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Żary, this is where I want to live!!!

Municipal Commune of Żary-LD ·Poland

€3.6m
Grant awarded
Local Development
Programme
23 November 2021
Signed

About this project

<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">The project “Żary, this is where I want to live!!!</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">” </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">is directed at eliminating the diagnosed development problems and barriers of the Town of Żary. Its implementation shall contribute to inhibiting the disadvantageous social and economic trends and the process of weakening of the municipal functions. The activities taken by the town, i.e. those of coherence, complementarity and synergy nature, shall constitute a source of a positive development incentive in the social, demographic, economic, environmental, spatial and cultural dimension.</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">The activities planned by the town of Żary are the response to the identified problems and will contribute to solving the following shortages:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">- demographic crisis caused by the ongoing depopulation of the town, whose main reason is the negative birth rate,</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">- shortage of specialized services concerning the care of the elderly and children younger than 3,</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">- polluted air whose source is mainly a large scale of low emission from residential houses and car transport),</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">- economic recess.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">The most important effects/results of the project will be the following:</span></span></span></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Strengthening of the social activity and creativity of the community.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Realization of the concept of Żary as a green-blue town.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Sustainable economic development. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Development of the spatial policy. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Integration of the Żary-Żagań Functional Area .</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">Change of the institutional image of the SGUs.</span></span></strong></span></span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">The project shall be implemented based on a national partnership. The partner "Region Łużyce" [Lusatia Region] Association shall participate in the activity based on adaptation of the ruins of the Żary castle into center for culture and tradition.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">The most important areas in which the partner from the countries-donators could become involved are environment protection, social and demographic area, implementation of the standards of accessibility and optimization of the functioning of the local self-government administration.</span></span></span></span></p>

Project partners

  • Associacion „ Łużyce Region”-LD Project partner· Poland