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The application period is open until September 30th. Beach + Accessible Award 2020.

This award distinguishes, in each bathing season, the two bathing areas awarded by the Affordable Beach Program - Beach for All! whose applications show that people with restricted mobility have been provided with a higher quality of enjoyment of these leisure spaces.

This initiative aims to stimulate the implementation of good practices that constitute clear added value in terms of innovation, comprehensiveness and quality of accessibility conditions and support available to these people and their companions, as well as a consistent and effective communication to the public of the offer provided.

Given the exceptional situation experienced this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the procedures approved by Decree-Law No 24/2020 of 25 May 2020, with a view to the safe use of beaches, including the impossibility of engaging in inclusive sports and entertainment activities on the beach, in this edition of the competition this factor will not be valued in the evaluation of applications.

For more information and access to the rules and the application form for the Prize, please consult the promoters' websites: National Institute for Rehabilitation, Portuguese Environment Agency e Category: Tourism in Portugal.