Informação: Government promotes increased cooperation with Regional Strategic Concertation Council
The Regional Government proposed today the creation of two working groups to monitor the implementation of the Azorean Agenda for Employment Creation and Business Competitiveness and the sustainability of the Regional Health Service. The proposal was revealed by Vice-President of the Regional Government, Sérgio Ávila, at the end of the meeting with the Regional Concertation Council. ... Mais >>

Informação: Vasco Cordeiro highlights axes of action for job creation in "particularly difficult year"
The President of the Government announced on Tuesday that the reinforcement of economic competitiveness, the improvement of the employability of the Azorean population and the monitoring of the unemployed are the three main axes of action of the Regional Government for job creation. "We can overcome the most difficult time we live in," Vasco Cordeiro said, despite considering that 2013 seems to ... Mais >>

Informação: Sérgio Ávila satisfied with growing number of projects developed under SIDER and "Empreende Jovem"
The Vice-President of the Government of the Azores conveyed his satisfaction with the approval of 32 new investment projects under the programmes SIDER and "Empreende Jovem" (Youth Entrepreneurship), representing a total investment of 21 million Euros and the creation of 55 jobs. Sérgio Ávila considered that this is an "evidence of the added value brought by these programmes to entrepr... Mais >>

Informação: Azorean Government anticipates opening of applications for courses under REATIVAR Technological programme
The Vice-President of the Government announced today that the applications for the co-financing of courses under the REATIVAR Technological programme will open on Monday, January 21. Sérgio Ávila spoke at the Legislative Assembly of the Azores on the sidelines of the debate raised by an interpellation made by the Social Party to the Government on the Azorean Agenda for Employment Creat... Mais >>

Informação: Legislative Assembly approved creation of Society for Business Development of the Azores
The Legislative Assembly of the Azores approved today the regional decree proposal, submitted by the Government, establishing the Society for Business Development of the Azores (SDEA, EPE). During the presentation of the proposal, the Vice-President of the Government revealed that the newly created body is endowed with "several powers in the creation and implementation of policies designed to re... Mais >>

Informação: Sérgio Ávila says the Agenda for Employment Creation is primarily an Azorean agenda
The Vice-President of the Government said today at the Regional Legislative Assembly that the recently created Azorean Agenda for Employment Creation and Business Competitiveness "is not a Government's agenda for employment creation", but rather, "as clearly indicated by its designation, an Azorean agenda." Sérgio Ávila took part on the debate raised by an interpellation made by the So... Mais >>

Informação: Sérgio Ávila believes the Azorean people will overcome challenges brought by economic difficulties
The Vice-President of the Government said that "we can fight to tackle the effects of the external context in the Region and, consequently, in unemployment." In this context, the government official mentioned "the strengthening of active measures" which include the creation of jobs and support to families as well as the support to companies as entities that contribute to the creation of jobs. S&... Mais >>

Informação: President of the Government Council calls meeting of Strategic Concertation Council to analyse Agenda for Employment
The President of the Government has called the Regional Strategic Concertation Council for a meeting to take place in Praia da Vitória on Friday. This meeting will be held with the purpose of analysing the measures that make up the Agenda for Employment and Business Competitiveness, approved less than a month ago. The Extraordinary Council of the Government approved on December 17 a series ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Youth defends promotion of cultural capital
The Regional Director for Youth, Pilar Damião de Medeiros, stressed the importance of "promoting cultural capital" as a "decisive" tool for young entrepreneurs facing new challenges, which are increasingly based on the knowledge economy. Speaking at a debate held at the São Miguel Tourism and Hotel School, Pilar Damião de Medeiros stressed that "a knowledge-based culture is a cruc... Mais >>

Informação: Clarification from the Regional Government on the visit of U.S. businesspeople
"Regarding the news on the visit of a group of U.S. businesspeople to the Azores, the Regional Government clarifies the following: 1. This is a U.S. Government's initiative that was promoted by the U.S. Embassy in Portugal in conjunction with the European Command for some time, which was publicly announced by the U.S. Ambassador in December last year. As the President of the Regional Government ... Mais >>