The Spanish System Will Offer FP Degrees in Pharmacy and Tourism

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d'Andorra L’ÚS DE LES TECNOLOGIES elelENGLISHTema PeriòdicPeriòdic del EDITION dia NewsW E D 2xx 0 EDUCATION The Spanish system will offer FP degrees in Pharmacy and Tourism Course expected to begin in 2020-2021 and the final agreement will depend on future governments of both countries

MARICEL BLANCH EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES-ENGORDANY @PeriodicAND n the last joint commission on ERIC JOVER education between Spain and An- MINISTER OF EDUCATION dorra, it was approved to study «The pharmaceutical Ithe implementation of two new FP formació professional (vocational and tourism sectors training) courses. On the one hand, are very important the Spanish experts proposed to make a degree in Pharmacy and Pa- and competitive in the rapharmacy (products relating to country» hygiene, cosmetics or diets, but not medication) and, on the other, the «Whatever the nature of training in Management of Tourist Accommodations. the next Government of As explained in sources of the Mi- Andorra, full support will nistry of Education of the Embassy be given to the Spanish of Spain in the Principality, the An- education system» dorran Government welcomed the proposal very positively as confirmed b ythe Minister of Higher Edu- «INVESTING IN THE FUTURE» From the cation, Eric Jover. As he himself re- Ministry of Education of/ Spain, it called, although each education was considered that «investing in system follows an independent edu- post-compulsory education is inves- cational policy, in FP they try «to not ting in the future, both for Andor- enter into competition» so that the ra and for Spain» and «studying in new courses can not interfere with Andorra does not necessarily imply the current existing offer. «It is true working in Andorra». In this regard, that the pharmaceutical and tou- the Ministry stressed that the trai- rism sectors are very important and ning implemented by the Spanish competitive in the country and [...] education system should help stu- any vocational education that com- dents to «move freely» with an offi- plements and helps give more op- cial degree, which «is important in portunities to professionals to the these days and requires professio- young people of the country will be nals with a solid and versatile basis». well received» said Jover. Once the Spanish ambassador Àngel Ros government approved it, the Cham- A classroom in the Professional Training Centre in Aixovall. also defended the benefits of profes- ber of Commerce organized a mee- sional training: «The big European 33 ting with the representatives of the countries in vocational education sectors that also gave a positive res- admitting that the entry of one or ments, both the Principality and the have traditionally been France and ponse. However, the agenda of the The representatives both courses for 2019-2020 is «a litt- neighboring country of the South, Germany and they have done well» implementation is still not defined of the sectors and the le tight». the acting minister was convinced he explained. For the ambassador, and the project is being analysed by In addition, the minister ack- that «whatever the political nature the change in the perception of so- the Ministry of Education of the Em- Chamber of Commerce nowledged, at this time it is unk- of the next Government of Andorra, ciety regarding this training has be- bassy and the direction of the María approve both proposals nown how many students might it will continue in the same directi- en key: «We have made a qualitative Moliner College. be interested, since, as he explai- on that we have marked up to now leap, now there is a social recogniti- to improve education ned, «until an offer is not launched, and will give full support to the Spa- on of the FP (professional training). A POLITICAL DECISION Now, «the fi- the ability to attract students is not nish educational system in its deci- Before it was not there, it was thoug- nal decision is in the/ hands of the known, [. ...] but all the phases that sion». However, Jover asserted that ht that the one who could not do a Spanish government, but I can as- have been passed so far guarantee he was «very pleased» to see that «the Bachelor’s degree or university had sure you that all Andorran parties that there is a certain need in the co- Spanish system is here to help An- to go to FP. However, it is not the ca- are interested and will have the sup- untry». When asked about the pos- dorran students» and did not close se anymore, this training course is port of the Government of Andor- sible effects that the project could the door to the creation of new cour- recognized as a prestigious career ra for all what is needed» said Jover, undergo due to changes in govern- ses and more specialisations. choice» Ros said. H 2 www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2019 el Periòdic News

ONLY ONE IN THE PENINSULA The first private shared bank of the options Conservation in umbilical cords is underway 1public bank Blood and tissue of the umbilical cord

MARICEL BLANCH are collected at the time of delivery New law of donation of and are donated to the Bank of Blood and Tissue of Catalonia to be part of organs and tissue allows Concord program that can help peo- alternative for the centre ple from all over the world. The family has no right to recover the sample.

