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"Vívete: Lives Inspiring Lives" returns to Formentera

Thursday, 20 October 2022 11:15

The Formentera Office of Youth Affairs is pleased to report that the third "Vívete: Lives Inspiring Lives" will take place 25 October at the Sala de Cultura-Cinema in Sant Francesc. Roughly 300 students from IES Marc Ferrer will take part in this seminar designed to promote values and positive attitudes and help participants manage their emotions. According to Vanessa Parellada, councillor of youth affairs, young people at the event "will hear new stories of inspiring, emotional and stimulating lives".

This year's seminar welcomes adventurer and explorer Nacho Dean (the first person in history to walk around the world and swim across 5 continents), Afghan writer and refugee Nadia Ghulam (who for years posed as her late brother to evade the Taliban regime's rigid restrictions on women) and Menorcan swimmer Tita Llorens (the first woman to swim, without a wetsuit, from the Balearic Islands to the mainland).

Vívete director Carlos Ramón says the conference "grew out of a desire to work with leading experts in the field to promote human values, personal empowerment and the tools that lead us to a solid and conscious personal development in a fun way".

The Consell de Formentera collaborates with this event to make it accessible to local youth.

20 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Josep López Vañó presents images to 'remember' at Centre Antoni Tur 'Gabrielet'

Thursday, 20 October 2022 11:14

Tomorrow at 6.00pm, Josep López Vañó, a Valencian photographer living on Formentera, will pull back the curtain on his exhibition 'Recordar' ("Remember") at Centre Antoni Tur 'Gabrielet'. The show will feature images captured on Formentera, recycled chairs typical of the islands and a video experience in which visitors are encouraged to reflect on and enjoy an exhibition where, in the words of the artist, "imagination, perspective, reality and fiction converge".

'Recordar' will remain open until 30 October from Monday to Saturday, 11.00am to 1.00pm and 5.30pm to 8.00pm.

20 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Three under-30s hired through SOIB Jove Qualificats start work at Consell

Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:19

foto soib 01 The local development division of the Formentera Office of Commerce, Entrepreneurship and Equality is pleased to report that three qualified candidates have been recruited for one-year positions as early-childhood educator, equality manager and environmental engineer as part of "SOIB Jove: Qualificats - Entitats Locals 2022", a programme that affords young recent graduates the chance to gain work experience in their specialty in the world of public administration.

This SOIB programme, which has received funding from the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Operational Programme 2014-2020, and the Sectoral Conference on Employment and Labour, has a total budget of €203,947.40. Since 2016 the Balearic government has backed this employment initiative that works with local entities to offer training contracts and professional experience to qualified young people.

Image: The Consell de Formentera's president and employment and local development agent with the three young recruits.

18 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Formentera rolls out push for free and eco-friendly menstruation

Wednesday, 19 October 2022 13:26

foto 2022x inici periode lliure This week marks the start of the Consell de Formentera-backed New Period campaign by Rezero to normalise and promote the use of healthier, environmentally friendly, and fair menstrual products. To that end, this morning at the Casal de Joves, Consell de Formentera employees, Susana Labrador, vice-president and councillor of education, and Vanessa Parellada, councillor of youth affairs and citizen participation, took part in a workshop concerning options in existing menstrual products shaping awareness about critical and responsible consumption.

Over the next two weeks, the campaign will be disseminated among years four, five and six at IES Marc Ferrer through an educational programme about the different possibilities of menstrual products. Tomorrow, Thursday 20 October, there will be a session for teachers, and Friday, a session for the players of the Cosmitos women's football club. In the words of Vice President Labrador, "the initiative aims to involve local schools, associations and sports groups in strengthening and amplifying the strategy of menstrual education on Formentera".

Public workshop
Wednesday 26 October, a session will be held for associations of the island and the general public at 5.00pm in the Consell de Formentera auditorium (Sala d'Actes; Plaça de la Constitució, Sant Francesc). Next week an additional workshop will be held for adult students.

This campaign is piloted by Rezero, a non-profit foundation which emerged in response to persisting taboos and stigma around menstruation. "A lack of adequate information and education perpetuates poor accessibility to safe (toxin-free), fair (tax-free and produced in respectful conditions) and circular (reusable) products for female-bodied individuals and others who menstruate", said Rezero project manager Marta Beltran.

In fact, according to Rezero, the vast majority of menstrual products on the market are single-use items like pads and tampons with environmental, economic, health and social impacts from production to disposal and beyond.

This initiative is backed by the Offices of Education, Equality, Citizen Participation and Environment of the Consell de Formentera.

17 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

"Català en família" offers language workshops for parents and pupils at Mestre Lluís Andreu and Sant Ferran schools

Tuesday, 18 October 2022 09:56

foto 2022x catala en familia This week the Language Advisory Service of the Consell de Formentera and administrative teams at CEIP Mestre Lluís Andreu and CEIP Sant Ferran de ses Roques have launched conversation workshops for their pupils and parents.

Part of a project dubbed 'Català en família', the idea, according to Raquel Guasch, councillor of heritage and language policy, "is to facilitate Catalan-language learning for kids who need extra help and, at the same time, make it easy for families with participating children to attend classes too, since workshops are at the same time and on the same days".

Afternoon Catalan workshops for pupils began last year; this year for the first time, interested mums and dads can also attend Catalan clinics for adults.

Thus, three groups for children and three groups for families will be offered until February 2023, when a new round of classes will be announced. The courses are free of charge.