The Fuerteventura Training and Conference Centre (Palacio de Formación y Congresos) hosted the closing ceremony today for the Nuevas Oportunidades de Empleo 2025 programme. A total of 23 people, including recent university and vocational training graduates as well as members of the coordinating and administrative team, worked for a year across various departments of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.
During the closing ceremony, the President of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Lola García, the Canary Islands Government’s Minister for Tourism and Employment, Jessica de León, and the island’s Councillor for Employment Promotion, Nuria Cabrera, thanked the participants for their work.
They were joined by the Director General of Labour, José Ramón Rodríguez, the Employment Councillor for the Ayuntamiento of Puerto del Rosario, Erica González, and her counterpart for Antigua, Victoria Cerdeña, as well as the Councillor for Education, Adargoma Hernández, among other members of the island Corporation.
The Nuevas Oportunidades de Empleo 2025 programme represents an investment of €1,090,202.23. It is co-financed by the Servicio Canario de Empleo, which contributes €586,729.50, and the European Social Fund Plus, under the FSE+ Canarias 2021-2027 programme, with a total co-financing rate of 85%, falling under priorities 4 (employment, adaptability, entrepreneurship and social economy) and 5 (youth employment). In addition to this co-financing, the non-subsidised portion of the project is jointly funded by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, which contributes €503,472.73, and the Canary Islands Government, through resources from the Fondo de Desarrollo de Canarias (FDCAN).
Participants worked across departments including Human Resources, Culture, Sports, Education and Youth, Employment, IT, Social Action, Land Planning, the Juan Ismael Art Centre, the Fuerteventura Museums, the Fuerteventura Archaeological Museum, and autonomous bodies of the Cabildo such as the Island Water Council and the Tourism Board.
Participants and their supervisors described the work carried out and praised the programme for its value in giving recent graduates their first professional experience within public administration.
