SWIETOKRZYSKIE AND VINNICCHINA FRIENDSHIP STRENGHTEN BY TIME

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1 SWIETOKRZYSKIE AND VINNICCHINA FRIENDSHIP STRENGHTEN BY TIME TRADITION AND DEVELOPMENT EWA KAPEL-ŚNIOWSKA ВОЛОДИМИР МЕРЕЖКО

2 CONTENT SWIETOKRZYSKIE & VINNICCHINA BASIC INFORMATION BEGINNING OF LONG JOURNEY COOPERATION EVOLUTION AND MILESTONES UP-TO-DATE ACHIEVEMENTS LOOKING INTO COMMON FUTURE

3 SWIETOKRZYSKIE & VINNICCHINA BASIC INFORMATION BOTH LOCATED IN HEART OF THEIR COUNTRIES GENERAL ONFORMATION: GENERAL ONFORMATION: AREA 312, 7 THOUSANDS SQUARE KILOMETERS AREA 603, 7 THOUSANDS SQUARE KILOMETERS POPULATION 38 MILLION INHAB. ADMINISTRATIVE DEVISIONS: REGIONS 16 SWIETOKRZYSKIE VINNICCHINA POPULATION 46 MILLION INHAB. SWIETOKRZYSKIE VINNICCHINA ADMINISTRATIVE DEVISIONS: TWO REGIONS ONE HEART REGIONS 24 POVIATS (DISTRICTS) 379 AUTONOMIC REPUBLIC 1 (CRIMEA) GMINAS (COMMUNES) 2479 SPECIAL STATUS CITIES 2 (KIEV, SEVASTOPOL)

4 SWIETOKRZYSKIE & VINNICCHINA BASIC INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION: AREA 11, 7 THOUSAND SQUARE KILOMETERS POPULATION 1, 3 MILION INHAB. GENERAL INFORMATION: AREA 26,5 THOUSAND SQUARE KILOMETERS POPULATION 1, 7 MILION INHAB. ADMINISTRATIVE DEVISION POVIATS (DISTRICTS) 14 GMINAS (COMMUNES) 102 ADMINISTRATIVE DEVISION DISTRICTS 27

5 BEGINNING OF LONG JOURNEY V I N N I T S A R E S T A U R A N T I N LETTER OF INTENT OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION VIII 1958 K I E L C E KIELCE RESTAURANT IN VINNITSA

6 AGREEMENT BEETWEN KIELECKIE VOIVODESHIP (POLAND) AND VINNITSA REGION (UKRAINE) ON BILATERAL COOPERATION KIELCE, From left (first plan): MIKOLAY MIELNIK Governor of Vinnitsa Region and from right (firs plan) ZYGMUNT SHOPA Voivode of Kieleckie Region UMOWA O WSPÓŁPRACY MIĘDZY WOJEWÓDZTWEM KIELECKIM OBWODEM WINNICKIM (UKRAINA) zawarta w dniu między: Wojewodą Kieleckim Panem Zygmuntem Szopą Wojewodą Winnickim Panem Mikołajem Mielnikiem zwanymi dalej "stronami".. Umawiające się strony pragnąc rozwijać stosunki przyjaźni i umacniać współpracę w dziedzinie gospodarki, nowoczesnych technologii, ochrony środowiska, służby zdrowia, nauki i kultury oraz realizować wspólną strategię w tym zakresie, popierając proces integracji europejskiej oraz współpracę regionalną i samorządową, dążąc do wymiany doświadczeń w sferze społecznej, uzgodniły, co następuje: Art.l (dotyczy współpracy gospodarczej) ł 1) Strony będą wspierać transfer technologii między przedsiębiorstwami i instytucjami z nimi związanymi bądź działającymi w tym zakresie, a w szczególności będą nawzajem dostarczać sobie informacji związanych z możliwością nawiązania współpracy gospodarczej; 2) udzielać wsparcia dostępnymi środkami wspólnym przedsięwzięciom realizowanym przez podmioty gospodarcze.

7 AGREEMENT BEETWEN SWIETOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP (POLAND) AND VINNITSA REGION (UKRAINE) ON BILATERAL COOPERATION, KIELCE, 23 VI 1999

8 COOPERATION EVOLUTION AND MILESTONES MUTUAL VISITS AT IMPORTANT EVENTS /CEREMONIES (EC. INDEPENDENCE DAYS) / POLITICAL MEETINGS TILL 2003 ECONOMY AND CULTURAL FORUMS YEARLY ACTION PLANS TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE (ABOUT UE, PROJECTS PREPARATION, SELFGOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT, ETC.) FACILITATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL AUTHORIETIES FROM BOTH REGIONS, UNIVERSITIES, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, ECT -> HUMAN (PEOPLE TO-PEOPLE) RELATIONS IN THE MEAN TIME CULTURAL EXCHANGE, CONFERENCES (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ONES) PROJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH & BUSINESS RELATIONS

9 MUTUAL VISITS AT IMPORTANT EVENTS /CEREMONIES REGIONAL HARVEST FESTIVAL IN SWIETOKRZYSKIE REGION 2005 VISIT OF SWIETOKRZYSKIE DELEGATION DURING INDEPENDENT DAY OF UKRAINE, VINNITSA 2007

