Annex la: S~ndard model for Progress Reports

5.4 Temporizing activities by a three months longer duration within the existing budget

According to plan, the 3^rd reporting period of the MATRA COP project was a busy one with many and

various activities and results. The team was successful in many ways and attracted the attention of

many social workers, teachers, students, policy makers and institutions in Poland. The Polish press

showed interest: MATRA COP was subject of articles in Polish newspapers and appeared twice on

In the last two months of the reported period, the MATRA COP team was forced to temporize activities,

due to the weakening position of the Gdansk School of Social work (SPPSS Gdansk) as a result of

reforms (see 2^nd Progress Report pp.10-11) leading to changes in the school's position and the

To end up the hampering influence on MATRA COP's progress, the project manager and local

coordinator started in March 2000 to prepare adjustments, for which they gained full support of the

MATRA COP team and full consent of all involved institutions (including SPPSS Gdansk).

We like to have the Foreign Ministry's approval and hope to get it soon, to enable the MATRA COP

team to go on with the preparation of the coming, national oriented phase of the project and to complete

The MATRA COP project is aimed to contribute to the transformation process in Poland into the

direction of democratisation and participation, by initiating, developing and implementing (education

for) professional support of vulnerable groups in Polish society to improve their life circumstances and

To realise this, the COP Project generates a wide range of (related) activities and products in Gdansk

region with a pilot function for Poland, illustrating the potential, possibilities and effects of community

organization, from within the existing Polish educational and institutional infrastructure and implemented

The positioning within existing frameworks is done on purpose, because it is essential for continuation

A team of Polish teachers and social workers, supported by their institutions, is doing the work. Dutch

colleagues provide them with materials, know how and advice. A Dutch project manager and a Polish

local coordinator are in charge, supported by administrative staff. The project runs from October 1998

a. Residents in neighbourhoods, willing to participate in efforts to improve their social life circumstances

According to the timetable of the project, the planned activities and products during the reporting period

include the last part of the development phase (September-October 1999) and the start of the realisation

In the following timetable the planning for the reporting period is printed in bold fonts.

In the reporting period the project went from the development- into the realisation phase. The practical

community work projects in Wrzeszcz and Orunia developed successful and MATRA COP initiated four

more initiatives (see 3.2). A variety of educational activities were carried out, resulting in many products.

Amongst them, the successful Regional MATRA COP Conference on November 18, 1999.

There was also a disappointment for the MATRA COP team: the launch of the CO curriculum had to be

postponed (see 3.3). In the field of consultancy & exchange a large Polish delegation visited The

Netherlands and two Dutch delegations were in Poland. In the framework of the planned students

exchange, 15 Polish and 15 Dutch students were given the chance to pay small visits to each others

countries (3.4). MATRA COP's promotion & information policy, developed in the former period, was

successfully implemented. The first stream of publications is realised. Polish newspapers wrote about

MATRA COP and Gdansk television pad attention twice to the project and her objectives.(3.5).

As reported in the Second Progress Report, the first two community work projects gained momentum,

namely the one with the elderly in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz district (3.2.1.) and the one in Gdansk-Orunia,

where MATRA COP initiated the formation of an association for Orunia that had its officially constituting

The MATRA COP team initiated a new community work project in the village of Kopytkowo (3.2.3) and

even three more projects as a result of a contest amongst social workers in Pomorskie province (3.2.4).

The community work project with elderly is developing fine. There is an increasing numbers of members

of the Wrzos club and a constantly growing offer of activities for the senior citizens of the district. The

club, that wants to break through the isolation of their age group and to improve the life situation in the

district, meet regularly and plans and carries out new activities. A brochure of Klub Wrzos is added as

The work of the club was noticed by City authorities, who delegated MATRA COP project developer &

social worker Danuta Kierbel and the chairman of Wrzos, to a national conference about the elderly

Besides these activities, the following activities were initiated an carried out by club members and

- preparing and having the debate of the elderly with representatives of police, care agencies, ZUS,

- activities aimed at getting a permanent and own place for Wrzos meeting - letters and lobbying

The active participation and self initiatives of elderly in Wrzos club are becoming more and more a fact

now. It allows the MATRA COP project developer to reduce the extend of her direct support.