EL PERIÒDIC SANT JULIÀ DE LÒRIA @PeriodicAND Conservation in a n Andorran regenerative me- 2private bank dicine company, with a laboratory in Sant Julià de Lòria, The blood and tissue of the umbili- Ahas just launched the first cal cord are collected at the time of private umbilical cord shared bank, delivery and cryopreserved in private the only one on the peninsula. The mi- banks. Only the family or person from lestone was achieved after the Gene- whom the tissue was extracted from ral Council approved last December provding he’s 18 or over can decide the new Law on the Donation of Or- on what the sample is used for. gans and Tissue that allows an alternative for this public-private medical company. Conservation in a Cellab gives the possibility to fami- lies who want to «privately store blo- 3shared private bank od from the umbilical cord and make it available to the international com- Similar to the previous one, but the in- munity, in case it is needed for a trans- formation of the sample is entered in a plant» explain from the laboratory. shared data bank. This allows that the This innovative option, not yet wides- combatable samples can be reques- pread, is possible thanks to the inter- ted between users of the registry. It is national agreement with the World the family who decides whether or not Marrow Donor Association (WMDA), Dr. Alba Casamayor analyzing and processing samples in the laboratory of Sant Julià de Lòria. they give the sample for other people. a Dutch registry dedicated to coordi- 33 nating blood units around the world. DRA. ALBA CASAMAYOR -196 °C in the center of choice of the LABORATORY DIRECTOR family and them or the person to may be that one day this family recei- COLLABORATION WITH GOVERNMENT whom the cellular material belongs ves a call and tells them that although From the laboratory they say that to/ «The sample is owned by the family to can decide on the future of the sam- the sample is theirs, it can help a per- reach this point «we had to work si- ples. Cryopreservation is the process son on the other side of the world. At de by side with the Government of and only they can decide on the future of freezing biological material at ex- that moment the family must decide Andorra to authorize us to make this treme temperatures; most common whether or not to give it». It should be bank of double use. The family has its of it. We are mere custodians» -196 °C/-321 °F in liquid nitrogen (N2). noted that the family only makes the cellular material preserved here, as if At these low temperatures, all biolo- blood of the umbilical cord available it were a private preservation and the «The information is available worldwide, gical activity stops, including the bi- to the WMDA bank, so the tissue is al- WMDA gives us some inclusion crite- ochemical reactions that lead to cell ways preserved for donor use, from ria in the registry: it must have a mini- one day a person may receive a phone death and DNA degradation. where more stem cells could be gene- mum volume of stem cells and a seri- In the case of a shared-use privacy, rated, if necessary. «With this mixed es of characteristics that determine if call asking if they want to help others» «the sample remains it is only the fa- formula, the family can save the lives it may or not be contemplated in this mily who can decide what to do with of someone who needs it and keep the internationally shared registry ». DIFFERENCES The other options for first one is the type of model of the the cells. We are also mere custodi- umbilical cord tissue for future uses», After submitting the sample to se- cryopreservation/ of stem cells in the Concordia programme, an altruistic ans» explains the director of the Ce- summed up the president of Cellab, veral quality controls and to verify the umbilical cord at the time of birth donation on a global scale that fami- llab laboratory, Dr. Alba Casamayor, Dr. Ramon Pla. Although from the la- suitability for the conservation, they are the donation to a public bank (in lies do while renouncing rights over which clarifies that, nevertheless, in boratory they preferred not to speci- communicate the genetic characte- Spain, it is the only legal option) or ex- their blood and tissues. The second the option of shared use, «the infor- fy the price of contracting the service, ristics of the blood with the WMDA. clusively and privately owned. The option, the private model, is kept at mation is available worldwide and it they called it «accessible». H

