At 8.00pm this evening, March 13, members of the Consell d'Entitats, the island's coalition of community leaders, congregated for a special session to discuss questions which might have emerged following the group's last gathering. When members last met on Wednesday, March 6, they saw the unveiling of the proposed plan to manage entry, circulation and parking of vehicles on the island. The initiative is an outgrowth of legislation for Formentera's environmental and financial sustainability.
Mobility councillor Rafael González gave an overview of the proposed plan and answered questions from attendees. Put to a vote afterwards, the measure won the support of the Consell d'Entitats. The proposal will be voted on when council members gather for their full March assembly. Pending approval, an educational campaign will be implemented in early April with an online portal to follow later in the month, the goal being to carry out regulation between July 1 and August 31.
Formentera Council
Àrea de Comunicació
March 13, 2019
CiF president Jaume Ferrer and Jaume Escandell, the president of Formentera's Cooperativa del Camp (“Farmers' Co-operative”), put their signatures on a continuation of the joint action partnership between the two entities. As part of the partnership the Farmers' Co-op commits to supporting an ongoing public programme to promote the revival of local agriculture and the revaluation of the island's rural spaces and landscapes in 2019. Under the deal the Formentera Council pledges to provide the Co-op up to €115,000.
The Formentera Council's Office of Culture reports that today until April 12, submissions —either in person at the Citizen Information Office (OAC) or by certified mail directly to the Formentera Council— will be accepted to the Beni Trutmann photo competition. Entering into its seventeenth year, the contest has become a fixture on the island.
The Formentera Council's tourism department reports that when the seventh Formentera 2.0 hits the island from May 2 to 5, international experts will be on hand to share experiences in communication, creativity and emerging technologies. Director Rosa Castells says the event will find “the leading lights of digital culture rendezvousing here on the island”.
On Thursday March 14 at 8.00pm in la Mola's Casa del Poble, a group of officials including Bartomeu Escandell, Joan Mercant and Toni Garau (the CiF head of the president's office, tax office and rural affairs and the Govern's director and head of fishing) will go over details of the new marine reserve, Punta de sa Creu, as well as how it will function.