, through SDEA - Society for Business Development of the Azores in partn... Mais >> Informação: Azorean teams win gold medals at Physics Olympiad The participation of Azorean students in the national phase of the Physics Olympiad was distinguished by the awarding of two gold medals. A team from Domingos Rebelo Secondary School won in the level A category, while a team from Antero de Quental Secondary School won in the level B category. The National Physics Olympiads, held this year in Porto, are organised by the Portuguese Physics Society ... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government reinforces investment in integration of young people into the labour market The Vice-President of the Government announced in Ponta Delgada the opening of 53 new vocational training courses, representing a "reinforcement of the 17.5 million-Euro investment." In this regard, he highlighted the "very satisfactory" results of employability, namely among young people who enrolled in traineeship programmes. "We are going to open 53 new courses in the next school year, 37 of wh... Mais >> Informação: "10 Fest Azores" projects regional gastronomy to "level of excellence," says Marta Guerreiro The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism stated in Ponta Delgada that the "10 Fest Azores - 10 days, 10 chefs" projects the Region's gastronomy to a level of excellence, renewed in each edition." According to her, this “increasingly consolidated event brings the taste of contemporary flavours to the archipelago." "Having as starting the point the 10th anniversary of the To... Mais >>
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