Special
report: "Protection of children at high social risk in
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Catalan
Ombudsman Rafael Ribó and Deputy Ombudsman for the Defence of
Children's Rights, Xavier Bonal, delivered the special report,
"Protection of children at high social risk in Catalonia" to the
President of the Catalan Parliament last Thursday, June 4.
Afterwards, at 10:15 am, a press conference was held in the Catalan
Parliament to discuss its content.
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Catalan
Ombudsman to take complaints and queries in Mataró, Tortosa and Sant
Feliu de Guíxols |
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The
Catalan Ombudsman will take his office on the road to receive
complaints and queries in the municipalities of Mataró on Thursday
the 18th, Tortosa, on Thursday the 25th, and Sant Feliu de Guíxols,
on Tuesday the 30th. Appointments can be made at 900 124 124, or by
sending an e-mail to this address sindic@sindic.cat.
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Territorial
2008 Annual Report presentations |
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At the
same time as the Ombudsman's office visits Mataró, Tortosa and Sant
Feliu de Guíxols, Ombudsman Rafael Ribó will offer presentations of
the 2008 Annual Report in the three cities. The aim of these
presentations is to explain the Catalan Ombudsman's work over the
past year, with special emphasis on the problems detected in each
territory. In Mataró, the presentation will be given on Thursday the
18th in the Plan d'en Boet Civic Centre (Juan Sebastián Elcano, 6).
In Tortosa, the presentation will be held in the Chamber of Commerce
(Cervantes, 7) and in Sant Felíu de Guíxols at the Vilartigues Civic
Centre (Salvador Espriu s/n).
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"Opening
the Doors to Rights" exhibit still travelling
Catalonia |
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"Opening
the Doors to Rights" the Catalan Ombudsman's travelling exhibition
on the institution's history and work, can be visited in June in
Mollerussa (June 3-10); in Mataró, (June 13-18); in Tortosa, (June
23-27), and Sant Feliu de Guíxols, (July 1-11).
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Catalan
Ombudsman to take part in the 9th International Ombudsman Institute
World Conference |
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A
delegation of the Catalan Ombudsman, led by Rafael Ribó will attend
the 9th International Ombudsman Institute World Conference (IOI), to
be held in Stockholm on June 9-12, also commemorating the Swedish
Ombudsman's 200th anniversary. Ribó will give a presentation on the
supervision of the Ombudspersons working for private providers of
public services.
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Occupational
instability of personnel in workshop and trade schools, and
employment workshops |
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Personnel
working as teaching staff in workshop schools and other vocational
training services usually have contracts for work and services
subject to the established programs that depend on the phases of the
occupational training project. These phases, divided into six-month
blocks, can not surpass two years or be shorter than one year. When
the two-year period is over, if they wish to continue working, they
must be registered with the unemployment office. The Catalan
Ombudsman has notified the Catalan Ministry of Labour and Parliament
so they can study the possibility of modifying the employment
relationship of personnel devoted to occupational training, which
employees would like to be more stable, under an intermittent
routines contract.
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