JarosLove - for the love to people
Jarosław Urban Commune - LD ·Poland
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Jarosław is in the 11th place (out of 122), as a city that experiences a very strong loss of function and has a very unfavorable social and economic situation. Jarosław is also struggling with a great problem of depopulation and migration to larger cities, and the problem is particularly acute among young people. Therefore society in the city is getting older. Moreover, the unemployment rate in the city is higher than the voivodship average. Besides of that, city is polluted. WHO classified Jarosław in the infamous 20th place out of the 50 most polluted cities in the entire EU, being the most polluted city in Podkarpacie. There are many activities that aim to address these challenges. In relation to the environmental, spatial, social, economic dimension and improving the quality of life it is planned to build new transfer center with a green roof, buy the first zero-emission bus, buy the first recycling machine, conducting a pro-environmental campaign, organization of the Jarosław Fair and Economic Fair, making an Investor Service Point, building an IT Management Center, introducting a Jarosław City Card. Importent<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif"> invest.: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">thermomodernization of </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">Primary School No. 11 and the implementation of ed. activities in the field of energy efficiency for students of 3PSs: investment will consist in both reducing the energy demand of the building, as well as improving the efficiency of the heating system, energy efficiency of built-in lighting, a renewable energy element in the form of a photovoltaic cell battery).</span></span>It is planned to achieve a significant boost in local development for many years to come, among others by improving natural environment, the quality of residents’ lives and stimulating local entrepreneurship.</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"> All the inhabitants of the city will be the beneficiaries. The other group of beneficiaries will be local decision-makers, who, thanks to the project, will acquire knowledge how to plan long-term effective development with the wide participation of residents.</span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
On 30.06.2022, a partnership agreement was signed. A study visit of the partner city delegation to Jarosław took place on 24-28.08.2022, with 8 people participating. They took part in the Great Jarosław Fair and participated in a conference organized as part of educational activities for cities. The scope of further cooperation was determined. There was also an exchange of experiences on the functioning of both communes. A study visit was prepared to Nordre Follo Komune, which took place on 9-15.10.2022. Many common challenges were noticed despite the distance separating the two cities. In accordance with the assumptions of the Local Development Program, the focus was on: natural environment, society, heritage/local entrepreneurship, institutional development and the support system for people with disabilities. In addition, the functioning of local private companies, the operation of the public transport company (equipped with electric buses), Dagbo - an institution supporting people with disabilities, a higher vocational school were presented. There was also a visit to KS. Next study visit to Norway took place on 9-16.06.2023. The Beneficiary gave a presentation on the use of cultural heritage in building the city's tourist attractiveness, the use of merchant traditions in organizing the Fairs. The focus was also on the problems of people with disabilities, the elderly and young people. Representatives of PSONI started talks with representatives of Empo AS - a workplace for people with intellectual disabilities on the importance of professional activity in building a sense of value, personal development and achieving economic independence. Talks on the possibilities of cooperation were also started. On 21-27.08.2023, a study visit of the delegation of the partner city to Jarosław took place, it was attended by 8 people. They took part in the Great Yaroslavl Fair, participated in a conference carried out as part of educational activities for cities.
Project partners
- Nordre Follo Kommune Donor project partner· Norway
- State Higher School of Technology and Economics Bronisław Markiewicz in Jarosław-LD Project partner· Poland
- Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability, the Branch in Jarosław-LD Project partner· Poland
- The Regional Cluster of Social Economy and Innovation Foundation "Development Center"-LD Project partner· Poland
- Association of the Municipal Functional Area Jarosław - Przeworsk-LD Project partner· Poland
- Center for Culture and Promotion-LD Project partner· Poland
- Jarosław Center of Culture and Art-LD Project partner· Poland
- County Employment Office in Jarosław-LD Project partner· Poland