TOURAGE Project in Warmia Mazury – Results

Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic Poland

18th of September 2014 Final Conference,

Brussels

Senior Tourism Model – regional perspective

Senior

Tourism

Model

Supply side

POLAND

Benefits for Warmia-Mazury

• New quality of the regional programme for seniors

• Closer cooperation regional and local actors

• New ideas for local stakeholders

Benefits for Warmia-Mazury

• Possibilities of transfer of several Good Practices into Polish regions: Age Friendly Cities and Tourism Volunteers Programme

• New idea for project partners - „Silver sharing project”

Regional Program for Ageing Society 2014-2020 in Warmia Mazury Region • February 2013 – drafting of the new

programme begins

• The aim of the new programme was to specify types of activities for seniors in all spheres of social life that would help to create a new senior-friendly social environment

Regional Program for Ageing Society 2014-2020 in Warmia Mazury Region

The New Programme specifies four areas of support for seniors:

• I – Health (prevention, rehabilitation), infrastructure and social services

• II – Social, cultural and educational activity

• III – Professional activity

• IV – Tourism, sports and recreation

Regional Program for Ageing Society 2014-2020 in Warmia Mazury Region

The Programme was adopted by the Board of the Warmia-Mazury Voivodeship (Resolution No 4/39/14/IV) on 20th January 2014

The Programme serves as a basis

for similar local programmes for seniors implemented in municipalities

across the region.

Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme

The „owner” of GP: West Region, Irland

Main aim: creating communities where all of inhabitants can enjoy a good quality of life, continuing to participate fully in the life of those communities as we age.

Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme – implementation

Invitation to participate in the AFP has been sent to all municypalities – members of Association

The first step was

done by

-/ Bartoszyce: Local

Programme for

Seniors was adopted

26 of June 2014;

-/ Ustka: began to

build local Alliance for

AFP (June 2014)

Cultural volunteers programme

-/ the „owner” of the GP: region Granada, Spain)

-/ The good practice is part of a National Programme in Spain which commenced in 1998 and allows seniors to become cultural guides on a voluntary basis.

Cultural volunteers programme in Warmia Mazury Region

-/ The GP is implementing by two institution: the Archaeological Museum and Galeria El

-/ The programm will start in the new buildings of the Museum

Other results

The project also supported a new programme for seniors created by the Federation of Social Organisations (FOSa) in Olsztyn – international exchanges of seniors called Silver Sharing

Several organisations from Spain, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Croatia are interested cooperating with FOSa on this initiative.

Thank you for your attention

Małgorzata Samujew Programme Manager,

Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic 82-300 Elbląg, Stary Rynek 25

Tel. +48 55 611 20 04 E-mail: malgorzatas@eurobalt.org.pl