TORO- in search of efficient methods of supporting the institutions of social economy

TORO- in search of efficient methods of supporting the institutions of social economy

Project co-financed by the European Union in the framework of the European Social Fund

 

Project information

 

Overall value: PLN 1 658 380,00

 Value of the EU subsidy: PLN 1 658 380,00

Source of the subsidy: European Social Fund

Operational Programme: Human Capital Operational Programme

Priority: VII Social Integration Promotion

Activity: 7.4 Innovative Projects

The period of contract performance: 01.01.2011- 31.12.2012

Unit implementing the project: the Capital City of Warsaw

 

Domestic Partners:

 

·         Economic Foundation of Karol Marcinkowski in Ciechanów ( Fundacja Gospodarcza im.    Karola Marcinkowskiego w Ciechanowie)

·         WYG International Sp. z o.o.

·         Environmental Protection Bank (Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A.)

·         The Polish-American Community Assistance Fund (Polsko-Amerykański Fundusz Pożyczkowy Inicjatyw Obywatelskich)

·         Working Community of Associations of Social Organisations (Wspólnota Robocza Związków Organizacji Socjalnych)

·         Legal Intervention Association (Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej)

 

Foreign Partner

 

Association of the German- Polish Social Cooperation (Stowarzyszenie Niemiecko- Polskiej Współpracy Socialnej)

 

THE GENERAL AIM of this project is to increase the permanence and to strengthen the potential of the social economy institutions working for the local communities through the development and testing  of the integrated support system which ensures the increase of the participation of these units in the implementation of municipal/ communal public policies within 24 months.

In the framework of this project, the Institution of  Social Economy will be supported by:

·         development of a model Finance Instrument

·         creating the Monitoring System of the Implemented Projects (IT tool)

·         preparation of a long- term Cooperation Programme

·         development  of the Mechanism Supporting  Social Economy  Institutions in conducting a public benefit activity

BENEFICIARIES

1.      Representatives of  Social Economy Institutions- 30 persons active in the field of   gaining external funds, particularly NGO.

2.      Representatives of Local Government Units (JST)-  employees of the Office for the Capital City of Warsaw- 40 persons cooperating  with the Institutions of Social Economy from the field of social assistance, directly dealing with problems of active integration.

RECIPIENTS

1.      Minimum 135 representatives of NGO from Warsaw and Mazovia participating in consultations and popularisation of the Final Products- direct recipients is the community  of Warsaw

2.      Minimum 500 representatives of potential NGO from Warsaw having a possibility  to use the project’s Final Products, being the recipients of the information campaign.