Saturday, March 12th, the Municipal Auditorium hosted the 7th Associations Forum, dedicated to the theme “The Promotion and Animation of the Territory”

In the opening session, the city councilor Amadeu Neves highlighted that this event has been “asserting itself as a meeting point for Associations, in order to think, share, debate teh concerns, the projects and ideas of the Associations Movement”, adding still that in the Sabugal Municiapality “the movement has high expression in its numbers. There are many Associations, many initiatives and activities realized, many of excellent quality. And are these activities that bring life to the villages, that stimulate the few inhabitants that still resist, that atract the naturals to conviviality, but also outsiders.

The Associations, in the work they develop, “also promote and preserve the emotional bonds that justify the return of many that went away”, mentioned the councilor.

This is why, the Associations have been counting with the Municipality´s support, either isolated, as well within the Regulation for the Support of the Council´s Associations.

This way, the cooperation between the City Hall and the Associations constitutes a “true participative budget; meaning, the Associations propose their activities, present their projects, and, according to the viability, the City Hall supports the realizationof such proposals. A support that should motivate the Associations to improve their propositions, diversify, and seek broader publics”, he concluded. (more…)