Informação: Decree regulating nanny services in the Azores already published in the Official Gazette
The Regional Legislative Decree no.18/2016/A establishing the legal scheme on the licensing, organisation and supervision of nanny services in the Azores has already been published in the Official Gazette. The performance of this activity is subject to licensing and may be carried out within an institution providing nanny services or through direct hiring by parents or legal guardians. Nanny ser... Mais >>

Informação: Focus on education is always the best investment in the future, says Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Lagoa that the "focus on education is always the best investment in the future insofar as it is the main driving force in innovation that generates growth and the main driving force in dignity that generates development." Avelino Meneses spoke at the presentation of the "School, Family and Community" project, a community-based intervention... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Legislative Decree establishing Regional Commissioner for Children published in the Official Gazette
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity announced today that the Regional Legislative Decree establishing the Regional Commissioner for Children has been published in the Official Gazette. "This is a key project in the assertion of regional Autonomy and the assumption of the Government's responsibilities in promoting the rights of all children in the Region," Andreia Cardoso said, stressing... Mais >>

Informação: Creation and improvement of social responses promote social cohesion, says Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated today in Santa Cruz das Flores that the creation of social responses or their improvement is also "a way to promote social and territorial cohesion." Andreia Cardoso spoke at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the works for the renewal of Home Care Services and the expansion of the Elderly Home of "Santa Casa d Misericórdia" of Santa ... Mais >>

Informação: It is essential to continue improving working conditions in family intervention, says Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated in Ponta Delgada that the Government of the Azores considers "essential" to continue improving the working conditions in systemic and family intervention. Andreia Cardoso spoke during a visit to the works of the new headquarters of the Centre for Family Therapy and Systemic Intervention (CTFIS). In this regard, she stressed the Government's sati... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores establishes intermunicipal partnership to promote gender equality
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity signed in Praia da Vitória a partnership agreement with the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) and the Association of Municipalities of the Azores (AMRAA) for the promotion of equality in the Region. "The adoption of a tool to improve the coordination between all entities is absolutely relev... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government awards priority status to works intended to optimise resources of Private Social Solidarity Institutions, says Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated in Santa Cruz da Graciosa that the interventions in the infrastructures of the institutions that make up the Regional Network of Social Infrastructures and Services "have awarded priority status to the optimisation of available resources." Speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the works of the new kitchen of the Elderly Home, Andreia Cardoso st... Mais >>

Informação: Terceira Island has good capacity in social responses directed to the elderly, says Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated today that the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, like the island of Terceira, in general, stand above the minimum coverage rates in terms of social responses for the elderly. Andreia Cardoso spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the rehabilitation works of Jesus, Maria, José Shelter, a Government's investment of about two million Euros ... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores to become part of international cooperation network in Childhood and Youth
The Government of the Azores signed in Ponta Delgada a protocol for the creation of the Atlantis Transnational Network, an inter-institutional, trans-regional and transnational cooperation structure dedicated to the exchange of technical information and the implementation of socio-educational intervention programmes in Childhood and Youth. During a ceremony held through videoconferencing with Azor... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores creates local development structure in the municipality of Lagoa
The Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity, through the Azores Social Security Institute, signed today a protocol for the establishment of the Local Activity and Territorial Social Intervention Centre and the Territorial Development Centre in the municipality of Lagoa. Speaking at the ceremony, the Regional Director for Social Solidarity stressed that the work in Social Solidarity must be reg... Mais >>