The MATRA COP initiative to unite key persons and officials in what was initially thought to be an

alliance for this neighbourhood in decline, succeeded in official court registration of the organization

called "The Association for local initiatives Orunia". Due to prolonging court procedures, the registration

came, at last, in November 1999. In the mean time however, various initiatives of the not-yet formally

- creating, together with social worker and local priest, the club of Anonymous Alcoholics, that from

initial 2 persons has grown to more than 15 members. Other districts in Gdansk showed great interest

- preparations for the elective meeting of the newly registered association: working meetings, invitations,

consultation on the legal requirements of the meeting and election of the board;

- consultations with Dutch community workers on the possible forms of events involving more citizens in

- supporting the organisation of a Christmas meeting for the lonely from Orunia.

Finally up on the registration and completion of the preparations, the official meeting of the association

was held: choosing the chairman, the committee ands taking resolutions. The meeting was followed by

a programme meeting where directions of the activities were planned (the association applied for grants

to finance some of the planned activity). The planned activities involve organising a family festival in

Orunia for several hundred people and will be done with practically no support or very little from MATRA

So it can be said that the task of mobilising and bringing together active groups from the

neighbourhood, has been completed. The involvement of MATRA COP team members will now change

into support of the organisation with data, helping to finance the costs of correspondence and preparing

activities. The association is planning to do local fundraising and being independent.

In the sideline of these activities in Orunia, the MATRA COP projectdeveloper/socialworker formed a

team of youngsters from the district and discussed with them the idea of starting a district newsletter.

She found sufficient support for it, so the first newsletter was produced an distributed. The second one

The project developer continues to find and initiate more of these kind of activities, because they

encourage the building up of social ties between the members of the atomised community of Orunia.

It is worth stressing that the MOPS section in Orunia was host for the Dutch students visiting Gdansk in

the framework of MATRA COP's students exchange. The MOPS social workers organised visits in the

neighbourhood, allowing the students to get acquainted with the work of Polish social workers, to meet

On request of one of MATRA COP's institutional partners: the WOPSOZPU (Healthcare and Welfare

department of Pomorskie province), MATRA COP project manager Willem Blok and Dutch consultant

Tony de Wit, visited the commune of Smetowo Graniczne (population: 5256 persons) south of Gdansk

The village of Kopytkowo (906 inhabitants) was integrally connected with the state-owned farm which is

There are 100 unemployed living in the village that is 29% of the total number of the unemployed in the

commune of Smetowo Granicne. WOPSOZPU likes to initiate a community work project in this village,

As a result of the orientation visit on September 28, 1999, the MATRA COP projectmanager offered to

Two community workers of Stichting De Ploeg, social work institute in Opsterland (Friesland), accepted

The two Dutch workers, Folkert Bouma and Rian Meerstra, developed a workable idea, accepted and

supported by the local social workers and authorities, to establish a community centre annex day care

centre, partly runned by disabled people, with a wide offer of social cultural activities for the community.

Back home, the community workers managed to interest two Dutch institutions for mentally disabled

people for the project idea. The institutions think of a work project for mentally handicapped, like starting

a company. They are also willing to help furnituring a day or/and night care center in Kopytkowo.

At the end of the reporting period, there are some good prospects created at Dutch side. It's now the

The initiative for a project in Kopytkowo is adopted by Stichting De Ploeg. MATRA COP is in a

MATRA COP's Community Work Contest for social workers in Pomorskie Province (see 2^nd Progress

A jury of WOPSOZPU, MOPS Gdansk and the local MATRA COP team has chosen the three winning

projects, who are situated in Potegowo and Gdansk. These projects will be rewarded and adopted by

MATRA COP (activity costs, participation in working visits to The Netherlands) and facilitated by the

institutions of the wining social workers (working hours etc.) so that they can be realised.

If they turn out to be sussessful, these projects will be presented at the national CO conference and the

workers will be invited to do it. By the way: these projects also offer CO students additional practical

The try out of new designed lessons for CO continued on December 3, 1999. Malgorzata Chrzanowska

and Piotr Czekanowski did the development and teaching. The subject was "Skills in community work".

The try out lesson was done with two classes of students from the 3^rd year (5^th semester) of SPPSS

The major aim is to practice the skills needed for realisation of a community work project.