ANA CULTURE New documentary to show the rich biodiversity of the country Their main objective is to rangers) in order to capture the ima- so the teachers were «amazed» with ges that will make up this documen- what was explained and shown, the show how to respect the tary. idea arose to make a documentary beauty of nature in schools As Calvó, Tena and Balmes ex- that will show the «simplest birds plained, they have been going to that can be found in places like the EL PERIÒDIC schools to explain to children «the Park Central» to others like «more ANDORRA LA VELLA value of biodiversity» and now they emblematic animals like the gall de The Minister of Environment, Agri- want to «take a step further» ma- bosc (wood grouse). The purpose is to culture and Sustainability, Sílvia king this documentary. «Someti- «enjoy and respect» these animals. Calvó, signed an agreement with mes it is difficult for children to re- Its been more than a year ago that veterinarian Jordi Tena and teacher alize the value» of the country’s bio- they began to film and now they ex- Xavier Balmés yesterday morning, diversity, said the minister in office, pect that in a couple of months it Minister of Environment, Sílvia Calvó, Jordi Tena and Xavier Balmés. for the production of a documen- adding that being able to see it ma- can be finished and they will not on- 33 tary that allows to discover, especia- kes them see the importance. Tena ly take it to schools, but also for ot- fauna and to not «disturb the wild- when they are «more sensitive and lly to students, the rich biodiversity explains that three years ago they her audiences. life». In this regard, he pointed out can react if they feel threatened» of the country. Through this agre- went to schools and through ima- The head of Banders, Ferran Tei- that certain species, such as bear- and precaution must be taken to ement, Tena and Balmes will have ges they explained the «fauna di- xidó, stressed that the most com- ded vultures, trencalòs in Catalan not disturb them like where is the the «technical and logistical» sup- versity». When checking the results plex part of the work of filming the are easier to bee seen when they are best point to record and what is a sa- port of the banders (national park that not only the children, but al- documentary is «not to damage» the with their younglings, but is also fe distance. H www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2019 el Periòdic News 3

EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION MARICEL BLANCH SITUATION WITHOUT LEGISLATION One of the challenges the prison is/ facing is to determine the length of time La Comella the mother-to-be will be breastfeeding. Currently, Andorran legislation does not regulate the time a ba- enables module by must spend with the mother in prison. For this reason, the centre’s management will analyze the evo- lution of the baby. For the time be- for an inmate ing, however, it has set a maximum breastfeeding period of six months. In Spain, the law includes the and her baby right of mothers in penitentiary centres. In this way, minors up to the age of three are allowed to live The woman is in the final lished procedure for action and eve- with them. The latest data provid- rything is prepared to give an ade- ed by Spanish institutions states the stages of pregnancy and quate response». In this regard, the number of children living with their gets constant assistance centre has enabled the module of mothers in prison was 94 in 2017. minors so that both she, who is in pretrial detention for an alleged FUTURE OF THE JUVENILE MODULE Since EL PERIÒDIC crime of drug trafficking, and her its inauguration in 2013, the/ juve- Outside view of La Comella’s penitentiary centre. ESCALDES-ENGORDANY baby, can be together in the first nile module does not have «an in- 33 @PeriodicAND months of life. tense use», has said on several oc- ust like any other citizen. The centre asked the 35-year-old «The cradle and the changing table BIRTH IN THE HOSPITAL The woman, casions the director of la Comella, This is the premise with mother of two what she wanted to are already in the room», sources however, will give birth/ at the Hospi- Francesc Tarroch. In fact, two spaces which the Department do with the baby once it is born and from the Executive say. In addition, tal Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, if all of the module were already remod- J of Correctional Institu- she replied that she wants to breast- the woman will have at her disposal goes well and there is no unforeseen elled for conjugal visits. If during tions treats all prisoners and the feed it for a few months. Subsequent- the utensils and necessary products circumstance. She will be transport- the stay of the mother and the ba- inmate who is in the final stretch ly, the father will take him to la Seu, for the care of the baby. ed by ambulance and within the es- by in these facilities there is a juve- of her pregnancy. «She receives as- where he lives with the children and tablished police protocols. «She will nile prisoner, the centre will study if sistance from health professionals from where she introduced narcot- remain in the hospital for as many they can share the space. In case it is with all guarantees, every day she ics into the Principality on repeated The birth will take days as necessary, like any woman not convenient, a possibility would goes through a check-up at the nurs- occasions before being arrested. The place in the Hospital who gives birth in Andorra», the be to place the minor in the spaces ing service and has adequate gynae- module for minors is larger than a Government stated. In this way, and destined to relatives. cological check-ups», government conventional room and has its own Meritxell and the as long as the admission lasts, the However, everything is ready to sources say. Although the prison bathroom, a fridge and several sock- inmate will remain under agents will guard her room 24 hours receive the prisoner’s baby. So much is not accustomed to dealing with ets. In addition, it has more natural a day. In addition, the father of the so that even the present basket is these situations, «there is an estab- light than the rest of the facilities. the custody of agents child will be able to attend the birth. ready. All that remains is to wait. H

