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The Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center hosted the workshop "Ecolandscapes of Tourism" organized by the university headquarters of the UA and the City Council of Torrevieja

04.04.2022
The Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center hosted the workshop "Ecolandscapes of Tourism" organized by the university headquarters of the UA and the City Council of Torrevieja
For the fourth consecutive year, the subject of Architectural Projects of the University of Alicante (UA) returns to focus its gaze on the city of Torrevieja. Thanks to the Departments of Education and Tourism of the City Council and the University of Alicante Headquarters in the town, this year a new intergenerational team of architects, teachers and students project on the opportunities offered by the city of Torrevieja and its tourist ecosystem, in what they have titled as “Torrevieja Grand Tour”.

The Department of Education together with the IES Mare Nostrum, Agamed and Ars Creatio develop a heritage recovery project for the vineyards in La Mata

11.03.2022
The Department of Education together with the IES Mare Nostrum, Agamed and Ars Creatio develop a heritage recovery project for the vineyards in La Mata
The Councilor for Education of the City Council of Torrevieja, Ricardo Recuero, together with representatives of AGAMED, the ARS CREATIO association and students from 16 to 18 years of Professional Training in Agricultural Gardening and Floral Compositions from the IES MARE NOSTRUM, have participated in the heritage recovery project of the vineyards in La Mata, which has been developed this morning in the Natural Park of La Mata in front of the cemetery of this district of Torrevieja.

The mayor and the Councilor for Education hold a coordination meeting with the representatives of the FAPA Gabriel Miró

16.02.2022
The mayor and the Councilor for Education hold a coordination meeting with the representatives of the FAPA Gabriel Miró
Among the next projects that the City Council of Torrevieja will maintain with the FAPA Gabriel Miró, possible collaboration agreements are included to favor the development of the activities of the educational community. Likewise, Ricardo Recuero has informed them of the School Absenteeism Plan that the Department of Education will present shortly, and has explained the actions foreseen in the Edificant Plan with an investment of more than 12 million euros, and that they will be developed at IES Libertas, IES Las Lagunas, IES Torrevigía and Colegio Público Virgen del Carmen.

Four actions provided for in the Edificant Plan with an investment of more than 12 million euros approved in an information committee

04.02.2022
Four actions provided for in the Edificant Plan with an investment of more than 12 million euros approved in an information committee
The Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, reports that the City Council of Torrevieja has approved this morning in the Informative Commission, the delegation of powers to the Generalitat Valenciana of 4 of the 15 actions planned in the EDIFICANT PROGRAM. These important actions, which represent an investment amounting to a total of 12,110,652 euros, will be developed at IES Libertas, IES Las Lagunas, IES Torrevigía and Colegio Público Virgen del Carmen.

Agamed's 2022 infrastructure plan has an investment of 2,627,389 euros

01.02.2022
Agamed's 2022 infrastructure plan has an investment of 2,627,389 euros
The mayor of Torrevieja and president of the Board of Directors of AGAMED, Eduardo Dolón, has informed of the investments approved in the first Council of the year, held in January 2022, to be carried out by Aguas del Arco Mediterráneo with the determination to continue in the improvement of the infrastructures of the Potable Water Distribution Network and the Sanitation and Sewage Network and the Municipal Rainwater Network.

Torrevieja begins the year with 87,901 registered inhabitants, 49,807 of Spanish origin and 38,094 from abroad

21.01.2022
Torrevieja begins the year with 87,901 registered inhabitants, 49,807 of Spanish origin and 38,094 from abroad
According to the statistical data on population and evolution of the Municipal Register of the City Council, the city of Torrevieja has started the year 2022 with a total of 87,901 registered inhabitants, of which 49,807 (56.6%) are of Spanish origin, while the rest , 38,094 (43.4%) come from abroad.

The Department of Education launches for the second consecutive year the dining scholarships to students who do not have access to the scholarships of the Ministry of Education

19.11.2021
The Department of Education launches for the second consecutive year the dining scholarships to students who do not have access to the scholarships of the Ministry of Education
The Councilor for Education of the Torrevieja City Council, Ricardo Recuero, the president of Rotary Club Torrevieja, Luis Andreu; The representative of the Humanitarian Foundation of Spanish Rotarians, Ricardo Molina, and the deputy manager of AGAMED, Gemma Cruz, have presented this morning the second call for the Comedor Scholarships for children in the city who have not been able to have access to scholarships granted by the Ministry of Education of the Generalitat.

The city council will renew a large part of the public lighting in the urban area of Torrevieja and the southern area of La Mata

27.09.2021
The city council will renew a large part of the public lighting in the urban area of Torrevieja and the southern area of La Mata
A total of 1,190 luminaires will be replaced thanks to a subsidy of 912,620 euros granted by the Alicante Provincial Council.The new LED luminaires have an energy saving forecast of 53%, which will mean the saving of more than 70,000 euros in monetary value yearly on the electricity bill

10,662 students begin on Wednesday, September 8, the 2021/2022 school year

03.09.2021
10,662 students begin on Wednesday, September 8, the 2021/2022 school year
The Councilor for Education of the Torrevieja City Council, Ricardo Recuero, has released this morning the data for the start of the 2021/2022 school year, which will begin next Wednesday, September 8, with a total of 10,662 students / as and with 100% presence of students in the classrooms. -Children's students: 1878 students. 83 units -Primary students: 4456 students. 183 units -Secondary students: 2,895 students. 106 units -Baccalaureate and FP: 1433 students. 36 Recuero units highlighted that throughout the school year the health measures for the prevention of COVID-19 will be maintained, such as the daily cleaning service during school hours, the COVID-19 health advice to schools, and 12,000 masks will be distributed by all the centers of the town.

The City Council recovers municipal aid for school transport after five years of absence

27.08.2021
The City Council recovers municipal aid for school transport after five years of absence
The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, have offered a press conference this morning to announce that, after five years of absence, the City Council recovers the municipal aid for school transport, which which will be an economic benefit for all families with children and young people of school age.

The administrative specifications for the hiring of the project drafting service for the reorganization of the Los Locos beach promenade have been approved

06.08.2021
The administrative specifications for the hiring of the project drafting service for the reorganization of the Los Locos beach promenade have been approved
The Department of Quality of urban services, led by the mayor Sandra Sánchez, has to provide the Los Locos beach promenade with a new redevelopment that significantly improves accessibility to the coastline, providing it with pedestrian routes and areas spacious rooms for the enjoyment of citizens and complying with applicable regulations on accessibility in urban areas.

Next week the construction works of an accessible walkway in the Doña Inés urbanization will be completed

01.07.2021
Next week the construction works of an accessible walkway in the Doña Inés urbanization will be completed
The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Quality of Urban Services, Sandra Sánchez, have visited this morning together with residents of the urbanization, the construction works of an accessible pedestrian walkway between the nearby cul-de-sac to Joaquín García Sánchez street, at the confluence with the Jardín del Mar III Urbanization, an area known as Doña Inés, due to the obvious need to transit through an area with a significant drop of 1.5 meters.

On June 8, 9 and 10, the university entrance exams will be held for the first time in the Torrevieja auditorium

03.06.2021
On June 8, 9 and 10, the university entrance exams will be held for the first time in the Torrevieja auditorium
The Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, presented this morning the device prepared for the celebration of the Baccalaureate Assessment for University Access (EBAU), which will be held for the first time at the International Auditorium of the city of Torrevieja, on June 8, 9 and 10.