The Advisory Support Center project has entered its next phase. The 2023 edition of CWD is a substantive continuation of the advisory services for partnerships participating in CWD Plus.
The main goal of CWD 2023 is to support local government partnerships in advancing their development strategies and projects to a stage enabling them to apply for funding from regional and/or national programs of the EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027; and to strengthen the core competencies and skills of local governments (LGUs) in cooperation, managing joint ventures, and working in partnership.
The project will include:
Strategic and project advisory services for LGU partnerships in meeting the requirements for implementing territorial instruments and projects under the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy.
Supporting the institutional capacity of LGU partnerships to efficiently implement partnership development strategies, including territorial instruments and projects under the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy, and building sustainable, long-term cooperation.
Sharing knowledge and strengthening cooperation between local government partnerships participating in the project, collecting and publishing project information, analyzing the project’s advisory outcomes, and developing proposals for the future of the Advisory Support Center.
By supporting the concept of integrated strategic planning, CWD 2023 implements, among other things, the objectives of Objective 5 of the EU Cohesion Policy in the 2021-2027 perspective – Europe Closer to Citizens.
Advisory Support Center – Pilot and Edition of CWD Plus
The 18-month pilot (since September 2020) resulted in the preparation of:
38 territorial strategies with a total of 141 project packages
initial feasibility studies for 100 projects
outlines of funding applications for 38 projects.
CWD Plus began in May 2022. Planned advisory activities covered over 800 local governments, forming 76 Partnerships in areas at risk of permanent marginalization. Over the course of the project’s year, the following were developed:
65 sets of documents (energy audits, cycle route audits, functional-utility investment programs (FUP), development strategies, environmental impact assessments, feasibility studies)
106 networking activities/events, including: 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’s Offices; 2 networking seminars, which gathered over 450 participants; 2 conferences (opening and summarizing the project); 59 study visits
4 thematic reports: Development Policy in Local Governments of CWD Partnerships, Institutionalization of CWD Plus Partnerships, Thematic Report on the Typology of CWD Partnerships entitled “Partner Intervention,” and the CWD Plus Summary Report