- (the achievement of the) ability to judge and ponder upon one’s own behaviour.

The teacher describes the following situation (case): The community worker together with the

representatives of the citizens (5 people) meet to enter upon a task connected with changing the

location of the dumpsters and planting flowers instead of them, at the same place.

The written project is already prepared. To change the location of dumpsters it is necessary to hold

talks with people, who can support that initiative and can also help them to get means needed for

The lessons are realized as two hours workshops and make use of role plays, demonstration,

The number of people in a group varied from 16-20. It would be good to revise the lessons 2-3 times

- at the beginning and during the running the specialization - to assess the teaching results.

The evaluation of these lessons is described in the report "Try out lessons MATRA COP 2", Gdansk,

The educational team members continued their search for possible concepts of new curriculum lessons

They continued to collect materials such as video programs that can be useful as illustration.

According to plan, the MATRA COP team prepared and organized a regional conference on 18

November 1999 about Community Organization for social workers, managers, policy makers, teachers

The title of the conference was: "Praca socjalna ze spolecznosciami lokalnymi" (Social work with local

communities). The conference was held in Hotel Hevelius, in the centre of Gdansk.

More than 120 invitations were sent out. Some key people were contacted in person and encouraged to

participate. Mr Edmund Glombiewski - the Voivode of Pomorskie Province - took over the official

Every participant of the conference received a conference guide and a set of materials about Community

A group of students were involved on voluntary base to help the conference come off (e.g. photocopying,

making phone calls, etc.) Some of them were of great help greeting participants of the conference,

handing out conference materials or informing quests about the agenda of the meeting.

Four interpreters were found to translate the talks and speakers’ speeches made during the workshops.

A musical group created a pleasant atmosphere during the brakes of the conference.

The press covered the MATRA COP conference. Articles were issued by the following newspapers:

Dziennik Baltycki, Glos Wybrzeza, Gazeta Wyborcza and by the magazine Pomost. The

newspapers appear to be the most influential locally. Pomost is a specialised magazine in the field of

TV Gdansk send a team of reporters to the conference and broadcasted it in prime time during the

evening. MATRA COP's project manager and local coordinator were interviewed live the day before in

the studio's about what and why of community organization and the nature of the international

The conference materials are edited and translated in Polish. A publication is made and sent to all

The reader is titled: "Praca ze spolecznosciami lokalnymi - wybrane zagadnienia" (Community

organization - chosen issues) and contains basic articles and materials for teaching and study.

The reader has two parts. Part 1 contains articles written by Polish and Dutch members of the

MATRA COP team. Part 2 consists out of translations and summaries from three books about

1. Paul Henderson and David N. Thomas: "Skills in Neighbourhood Work", Routledge, London

2. Harry Broekman: "Professioneel opbouwwerk - Beroepsprofiel, kwalificaties, beroepscode,

3. Harry Broekman: "Handboek Opbouwwerk. Methoden, technieken en terreinen", Dr.Gradus

The MATRA COP team considers the reader as a draft version that will be tested out during

the coming specialization, the follow up courses for social workers and the national teachers

training. A final version will be published at the end of the MATRA COP project.

The CO curriculum plan in its original form was ready in January 2000. It is developed in

The CO curriculum plan is divided into four blocks, namely: A. Introduction and theory, B.

Methods, C. Training in workshops and D. Broadening and supplementing issues. The plan

contains a detailed list of the topics, the form of the activities, the timing and a list of selected

According to MATRA COP's time table, the CO specialisation should start in February 2000.

One month before, on the moment that everything and everyone (including 16 second year SPPSS

students) were ready for it, the new interim director of SPPSS Gdansk decided that she wanted to have

permission of all new authorities, according to the new regulations, before she allows the start of the

This decision caused confusion amongst the project team, the NHL and other participating institutions

During a special meeting in Gdansk on February 15, 2000 the projectmanager decided to accept a

delay of the launch of the specialisation until 23 March, the latest date to start it. The MATRA COP team

did everything to reduce further delay, for instance by an earlier sending out of Polish students to The

Netherlands. By letter of 23 February the projectmanager reserved all rights for the NHL in case SPPSS

The outcome of the situation is that SPPSS Gdansk at last gained approval from all three authorities,

but to late (in April) and in a changed situation, in which all participants, including the project team, were

aware and convinced of the need of harnessing a strong, second educational horse for the wagon, to

pull the MATRA COP cart through the next national oriented stage of the project.

