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Escola de Vela adds two new trainer boats to fleet

foto 2021 Escola VelaThe Formentera Department of Sports reports that the municipal sailing school has expanded its arsenal of watercraft to include two new boats for the school’s sailers in training. Financing for the €6,171 boats was made possible by a deal between the Consell, Marina de Formentera and Trasmapi.

Deputy premiere Ana Juan, who has temporarily taken on duties as chair of the FDS, presented the watercraft together with Marina de Formentera manager Juanjo Costa, Trasmapi commercial director Alex Marí and Escola de Vela director Alex Figueiras.

Councillor Juan described the companies’ collaboration as “a huge help as we upgrade material and seek to build our base of nautical sports equipment” and stressed efforts within local government to promote basic sport and nautical activities.

Figueiras explained that the boats were appropriate for a wide array of aspiring sailors — “from seven year olds to grown-ups with basic sailing notions and capable of navigating solo”. The boats are equipped with three sails: a mainsail and headsail for standard navigating and a ‘gennaker’ with outrigger for when winds are favourable. According to Figueiras, the third sail is for more experienced sailors with a higher degree of control. The boats can be operated by a single adult or child, pairs or up to three sailors (either one adult and two children or two adults and one child).

The sailing school has eight single-seater Open Bics for beginner and advanced sailors ages five and up.

Escola de Vela classes
Roughly one hundred students are currently enrolled in the school’s winter classes and until the start of the summer programme, sailing and windsurf classes can be scheduled Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 11.30am, 11.30am to 1.30pm and 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Two-hour classes cost €10 and are for children and adults.

Located at the Centre d’Esports Nàutics, the municipal facility for sailing and windsurfing also accommodates two junior regatta groups and one standard regatta group, with twice weekly outings taking place on weekdays and Saturday (in the latter case outings are staggered to avoid overlap).

The Escola de Vela offers students wetsuits and life jackets for use during instruction. The strictest Covid-19 safety measures are applied at all times.

24 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

With SOIB Reactiva, Consell announces second round of employment opportunities for jobless

cartell 2021 SOIB ReactivaThe Formentera Department of Entrepreneurship and Local Development reports that the SOIB Reactiva programme will launch a second call for applicants for four-month positions within the Consell de Formentera. The Consell will offer eight individuals one of two employment contracts based on the following profiles:

-Four cleaners (long-term unemployed at least 30 years old).
-Four information assistants (unemployed at least 30 years old and registered with Balearic Islands Unemployment Office [SOIB] at least three months or less if furloughed).

Interested parties should visit the SOIB website here and apply for their desired position. Offers will be posted from today.

Deputy premiere and entrepreneurship chief Ana Juan said the programme would provide employment for 27 individuals, 16 of whom have been working for the local government since January. She encouraged jobless islanders to sign up, calling it “a possible kickstart in the job market”.

The €225.810 SOIB initiative is cofinanced by the European Social Fund as part of Regional Operative Occupational Programmes for Youth (2014-2020), the Spanish central government and the Fund to Promote the Impulse for Sustainable Tourism (Impuls del Turisme Sostenible, ITS). The initiative is also part of the Emergency Employment Plan (Pla de Xoc per a l’Ocupació, PXO) which was unveiled last week on the island and will mean local investments of €470,000 and direct benefits for 175 individuals between 2020 and 2021.

23 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

Consell unlocks €630K for local freelancers and small business

foto 2021 ajudes autonomsThe Consell de Formentera made public details today about €630,000 in assistance to help self-employed Formentera residents and locally-based small businesses weather fallout from Covid-19 restrictions. The money will come in equal parts by local and regional government, with details posted yesterday in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB). The applications period is now open and all submissions must be received by the end of the day 19 April. The Consell and Govern balear plan to expand the initial €300,000 aid package pending signature of a second accord and plenary approval of a budget retooling in early April.

