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“Wings of Hope” will continue contributing in 2022

Sustainable Airport Com- able project plan with one in general.
munity, and Partnership. of the SDGs as their primary “Our primary focus remains
This year, a total of 50 fami- goal. The winning school our direct contribution to
lies will receive assistance will receive AWG 20,000.00 the Sustainable Develop-
through food vouchers to execute their plan. ment Goals (SDGs) as set
once a month from Janu- As part of the Environment/ by the United Nations.
ary until December 2022, Sustainable Airport Com- Wings of Hope has positive-
which will be distributed by munity goal, WoH will in- ly contributed to the Aru-
the Directorate of Social volve the airport commu- ban Community through
Affairs (DSZ) as part WoH’s nity partners in a beach its various projects which is
Hunger goal. cleanup and SDG aware- certainly an accomplish-
As part of Education goal, ness walk/run of which all ment and a reason to be
50 students will receive as- proceeds will go towards proud of. Through WoH,
sistance with their Back-to- the projects of 2 founda- AAA hopes to positively in-
ORANJESTAD - Aruba Air- the company. The United school uniforms and sup- tions. fluence other companies
port Authority N.V.’s (AAA) Nations’ Sustainable De- plies and 40 students will As a special Senior recogni- to also take a step towards
“Wings of Hope” (WoH) is velopment Goals (SDGs) receive assistance with tion project, WoH will part- making a difference and
proud to continue contrib- are anchored in the pur- their yearly school fee. ner up with a senior home assisting those who need
uting to the Aruban Com- pose, vision, values, and For WoH’s Awareness goal, and together plan a proj- it most whilst working to-
munity in 2022. strategies of the organiza- public schools will have the ect or activity for 2022. wards a more sustainable
tion. WoH’s 2022 goals are chance to participate in a The Partnership goal will in- approach”, said Director
Sustainability is one of based on five of the SDGs: school project champion clude a media campaign Health, Safety and Sustain-
AAA’s strategic pillars be- No Hunger, Education, competition where they will to create a local aware- ability and WoH leader An-
ing a guiding principle for Awareness, Environment/ need to provide a sustain- ness for the SDGs and WoH geline Flemming.q

New buoys installed

ORANJESTAD – In Novem- swim in our sea. ture and cultural values.
ber 2021, the Minister of They installed the new They will also invest in the
Tourism and Public Health, buoys in Arashi, Malmok, product Aruba to offer our
Dangui Oduber, an- Tres trapi, Palm Beach, and guests the best experience
nounced the installation of Costa Linda and repaired possible.
new buoys and replacing or replaced old buoys if Another ongoing project
older buoys. possible. is the Baby Beach Prom-
The Government’s policy is enade and the recon-
The Aruba Tourism Authority to focus on quality tourism struction of the staircase at
(ATA) financed this project, that spends lots of money Rodgers Beach. A recently
and Varadero completed in the economy of Aruba. announced project is the
it. That is why it focuses on third phase of the Malmok
This project is an essential “High-Value Low Impact Boardwalk.
element for the safety of Tourism”. These visitors earn Minister Oduber is grateful enhancement projects. a 100% recovery. Tourism is
our tourism. The buoys pro- over $150.000.00 annually to the ATA who made the Aruba’s tourism is recover- the principal driver of our
vide security to those who and respect Aruba’s na- funds available for these ing, and soon we will reach economy.q

Horizon Europe Workshop: an important opportunity for Aruba

ORANJESTAD - Recently, Affairs, Commerce and In- logical basis and promote formulating decisions for for the past 30 years. Our
local experts, the business dustry organized this work- the level of competitive- management and invest- financial funds are limited
community, and NGOs at- shop, led by Mr. Humprey ness of member states. For ments to have a real im- hence it is essential to ex-
tended the “Horizon Eu- Vrolijk. the period 2021-2021, this pact. The system in which plore and use other funds
rope Workshop”. The Euro- program has a budget of € we operate changes rap- sources.
pean Union, the Uruguayan Horizon Europe is a finan- 95.5 million available. idly, and this is what makes Horizon Europe is a great
Agency for International cial program of the Euro- The Minister of Economic innovation and research opportunity for academics,
Cooperation (AUCI), the pean Union for Research Affairs, Geoffrey Wever, essential”. The workshop commerce, and NGOs.
University of Aruba, and the and Innovation to fortify gave a speech indicating addressed the variety of
Department of Economic the scientific and techno- the opportunities provided innovation and research About Horizon Europe
to Aruba with this program programs and how Aruba This research and innova-
to academic institutions, could qualify and apply for tion program of the Eu-
businesses, Government or- these funds. ropean Union started this
ganizations, and Non-Gov- As the Minister responsible year and runs until 2027. It
ernment organizations that for economic affairs and has a budget of 95.5 bil-
can qualify for these funds sustainable development, lion Euros to be used for the
to finance their research he firmly believes in Re- many subprograms.
and innovation projects. search and Innovation as a Addressed themes are, and
The Minister stated that Re- tool to help reach more sus- others, climate change,
search & Innovation” is the tainable economic growth. resilience, clean energy,
key to managing substanti- Aruba can not continue on biodiversity. The main ob-
ated development. There- the same track of unsus- jective is to create new
fore it is essential to use tainable economic devel- economic growth and em-
the research findings when opment as has been done ployment for the future.q