CHANGING BATLLES WEEKLY REPORT Election Commission is operational Man arrested for touching again with three new members a woman’s private parts EL PERIÒDIC MARICEL BLANCH man, a 43-year-old non-resident, en- The CSJ appoints three presented to the Election Commis- ESCALDES-ENGORDANY tered the shop armed and, under sion for not having been interviewed Police arrested a 32-year-old non-res- threat using a gun –which could judges and the body will in the programme La Rèplica of Ra- ident man early Saturday morning have been fake– took 1,400 euros of not have substitutes dio Televisió d’Andorra. The body for allegedly touching an intimate the cash register. The man turned agreed with the politician. In the or- part of a woman without her consent himself in via a phone call. EL PERIÒDIC der, however, the Public Prosecutor’s at a nightclub in the capital. The man ANDORRA LA VELLA Office stated that the vice president, would have also punched a friend of MORE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Sat- The Election Commission has new Inmaculada Rodríguez, should have the victim, which would have caused urday, in Encamp, took place/ the members: they are the batlles María abstained in the decision because a bleeding wound. This was one of eighth case of gender-based vio- Àngels Moreno, who will act as pres- she has a relative as a substitute in a the 16 arrests carried out last week lence in 2019. A 72-year-old resident ident, Nàdia Alís, who will be the candidacy for Sant Julià. by the law enforcement service, two man was arrested as an alleged per- CSJ’s president, Enric Casadevall. vice president, and Alexandra Terés. Rodríguez, then, resigned. In sol- of which stand out. On the one hand, petrator of a crime against integ- 33 The Superior Council of Justice (CSJ) idarity with their colleague, the oth- that of an 18-year-old young resident rity and freedom in the domestic carried out the draw on Monday, al- tice has «because of accusations, in- er two incumbent members, Xavi- who was caught at the Spanish bor- sphere. The officers intervened for though, of the nine candidates, only compatibilities and other problems». er Colom and Laura Solanes, also re- der trying to introduce 248,8 grams a couple’s fight, in which the victim the three jurists did not have incom- The CSJ communicated to the gen- signed. The three substitute batlles of hashish in the Principality. On the would have suffered injuries to the patibilities such as those that caused eral síndic, Vicenç Mateu, the elec- were Núria García, Canòlic Min- other hand, that of a non-resident face from the blows she would have the three members of the previous tion of the three elected women, who gorance and David Moynat. In the man, 31 years old, who was arrest- received from the detainee, who board and the three substitutes to will remain in office until the next case of the first two, they could not ed in Pas de la Casa for smuggling: he would also have wielded a kitchen resign last week. With the appoint- call of the Election Commission. In be called because they are no longer was in possession of 4,010 cigarette knife and would have made threats ments, the body recovers its regular this period, however, there will be no batlles. Moynat, on the other hand, packs, valued at 13,954.80 euros. to the woman. functioning. However, the president supplements. The disturbance arose also has a relative in the candidacies Also in Encampadana, the agents Finally, 6 people were also arrest- of the Supreme Court of Justice, En- as a result of the complaint that the that will take part in the general elec- arrested on Sunday the confessed ed for drunk driving in the country. ric Casadevall, recalled «the lack of candidate for Head of Government tions, therefore, new candidates had author of a robbery at a perfumery The highest alcohol rate was of 2.35 human resources» the Andorran jus- of Andorra Sobirana, Eusebi Nomen, to be sought. that took place on 23 December. The g/l by a 29-year-old man. H H 4 www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2019 el Periòdic News

MOTORSPORT CAR RACING THE NEW SERIES HAS A FEMALE TEAM AS THE PROTAGONIST 3 AHC Montellà almost at the podium and De la Casa unable to compete A little accident and mechanical problems affect ACA’s drivers on their debut in the Spanish Championship

EL PERIÒDIC Car category champion, De la Casa, ESTEPONA could not defend the victory achie- The drivers of the Automóvil ved in this same scenario last sea- Club d’Andorra (ACA) had a com- son. plicated debut in the 11th Subida In this regard, the weather con- Estepona Peñas Blancas, in Mála- ditions of this edition of the Estepo- ga, in the initial test of the 2019 na Peñas Blancas race were radically Spanish Mountain Champions- the opposite to those of last season. hip. Both Edgar Montellà (Speed- The heavy storms of rain and wind car GT-R / CM-PR) and Gerard De that took place a year ago turned in- la Casa (Subaru Impreza WRC) to a radiant sun and into high sum- could not entirely complete the mer temperatures. The players of Minerva and Andorra HC. decisive moments of the first day «I am convinced that under nor- 33 of the race from Málaga, due to a mal conditions we would have be- little accident of the official Spe- en closer to the leaders but, taking edcar driver and the mechanical into account what happened, I am TV3’s ‘Les de l’hoquei’ problems of the De la Casa. satisfied with the results achieved In the continuation, Montellà in Málaga, after having scored the could minimize the effects of the first points of the season», commen- crash and completed the two re- ted Montellà. «We will try it again with a tricolour presence maining hills and in the end, main Ubrique, we hope to have better naged to finish in the fourth po- luck and to be fighting among the sition. best in the category», said De la Casa The Andorra HC players attend a very important Minerva match For his part, the 2018 Touring for his part. H as part of the audience and are therefore extras in the 12th episode FOTOESPORT

