Informação: Number of unemployed registered at regional employment centres dropped 11.7 percent According to the latest data released by the Employment and Vocational Training Institute of the National Government, the number of unemployed registered at regional employment centres dropped 11.7 percent over the previous year.
The data also shows that there were less 1,547 registered unemployed in the Azores compared to 2013. "We welcome the reduction in the number of registered unemployed at... Mais >> Informação: Government of the Azores extends "Recuperar" programme for another year The Government of the Azores has decided to extend the "Recuperar" programme for another year. The measure covers all beneficiaries who started this program in the beginning of 2014.
According to the Vice-President of the Government, Sérgio Ávila, the goal is to "reinforce the employability conditions of these Azorean citizens who, being unemployed, were no longer receiving employment ... Mais >> Informação: Vice-President says the Azores are on the right track in the fight against unemployment The Vice-President conveyed his belief that "the Azores are on the right track" in the fight against unemployment.
Sérgio Ávila spoke on the sidelines of an audience granted to the representatives of the Association of Traders of the Historic Centre of Ponta Delgada. The government official mentioned the latest data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), pointing out that... Mais >> Informação: 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... Mais >> Informação: 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... Mais >> Informação: Government approves more than 250 investment projects in agriculture, announces Vasco Cordeiro The President of the Government of the Azores announced today the approval of more than 250 investment projects in agriculture. They were part of a total of 300 projects submitted under the previous Community Support Framework, which were transferred to the current financial programming by the Regional Government.
Vasco Cordeiro revealed that these investment projects represent over 26.5 million... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government signs agreement to create Employment Network for Outermost Regions of the European Union The Regional Government signed today in Brussels an agreement aimed at the creation of a Network for Employment for the Outermost Regions of the European Union in order to provide the best response to needs of local labour markets and ensure maximum effectiveness in achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
The agreement was signed by the Regional Under Secretary for External Relations, R... Mais >> Informação: Fausto Brito e Abreu expects that the new Topo Port on São Jorge will promote development and job creation The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology presented in the village of Topo the project for the improvement of the operating conditions of the local port. The government official conveyed his belief that the new infrastructure will promote economic development and the creation of jobs.
"We expect to award the project this year so that all legal procedures, which are time consuming... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government reinforces support to the retraining of unemployed graduates For the second consecutive year, the Government of the Azores will support unemployed graduates in order to help them redirecting their training to other fields, which will enhance their possibility of integration in the labour market.
Under the "Requalificar" programme, the government's support is awarded through the full payment of tuition fees for master's degrees in areas of higher employabi... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government committed to creating opportunities for youngsters, says Luiz Fagundes Duarte The Regional Secretary for Education, Science and Culture stated today that the Government of the Azores is committed to creating training and development opportunities for Azorean youngsters. Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting of the Youth Council of the Azores, Luiz Fagundes Duarte stressed that the Government "has been developing and implementing a series of projects focused on these asp... Mais >>
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