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NISKO HIGHER AND HIGHER - INCREASING THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE CITY AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF LIVING IN THE CITY

Commune and City of Nisko ·Poland

€4.3m
Grant awarded
Local Development
Programme
15 December 2021
Signed

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The aim of the project is to increase the economic and commercial potential of the city and the competitiveness of life in the city. The result of the project will be the implementation of the New Nisko Development Path. The key effects of the project implementation:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">- creating conditions for the development of local entrepreneurship, space to support the development and establishment of new companies, and increasing communication between the local government, business and schools;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">- development and integration of human capital and improvement of the quality of life in the city in the area of ​​accessibility, ​​developing the leisure offer;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">- improving the quality of the local natural environment by implementing a local air quality monitoring system;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">- increasing the quality of city management and development in the area of ​​institutional and intelligent development.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The thematic scope of the project:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><strong>1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP NISKO 2024.</strong> Nisko: a city friendly to entrepreneurship and open to innovative solutions&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><strong>2. NISKO: I LIVE HERE - I REST HERE.</strong> Nisko: a city that strengthens the open and inclusive capital of local society - improving the quality of life in the city (smart living and smart people) and an attractive city to live in&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><strong>3. The GREEN City of NISKO.</strong> NISKO: a city that naturally cares about the environment&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><strong>4. NISKO - SMART CITY</strong>, strategy, development, innovation, participation and accessibility, smart governance thanks to smart mobility&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The project is addressed to all social groups of residents, in particular entrepreneurs, young people, working people, the elderly and people with disabilities.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Part of the Partnership: implement and launch a new system of educating young residents towards modern qualifications - in the field of IT and foreign languages.</span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

As part of the project, the Municipality and Town of Nisko established bilateral cooperation with the Municipality of Midt-Telemark from Norway. The cooperation agreement covered three areas of exchange of experience: 1. Quality and methods of education in the knowledge-based economy; 2. Supporting entrepreneurship. 3. Development of the city's offer. The cooperation included the exchange of experience of both cities through the organization of 6 study visits. The result of this cooperation was the development of a list of good practices that each partner plans to implement.

Project partners

  • Midt-Telemark Donor project partner· Norway
  • Nisko district Project partner· Poland