Advisory Support Center Plus (CWD Plus)

  Completed

WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU that at the end of June 2023, we have completed work on the Advisory Support Center Plus project.

The Advisory Support Center Plus (CWD Plus) is an advisory project of the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, implemented by the Cooperation Fund Foundation and the Association of Polish Cities. Within the Advisory Support Center, local governments work with a team of experienced experts to better and more effectively plan their development.

The CWD Plus project started in May 2022, and the planned advisory activities covered over 800 local governments , which formed 76 Partnerships in areas at risk of permanent marginalization.

CWD Plus project activities included:

  • Strategic consulting

  • Design consulting

  • Research, analysis and creation of a "Knowledge Base"

  • Networking , i.e. events: regional networking meetings, study visits, networking seminars, conferences, forums for exchanging experiences

The “Advisory Support Centre Plus” project is co-financed in 85% by the European Union from the Cohesion Fund under the Technical Assistance Operational Programme 2014-2020 and in 15% by the state budget.

Additional Information

Strengthening administrative efficiency and increasing the competences of municipalities and counties to diagnose local needs, strategic planning and manage investment processes.

Main effects of CWD Plus:

65 sets of documents (energy audits, bicycle route audits, functional and utility investment programs (FUP), development strategies, environmental impact assessments, feasibility studies)

Networking activities : 36 intra-regional Experience Exchange Forums, attended by over 1,000 people; 4 macro-regional Experience Exchange Forums, attended by over 300 people in total; 3 regional networking meetings with representatives of Marshal Offices; 2 networking seminars, which gathered over 450 participants; 2 conferences (opening and summarizing the project); 59 study visits

64 institutionalized partnerships , 11 partnerships in the process of institutionalization

4 thematic reports : Development policy in local governments of CWD Partnerships, Institutionalization of CWD Plus Partnerships, Report on the typology of CWD partnerships entitled "Partner intervention", CWD Plus summary report


Project implementation period: April 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.

Website: https://cwd.info.pl/

Contact Person

Dorota Nowicka
Project Manager for the Social Bonus  
 

Announcements

Project Team

Daniel Prędkopowicz
President of the Management Board  
Dorota Nowicka
Project Manager for the Social Bonus  
Michał Bargielski
Head of the Research and Analysis Team  
Kamila Łozińska
Chief Specialist Social bonus
Anna Jankowska
Chief Specialist Social bonus
Jacek Mikuszewski
Project Manager: Innovations in Local Government  
Marcin Bzdyra
Expert, Partnership Advisor Masovian Advisory Support Center Project
Piotr Przybysz
Project Manager of the Masovian Advisory Support Center  
Maciej Bielawski
Expert of the Social Bonus Project  
Aneta Szarfenberg
Expert, Partnership Manager Masovian Advisory Support Center
Patrycja Smoleńska
Project Manager for Social Economy. A Human Thing  
Tomasz Szemraj
Chief Specialist Research and Analysis Team