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Library connection moves to Sant Ferran's new Espai Cultural, which doubles as venue for educational and cultural functions

foto 2021 cursos tardor catalaThe Formentera Office of Culture is pleased to report that the Sant Ferran library connection (Punt de Lectura) will move into a room at the town's freshly minted Espai Cultural, located in the buildings which formerly housed the Sant Ferran public school.

Story time

The Punt de Lectura will host its inaugural function —a storytelling session— from 5.00pm on Wednesday 27 October. An environmentally-themed children's theatre production set in the Pine Islands, "El tresor del mar" deals with the problem of plastics in the sea. Tomeu Fava recounts a story in which spectators meet a rotating cast of sea creatures with whom they can sing, dance and have a great time. At the same time, the audience will find out who these creatures are and what is happening to them because of plastic. The theatrical show reminds us that our sea is a treasure we must care for. Seating will be limited, and no advance booking is necessary.

2 November opening

From Tuesday 2 November, the Punt de Lectura will begin observing regular hours, opening 4.30pm to 7.30pm from Monday to Friday, and Libraries of Formentera will run a programme of dynamic activities geared toward children and adults alike.

As Councillor of Culture Susana Labrador affirmed, "With the launch of the new Sant Ferran cultural space, it's plain to see just how badly needed this was". The building has already become home to cultural and educational activities: it is an extension site for the Conservatory and the site of Catalan courses offered by the island's Language Advisory Service. Other activities –Teresa Matilla's creation and painting course, for example, and workshops in wood-carving by Aaron Keydar– will soon follow, gradually taking place, said Labrador, alongside programming which is organised by local associations and by the Consell itself.

In the last plenary assembly, decision-makers secured backing for framework rules guiding how islanders will use the Espai Cultural. After a period of public consultation and on final approval, local groups will also be able to make use of the facilities, with priority for activities which are cultural or educational in nature. "The Consell's aim is to create a living cultural space in Sant Ferran for both the Consell and the island's associations", explained Labrador.

Finally, the culture chief confided that "even as set-up of the Espai Cultural continues, work is underway to get definitive plans in place for development of the Sant Ferran Cultural and Arts Centre".


25 October 2021
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

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15 aspiring firefighters get training to fill future vacancies

foto 2021 practiques bombersAThe Formentera Office of Interior is pleased to report that 15 people are taking the basic firefighter course for accreditation to fill possible vacancies or substitute staff on leave from work in municipal government. Trainees successfully completed a selection process aimed at creating a pool of qualified firefighter applicants.

The Councillor of Interior, Josep Marí, explained that "when training is complete, the Consell de Formentera will have a pool of firefighters to fill future vacancies more quickly and with qualified personnel". The 105-hour course will run from 13 to 29 October and constitutes the minimum training to become a firefighter on Formentera.

Training will combine theory-based and hands-on aspects of firefighter response to forest fires, urban fires, traffic accidents, work at heights, vertical rescues, tree-cutting, emergency shoring, first aid, use of semi-automatic defibrillator, CPR and correct handling of tools.

The course will be offered by the company EMERGENCY STAFF, and carried a total price-tag of €22,500. The Formentera fire brigade comprises ten professional firefighters and one collaborating firefighter.

21 October 2021
Communication Area
Consell de Formentera

Ana Juan announces cabinet reshuffle

Consell de Formentera President Ana Juan met for the first time with the local cabinet today to chart the course of the year ahead in government and announce changes in assorted departments. The main change will come with PSOE party member Antoni Tur's replacement of the sitting chief of environment and inspection services, Antonio J. Sanz.

President Juan recalled "Councillor Sanz's great work on important issues for the island during these two years of government". She pointed to the councillor's advancement of plans to regulate S'Estany des Peix, tender for a new waste collection contract, permits from the coastal authority that were key to opening the Nautical Sports Centre (Centre d'Esports Nàutics), promotion of solar energy, a renovated roadworthiness test site and enhanced reuse programme at the rubbish tip. Juan underscored the "commitment and brilliant management skills" of Sanz, adding that he would now be able to "devote himself fully to his work as an MP, where in less than a month he has already proven his worth".