10 ECONOMY AND CULTURAL FORUMS POLAND UKRAINE SELF-GOVERNMENTAL FORUM KIELCE 1999 YEARLY ACTION PLANS SWIETOKRZYSKIE ECONOMY AND CULTURAL FORUM, VINNITSA 2004 CULTURAL AND ECONOMY FORUM OF VINNITSA REGION 2005

11 TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE (1) REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXECUTIVE POWER, SELF- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND MASSMEDIA FROM VINNITSA REGION SKILLED THEIR SELF-GOVERNMENTAL ABILITIES, KIELCE 2005 TRAINING FOR UKRAINIAN DELEGATION, KIELCE 2006 JURNALISTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES VISIT FROM VINNITSA REGION IN SWIETOKRZYSKIE REGION, KIELCE 2010

12 TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE (2) MUSICAL SCHOOLS EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE, VINNITSA 2004 SIGNING OF AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOLS FROM KIELCE AND VINNITSA, KIELCE 2005

13 COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CITY (4 from 5) GMINA / CITY AND GMINA ( unofficial from 102) POVIAT (5 from 14) UNOFFICIAL COOPERATION (5)

14 PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE RELATIONS / CULTURAL EXCHANGE CONCERT THE BEAUTY OF UKRAINIAN PODOLE KIELCE 2007 TRADITIONAL SPORT COMPETITION

15 CULTURAL EXCHANGE, CONFERENCES SCAUT FESTIVAL OF SCHOOL YOUTH CULTURE KIELCE, VII 2007 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EVALUATION OF EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY - KNOWLEDGE OF SWIETOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP (BASED ON IRDP) AND PARTNER REGIONS 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2005

16 BUSINESS RELATIONS VISIT AT BARLINEKGROUP FACTORY IN VINNITSA Barlinek Invest, a member of the Barlinek Group, opened its first foreign plant in Vinnitsa in 2007 The plant in Vinnitsa performs the complete woodworking process: from logs to ready floor boards. Complete back up facilities were constructed: material storage, coniferous and deciduous saw mill with moulder, drying chamber, warehouse and logistics centre. Apart from directly production departments, on the site there is a boiler house and a biofuel plant with output of 17,000 tons annually. The Ukrainian Barlinek board plant created 600 jobs. Most of the employees, also for managerial positions, have been recruited in Ukraine.* *source:

17 COMMON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PARTNER TERRITORIAL UNITS FROM VINNITSA REGION AND SWIETOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP Source of financing: Open Society Foundations (Batory Foundation and Soros Foundation) in frame of East-East Programme: Partnership beyound Borders Project leader: Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship and Ukrainian NGO Podillya Centre of Human Rights together with the Vinnitsa Region Project participants: Kielce, Busko-Zdrój, Solec-Zdrój, Radoszyce, Zagnańsk (PL) and Winnica, Niemirow, Chmielnik, Stryżawka, Tomaszpil (UA). Results of project implementation: 1. Actual analysis of the present state of the cooperation between the partner territorial units from both regions 2. Strategy of cooperation between the partner territorial units from the Vinnitsa Oblast and Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship 3. Knowledge and growth of awarness about individual needs and expectations of partner territorial units towards each other 4. Exchange of knowledge: study meetings in Ukraine the first study visit, and in Poland the second study visit

18 PROJECT AGROTOURISM THE CHANCE FOR VINNITSA REGION TO DEVELOP Source of financing: polish aid programme of Ministry for Foreign Affairs for 2009 Project leader: Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship (apilcant) and Vinnitsa Region, Union for Promotion of Rural Green Tourism Development in Ukraine with particiaption of Ukraine- Poland-Germany NGO. Beneficiaries: group of 80 inhabitants of Vinnitsa Region connnected with agrotourism (guess houses owners, owners willing to initiate their greentour businness, representatives of authorities of three territorial levels and local leaders&ngos) Results of project implementation: 1. Growth of knowledge about all aspects of agrotourism (conferences, workshops and practical visits at agrotourism farms, Vinnitsa Region, 9-11.IX.2009) 2. Declaration of cooperation for the green tourism development in Vinnitsa Region and Ukraine (signed by project beneficiaries and regional authorities) 3. Prepared and published Metodological guidebook for Vinnitsa Region rural inhabitants (handbook for persons interested in green tourism in Ukraine) 4. Catalogue of agrotourism farms from Vinnitsa Region (in Polish, Ukrainian and English languages) 5. Growth of practical knowledge of beneficiaries (study visit in Swietokrzyskie Region, 7-9.XII.2009)

19 UP-TO-DATE ACHIEVEMENTS ESTABLISHED COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION BUSINESS COOPERATION (BARLINEK) PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED

20 LOOKING INTO FUTURE MUTUALLY PROFITABLE PROJECTS / INVENTIONS (INNOVATIONS) FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BETTER FUTURE FOR INHABITANTS OF BOTH REGIONS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

21 SWIETOKRZYSKIE - VINNICCHINA TWO REGIONS ONE HEART