MATRA COP's local coordinator Mgr. Przemek Oniszczuk and educational researcher & developer Dr.

Piotr Czekanowski, put a lot of efforts in limiting the damage of this unexpected setback. They did a lot

of talks and research and produced many official papers. Czekanowski converted the original two

semester curriculum plan into a compact curriculum plan for one semester, to be implemented at the

Schools of Social Work in Poznan and Gdansk, in the fifth semester from September 2000-February

2001. (See loose supplement A3).The project manager was consulted on a daily base. He made

necessary arrangements, explored possibilities to strengthen the institutional base of the project and

developed, together with the local coordinator, a realistic, acceptable alternative for all persons and

In September 1999, a Polish delegation of 12 persons visited the Netherlands. Two Dutch consultants

visited Poland at the end of September and a delegation of two lecturers and two community workers

The working visit to The Netherlands was an intensive, effective and successful one, thanks to the

cooperation and hospitality of Frisian institutions, SPIL Overijssel, the local governments of Leeuwarden

The Polish delegation included included 5 MATRA COP team members, 2 directors, 4 social workers

NHL head of department Tony de Wit and MATRA COP manager Willem Blok were in Poland from

They visited the commune of Smetowo Graniczne (see 3.2.3), lectured during a Pomorskie conference

of Social Work directors (see 3.5.1), were guests on a jubilee of a district center for elderly in

Gdansk-Brzesno, talked with several local authorities and had a monitoring meeting with the directors of

A Dutch delegation of three consultants and the projectmanager, were in Poland from November 14 till

November 21, 1999. They had a full program: a working meeting with the local MATRA COP team,

participating in the regional conference (see 3.3.2), working visits to Smetowo / Kopytkowo (3.2.3),

Gdansk-Orunia (3.2.2), the elderly in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz (3.2.1) and preparing coming visits of Dutch

The MATRA COP team decided, that for logistic and educational reasons, sending out many students

This turned out to be a wise decision, because of the huge interest of students at both sides.

27 Students of NHL department of social work applied for exchange with Gdansk, from which 15 were

selected. Amongst them 13 fourth year students and 2 second year students. 4 Older extra mural

students, employed as social workers, could be send out on non paid consultancy base.

At Polish side the exchange was limited to the 16 second year students who applied for the CO

All students at both sides were send out with an assignment in the sphere of orientation, observation,

data collection, research and comparison for which they could earn study points. Some of the Dutch

students did also presentations. One of the Dutch students, Jantiena van der Goot, will dedicate her

final thesis to the MATRA COP project by producing a brochure and photo exposition about

In the reporting period, the following 8 NHL students visited Gdansk: Chantal Brouwer, Janneke

Hoitinga, Marcel Elzerman, Henrike de Kraker, Nanda van Lingen-Heijting, Marijke Meester, Wendy

The 4 extra mural students of NHL that went to Gdansk on consultancy base are: Jan Dijkstra, Janna

Herder, Paula Helfrich and Hedwig van Lingen-Louwsma. 1 Former NHL student, Tjibbe Stelwagen,

The Dutch MATRA COP secretary, Tjitske Idsinga, did the logistics of the students exchange and

The planning of the visits of Polish students to The Netherlands was done in the reporting period. The

one week visits of 15 Polish students to Leeuwarden, hosted by the Dutch students who were send out

to Gdansk, will take place in the next reporting period, from 27 March - 15 April 2000.

