Consell Insular de Formentera

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Job offer for local lifeguards

The Consell de Formentera reports that applications will be accepted for ten lifeguard positions on the Consell de Formentera Lifeguard Service on the island's main beaches. Contracts will last four months (June, July, August and September) and work will include standard lifeguard tasks as well as surveillance and assistance to Formentera beachgoers. Applicants must have the Certificate of Professionalism in Lifeguarding in N...

Mural of rural women of Formentera

Today a mural crafted by artist Carolina Adán Caro on the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March, was unveiled. The mural, painted on a wall of Marc Ferrer Secondary School, pays tribute to the women of Formentera who dedicated their lives to work in the countryside. Ana Juan and Alejandra Ferrer, president and vice president, respectively, of the Consell de Formentera; Mercedes Garrido, Balearic minister of the presid...

Consell gives €22,000 to elderly clubs of Sant Francesc and Sant Ferran

Today Ana Juan, president and councillor for the elderly of the Consell de Formentera, signed collaboration agreements with two local seniors' clubs to maintain the centres and fund services and activities in 2023. The president signed an agreement with Julián Galindo, president of the Retirees and Pensioners' Club of Formentera (Sant Francesc) for a value of €12,500, and with Rita Costa, president of the Social Centre for the...

50 people to participate in VerSus+ Heritage for People festival on Formentera

The Office of Heritage of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that from 23 to 28 March, the island will host the second VerSus+ Heritage for People festival of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). The festival is organised in collaboration with other universities and research centres in Portugal, France and Italy and this year benefits from the participation of the Consell de Formentera. Approximately fifty pe...

Formentera joins two promotional fairs in Barcelona

The Office of Tourism of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that this week, from 24 to 26 March, Formentera will participate in two promotional fairs in Barcelona. The island will have its own stand at the B-Travel trade show for the end public at Fira de Montjuïc exhibition centre in Barcelona. Formentera will also have its own stand at the Mediterranean Diving Show for professional and amateur divers at Fira de C...

Meeting with Pimef to present data on cost of basic products on Formentera

Today Ana Juan, president of the Consell de Formentera and commerce councillor, and Alejandra Ferrer, vice president and head of the Data Observatory, sat down with Pep Mayans, president of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses of Formentera (Pimef), Lidia Alvárez, Pimef manager, and Joan Mayans, of the food sector, to review data from a study run by the Formentera Data Observatory on the cost of basic groceries on the island. Ac...