Azorean Government launches "Açorianidade" magazine - Communication

Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades

The Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities promoted the launch of the"Açorianidade" magazine this Monday. The event took place on the occasion of the reception for representative emigrants taking part in the Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festivitird, hosted by the President of the Regional Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, at the Conceição Palace.

Created by the Regional Directorate for the Communities, this biannual publication invites readers to discover the initiatives, actions and events promoted in the context of promoting the Azorean communities and their ties with the Region. 

This first issue is dedicated to the first international colloquium "Thinking the Diaspora," organised by the Regional Directorate for the Communities on March 20 and 21 at the Coliseu Micaelense. The event brought together various personalities of Azorean origin, representing various areas of society, from the Azorean communities in Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America and Uruguay.

The speeches delivered by the speakers at the opening session and on the colloquium's seven panels provide the editorial basis for the 232-page opening edition of the magazine, published in Portuguese and English. 

The "Açorianidade" magazine begins with an institutional message from the President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, followed by a foreword by the Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão.

In addition to these contributions, the publication also features speeches by the President of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Luís Garcia, the Mayor of Ponta Delgada, Pedro Nascimento Cabral, and the Regional Director for the Communities, José Andrade. They were presented at the opening session of the colloquium, together with the opening lecture delivered by Onésimo Teotónio Almeida.

The magazine is completed by the bilingual versions of the papers presented by António Cabral and Martin Medeiros (Political Panel), Lélia Nunes and Maria João Maciel Jorge (Cultural Panel), Diniz Borges and José Carlos Teixeira (Social Panel), Duarte Miranda and Manuel de Medeiros (Economic Panel), Richard Ambrósio and Roberto Rodriguez (Generational Panel), Francisco Resendes and Norberto Aguiar (Communication Panel), Francisco Viveiros, Régis Marques Gomes, David Pimentel, Paulo Jorge Cabral and Manuela Meneses (Institutional Panel).

The "Açorianidade" magazine reiterates the Azorean Government's ongoing commitment to strengthening ties between the Region and its communities, promoting the sharing of actions and initiatives that enrich the relations between the archipelago and its diaspora.

The printed edition now launched will be complemented by a digital edition to encourage its dissemination among the different communities within the Azorean diaspora.