The workshops forming part of the project ”Zabrze – Space for Development” are in progress

A studio visit performed as part of the project „The City as Space for Development” financed from the grants of Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The local governments from all over Poland participate in the workshops together with Zabrze, they also participate in the Local Development Program.

The event is to disseminate the actions performer in the project and to support the exchange of experiences, building relationships and developing the collaboration standard. It is in the scenery of such places of interest as the Guido Coal-Mine or the Queen Louise Adit that the effects of using the tourist potential of Zabrze will be presented, new industrial tourism solutions, good practices and planned undertakings will be discussed.

Simultaneously the local government of Zabrze is actively engaged in the cooperation of the experience exchange network in the scope of leadership and strategic management. The Project called “Leadership = Responsibility” is an idea of meetings held by the representatives of the city who share with one another their knowledge, good practices, experiences and ideas on taking opportunities and meeting the challenges significant for the performance of the Local Development Plans and Institutional Development Plans. The participants of the workshops will also be able to present new trends in local governance development.

It is worth mentioning that the project „Zabrze – the city as space for development” Park Hutniczy [The Metallurgical Park] will be renewed. It will be refreshed and enriched with street furniture. This will be the location of a water playground and a skatepark. Thanks to the investment project the Metallurgical Park will be an excellent place to spend time off by whole families. The project will include brine graduation towers in Kończyce and Maciejów. The Registry Office will also benefit from being adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. The architectural barriers of the building will be removed.

The non-investment, so-called „soft” tasks include, without limitation, the active attitude activities – a block for children, youth and families and the “Academy of Vitality” as well as the project “Stay with us at the weekend” that will serve the integration of the local community.

Some generally available educational activities will also be conducted in the city, such as openair activities or ecological events which will contribute to the protection of the elements of environment necessary in our lives by disseminating knowledge among the inhabitants and promoting good practices.

The main targets of the project „Zabrze – the city as space for development” include, without limitation, the improvement of life quality in the city through better economic and social potential of the city, the natural environment quality and the urban space standard, the improvement of cohesion of activities and growth of the population trust to the public institutions, creating standards of modern public service provision and improvement of the institutional capacities of the city administration.

In addition to the tangible effects of the project performance, the intangible ones will also be noticeable, including, without limitation: the intensification of the city development through expansion of the city specialisations, consolidated integration of the population, extending their eco awareness, making the urban space more attractive and at the same time the increased number of initiatives for active pastimes in the “new” urban space. The basic actions of the project in this scope are to initiate the process of economic-social-environmental changes in the city.

The project will be performed until the 30th April, 2024.

The maximum total qualifiable costs covered by the project amount to: PLN 15 328 498,86.

Co-funding: EUR  3 371 346,00.