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Formentera unlocks €9k for reception and integration for immigrants

Friday, 29 June 2018 11:53

curs-escola-adults-immigrants1 The social welfare department of the Formentera Council announces it will begin accepting applications from associations with ties to distinct regions, immigrant groups, and other not-for-profit entities which develop activities related to immigration or work directly with immigrants to develop programmes and strategies to promote immigrants' welcoming and integration.

The deadline for applications is July 9. Assistance will be granted on a competitive basis.

Associations interested in applying should contact the Council's social welfare department by calling 971 32 12 71.

Formentera funnels €45k to public health assistance

Friday, 29 June 2018 11:53

mans-de-majors The Formentera Council's social welfare office reports the start of the application period for assistance for local associations and not-for-profit groups creating social service programmes and strategies in 2018. The deadline for applications is July 9.

In total, the administration will unlock €45,000, eleven thousand more than last year.

The money will go to cover costs of programmes aimed at broadening Formentera's range of social and public health services.

Helping programmes that broaden Formentera's range of social and public health services, developing activities within associations and not-for-profit groups working in care and improving living conditions for dependent seniors, people with disabilities, mental disorders or other chronic ailments.

Candidates should contact Formentera's dependent care centre at 971 32 16 17.

In hat tip to runway show's first year, Formentera's Passarel·la returns to Sant Francesc

Monday, 25 June 2018 14:59

pasarela2018 ruedaprensa-1- This morning in Sant Francesc, CiF secretary of land, tourism and trade Alejandra Ferrer was joined by a group of designers including Elena Hurtado of Obi, Mathilde Rouanet of B7& Acho, Enric Majoral, and José Marcos Garzón of Ishvara, for a presentation of Formentera's eleventh Passarel·la de Moda.

Organisers' pick of Sant Francesc to stage the morning presentation was no accident: the catchphrase chosen for this year's show is 'Orígens' and the Passarel·la (Catalán for “runway” or “catwalk”) débuted in Sant Francesc. The event is set to take place next Friday June 29 at 10.00pm.

Amalia Mora, director of the Formentera Council's commerce department, is coordinating the Passarel·la, with presenting duties headed by Lilian Heinrichs, a familiar face for any frequent visitor to the island's libraries. The following is a list of participating creators, each with a close connection to the island:
Kavra Formentera, Molly Mallone, Janne Bikinis, B7 & Acho, Elena Hurtado (Obi) & Lorenzo Pepe, Ishvara, Michelle Crocitto, Isvhara, Macramé & Tito Solari, Eva Cardona, Majoral. Models at the event will be sourced by Eivissa firm Deva Models.

Summer nights on Formentera, public squares host 34 silver screen classics

Wednesday, 27 June 2018 10:41

cinema fresca sf-1- The Formentera Council's culture department announces the twelfth edition of Cinema a la Fresca, a summer series of 34 classic films and contemporary hits from domestic and international cinema. Veronique Landy oversees the series' artistic direction, and Espai F pitched in support for evenings in la Mola.

The outdoor screenings run from July to September and take place Tuesdays in Sant Francesc's jardí de ses Eres, Thursdays in the Sant Ferran town square, and Fridays on the steps of la Mola's Casa del Poble.

Programme
Cinema a la Fresca (literally, “outdoor cinema” in Catalán) kicks off Tuesday July 3 in jardí de ses Eres with Milk, Gus Van Sant's depiction of Harvey Milk, who, in nineteen-seventies, became the first openly gay person to hold public office in Sant Francesc. The screening is included in programming in celebration of World LGTBI Pride Day.

Thursday July 5, the Sant Ferran square will host a screening of Estiu 1993, Clara Simó's autobiographical feature that starts at age six, when the filmmaker lost her mother and went to live with family.

Friday July 6, the Casa del Poble in la Mola will be the site of a screening of Claudia Llosa's La teta asustada, a film set in the squalid neighbourhoods of Lima. The storyline centres on a daughter's quest to offer a decent funeral to her mother, who, like so many others between the eighties and aughts in Peru, was raped and lost her life to terrorist violence.

The series also contains kid-friendly fare. This year's programme includes La vida de Calabacín and Ferdinand, two animated features.

Other standouts are Thierry Frémeaux's L'aventure commence on Tuesday July 10 in Sant Francesc and, on Thursday July 12 in Sant Ferran, David Lynch: el arte de la vida, a documentary about the unmatched contemporary filmmaker and peerless artist.

The outdoor, natural settings chosen for the screenings—jardí de ses Eres, Sant Ferran's town square and la Casa del Poble in la Mola—offer an unbeatable backdrop for films, which, with the help of Veronique Landy and (in la Mola) Espai F, aim to promote "the seventh art" among islanders and residents.

Formentera Council raises €7k to help local businesses train staff and seek consulting services

Monday, 25 June 2018 12:55

foto conveni cif cc-2- Two Formentera Council officials —administration chief Jaume Ferrer and Alejandra Ferrer, the local secretary of land, tourism and trade— sat down today with Eivissa-Formentera chamber of commerce president Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas to formalise a deal to unlock training and consulting services for the local business community.

Under the agreement, the Council pledges €7,000 to fund training programmes between January and October 2018. Course content may include, though won't be limited to, languages (German, English, Italian and French among them), customer service, management and business administration strategies, accounting, window dressing, IT and security.

Secretary Ferrer called the two entities' longstanding collaboration “vital to helping local businesses develop quality services and get the tools they need to sell islanders and tourists on local commerce”.