Regional development and activation
Regional development and activation
We concentrate primarily on activating local communities and promoting
local partnerships and cooperation between the different layers of government. Since 2002 we have
mainly promoted this program in Poland's eastern voivodships (podkarpackie, lubelskie,
podlaskie, warmińsko-mazurskie). Main projects realized in this programme area are:
"Local
Partners" - programme addressed
to various sectors of state in selected regions of podlaskie and podkarpackie voivodships. The
programme comprises: workshops and training sessions for social organizations, as well as joint
meetings of representatives of local government, business and social initiatives where the problems
of co-operation and common projects are to be tackled and discussed.
"Beskidzkie Strumyki" Programme is a series of
activities aimed at making young people more socially active - workshops, group work on the
participants' own projects aimed at helping others, grant contest, work with students on
helping them carry out their own projects and to finish off a summary seminar during which we will
showcase the accomplishments of the young people who took part in "Beskidzkie Strumyki"
to their peers, guardians, teachers and regional NGO and local government representatives. We want
to teach young people to work together on behalf of their local communities. We expect that
participants will work together with their peers and younger students from rural areas on their
individual small projects. They will help with homework, organize classes and field trips, as well
as theatre and dance workshops. We are especially happy with the fact that the knowledge and
experience that will be acquired by these young people will help them to work on behalf of others
in the future.
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