Bicycle Roads-Suwalki Augustow Lake District
North-East tip of Poland has a very unique landscape formed by glacier, so hundreds of small lakes and water basins, hills (including mighty Fujijama - as it is called by tourists; forests, extensive dimishing agriculture with growing number of eco-agro-farms providing tourist services. During summer season region is full of tourists and project aims in shifting them from cars into bikes for the sake of this clean area. Activities of project: Preparation of system of bike-path and marking them; installation of posters with information and a map on billboards in some key places; publication of guide with a map (3000 copies). Wigry Foundationl coordinated a joint effort of many local NGOs,including scouts and touristic agency.It was the first such attempt of cooperation in Suwalki region.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Wigry Foundation (dissolved 1997)
Country:
Poland
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 2,094.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 1,068.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
Project Number:
POL/94/21
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
3000 copies of guide book was distributed rapidly
Capacity - Building Component
Cooperation of different stakeholders with various organisational culture - exercise before not klnown in the region.Leadership role of Wigry Foundation.
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