All send out Dutch students reported about their visit in terms of "great hospitality", "confronting",

"instructive" and "learning full". Their products (reports, notes, presentations) are serious and of good

The MATRA COP team started to implement the promotion & information policy ("Do the PIP") that was

formulated in the former reporting period. ("MATRA COP needs PIP - Outlines of a Promotion &

Information Policy", Leeuwarden July 1999) . This policy is needed to come and stay in touch with the

different target groups of MATRA COP in Poland, to inform them about Community Organization and to

The members of the local MATRA COP team in Poland (re)presented the project and her objectives in

A big occasion, a highlight in the promotion campaign, was the Conference of Pomorskie Social Work

directors, organized by the Pomorskie dept. of Healthcare & welfare (WOPSOZPU) on September 30,

1999 in Gdansk. For a selected audience of approx. 100 people, consultant Tony de Wit presented an

example of a community work approach. MATRA COP's projectmanager lectured about the need for

modernization of Polish Social Work and especially the need for community organization. His remarks

on the bad position of Polish social work and social workers and his appeal for modernization of the

work and the introduction of community work, were received with approval and applause from the

During the break of this conference, almost all participants signed up for the MATRA COP Regional

The local MATRA COP team produced the following publications in the reporting period:

- Information brochure community organization: "Czym jest organizowanie spolecznosci lokalnej" in two

- The curriculum Community Organization:"Specializacja Organizowanie spolecznosci lokalnej" (loose

- Reader Community Organization: " Praca ze spolecznosciami lokalnymi - wybrane zagadnienia"

- MATRA COP website on the Internet contains many information. It needs updating at the moment. The

website is bilingual: English and Polish and is situated on the NHL server in Leeuwarden. The address

is http://come.to/matracop The website can be seen as a kind of permanent public "progress report".

In this reporting period, the need for strengthening the institutional base of the MATRA COP project

In the 2^nd Progress Report I wrote that MATRA COP is a sophisticated, high demanding project,

because of her specific characteristics and because of the societal environment in which she functions

I reported that this combination of high demanding aspects is not common in the educational and social

From this point of view the local MATRA COP team did remarkably well in the reporting period.

The team learned her lessons from the former period and was very productive. The local coordinator

proved to be capable for the job, as the whole team did with the well organised and successful regional

The hampering influence of the weakening Gdansk School and the delay of the CO curriculum was a big

I ended my interim assessment in the 2^nd Progress Report with the following sentence: ".. one can

realize how hard it can be to implement these kind of high demanding projects in a changing,

unpredictable societal environment as one find in modernizing Eastern Europe today." (pp.13)

I was not aware on that very moment (October 1999) of the serious weakening process the Gdansk

School of Social Work was in. I learned again that despite the fact that I hear a lot, know a lot and even

have access to Polish "kitchens", I do not hear everything and not everything in time.

A Greek philosopher should have said something like: As others are subject of my policy, I am subject

of the policy of others at the same time..... In that sense, everyone of us is limited and influenced in his

Fact is that the local MATRA COP team lost the vital resources and support of former director Alicja

Majewska-Galeciak (see 2^nd Progress Report, pp.11) , who was an experienced manager, a qualified

teacher and a "connoisseur" and "networker" in Polish social work. The resignation of Ewa Laus, an

experienced colleague in charge of the school's "Regional centre for Social Welfare Training", was also

a set back for the local team, because it meant a further weakening of infrastructural support.

What is more: the whole transfer of SPPSS Gdansk from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to the

Office of the Marshall of Provincial Parliament and the Kuratorium Oswiaty (the Educational Authority)

turned out to be a difficult one in comparison with the transfer of most other (14) Schools of Social Work

in Poland. To quote Mira Modzelewska, director of the School in Poznan: "We were lucky to make a soft

It's obvious that the described situation is hard to deal with for every manager, so also for the new

interim director of SPPSS Gdansk. She could not compensate for everything that was lost.

She did what she could to observe the School's obligation to the MATRA COP project, but she could only

succeed partly. It is also thanks to her cooperation, that a continuation of the project under improved

To enable the MATRA COP team to go on with the preparation of the coming, national oriented phase of

the project and to complete the project successfully, it is necessary to strengthen the institutional base

of the MATRA COP project and to adjust the program. The following proposals are discussed and

agreed during a working meeting in Szczecin on 15 and 16 April 2000. They are fully supported by the

MATRA COP team and have full consent of all involved institutions, including SPPSS Gdansk (see the

4. temporizing the activities by extending the duration of the project with three months within the

The School of Social Work in Poznan (SPPSS Poznan) has a good reputation in Poland and is well

The Poznan School is established in 1966, taken by the Medical School in 1968 and became

independent again in 1993. SPPSS Poznan has a new, modern building since 1996, at the boarder of

The school offers the official 2.5 years education for social work to 210 day students and 230 extra

mural students. Additional training is given to approx. 100 social workers per year.

