Associação Poiomar

POIOMAR Association, founded in 2019, was created by a group of property owners is Anjos, a very small local in Madeira Island south cost, aiming protection, conservation and local development action. Anjos is an hillside on the south seafront of Madeira Island, with limited access through tunnels carved into the rock at both ends, with a small village and where banana cultivation and tourist accommodation are predominantly developed. POIOMAR was born with the purpose of contributing to a better future for a special place, promoting environmental conservation, social and cultural development, local, national and international cooperation. The POIOMAR Action Plan is based on the mobilization of locals, involvement of local and regional public and private entities and the development of a network at international level aiming take part in partnership projects in order to pursue the operational objectives of the Association. Operational objectives includes: • promote interaction between locals and visitors, aiming conservation actions, knowledge transfer and traditions revitalization; • raise awerness of young people for values and tradictions; • integrate I&P and local development; • small and large scale cooperation actions; • provide support and partnership to local organizations fostering international cooperation; • add value to the local production;