The Mayor welcomes seventy-five new workers to Parks and Gardens
As part of the welcome ceremony for the seventy-five new workers with the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens, the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, recognised the twenty workers from the institute who made the trip to the storm-hit Valencian municipality of Paiporta at the start of the month to help with the recovery work.
At the start of the year, the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens started a competitive entrance process to cover seventy-five jobs as gardening and pruning auxiliaries.
On Tuesday, 3 December, the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, welcomed the people who completed the whole process successfully and gained places, and who form part of Parks and Gardens as from today.
“You’re committing to an essential maintenance task and looking after greenery to make a greener, friendlier and more sustainable city. And to preserving people’s well-being and contributing to de-carbonisation”, noted the Mayor during the ceremony. “We’ve had some complicated moments in the last few months with the drought. Thanks to your contribution we’ve been able to preserve part of the greenery and the trees”, added Collboni.
Recognition of workers from Parks and Gardens who provided support in Valencia
As part of the ceremony, recognition was given to the workers who, for nearly two weeks from 3 November, went to the Valencian town of Paiporta to help with recovery tasks in the municipality, severely affected by the storms.
The Mayor awarded diplomas of recognition for the twenty people involved in the operation and expressed gratitude for the effort, bravery and dedication of the volunteers who formed part of the convoys. The work carried out in Paiporta “expresses an extra vocation for service and helping”, added Collboni.
The workers who voluntarily went to Paiporta, with the support of vehicles and machinery from Parks and Gardens, carried out tasks such as removing rubble and mud, vehicles, large objects and furniture. At the same time, they collected waste that local people left in the streets and, ultimately, any task required of them from the coordination centre and the municipal council.
