Description
The mills of Pápateszer were revealed with the help of an earlier EEA/Norway grant. People are still interested in the results in Pápateszer. Thus project promoter expects that this present project makes the community of Water-mill fans becoming nationwide, and lets it to show its community-shaping and developing effect in other regions of the country not only to just a small range in the Bakony. The main objective is to strengthen the Foundation, to develop the communities and organizations in the settlements near Pápa and with the works of unrevealing of the old mills near Sály. 10 more volunteers, active members and 7 new contacts are expected to be achieved. 5 new mills will be revealed and a new mill-tour path will be created (Sály). Mill-games quiz, mills’ waterbook, informational boards will be created and water-mill camps will be held. Results will be documented by publishing newsletters and a publication. Target group includes the volunteers of Foundation (30), the owners and their families of the water-mills near Pápateszér (4 settlements) and Sály, in Borsod county (60 people).
Summary of project results
The mills of Pápateszer were revealed with the help of an earlier EEA/Norway grant. People were still interested in the results in Pápateszer. Thus the project promoter expected from this present project that the community of Water-mill fans became nationwide. The main objective was to strengthen the Foundation, to develop the communities and organizations in the settlements near Pápa and with the works of unrevealing of the old mills near Sály. The project implementation started with a kick off meeting in which they appointed volunteers who became responsible for mills. A research was concluded which revealed that there were 17 mills in the neighbourhood of Pápateszer and 13 ones in Sály. After the digitalization of the related documents, volunteers and involved pupils explored these mills and made situation analysis of them. In this exploratory research the local Roma Minority Government and the local primary school cooperated. All the results were summarized and documented: even a book about the watermills of Sály was edited, lectured and published. The project promoter launched a 2 rounded competition in which competitors (13) competed in 2 age categories – ca. 50 people visited the events. Significant knowledge was accumulated that gave more common values for the local people. The owners of the watermills were cooperative, and fortunately many other stakeholders could join to the project: volunteers, unemployed inhabitants, youth and the owners’ families. The exploratory work had a community building outcome what the project promoter would like to develop further thus the method will be popularized.
Summary of bilateral results