Antoni Tur (Formentera, 1975) is a local businessman with an entrepreneurial and activist spirit, and a great music lover with a degree in music.

In addition to the Formentera Office of Housing, to be controlled by Councillor Rafael Ramírez, the Formentera Office of Equality will be overseen by President Juan as part of a June 2019 agreement.

Juan said the reshuffle would mean a "stronger cabinet better equipped to fulfil commitments and advance the projects initiated this term".

18 October 2021
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Cabinet reshuffling

Consell de Formentera President Ana Juan has put her signature on executive decrees informing a reshuffling of the island's government during the second half of the presidential mandate. Changes in the delegation of powers will be seen in the housing department, which will be overseen by Councillor of Social Welfare, Management and Transparency Rafael Ramírez, and the equality department, to be piloted by the president by virtue of a June 2019 agreement.

-ANA JUAN TORRES, President and Councillor of Commerce, Entrepreneurship and Equality.
-ALEJANDRA FERRER KIRSCHBAUM, 1st Vice-President and Councillor of Tourism Development and Promotion.
-SUSANA LABRADOR MANCHADO, 2nd Vice-President and Councillor of Culture and Education.
-RAFAEL RAMÍREZ GUTIÉRREZ, 3rd Vice-president and Councillor of Social Welfare, Management, Housing and Transparency.
-BARTOMEU ESCANDELL TUR, Councillor of Economy, Finance and General Services.
-ANTONIO JESÚS SANZ IGUAL, Councillor of Environment and Inspection Services.
-RAFAEL GONZÁLEZ RIBAS, Councillor of Mobility and Territory.
-RAQUEL GUASCH FERRER, Councillor of Heritage, Language Policy and Training.
-JOSEP MARÍ MAYANS, Councillor of Infrastructures, Primary Sector and Interior.
-VANESSA PERELLADA TORRES, Councillor of Youth, New Technologies and Citizen Participation.
-PAULA FERRER MAGAÑA, Councillor of Sports, Human Resources and Island Services.

18 October 2021
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Formentera and EBAP sign deal for police cadet training courses in Pine Islands

foto 2021 ebapConsell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer and the chief of the Balearic office of the first minister, civil service and equality, Mercedes Garrido, signed an agreement today to make Eivissa, for the first time ever, the site of the Balearic School of Public Administration (Escola Balear d'Administració Pública, EBAP) training course for local police cadets. The course will be open to cadets from Formentera. Also at the signing were Formentera's councillor of interior, Josep Marí, along with regional civil service office director Carmen Palomino and managing director of the EBAP María del Carmen Iglesias.

"Hopefully this will mean a larger pool of candidates who are qualified to work on the island", said President Ferrer, "and help us cover staffing gaps that go back years." Ferrer called for a change and increased flexibility in the system guiding how candidates enter law enforcement "so that the island can keep the local force appropriately staffed and keep officers where they trained, unlike in the past".

Garrido said it was the first time the training would be held off Mallorca, and highlighted Formentera cadets as "a key part of the equation": "Training on Eivissa was a request we heard a lot", confided the regional minister, "and the driving goal is to make sure the public administration is more accessible on every one of the islands, and to create training opportunities for candidates on Eivissa and Formentera."

Applicants to Formentera Local Police must complete a training course to learn to meet the demands of work on the force. Recruits undergo a process of selection and a period of practicum.

The agreement ensures scheduling of a one-off "decentralised" offering of the 42nd basic training course for aspiring cadets from Eivissa and Formentera.

Class size will be determined based on appointed cadets completing practicum as part of the selection process overseen by the Consell de Formentera.

The EBAP will set dates for the course once competitive exams for municipal selective processes have ended, and according to organisational scheduling imperatives. In any event, yearly "satellite" sessions of the training are envisioned in the years ahead.

The EBAP will purchase material necessary for the remote sessions, provide administrative support and pay to train instructors, plus cover travel and lodging costs for personnel who can't be appointed with habitual residence on Eivissa, as well as expenses in the event participants must travel to Mallorca for shooting practices.


14 October 2021
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

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