Sub-programmes

Occupancy on Vacation
The Holiday Occupation sub-programme is intended for the development of occupational activities and vocational guidance for young people, during the summer holiday period, so that they acquire socio-professional skills in a real context of professional occupation.

Target audience: 

a) Residents in the Autonomous Region of the Azores;

b) Are aged between 14 and 24 years old, inclusive;

c) Attend the 9th year of schooling or alternative teaching curricula, equivalent to the 3rd cycle or secondary education.

The Holiday Occupation sub-programme is also aimed at young people who hold a minimum academic qualification of the 3rd cycle of basic education.

Promoters: 

a) Associations registered in the Azorean Register of Youth Associations;

b) Non-profit private law associations;

c) Services of the public administrations, the indirect regional public administration and the regional public business sector;

d) Private institutions of social solidarity;

f) Non-profit entities of a scientific nature or scientific dissemination;

f) Non-governmental organisations active in the area of social solidarity, the promotion of active citizenship and the environment;

h) Parents' Associations and their federations;

i) Media Organs;

j) Cooperatives;

k) Other private non-profit entities that pursue objectives within the areas of intervention of this sub-programme.

 

Summer in Occupation
The Summer in Occupation sub-programme aims to integrate young students, on vacation, in occupational activities that develop socio-professional skills that enable them to be more informed about their future academic and professional choices, enhancing their employability.

Target audience:

a) Young people residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores;

b) Are aged between 16 and 24 years;

c) Attend general or vocational secondary education or higher education equivalent to a bachelor's or master's degree.

Promoters:

a) Private companies;

b) Media Organs;

c) Companies in the social sector;

d) Cooperatives.

 

Active Youth
The Active Youth sub-programme aims to integrate young people in situations of social vulnerability, who are integrated in social intervention projects or to whom educational guardianship measures have been applied, in a context of integration and social inclusion, with a view to promoting social skills and vocational motivation and guidance.

Target audience:

a) Young people residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores;

b) Are aged between 15 and 24 years, completed up to the date of the start of the project;

c) Are integrated in social inclusion projects of Private Institutions of Social Solidarity.

Young people who are being monitored by the Commissions for the Protection of Children and Young People or by the courts with jurisdiction in matters of minors and educational guardianship are also addressed.

Promoters: 

a) Commissions for the Protection of Children and Young People;

b) Private Institutions of Social Solidarity.

The entities provided for in the previous number will have to establish a partnership agreement with the entities where the young people are developing the social inclusion project, the adaptation of the occupation project to the characteristics of the young people and the monitoring of the activities.

 

Young Students
The Young Students sub-programme aims to occupy young people's free time during the school term, in order to develop socio-professional development activities and minimise, at the same time, the possibility of these young people adopting deviant and risky behaviours during their absence from occupation.

Target audience:

a)  Young people aged between 15 and 24 years;

b) Are enrolled in general or vocational secondary education;

c) Attend courses related to this cycle of studies as external students;

d) Have completed secondary education and applied for access to higher education, but are not attending this level of education due to lack of vacancy or withdrawal from the course;

e) Are attending higher education.

Promoters:

Entities headquartered or developing their activity in the Autonomous Region of the Azores that present projects to be developed in this region under any of the subprograms of the OTLJ program (article 6 of the OTLJ Regulation).

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions - Youth Applications
Frequently Asked Questions - Applications and Projects of Entities

Governing Law

• Ordinance No. 5/2025 of January 27, 2025 - Creates the Youth Free Time Occupation Program and approves the respective Regulation;
• DLR 30_2023_A - Youth Policy Regime for the RAA.