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Final Report the Municipal Chamber of Anadia Final Report The Municipal Chamber of Anadia Solomiia Rydzai Final Report to obtain the Master's Degree in Political Science (2nd cycle of studies) VERSÃO DEFINITIVA APÓS DEFESA Covilhã, December of 2017 i Acknowledgements After finishing of writing this final report I would like to thank the people who were supporting me during all this time. On the begin I would like to thank to my parents, for their patience, faith in me, and of course support among all the years of studying. Also, I am very thankful to my coordinator Ângelo Santos from the Municipal Chamber of Anadia, who believed in me and gave to me the opportunity to do an internship and gain important experience for my future career. To my university coordinator Dr. Bruno Daniel Ferreira da Costa who was always helping and supporting me while I was looking for an internship. To all the colleagues from the Municipal Chamber, to my boyfriend and all my friends for support, patience and strength that you gave to me at this stage of my life. Thank you all very much. ii iii Abstract Municipal Chambers play an important role in life’s of all the citizens. Sometimes people did not notice how some little projects can completely transform the view of their hometown. Understanding and supporting the policy of the local governments is the key to build a great future. This report shows all the knowledge and experience which I gained during my internship at the Municipal Chamber of Anadia, more precisely at the Division of Human, Cultural and Social Development (Education Service). The main objectives of this study are to present the institution where I made my internship, to analyze the Administrative System of Portugal, explain the main task and duties of the Municipal Chamber, show their educative initiatives and of course describe the practical part of my work. Keywords Municipal Chamber, Administration, Internship, Local Policy, Education. iv v Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Presentation of the municipality ........................................................................ 2 1.1 Brief description of the city ................................................................................... 2 1.2 Geographical Location .......................................................................................... 3 1.3 Description of the population ................................................................................. 5 Chapter 2 Administrative divisions of Portugal .................................................................... 7 2.1 History of administrative divisions............................................................................ 7 2.2 Current administrative divisions .............................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Autonomous regions ..................................................................................... 10 2.2.2 Metropolitan areas ....................................................................................... 11 2.2.3 Intermunicipal communities ........................................................................... 12 2.2.4 Municipalities ............................................................................................. 13 2.2.5 Parishes .................................................................................................... 15 2.2.6 NUTS of Portugal ......................................................................................... 16 Chapter 3 Presentation of the institution where the internship took place .............................. 19 3.1 Municipal Chamber of Anadia ................................................................................ 19 3.2 Municipal Assembly of Anadia ................................................................................ 22 3.3 The Division of Human, Cultural and Social Development............................................... 24 3.4 Education Service ............................................................................................... 26 Chapter 4 Projects of Municipal Chamber ........................................................................ 29 4.1 The program “SENTIR ANADIA” .............................................................................. 29 4.2 International Association of Educating Cities ............................................................. 30 4.3 UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities ............................................................... 31 Chapter 5 Internship ................................................................................................... 34 5.1 Performed tasks ................................................................................................. 34 5.2 Portugal Wine Trophy 2017 ................................................................................... 35 5.3 The Medieval Fair (Feira Medieval) .......................................................................... 36 5.4 The Environment Fair (Feira do Ambiente) ................................................................ 38 5.5 Closing of the school year (Encerramento do ano letivo) ............................................... 39 vi 5.6 The Fair of Vine and Wine (Feira da Vinha e do Vinho) ................................................... 39 5.7 Final of The National Reading Competition (Final Nacional do Concurso Nacional de Leitura) . 40 5.8 The Sports Recognition Ceremony (Cerimónia de Reconhecimento Desportivo) ..................... 41 5.9 The Juniors and Under 23 Track European Championships .............................................. 42 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 44 Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 45 vii List of Pictures Picture 1: The map of the Civil Parishes of the Municipality of Anadia .......................................... 3 Picture 2: The map of the Central Region of Portugal .............................................................. 4 Picture 3: Maps of the NUTS ............................................................................................ 17 viii List of Tables Table 1: List of the subdivisions of Portugal ......................................................................... 10 Table 2: The list of Intermunicipal Communities ................................................................... 13 ix List of Graphs Graph 1: Resident population: total and by sex...................................................................... 5 Graph 2: Resident population: total and by major age groups .................................................... 6 x List of Organizational Charts Organizational Chart 1: Structure of the Municipal Chamber of Anadia........................................ 20 Organizational Chart 2: Hierarchy of the Municipal Chamber of Anadia ....................................... 21 Organizational Chart 3: Structure of the Division of Human, Cultural and Social Development ............ 26 Organizational Chart 4: Structure of the Education Service ...................................................... 27 xi List of Acronyms DOC Denominação de Origem Controlada MA Metropolitan Areas IC Intermunicipal Communities NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics EU European Union LAU Local Administrative Units MCA Municipal Chamber of Anadia PAMDC Programa de Apoio Municipal ao Desenvolvimento Cultural IAEC International Association of Educating Cities UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization GNLC Global Network of Learning Cities SGD Sistema de Gestão Documental OIV International Vine and Wine Organization DWN Deutsche Wein Marketing UCI Union Cycliste Internationale xii xiii Introduction This report is based on the curricular internship leading to the Master's Degree, it occurred during the second school year at the Master's course of Political Science at the university of Beira Interior. The internship took place between 15 of May and 15 of August 2017, in Anadia, at the Division of Human, Cultural and Social Development of the Municipal Chamber, with coordination of teacher Ângelo Santos and constant support of Isabel Maia. This internship helped to me improve my theoretical knowledge gained during the first year of Master's course, I had a possibility from inside the institution see how public policy works, for example by participating at the reunion of the Municipal Chamber, or by doing a research about participatory budgeting and system of local elections. Though this institution was not my first choice for do an internship, then I weighed the pros and cons and realized that this can be way more interesting than expected, and I was right. The objective of this work is to make known the place and the activities developed during the internship. Thus, this report has five chapters. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the presentation of the city, analyzing of it population and localization. Chapter 2 is more complex and describing the Administration System of Portugal, from the Medieval and to the current days. Chapter 3 is presenting the place where I made an internship, with the precise explanations and definitions of all the tasks and duties of the Municipal Chamber, Municipal Assembly and the Division of Human, Cultural and Social Development. Chapter 4 there
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