Mikropolis 2023 - potęga lokalnej wspólnoty

<< Background >>As institutions closely related to culture and education, we felt that the best remedy for the current crises is a well-functioning local community. We wanted to gather and exchange know-how from different countries - how to built such communities, we wanted to check on our examples - what practical improvements it's possible to implement, so that the local community functions better. Before it - we wanted to run a professional survey that would show the most important challenges in our communities. We also spotted the strong need to organize knowledge that we already have and transform it into one coherent methodology and strategy for community-oriented projects. In all partner countries we had the same situation - that local organizations that work with a local community don't cooperate with each other. It was a strong need to change it and to start working more in networks to achieve bigger synergy effect and better exchange of know-how. Creation of international network around Micropolis idea was also one of our important motivations for the project.<< Objectives >>1: Gather and disseminate expert knowledge and best practices from 3 countries on how to build a strong local community that includes adults inactive and at risk of exclusion; 2: Development of project partners towards innovative centers of education, culture and activation through the analysis of the initial state and implementation of innovative solutions [priorities: Creating Future-Oriented Education Centers and Creating and promoting educational opportunities) 3: Development of staff and their linguistic, digital, social and multicultural competences.An important aspect of the project was not only examining the current state of needs and creating educational programs in each organization , but also continuous improvement and continuation of the project in the future. So that the acquired knowledge (gathered into an universal Guidebook) has a wide reach and a real impact on other communities, we wanted to build around the project a network of cities, districts, non-governmental organizations and cultural centers , which may be the participants of other future projects and online events continuing and developing the idea of Micropolis. << Implementation >>1.Creation of a logo and website www.Micropolis.club2.Elaboration of local Case Studies3.1st Partners Meeting in Warsaw4.Written summary of the Meetings effects 5.Conducting the research by each Partner and developing the results6.2nd Partners Meeting in Sardinia7.summary of the Meetings effects8.Local activities after 2nd meeting in order to implement guidelines for educational activities 9.3rd Partners Meeting in Denmark10.summary of the Meetings effects11.Creation of the Guidebook12.Dissemination and promotion activities - including international online conference 13.Final Report14.Project Management<< Results >>- Guidebook - a collection of Good Practices (Case Studies from all the partners), research results, 6 Steps and 6 Paths to Micropolis community (according to Partners' experiences in the project) - Website in English with documentation of activities and results: www.micropolis.club [also films from the expert speeches during the conference in Warsaw]- each Partner elaborated the survey (mostly suitable to it's goals and needs), it was run altogether among over 190 respondents and 3 comprehensive survey reports were posted on the website- several pilot works in a local communities were implemented and described in detailed reports posted on the website with the final reflections - 23 employees from 4 countries were actively involved in the project (10 from Poland, 5 from Italy, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland) and could improve key competences, over 470 representatives from NGO's, public institutions together with local activists were invited to the online conference at the end of the project and were informed about the Mikropolis Guidebook (approx. 54 from Poland, 200 from Denmark, 97 - international Partners of Interfolk, 100 - international members of IFS from all over the World)- recorded Micropolis online conference