JarosLove - for the love to people

Project facts

Project promoter:
Jarosław Urban Commune - LD(PL)
Project Number:
PL-LOCALDEV-0014
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€4,233,482
Donor Project Partners:
Nordre Follo Kommune(NO)
Other Project Partners
Association of the Municipal Functional Area Jarosław - Przeworsk-LD(PL)
Center for Culture and Promotion-LD(PL)
County Employment Office in Jarosław-LD(PL)
Jarosław Center of Culture and Art-LD(PL)
Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability
the Branch in Jarosław-LD(PL)
State Higher School of Technology and Economics Bronisław Markiewicz in Jarosław-LD(PL)
The Regional Cluster of Social Economy and Innovation Foundation "Development Center"-LD(PL)
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Description

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 invest.: thermomodernization of 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).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. 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.

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