Informação: Government of the Azores promotes Regional Campaign for Prevention of Violence against Older Persons The Regional Campaign for Prevention of Violence against the Elderly starts today. This initiative is promoted in partnership by the Regional Directorate for Social Solidarity, the Azores Social Security Institute and the Centre for the Prevention and Combat to Domestic Violence.
This campaign is planned to run for three months and will have an organised presence on all islands of the archipelag... Mais >> Informação: "Stable Family" Programme has supported more than 1,100 Azorean families The Vice-President of the Government revealed today that the Government "has already supported 1,115 Azorean families under the "Stable Family" programme, promoting the professional reintegration of at least one of family member who is unemployed.
Sérgio Ávila stressed that the programme "allowed these 1,115 families to increase their income with the professional reintegration of, at l... Mais >> Informação: Ordinance establishing reduction of families' monthly nursery and kindergarten fees published today The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stressed in Praia da Vitória the publication Ordinance no.122/2015 in the Official Journal that establishes the increase of regional subsidisation of fees for families with two and children attending nurseries and kindergartens of the regional network of social infrastructures, thus reducing families' monthly expenses.
"A family with two childre... Mais >> Informação: Promotion of equality of opportunities in tourism has been a priority of the Azores Destination The Regional Director for Tourism stated today that the growing projection of the Azores Destination allows the Region to position itself in attracting bigger and accessible tourism flows. In this context, public and private entities must continue the work developed over the last few years in this niche market.
"Making destinations accessible for all is one today's major challenges faced by all t... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government already signed more than 50 agreements with Local Authorities and IPSS for the recovery of degraded housing The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated today that the Government of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate for Housing, has already signed more than fifty partnership contracts with local authorities and social solidarity institutions in the current legislative period, representing an investment over 1.6 million Euros. It has contributed to the improvement of housing conditions ... Mais >> Informação: Sérgio Ávila says solid fuel plant is good example of private investment The Vice-President of the Government pointed out in Angra do Heroísmo that the solid fuel plant run by the company Natural Reason, which mainly produces biomass pellets for export and local marketing, is a "concrete example of a good private investment."
Speaking at the opening ceremony of this plant, Sérgio Ávila stressed that the project meets the government's strategy to "enhan... Mais >> Informação: Government of the Azores promotes training for intervention in Temporary Shelters and Homes for Children and Youth The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated in Ponta Delgada the importance of training to ensure an adequate response to the level of intervention in Temporary Shelters and Homes for Children and Youth.
"We cannot require a specialised and adapted response to the new knowledge and new strategies without contributing to the training of front line players in this huge fight for the promoti... Mais >> Informação: Tender for construction of Temporary Homeless Shelter in Ponta Delgada published in the Official Gazette The announcement of the public tender for the construction works of the Temporary Homeless Shelter in Ponta Delgada was published today in the Official Gazette.
Included in the Regional Public Works Charter, the contract work has a completion period of 18 months and represents a Government's investment of about three million. It is funded by the Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity, through... Mais >> Informação: Government joins forces with Azorean families to ensure adequate housing, says Vasco Cordeiro The President of the Government, Vasco Cordeiro, stressed today the union of efforts between the Regional Government and Azorean families that ensures the improvement of housing conditions on all the islands of the region.
"This is one of the measures that embody the so-called cohesion between our islands. With the means the Government has at its disposal, we join our efforts to the effort of fam... Mais >> Informação: Isabel Rodrigues praises contribution of FAPPC to promote accessible tourism in the Azores The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for Parliamentary Affairs praised the contribution provided by the Federation of Portuguese Cerebral Palsy Associations (FAPPC) to promote accessible tourism in the Azores. The government official welcomed the fact that, after organising an activity week on S. Miguel, the federation considered that the visit "exceeded expectations."
The stay of t... Mais >>
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