EL PERIÒDIC fact, this actress has fallen in love fact, they told us that they wanted ESCALDES-ENGORDANY with this sport and in the future, to play against us» she added. For @PeriodicAND she could train and perhaps play a her part, 15-year-old Lara Saume- Women’s hockey will soon be the game with Andorra HC. Thus, the ll, who also plays for the tricolour protagonist on TV3 with Les de tricolour squad will be represent- team, said that «it was a great ex- l’hoquei (The hockey girls), a series ed in this series, and not only be- perience». «It will be a very good in which a team of seven young cause the main team and the An- series for this sport and for more female hockey players and their dorran one share the same colours girls to come and play», she said new coach «seek to save the di- on their T-shirts. and hoped that «everyone will vision of their club and find their In this regard, as explained by love the series and that they wish place, both inside and outside the Janna Sánchez, who is 17 years to come and play», «because it is team». This series will also offer old, and who plays in the tricolour a sport that very few people know a new image of women’s sport team, «we participate as part of the about and, therefore, can serve to and hockey and will certainly en- audience», cheering. «The doubles bring both boys and girls so that it courage young people to play this of the protagonists are profession- gets to be known in Andorra». «I’m sport. al players, of the Spanish national sure it will help us», she said. In this context, the women’s team and of other very good teams In this regard, they partici- team of Andorra HC, which plays and we had the opportunity to know pated in a recording that shows, in Segona Catalan, attended last them», she revealed. once again, and trying not to re- Friday the filming of the 12th ep- «It was a very nice day, we were veal any detail of its content, isode of the series, in which they from 10 in the morning until 2 in that small teams, sometimes, as were extras and therefore cheer- the afternoon filming at the Sports has been shown many times in ing for the club Minerva. But not Centre of Palau-solità i Plegamans, a small country such as Andor- only the series will have Andor- then we were with the players and at ra, are not so small. Because this ran protagonism in this way, the end, we were hanging out», she is the story of a team that starts since the Andorran actress Clàu- explained. «We were very excited from scratch. And that it grows. dia Riera plays the role of Gina. In and we met very humble people, in Very much so. Edgar Montellà competes in Estepona. H 33

TONI BOU RETURNS TO ANDORRA Participants announced for the next X-Trial in Andorra la Vella X-TRIAL.COM EL PERIÒDIC dorra already with an already assured sales (Vertigo) who each make their ESCALDES-ENGORDANY second place in the standings. third appearances of the campaign. After over a decade without staging But the fight for the bronze medal And the line-up is completed by Luca an X-Trial event, Andorra returns will go to a last Round decider. Jaime Petrella (Beta), who will be using this to the calendar with the 2019 indi- Busto (Gas Gas) struggled last time out event’s Wild Card. vidual World Championship cam- in France and has conceded ground Each of the nine competitors is paign. And the competitors for the to his main permanent rider rivals sure to want to end on a high at the new X-Trial Andorra la Vella are now Benoit Bincaz (Beta) and Miquel Ge- spectacular X-Trial Andorra la Vel- known. Most of the local support will labert (Sherco). But it is Jeroni Fajardo la, as Toni Bou is officially confirmed be shown for Toni Bou, already con- (Gas Gas), who has qualified for each Champion and the rest of the medal firmed World Champion, who will 2019 X-Trial as top event rider, who positions will be decided in the Prin- celebrate his thirteenth consecutive currently occupies fourth position in cipality. title in front of a home crowd such as the general standings and will take Tickets are priced between 25 and the Andorran. the fight to Busto at the final Round. 125 euros, the higher price reflecting Bou is not the only rider to have se- Alongside Fajardo as nominated VIP Gold Access, and other tickets de- cured his Championship ranking in riders are Japan’s Takahisa Fujinami pending on the zoning are available Marseille: Adam Raga arrives in An- (Repsol Montesa Honda) and Jorge Ca- Toni Bou in the X-Trial Marseille 2019. at 30 or 35 euros. 33 H