Director is dr. Mira Modzelewska, an experienced, qualified teacher/manager with nation wide

connections. She has an experienced core staff with a proven record of service. Amongst the teachers

are some talented young English speaking colleagues with an open mind toward modernization.

SPPSS Poznan is in many respects the strong, second educational horse that is needed to pull the

The school is willing to do so, could have start yesterday and signed the Letter of consent.

All MATRA COP team members and the five participating institutions (including SPPSS Gdansk) have

reach an agreement about the adjustments and re-allocation of the available Polish personnel capacity

There are two vacancies on 1 April 2000 (social work teacher and management assistant/secretary).

The sitting team members in Gdansk are willing to accept a reduction of working hours, salaries and

tasks. Local coordinator Przemek Oniszczuk agrees fully with his change of position from local

There are qualified Poznan candidates for the position of local coordinator and educational organizer &

developer who could have start yesterday. The other vacant positions can be soon filled in.

As described in chapter 3.3.4 MATRA COP's educational researcher & developer converted the

original two semester curriculum plan into a compact curriculum plan for one semester, to be

implemented at the Schools of Social Work in Poznan and Gdansk in the fifth semester from

Both schools can fulfil the formal requirements for that, and therefore agreed and signed the Letter of

consent (supplement A4). The Gdansk School has 16 students waiting for it. The director of the Poznan

5.4 Temporizing activities by a three months longer duration within the existing budget

It is sensible to consider the actual temporization of activities (and spendings!) as an inevitable effect of

the worsening institutional conditions where the local project team had to deal with.

It should be reasonable and realistic to extend the duration of the project with 10%, so with three months

The costs of this extension (only) concern salaries for a total of 46.000 NLG. According to the

calculation in supplement B2 and the latest financial reporting/expenditure scheme in B1, these costs

can be covered from the remaining budgets in the categories 800 (Contingencies), 990 (Other

overhead) and if necessary 390 (Other human resource costs). (See also the request in chapter B4).

An extended time schedule of the MATRA COP project, in which the consequences of the proposed

The activities and results in bold fonts are new. They are not only replacements but also additions

Extended time table MATRA COP Project - 1 October 1998 to 1 July 2001

Phase

Activities

Results

Initiation

(2 months)

98.10-11

Orientation, study, translation of basic texts production of an English-Polish website, consultations, contacts, work planning

98.10 introduction

98.11 project team, workplanning, basic Polish texts, COP website

Preparation

(4 months)

98.12- 99.03

98.12 - 99.03 research, data collection , editing work, translations, contacts

99.01 start preparation and development of 3 practical COP Projects in Gdańsk region

99.02 (7-13) working visit to NL

99.03 Dutch consultants in Poland

99.03 start development of COP curriculum

98.12-99.03 Polish texts,

99.01-99.03 overviews and reports of literature, didactic materials and relevant practices

Development

(4 months)

99.04-07

(continuing preparation and development)

99.04 start of the first CO project

99.04-07 development of CO curriculum

99.04/05 try-out lessons I

99.05 basic CO course for social workers

99.05/06 Dutch consultants in Poland

99.04/06 Students exchange (1-2 weeks)

99.04 one final and two draft COP project plans

99.07 CO curriculum plan

99.07 brochure about CO for students, teachers and social workers

Development & realisation

(18 months)

99.08 -

2001.01

99.09 informing and recruiting students

99.09/10 working visit to NL

99.09-11 start of the 2nd and 3rd CO projects

99.09-11 try out lessons II

99.10/12 regional CO conference

===== 2000.03-04 Re-orientation & adjustments =====

2000.06: Basic CO Course in Poznan

2000.06-09 starting two Community work projects in Poznan

2000.09-2001.02 implementation of CO curriculum at the Schools of Social work in Gdansk & Poznan (including practical placements for students)

2000.09-12 working visit to NL / Dutch consultants in PL

2000.10 National MATRA COP presentation on the 10th annual Conference of the Schools of Social Work Association from October 12-13 in Poznan / Dutch consultants in PL

