Koła gospodyń wiejskich - lokalna aktywność na rzecz tradycji i turystyki

<< Background >>The project was an example of a successful idea. It had a very good partnership prepared for its implementation in terms of content and organization. Local rural organizations gathering mainly mature women working with passion for the local community know perfectly well what the needs of these communities are. They also know their capabilities in the context of conducting educational activities and influencing the local community. The proposals for activities and results developed at the stage of preparing the application were created as a result of conducting an in-depth diagnosis of needs (individual in-depth interviews with representatives of three women's organizations participating in the project) and were adapted to the needs and capabilities of these organizations. They allowed to achieve the assumed goals and in the future will result in increased interest in educational activities in rural areas. The project received funding because it gave the opportunity to exchange good practices between organizations with a similar profile of activity, which conduct their activities for the benefit of difficult target groups (mainly mature people from rural areas).<< Objectives >>The main goal of the project was to increase the diversity of the offer of rural women's organizations from three EU countries, allowing for increased effectiveness of educational activities for local communities. Through international cooperation, we wanted to expand and make more attractive the activities of women's organizations in small local communities and thus encourage a larger group of residents to participate in activities organized by these entities. We wanted to show cultural diversity in the area of tradition, cuisine or activities for ecology or a healthy lifestyle. We wanted to encourage people to learn something new, unknown. And we fully achieved this goal.<< Implementation >>We planned four types of activities in the project. These were: partner meetings (one in each country) for the exchange of experiences and good practices, development of three substantive results in the form of collections of good practices, activities for the local community, promotion and dissemination (including meetings for local communities - at least 2 in each country) and project management aimed at ensuring smooth implementation of the project and monitoring and evaluation of project results and activities. All planned activities were implemented in the project, and their effects exceeded our expectations. We developed interesting, modern project results in three language versions, project meetings were an opportunity for us to learn about other cultures, new places, and an inspiration to observe others. Dissemination and promotion of the project and its results allowed a wide group of representatives of our target groups to become familiar with our project. The management actions taken allowed for the correct implementation of the project in accordance with the adopted standards.<< Results >>We have planned to develop three results. Result 1 (Local traditions as an idea for effective educational activation of the local community) is a collection of good practices in the field of educational activity for the cultivation of local traditions from Poland, Cyprus and Greece (e.g. traditions related to church holidays, changes of seasons, e.g. drowning of Marzanna, activities for local target groups). Result 2 (Local culinary specialties as an area of education for the local community) is a collection of educational activities in the field of promoting local specialties and culinary products from countries participating in the project. Result 3 (Green Practices in Tourism, Tradition and Sport for the Local Community and Tourists) is a collection of educational activities for tourism and sport, including the so-called green good practices aimed at increasing ecological awareness among the local community and among tourists visiting towns where rural women's associations participating in the project operate. All partner organizations participated in the work on developing the results.