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			Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

	• How can my institution become a partner of the Healthy Seixal Project? • Can other institutions outside the health area participate in this Project? • How can my institution contribute as a partner to the development of the Healthy Seixal Project? • Why is Seixal a Healthy City?

	How can my institution become a partner of the Healthy Seixal Project? Every public or private institution can be a partner of the Healthy Seixal Project as long as they are in harmony with the Project principles and wish to contribute within their competences to the development of health and quality of life in the Municipality of Seixal. Partnership integration implies the subscription of a Declaration of Commitment, and an ongoing participation in the Project development process.

	Can other institutions outside the health area participate in this Project? Taking the lead from the WHO, the Healthy Seixal Project assumes that health implies not only a person’s physical, psychological and social well-being, but also everything related to their surrounding environment. In this sense, any institution that shares these principles may contribute to the development of processes that will promote people’s health in several areas. Therefore, Project partners may include environment, social welfare, educational, sports, recreation, leisure, health, and even civil society institutions.

	How can my institution contribute as a partner to the development of the Healthy Seixal Project? Partners are the motive force for the Healthy Seixal Project. Their participation in the Project implies working together for the development of actions and projects among partners, in a co-operative and complementary perspective. Identifying needs, participating in public initiatives, sharing information on actions developed by the institution itself, are part of what makes a better Project performance, and therefore help the local promotion of health.

	Why is Seixal a Healthy City? A healthy city is one that is continually creating and improving their physical and social environments and expanding the community resources that enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential. Any city that pledges itself to these principles and implements work strategies for the development of health has the required conditions to be a Healthy City. Seixal is nowadays a healthy city and is recognized as such by the Word Health Organization. This position is a result of partnership work animated by the municipality’s institutions, which recognize the broadest meaning of health, and try to value it as a vital component to the Municipality development and its citizens quality of life.

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