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The National Institute for Rehabilitation, under the "Accessible Beach - Beach for all!" program, promoted three sessions to disseminate this program, aimed at municipalities and bathing water managers throughout the country, on the following days:

• 13 March (online) - regions of Alentejo and Algarve;
• 14 March (online and face-to-face) - Central region and Tagus-West region, and which took place in the Administration of the River Basin Region of the Centre;
• March 16 (online) - northern region and autonomous regions of Azores and Madeira.

These sessions are co-organized by the promoters of the "Accessible Beach - Beach for All!" Program - the National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P., the Portuguese Environment Agency, I.P. and Turismo de Portugal, I.P., in close collaboration with the regional structures of the APA (the Administrations of the Hydrographic Regions of the Algarve, Alentejo, Centro, Tejo e Oeste and Norte, and Regional Services of the Azores and Madeira). They aim to transmit information and good practices to the municipalities and other entities involved, at local level, in the development of this Program, which aims to obtain more and better conditions of accessibility and support services for people with mobility conditions on Portuguese beaches, qualifying them and making them more inclusive and attractive places of leisure for all.