Working visit Polish MATRA COP team - Program 5-11 September 1999
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Day |
Times / activities |
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Sunday 5 |
>19.00: arrival in Euro Hotel |
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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 Frans Kuipers, director of Institute Herman de Zeeuw,
head of department Tony de Wit and others (Tesselschadestraat T.110). Welcome
/ introduction / exchange of information about NHL and MATRA COP /
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 |
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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 Hosted bij community workers Ida
Holwerda and Willy Lagerveen. Incl. lunch. 18.00: MATRA COP working
diner with Dutch guests at CHN, Hotel Wyswert. Introduction, exchange,
planning consultancy weeks. |
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Wednesday 8 |
09.00: departure. Working visits to community
organization 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. Lunch in a neighbourhood centre. Approx.
18.00: diner in a romantic village on the way back, selected by host
Jaap. |
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Thursday 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. Visiting youth center Het Bolwerk. Lunch. Visiting
the neighbourhood Sperkhem/Tuindorp with community worker Hennie Stroes. |
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Friday 10 |
Day off for recreation. Visit to
The Hague. |
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Saturday 11 |
Departure |
The Polish delegation
includes 5 MATRA COP team members, 3 directors, 3 social workers and 1 teacher.
They are accompanied by a Polish-Dutch interpreter during the working visits. Polish
guests appreciate to have short information on paper (in English or Dutch) for
study purposes