“The aim of this aid is to increase liquidity and keep small businesses operational, because they’ve been among the hardest hit during the public health crisis, and are crucial to Formentera’s economic and social fabric”, said Alejandra Ferrer, who pointed out that multilateral discussions leading to the current aid package had included local business owners — a configuration the premiere asserted was key to advocating for the specific needs of Formentera tradespeople, and one she pledged would remain unchanged during the talks around a second round of soon-to-be-announced assistance from the Govern balear.

Ferrer was joined at the presentation by deputy premiere and commerce and entrepreneurship chief Ana Juan and tax office chief Bartomeu Escandell, plus Josep Mayan, chairman of Formentera’s league of small- and medium-sized businesses (PIME); Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and Lina Bustos, spokesperson for the Balearic Confederation of Business Groups (CAEB).

Ana Juan said discussions about who would receive the aid had included local business owners and insisted efforts had been made to bring the offer in line with the particularities and precise needs of Formentera’s freelancers and professionals. For instance, unlike in other places, aid on Formentera will be available to businesses with up to ten employees, and in a wide range sectors including artisans, tourism-related businesses, food service, retail, workshops and more.

For his part, Bartomeu Escandell said the expected add-on was designed to bring the assistance to as many freelancers and impresarios in as little time as possible.

Business representatives hailed the news and encouraged local small business owners to starting filling out their applications.

Funding between €1.5K and €7K
Three types of assistance have been established. The first totals €1,500 and is available to market merchants and freelance vendors without a physical shopfront who have paid freelancing dues at least three months from 14 March 2020 to January 2021. The second totals €2,500 and is available to businesses with a physical location and whose owners have paid business dues anywhere from three to six months. The third totals €3,500 and is available to businesses which have opened six months since emergency orders were enacted. In the first case, applicants (natural or legal persons alike) can receive no more than €1,500. However, in the second and third cases, they can receive up to €5,000 and €7,000 respectively if they have two establishments.

Terms
Applicants must have their workplace and tax domicile on the island to be eligible. Likewise, their annual average of employees must not exceed ten; annual turnover must remain under €600,000 and declared benefits in 2020 must not exceed €35,000 or invoicing in 2020 must have been at least 35% lower than in 2019. In addition, people who already received support as part of the one-off Covid-19 assistance package in July 2020 are not eligible.

Twenty working days to request aid online
To facilitate access and answer any questions, the Consell de Formentera is encouraging islanders to contact an information hotline at 971 32 10 87. Applicants have twenty working days from the day after the announcement of aid (up to and including 19 April) to make their request on the Virtual Citizen Information Office (OVAC). Complete information and details about terms will be posted to the Consell de Formentera website.

19 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

Consell and Espai Frumentària sign deal to promote cultural activities

foto 2021 conveni espai fConsell de Formentera chief Alejandra Ferrer met with Espai Frumentària president Miquel Costa to sign a deal to back cultural events on Formentera in 2021. Culture chair Susana Labrador was also on hand at the signing.

The funding will support stage productions, performing arts series, graphic design, exhibitions and cultural programming generally. The Consell pledges a maximum of €7,000.

22 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

Formentera hosts gathering of council to coordinate Pine Islands police departments

foto 2021 consell de coordinacioRepresentatives of local police departments across Eivissa and Formentera gathered in the Consell de Formentera conference hall today for a meeting of the Coordinating Council for Local Police Departments (CCPPL). Presided over by Balearic Islands Institute of Public Safety director Vicenç Martorell and CCPPL deputy chair and chief of citizen safety in Santa Eulària des Riu Juan Carlos Rosselló, the encounter had a mix of in-person and online attendees, with regional director of emergencies Jaime Barceló tuning in virtually.

Formentera’s chief of interior, Josep Marí, welcomed participants. The CCPPL was conceived as a way to facilitate information sharing between police departments in the Pine Islands and hammer out joint policies and priorities. One motion brought before the CCPPL which received unanimous backing was a call for the Balearic School of Public Administration (EBAP) to host a one-off police training course on Eivissa to help would-be officers prepare for selective exams.

In addition to discussing internal work-related matters, attendees viewed a presentation about police management to coordinate law enforcement responses across the Balearic Islands.

18 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

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