Matra COP project in figures

Name: Matra project Community Organization in Poland

Commisioned and financed by: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Duration: 2 years and 9 months (1/10-1998 to 1/7-2001)

Goal: introduction and implementation of community work in Polen

Target groups: students, teachers, social workers, managers & policy makers

Website: http://come.to/matracop

Budget: 829.916 NLG

Staff: 9 part time employees in Poland and 3 in The Netherlands

Participating organizations: Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (NHL) & 6 Polish institutes (2 schools, 2 municipal social services and 2 provincial departments)

Project manager: drs. Willem Blok, Institute Care & Welfare NHL

Polish coordinator: mgr Marian Zukowski

Dutch consultants involved: 14 (from education, policy and practice)

Production until March 1, 2001

Community work projects: 8 (in Gdansk, Poznan, Wrzesnia and Potegowo)

Specialization studies: 2 (in Gdansk and Poznan Schools of Social Work)

for a total of 29 students

Courses: 5 (for social workers, managers and policy makers)

Conferences: 8 (3 provincial and 5 municipal. National conference is coming up)

Lectures & workshops for students (outside the specialization studies): 9

Public- and special meetings: 8

Working visits to Poland: 10, of which 7 with consultants

Working visits to The Netherlands: 3 with a total of 40 participants 

Publications: 14 (3 brochures, 3 articles, 1 reader, 4 reports and 1 website.

Videofilm and photobook are under construction)

Students exchange: 30 Polish and 30 Dutch students for one week

Publicity: In Poland: regional television (7x),  regional radio (11x) and articles

in regional and national newspapers and magazines. In The Netherlands:

regional radio (4x) and articles in Northern newspapers and weekly's.