The common project whose leading partner is Walbrzych has been applied for within the Operational program cross – border cooperation Czech Republic – Poland , priority axis 3 Support of the Cooperation of Local Communities, the support area 3.2 Support of Social, Cultural and Leisure Time Activities. The deadline to apply for this project was 31st October 2008. The project has been approved in March 2009 by the monitoring committee that was in charge to decide about the project. Total costs of the project will be 260. 545 euro (6 million crowns). The expected costs of the Hradec Králové part will be 2. 200 000 crowns. The grants from the EU fund and the state budget makes 90% of the eligible costs of the project. The participation of the statutory city Hradec Králové amounts to 220 000 crowns of eligible costs and eventual non-eligible costs. The total costs of the project are supposed to be drawn in the years 2009 – 2010.
The statutory city Hradec Králové will cooperate through its department of culture, sports and tourism with its polish partner on the implementation of the 5 main activities, on which the project is built.
The points of the project:
1.Publication of the cultural – informative handbook „Walbrzych, Hradec Králové cultural fascination
will follow the already finished Czech – Polish guide Walbrzych, Hradec Králové
languages Czech – Polish, English – German
2. Cultural weekends of the partner cities
presentation of the Czech and Polish culture for the inhabitants of both partner cities within the two weekends in Hradec Králové (May 2010) and Walbrzych (September 2010)
the crucial points of the cultural program will be concerts, Czech and Polish films´ projection, a thematic exhibition and a picnic to revive the scarcely used public spaces
3. Photographic workshops “Poland and Czech Republic through object – lens”
4 photographic open air workshops (2 weekends in each city)
15 participants from each city
the result of the workshops will be photos with copy right for further use, organization of an itinerant exhibition, printing of postcards, creation of a catalogue of photos
4. Creation of a cultural path in Walbrzych (analogy of walking tours that already exist in Hradec Králové) printing of cultural maps of the cities, information material about cultural institutions
5. Final conference in Walbrzych
October 2010 – presentation of the finished, proceeding and future activities
The project schedule – Hradec Králové part
2009
June | technical initiation of the project photographic workshops (I. part - Hradec Králové 2nd - 3rd October 2009) |
October | photographic workshops (I. part Walbrzych 16th – 18th October 2010) |
December | creation and print of a folder and DVD about culture |
2010
May |
the partner cities´ weekend in Hradec Králové photographic workshops (II. part Walbrzych) |
June | photographic workshops (II. part Hradec Králové) |
September |
printing of the catalogue of the photographic workshop the partner cities´ weekend in Walbrzych |
October |
exhibition of the works made in the photographic workshops final conference in Walbrzych |
For further information please contact the managers of the project:
Martina Erbsová, martina.erbsova@mmhkcz, +420 495 707 294
Bc. Martina Saláková Šafková, martina.salakova@mmhkcz, +420 495
707 291