Information: Government promotes the reconversion of young unemployed graduates The Regional Director for Labour, Vocational Training and Consumer Defence stated on Wednesday that the reconversion of young unemployed graduates is one of the Regional Government’s priorities, a measure aiming to improve the employability conditions of young graduates, holding a higher education degree, as well as to promote professional qualification in the Azores.
Rui Bettencourt spo... more >> Information: Enhancing competitiveness of companies and job creation are the goals of the revision of SIDER Reinforcing the competitiveness of regional companies and enhancing their capacity to generate employment are the main goals of the revision of the Incentive Scheme for the Regional Development of the Azores (SIDER) which the Regional Secretary for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, formally introduced on Wednesday at the beginning of a round of meetings with the chambers of commerce and industry, and o... more >> Information: Professional Enhancement and Business qualification programmes comprised 127 workers in 2010 During 2010 the Professional Enhancement and Business Qualification Programmes comprised 127 workers, whose employment contracts had been suspended, and another five applications involving 28 workers have already been registered under these programmes this year.
The Business Qualification and Professional Enhancement programmes, developed by the Azorean Government, are addressed at business and ... more >> Information: Rui Bettencourt participates in the meeting of the Presidency of the Assembly of European Regions The Regional Director for Employment, Vocational Training and Consumer Defence, Rui Bettencourt, participates in a meeting of the presidency of the Assembly of European Regions in Paris next Friday at the invitation of its president, Michèle Sabban, where he will present the organisation project of the European Observatory on Professional Mobility and launch the first European study on youth ... more >> Information: Six Azorean youngsters chosen to do a traineeship at Walt Disney Resort Six Azorean students from the Ponta Delgada Tourism and Hotel School were chosen to do traineeship at the Walt Disney Resort, precisely at the Disney World theme park, located in Florida, United States. This traineeship is integrated in one of the Cooperation programmes, funded under the Lajes Air Base Agreement, which is now in its fourth edition. This programme was established in 2008 and has pr... more >> Information: Government creates two new programmes to improve employability conditions The Government of the Azores announced on Thursday the creation of two new programmes with the purpose of improving the employability conditions and promoting professional qualification in the archipelago. The L+ Programme (reconversion, monitoring and recovery programme for Azorean youngsters with a Bachelor or a Master’s Degree) and FIOS Programme (Training, Integration and Social Occupati... more >> Information: Ana Paula Marques praises Regional Monitoring Commission of Employment Measures The Regional Secretary for Labour and Social Solidarity highlighted on Monday the importance of Regional Monitoring Commission of Employment Measures (CRAME) as well as of the Regional Employment Plan (PRE) as “strategic tools” for employability. Ana Paula Marques spoke during the inauguration of that commission and the public presentation of the PRE in Ponta Delgada.The CRAME integrat... more >> Information: Carlos César regards Eurodyssey as a fundamental strategy to reinforce regional power in Europe The President of the Government stated on Thursday that Eurodyssey “simultaneously promotes mobility and employability of our youngsters and the construction of a Europe of Regions is indeed one of the most important and visible strategies, whether for our employment policies or for the assertion of regional power in Europe.” Carlos César spoke during the 26th General Assembly of ... more >> Information: Funding for Regional Employment Plan reaches 325 million Euros The funding for the Regional Employment Plan for the Azores for the period 2010 -2015, published in the Official Journal on Monday, will reach 325 million Euros.During this period, the Government intends to comprise 150,000 Azoreans from different social classes, professional and age groups, including 115,000 workers, 8,000 unemployed, 7,000 inactive people and 20,000 youngsters and students.In or... more >> Information: Unemployment rate in the Azores drops in July, according to IEFP The Employment and Vocational Training Institute (IEFP) has just released the unemployment figures for the month of July. According to them, there are 5,582 unemployed in the Azores, of whom 3,223 are men and 2,359 are women, representing 1% of national unemployment, though the Region represents 2.5% of the national population. The released data also demonstrate a reduction in the number of unempl... more >>
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