“Skin-coloured pencils” project raised awareness among more than a thousand children throughout the archipelago
The “Skin-coloured Pencils” project, launched on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21) in 2023, came to an end on January 14 at a session for students at the Dr. José Pereira Botelho Elementary School in Lagoa, São Miguel Island. For two years, the initiative promoted by the Regional Government, through […]
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities welcomed today’s unanimous approval by the National Assembly regarding the proposal for a law extending the social mobility aid to all immigrants residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Paulo Estevão thanked the “constructive participation” of all the parties represented in the Legislative Assembly and the […]
Regional Government met with parliamentary parties on immigrants’ right to social mobility aid
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, announced today that he has met with the parties in the National Assembly to bring political forces closer to the vote this Friday on including the right of all resident immigrants to social mobility aid. This Friday, the National Assembly will debate and vote on a […]
José Manuel Bolieiro highlights youth’s role in welcoming Portuguese-American students
The President of the Azorean Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, received a group of 10 Portuguese-American students attending Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, USA. Accompanied by professors Gregory DeMelo and Yulia Stakhnevich, the students are visiting the Region for an educational and intercultural experience. This visit aims to deepen their knowledge of the Azorean reality and […]
Azores have made efforts to “meet expectations” of those choosing the Region to live in, highlights Paulo Estêvão
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, highlighted today at the closing of the 2nd Migration Forum that the Region has been “undertaking efforts to meet the expectations” of those choosing the Azores to live and work. At the session, held at the University of the Azores in Ponta Delgada, he stated […]
Regional Advisory Council for Immigration Affairs meets in Faial
The Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities, is holding this year’s second ordinary meeting of the Regional Advisory Council for Immigration Affairs (CCRAI) on December 9 at 10 a.m. at the Edifício do Relógio, German Colony, in the city of Horta. This advisory body of the Regional […]
Regional Government promotes second edition of Migration Forum
The Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities, is promoting the second edition of the Migration Forum on December 5 and 6 at the Auditorium VIII on the Ponta Delgada Campus of the University of the Azores, São Miguel Island. This initiative, open to the general public, aims […]
Regional Government promotes online training for community folklore groups
The Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities is promoting online training for Azorean folklore groups from South America and North America on December 14 at 5 p.m. Azores local time. The initiative will be organised by the Regional Directorate for the Communities and aims to be a space for disseminating and updating knowledge about […]
Regional Film Festival on Migration reaches every Azorean municipality
The Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities is promoting the second edition of Films Without Borders – Regional Film Festival on Migration over the next few weeks in all the municipalities of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate for the Communities and in partnership with the Terceira Island Film Club. With a new format compared […]
Paulo Estêvão recalls that being close to Azoreans around the world is a project that “goes beyond political parties”
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, stressed on Sunday night in Winnipeg that bringing government representatives together with Azoreans and people of Azorean descent around the world should be a project that “goes beyond political parties.” “It is always a source of pride to learn how official organisations refer to the […]
