Households Hydrobiological Sewage Treatment Plants in Korycin
Households Hydrobiological Sewage Treatment Plants in Korycin
Support for unique civic movement;construction of 35 biological sewage treatment plants for individual farms in 6 villages, upgrading life standards for farmers, promotion of small scale local cost-effective solutions with substantial contribuiton of farmers, improvement of sanitation,along small river entering the Biebrza National Park.Project aimed in economic,ecological and social outputs;improvment of life standarts, protection of the national park.
Civic committee was established to organize all preparatory works (feasibility studies,financial engeenering etc); local government (wojt-leader) provide organisational assistance;initially project was facing some distrust weakened by earlier example of another civic committee established for telephone network.Promises were kept, after 1 year telephones could be found in many households of this very poor,remote region of North Poland. Sceptical farmers finally established Civic Committee for sewage treatment construction.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Civic Committee for Households Biological Sewage Treatment P
Country:
Poland
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 6,608.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 22,202.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 28,854.00
Project Number:
POL/94/18
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
All programs in Korycin were based on strong local committment (in kind, and also modest in cash).In kind secure contribution of local community became famous in Poland and very attractive for donors.Korycin became a very spectacular gmina with every year sucesses and awards for people's mobilisation.
Capacity - Building Component
Here GEF/SGP was receiving lessons about local community, instruments how succesfully mobilise people etc.
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Partnership

National Fund for Environment Protection (NFOSiGW),Warsaw