The Azores School of the Sea celebrated its 4th anniversary last Friday. On the occasion, the Mayor of Horta highlighted the current role of the Associação para o Desenvolvimento e Formação do Mar dos Açores (ADFMA) on the island of Faial and in the Azores. “The Azores School of the Sea is now being talked about for good reasons and has become synonymous with development, progress, and modernity. And that’s how it should continue to be,” he emphasized Carlos Ferreira, giving a word of recognition to the current board.
“The Municipality welcomes with renewed enthusiasm the leadership of ADFMA, in the person of the President of the Board of Directors, Dr. Ana Rodrigues, for having been able to add a national and international dimension to the school’s initial project,
It is worth highlighting, for example, all the work put into materializing the Technology Free Zone and the development of the
Technological Free Zone and the development of the process to build the region’s first runway for unmanned Unmanned Aircraft”.
For the mayor, “the Azorean sea is a privileged vehicle for strengthening the promotion of the archipelago.
promotion of the archipelago at the national and international level, both in its economic dimension, but also cultural and identity”. such as the one with the Azores School of the Sea – allow the municipality to cooperate with the State, both nationally and regionally.
In addition to training and empowering seafarers, the Azores School of the Sea intends, within the scope of the Azores Maritime Education Program – PEMA 2024- 2025, to invest in campaigns to raise awareness of the value of the Azorean Sea, including technological awareness and education, and creating strategic partnerships with local, academic and business organizations.

in Tribuna das Ilhas newspaper

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