Applicant

Applicant is “Junta da Freguesia de Ermesinde” (JFE). In organizational terms, JFE has a standard structure, subordinated to a democratically elected representative. In a large organizational chart, the following areas are highlighted: culture, education, social action, environment, youth, sports, free time activities, citizenship and civic participation and entrepreneurship. Each of these departments has teams with high competences and experience in organizing and booster the local community, developing various initiatives for the promotion of the various valences for the action areas mentioned, which rules the organization. In the technical staff, the JFE has about 60 employees in various areas of intervention. The JFE is a public body, responsible for the mayoralty and local administration, developing in parallel activities of social, cultural and environmental nature. As regards these areas of action, the JFE increments a follow-up work and proximity in the organization and promotion of occupational activities of leisure, under environmental and educational support to families, as well as to promote local activities and events. There is a crucial focus on streamlining and organizing vacation camps, workshops and seminars under themes such as social inclusion, gender equality, employment promotion, dissemination and sustainability policies of green economy added to the development of retraining and promotion of the green areas of the parish. The JFE is characterized by an active participation in collaboration and institutional, financial and human support to different associations of the city, responsible for the development of different types of animation, cultural and human enrichment, close to local communities and its action groups. It should be noted the constant concern in the support and development of support systems for young people, as part of its professional valorization and development of youth and personal skills. In view of the foregoing, the JFE feels the increasingly urgent need for dissemination and awareness of all young people to the importance of a global and European society, contributing to the search for a more inclusive and cohesive society that will motivate the citizens to play an active role in democratic life, to promote social integration, improve intercultural understanding and to promote sustainable development and green citizenship. In this context, we seek to create a set of initiatives in the city, contributing to the awareness of young people of Ermesinde in relation to European ideals and values of an international community society extended to the Member States of the Union, in order to encourage mobility and entrepreneurship of young people, encourage the approach of different European cultures contribute to interculturality, pluralism, tolerance, non-discrimination, solidarity and social justice, arousing consciences and opening European horizons in the local community.