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Partnership for Ràdio Illa content production

foto 2020 conveni ACAFConsell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer and the spokesman of the Audiovisual Cultural Association of Formentera (ACAF), Álvaro Mendoza, made official a joint action agreement for content production at public radio station Ràdio Illa. Under the terms of the deal, ACAF will receive €30,000 to produce content for Formentera’s public radio station. Cultura consellera Susana Labrador was also present at the signing.

The Consell owns the broadcasting license for municipal radio station 107.9FM, a public service catering to people of Formentera and designed to  enrich and invigorate local culture.

Production of content for Ràdio Illa has been administered for some time now by ACAF—a non-profit aimed at disseminating local culture, promoting media and encouraging the dynamic engagement of islanders in the local cultural scene.

In 2019, a joint action agreement valued at €50,000 was clinched between the two entities. The Covid-19 crisis and the invocation of emergency orders at the beginning of 2020 made the signing of a new partnership temporarily impossible, and Ràdio Illa received a €20,000 advance in order to continue operating.

19 August 2020
Department of Communications
Consell de Formentera

Formentera reactivates hotline and service to track possible covid-19 cases and close contacts

cartell 2020 telefons atencio covid CAThe Consell de Formentera announces it is reintroducing a phone registry to advise and track individuals with covid-19-like symptoms or those who have recently been in close contact with confirmed cases. Any person displaying symptoms or requiring urgent care should call 061. Individuals in non-urgent situations can find detailed information about what to do and phone numbers to call in the coronavirus.caib.es section of the Govern balear website.

Due to the current surge in local cases, the Consell has opted to reactivate its telephone service in addition to the abovementioned resources. The registry and hotline can be reached from 8.00am to 8.30pm via the Consell de Formentera switchboard (971.32.10.87). The service is designed to support the efforts of the health department and ensure islanders’ queries are forwarded on to the proper authorities.

Case tracking
The Consell de Formentera switchboard will keep a register of calls, make note of queries and specific cases and offer general information about protocol to follow and useful phone numbers. Case evolution will be then monitored. The service is coordinated with the health department, which will receive any relevant information from Formentera’s call registry.

The registry was first launched at the start of the pandemic together with the Consell’s monitoring and advisory service for recent arrivals to the island who wished to self-isolate.

17 August 2020
Department of Communications
Consell de Formentera

Consell activates prevention protocol in response to covid-19 case at Escola de Vela

Following on news that an asymptomatic student at the municipal sailing school tested positive for covid-19, the Consell de Formentera is working with the division of the Eivissa-Formentera Department of Health in charge of covid-19 case coordination to implement a public health protocol-informed prevention strategy.

The protocols were activated Saturday after the Escola de Vela received word of the news from the patient’s family. Calls to other students’ families have been going out since this weekend to inform them of the individual’s positive test results and explaining that the sailing school would be closed this week to prevent further spread. PCR testing is being done among the patient’s close contacts and Escola de Vela instructors.

Sports consellera Paula Ferrer reassured families of Escola de Vela students and indicated that health department protocol were being followed. She pointed out that closure of the school was aimed at stemming further spread whilst other individuals’ tests were being processed. Before classes at the school were suspended preventive measures like social distancing and mandatory masks had been in place, in addition to daily disinfecting of the facilities and gear.

17 August 2020
Department of Communications
Consell de Formentera

Silvina Taffuri shows crowds at Centre ‘Gabrielet’ Formentera’s rural side

cartell 2020 taffuri... Y también hay mar, Silvina Taffuri’s exhibit illuminating rural aspects of local life, takes up residence tomorrow at Centre Antoni Tur ‘Gabrielet’. Goats, sheep, trees and flowers are all part of Taffuri’s revelatory exploration of a place with so much more to offer than the sea that surrounds it. From the artist’s treks across the island emerge varying glimpses of nature which in turn become the inspiration for outsize tableaux and sculptures.

The display is on view Monday to Sunday, 11.00am to 2.00pm and 5.00pm to 10.00pm, till 27 August.

17 August 2020
Department of Communications
Consell de Formentera

Formentera urges Govern to facilitate simple, flat-rate PCR testing

In a letter sent today from Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer to Balearic premiere Francina Armengol, the island’s leader in chief voiced concern over a nascent global trend, witnessed in countries like UK and Italy, towards requiring travellers from Spain to quarantine or perform similar measures, along with the toll such policies stand to take on tourism.

“From day one we’ve been calling for discussions to build worldwide consensus around a system of safe mobility”, said President Ferrer, who said such a move would afford “mutual protection” between countries.

Given such consensus has yet to materialise and in view of the growing list of countries which have applied restrictions to individuals travelling from Spain, Ferrer proposed a response which, “in addition to keeping us safe from covid-19, keeps Spain competitive with other markets”. Among the measures put forth by the president, one in particular is key, and accounts for the recent impulse among visitors’ home countries to oblige returning travellers to submit to testing or face mandatory quarantines. Ferrer trumpeted the idea of facilitating quick, easy and price-fixed PCR testing for all tourists preparing to return to their home countries. “It would guarantee that insurmountable obstacles don’t get in the way of travellers keen to visit our island”, she said.

Ferrer added that such a testing scheme, if applied nationwide to all visitors to the Balearics, would mean perfecting the idea of “safe corridors”, based on partner countries’ commitment to facilitate safe arrivals for travellers who’ve already been PCR tested or, failing that, submitting them to testing on their return. “We could then focus our efforts on becoming a truly safe destination for global and domestic tourism”, she said.

14 August 2020
Department of Communications
Consell de Formentera

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