CM Penela and IPC present Regional Innovation Office for entrepreneurs

The Town Hall of Penela and the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) presented the new Regional Innovation Office - @GIR to the entrepreneurs of the county. The project aims to create a proximity connection between the territories, mainly those of low density, supporting technological innovation and regionally based business through a connection between the institution and the territory. At the opening of the public presentation, the president,

Participation in the Circular Cities Network RURBAN Link

The Municipality of Penela has been attending the network meetings of RURBAN LINK - Circular Cities - “Circular Connections Between urban and rural areas”, promoted and funded by the General Direction of the Territory within the scope of the National Circular Cities (InC2) initiative.

The “RURBAN Link - Circular Links between urban and rural areas” that the municipality integrates, is Intended to develop UrbanRural partnerships which will allow municipalities to operate together, in order to find solutions to common urban challenges within the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy.

In a circular view of the city, urban areas set strong functional PARTNERSHIPS, of complementarity and cooperation, with peri-urban areas and their rustic surroundings, ensuring services of common interest, proximity markets for food products, energy, waste recovery, and conditions for transport and logistics.

1st Fair of Employment and Professional Qualification In Penela

The 1st Fair of Employment took place on the 31st of May, at the Penela Pavilhão Multiusos. It was promoted by the NEP - Penela Business Centre, in a partnership with the Municipality of Penela, the IEFP - Employment and Profissional Training Institute and the

Eduardo Nogueira dos Santos, emphasized that “the implementation of this cabinet of Regional Innovation, is very important and beneficial to the companies and to entrepreneurship as the IPC brings to the region its broad knowledge in countless areas”.

CLSD 4G, from Penela. The event was attended by 11 exhibitors, of which nine were companies in the municipality, and close to a hundred of people looking for a job. The program included a workshop about labor contracting for the companies and literacy for unemployed people. At the end of the meeting, a networking meeting was held between companies and people looking for a job. This initiative had the over all aim of promoting the connection between the needs of workers from the companies in the municipality and an easier contact between the people looking for a job and the employers.

Re-qualification project of the Municipality Square is going to reconfigure the centre of the village

Penela Town Hall started the renovation work of Praça do Município, on the 6th of September, at a ceremony which was attended by the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa. The mayor, Eduardo Nogueira dos Santos, referred that this work is going to “reconfigure the centre of the village” and constitutes a “additional value” for the quality of living of the inhabitants and visitors who go to the Town Hall and to Penela Castle.

A global investment of €1.5M promises to “revolutionize the access to the Town Hall and to Penela Castle”, said the president of the Municipality of this county, of Coimbra district.

The construction work of the new Praça do Município has already started, in a ceremony also attended by the Minister of the Territorial Cohesion , Ana Abrunhosa.

The work, in charge of the company Odraude – Civil Construction and Public Works, Lda., which won the public contest, includes the demolition and construction of a new retaining wall, existing between the Praça do Município and the parallel street, which is in an advanced state of deterioration. The project foresees the creation of a considerable area of public car parking, with about 60 parking places, divided into two different levels, which brings an answer to parking needs and accessibility to the Praça do Município, Penela Castle and the Santa Eufémia Church.

The intervention also foresees the creation of parking areas for people with disabilities and mobility issues as well as pedestrian accesses adapted to the current legislation on accessibility. It also includes the re qualification of the electricity, rainwater and waste-water connections. This project has community funding, under the Operational Centre Programme (Centro 2020) and a execution time of approx. 18 months, including some work on the pedestrian routes in the centre of the village: Total investment: €1,974,900.60

Eligible Investment: €1,422,726.92

FEDER funds: €1,209,317.88

The national counterpart is ensured by the municipality which applied, for this purpose, for the BEI PT Line 2020.