World Environment Day
As part of the celebration of World Environment Day on 5 June, Baião Municipal Council, through the Environment department, organised a clean-up campaign along national roads 321 and 108. The initiative focused on collecting plastic, glass and ‘household rubbish’ deposited on the sides of the roads, and hundreds of kilos of waste were collected and […]
Sustainable management of water resources was debated in Baião
The vital importance of water was at the centre of the debate on “Sustainable Management of Water Resources”, as part of the 3rd Annual Environment and Sustainability Conference, organised by Baião Municipal Council, through the Environment department, which took place on 29 May at the Municipal Services of Santa Marinha do Zêzere, with interventions from […]
International Recycling Day
The António Mota Municipal Library marked International Recycling Day on 17 May with a fun and educational session with writer Pedro Seromenho, which was attended by children from the Prenhô Kindergarten.The councillor for the Environment at Baião Town Hall, Henrique Gaspar, opened the session, interacting with the children about the importance of looking after the […]
Three Baião applications for the Village Condominiums programme approved
Baião has had three applications approved, promoted by the Intermunicipal Community of Tâmega and Sousa (CIM-TS) for the “Village Condominiums” Programme, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), whose interventions will focus on the area surrounding the settlements. The beneficiary villages are: Lameirão (Gôve), 49 thousand euros; Almofrela (UF Campelo and Ovil), 26 thousand […]
Environmental Education Action on the River Ovil
On 29 April, 6 and 13 May, the Environment and Education departments of Baião City Council, through the Environment and Sustainability Unit and the Education Unit of the Municipality, visited part of the mouth of the River Ovil with 10th grade students from the Vale de Ovil School Group. A total of 107 students took […]
Baião organises III Annual Environment and Sustainability Conference
On 29 May, the Municipality of Baião is organising the 3rd Annual Environment and Sustainability Conference, with the aim of promoting reflection and debate at national and international level. The theme of the meeting, “Sustainable Management of Water Resources”, will include the participation of various experts in the field. Baião, the first Portuguese municipality to […]
Baião took part in the Global Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Sweden
The Municipality of Baião, a member of the GSTC – Global Sustainable Tourism Council – and the first Portuguese municipality to be certified as a Sustainable Tourism Destination, was represented by Dora Pinto and Aida Ribeiro at the Global Sustainable Tourism Conference – GSTC2024 – which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, between 23 and 26 […]
Baião students visit landfill and waste sorting plant
As part of the Annual Activities Plan proposed by the municipality to the school groups in the municipality of Baião, 131 8th grade students took part in a visit to the Resinorte landfill and sorting plant in Celorico de Basto on 12, 16 and 19 April.This initiative is part of the aim of raising awareness […]
RESINORTE.S.A. strike notice
The National Union of Local and Regional Administration Workers, Public Companies, Concessionaires and the Like has issued a strike notice to RESINORTE, S.A. for the period between midnight and midnight on 26 April this year.It is not known at this stage how many Resinorte, S.A. workers will join the strike. However, there are likely to […]
PAISACTIVO Transfrontier Project
As part of the PAISACTIVO cross-border project, technicians from Baião Town Council are taking part in a technical meeting in Riós, Spain.This project, which focuses on sustainable land management and fire prevention, will include two pilot projects, one in Almofrela, Baião, and the other in Infesta, Galicia.The meeting, held under the slogan “we want productive […]