The Commonwealth of Montes de Vigo received a grant from the Ministry of Employment and Equality for the implementation of a working workshop called «IV Forestry site in the mountains of Vigo» which will be held in the period from December 2, 2024 to September 1, 2025.
Pursuant to the regulations governing the above-mentioned subsidy, the regulatory bases of the candidate selection process were published at the time. Hiring 10 student workers to register with the Vigo Employment Office. The appeal was a success for the workers and also for the nature.
Reforestation of the Vigo mountains
The territorial delegate of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Ana Ortiz, visited the participants of al IV Forestry works in the Montes de Vigo which will enable ten unemployed people to receive training this year. The Regional Representative thus confirmed an investment of EUR 205,964 by the Ministry of Employment, Trade and Emigration for reissue of another edition of the course promoted by the Commonwealth of Montes de Vigo.
Ortiz highlighted the double dimension of the training programs activated by the Galician government, and in particular the double workshops, with a high job placement rate of around 60%. “These initiatives include training experiences that take into account the social and economic reality of Galiciaadapt to the demands of local companies!, the delegate noted, emphasizing the symbiosis between training and employment as a formula for success.
In the workshop, 10 unemployed men and women are trained in clean-up tasks, reforestation and forest infrastructurefruit and seed collection, forestry treatments and pest and disease control. The activities take place in the mountains of Beade, Bembrive, Cabral, Candean, Comesaña, Castrelos, Lavadores, Matamá, Saiáns, Valladares and Zamáns.
New contributions in 2025
In addition, the delegate indicated that the Xunta will invest 3.9 million in 2025 for a total of ten golf courses in the Vigo area. In addition to the initiative in the mountains of Vigo, new contributions are already underway to be repeated in 2025 with the course Vigo Capacita. Mos will also promote the initiative It is located in Mos III; Salceda de Caselas will take the course Restoration of the heritage legacy; Cangas will be the Farm of Rua XIII; in Gondomar the workshop Caring for the minor; Redondela, the workshop On the Sea of Redondela; O Porriño will develop the workshop Porrino humanizesand Moaña the workshop Labora Hospitality.