Completed

Zawiercie - we design our future

City of Zawiercie (LD) ·Poland

€3.5m

Grant awarded

Local Development

Programme

20 April 2022

Signed

About this project

The project aims to increase the competence of local government employees, to address problems of homelessness and violence among young people and promote economic development. The project will also contribute to retaining young people in the local labor market. The project includes: <ol> <li style="text-align: justify">Bilateral cooperation with the Norway to share experience in creating spatial, environmental and social policies in cities and exchanging good practices. </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Support system for residents through streetworking for homeless people and youth in the Zawiercie Municipality. The main goal is to motivate young people to develop, to pursue their passions and find their own paths of development. The streetworkers for the homeless people aim to support them to take small steps to improve their lives. </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Reconstruction, renovation and expansion of Podmiejska Street along with water and sewage infrastructure to increase Zawiercie's economic growth. </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Establishment of a Local Career Center - that will organize meetings of students and graduates from the Zawiercie city area with labor market advisors. </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Improving the competence of the employees of the City Hall and units of the Zawiercie Municipality- a series of training courses and workshops to improve knowledge and soft skills. </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Facilities for people with limited mobility or communication skills to improve the accessibility of services for the hearing impaired through a hearing aid system that enables the reception of pristine and clear sound through a hearing aid. </li> </ol> The effects of the project will be be the redevelopment of 60 ha for industrial development within the Economic Activity Area; more social activity and support for vulnerable groups and youth and more effective implementation of municipality activities and social participation in managing the municipality development at the strategic level.

Bilateral cooperation results

Cooperation with the Partner Country in the area of exchange of experiences and practical solutions includes, among others, a number of study visits, a number of online meetings, exchange of materials and documents. Permanent cooperation with the partner from Norway was aimed at creating modern development solutions at the local level. Its main goal was to provide proven experience in creating spatial, environmental and social policies from Norwegian cities and to reduce economic and social differences, as well as to strengthen bilateral relations between donor countries and the beneficiary country. In connection with the implementation of the bilateral agreement, four study visits were held in the reporting period. The purpose of the study visits to the Norwegian Partner, in accordance with the bilateral agreement, was, among others: exchange of good practices, information and experiences in the area of organizing cooperation between institutions, schools and employers in the field of dual vocational education. Creating individual career development paths for young people based on the example of the Partner, organizing internships and apprenticeships for students and graduates. Proposals for actions to be taken to meet the challenges through cooperation between secondary schools and entrepreneurs looking for employees. It is worth adding that the Project Partner has the best program in Europe in the area of establishing new companies and enterprises. According to international studies and rankings, Norway is among the top countries with the highest level of quality of life, therefore this cooperation was an opportunity to draw good solutions for our city in order to improve the quality of life and strengthen the market. For the Project Partner, study visits were also an opportunity to learn about the dual education system operating in our country, healthcare within the National Health Fund on the example of the District Hospital in Zawiercie, the system of employment of young people entering the labor market by local entrepreneurs, i.e. CMC Zawiercie, Elemental as well as ecological solutions in large companies operating in our city.

Project partners

Møre & Romsdal County Municipality Donor project partner· Norway
Zawiercie County Project partner· Poland

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