2000.11 follow up co course for social workers in Poznan and Gdansk

2000.11-2001.01 students exchange

2001.01 national CO teachers training

99.09 two final CO project plans

99.12 report of Regional CO Conference

2000.02 CO Reader and CO curriculum plan

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2005-09 Building and start of the adjusted and re-allocated Polish MATRA COP team / Printing, distribution and promotion of MATRA COP products

2000.07 Report Basic CO course for social workers in Poznan

2000.09 Two community work project plans in Poznan / Start of the CO specialization in Gdansk & Poznan

2000.11 Report of the national MATRA COP presentation for the Schools of Social Work

2000.12 report follow up CO course for social workers

Realisation, publications & evaluation

(5 months)

2001.02-2001.06

2001.02 first graduated Polish students with CO specialization in Gdansk & Poznan

2001.02-04 video film and photo report

2001.02-2001.06 reporting, editing, translation / working visit to NL / Dutch consultants in PL / presentation and distribution of MATRA COP products

2001.05 national CO conference

2001.06 final evaluation

2001.0701: end of the project

2001.02 Report of the national CO teachers raining

2001.05 CO Course Package

2001.05 Report of the CO projects

2001.05 Video film and photo report ready

2001.05 CO curriculum publication

2001.05 CO Reader (final version)

2001.06 Report of the national CO conference

2001.06 Final COP project report

Day	Times / activities
Sunday 5	>19.00: arrival in Euro Hotel, Europaplein 20, Leeuwarden. Tel. 058.2131113
Monday 6	08.45: meeting Willem and secretary Tjitske at breakfast in Euro Hotel 10.00-11.15: meeting at NHL with chairman of the board F. Kuipers, director of Institute H. de Zeeuw, head of department T. de Wit and others (Tesselschadestraat T.110). Welcome, introduction, exchange of information. Presentation final thesis by student Tjibbe Stelwagen. Exchange of ideas. 12.45 : departure from Euro hotel. 13.30-16.30: working visit to the Municipal Social Service in Leeuwarden. Welcome by director Oebele Herder. Introduction, exchange of information about the Polish and Dutch social services. Practice: social activation and helping people with debts. 17.30: reception in Willem's place (secretaries: Jitske Kapherbeek and Boukje Vis).
Tuesday 7	10.00: departure. 11.00-15.00: working visit to local institute for community work with elderly in Drachten: Stichting Welzijn Ouderen Smallingerland (Van Knobelsdorffplein 121). Hosted by community workers Ida Holwerda and Willy Lagerveen. Incl. lunch. 18.00 : MATRA COP working diner with Dutch guests at CHN, Hotel Wyswert, Rengerslaan 8 (next to De Bouhof). Introduction, exchange and planning consultancy weeks.
Wednes- day 8	09.00 : departure. Working visits to community work projects in the province of Overijssel. Hosted by SPIL, consultant Jaap Ikink. Visiting two projects. One about neighbourhood management (cooperating institutions, services and local residents) and one about concrete community work in Enschede Noord. Lunch in a neighbourhood centre. Approx. 18.00: diner in a romantic village on the way back, selected by host Jaap.
Thurs- day 9	09.15 : departure. 10.00-16.00:. working visit to local welfare institute in Sneek: Stichting Profiel. Welcome by director Sieb Louwsma in Central bureau (Stationsstraat 5). Visiting youth centre Het Bolwerk. Lunch. Visiting the neighbourhood Sperkhem/Tuindorp with community worker Hennie Stroes. (Sieb Louwsma, Tineke Bos)
Friday 10	Day off for recreation
Sat. 11	Departure

Working hours per week
*Position*	Gdansk	Poznan
Local coordinator	-	16+8
Educational organizer & developer	-	8
Educational researcher & developer	14	-
Educational developer & assisting manager	6+2+2+4	-
Projectdeveloper & Social worker	8 (2)	10
Social work teacher	-	10
Consultant/organizer	6 (2)	-
Management assistant/ Secretary	(4)	(8)
Financial assistant	1	7
Totals	43	59
Pool of translators etc. hired on incidental base by the local coordinator and (approved by) the project manager for a total of 12 working hours per week working hours per week working hours per week