The Consell de Formentera human resources office has joined unions at the negotiating table this week to highlight rules guiding the terms applied to career public servants on the island. The right to seek career employment is guaranteed by Spanish legislation on government employees, and how the Consell implements that legislation was at the centre of a cross-party agreement during the previous legislature.

Human resources chief Paula Ferrer said that “being able to create career public service positions and put Consell employees on equal footing” with workers in other administrations was her “distinct satisfication”. “The rules lay out a transparent and well-defined chance for professional growth”, explained Ferrer, who offered, “When we foster effective and productive workplace performance, public services work better for everyone”.

Employment as a career public servant is optional, and is open to permanent and temporary public servants and full-time contracted employees of the Consell de Formentera, as well as public servants, whether currently on assignment or not, who are in exercise a second profession. Career positions are not open to temporary employees or senior officials.

In each of four stages in the employment cycle, candidates must work a minimum amount of time before attesting the competencies required to advance. Candidates’ performance, experience and degree of professional specialisation will be assessed.

Ferrer insisted that the negotiating table was “fundamental” to municipal relations with unions this legislative term, describing it as “a place of collaboration where we can improve the working conditions of municipal workers”.

7 August 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

The Consell de Formentera president’s office reports that points of access to Ses Salines Nature Reserve were closed for the first time at 6.00pm this Wednesday, putting to test a new coordinated effort between the company that oversees access to the reserve, Formentera Department of Mobility and local law enforcement.

After the success of Wednesday’s trials, access points were closed again yesterday and will remain closed for several days. “The goal is to curb the parties and crowds which in recent days had proliferated on beaches in this protected area”, explained local premiere Alejandra Ferrer. “It took us two days”, said the chief, “but we’re there”.

The decision was reached at a meeting of local law enforcement last Wednesday. An executive order released on the heels of that gathering mandates 6pm closures for all points of entry into the Illetes area of Ses Salines. After that point, guests may only exit the reserve unless they have reservations at a restaurant located on the premises.

Recent days have seen access points closed at Camí de sa Guía, Cavall d’en Borràs and Illetes, where crowds occurred. Access to the Llevant area hasn’t been affected, but on Saturday officials pledged “flexibility” and said they were open to extending the measures to new areas and keeping them in place longer if doing so kept the island “safe and protected”.

Informational posters
Awareness-building infographics have been printed in Catalan, Spanish and English and can be found at Tourist Info Points and on the websites of the Formentera Office of Tourism and Consell de Formentera.

Beaches are currently closed between 12 midnight and 6.00pm. Under the new rules, from tomorrow, Saturday, they will be closed from 10.00pm.

6 August 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera