Partners of the MineLife project had their last meeting during the project's lifetime on February 24th, 2020, in Wroclaw. Together the partners had organised ten excursions and two conferences, exchanged ten articles about mining administration, produced a travelling exhibition and brochures, and conducted four workshops to elaborate a guideline... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
Partners assembled for the 2nd project team meeting in Wroclaw on 14 Feb 2020. With the start-up phase successfully completed the focus is now on the implementation of the envisaged teaser exhibition, that will be shown at 7+ frequented locations in the project area. It will inform local people on the upcoming events and exhibitions.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
On 05.12.2019 the partners of the Science as an Adventure project met in Boleslawiec. After 18 months, the museums participating in the project realized 15 educational programs with 2700 participants. In order for a new people to be able to benefit from those programmes, workshops with educational and cultural institutions are currently being... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
On the 7.11.2019 the closing conference of the Smart Integration project, which is financed through funds from the INTERREG Poland-Saxony 2014-2020 cooperation programme, took place in Görlitz. As part of the conference a study about the saxonian and lower silesian border region was presented. It examines in detail the current state in areas of... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
On 25.10.2019 the first partners meeting of the project 1000 years of Upper Lusatia - people, towns and cities took place. The project involves six partners, three on the Polish side and three on the German side. During that meeting, the individual activities planned in the project were discussed. The project partners also signed a partnership... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
After almost 3 years of exchange of expertise the Upper Mining Authority of Saxony in Freiberg, the Upper Mining Authority in Katowice, the District Mining Office in Wroclaw and the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesia voivodship ended the MineLife project. On the 25.10.2019 their representatives and guests met for the last time during a... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
On the 9th and 10th of October 2019 a study tour within the MineLife project, which is financed through funds from the INTERREG programme, took place. This time miners from Poland and Germany met on the grounds of the former opencast mining site Wetro in Puschwitz. The object is currently used as a landfill. The participants learned, amongst other... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
As part of the INTERREG Saxony-Poland project "Kommando", about 70 German and Polish children and teenagers, between the age of 8 and 15, met for a joint exercise of the youth fire brigades. At several stations, they practised various fire brigade skills, e.g. lifting heavy loads with hydraulic pumps, as well as performing first aid. Afterwards,... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Partners of the Saxon-Polish project MineLife have visited the legacy of uranium mining in the surroundings of Bad Schlema on September 4 and 5, 2019. In the Ore Mountains, uranium was mined on military order of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1990, often without consideration of the environmental impact. Participants of the event learned on... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
The Federal Ministry for the Interior, Construction and Homeland and the Ministry for Investments and Economic Development of the Polish Republic are jointly realizing a competition to identify flagship projects for the concept of a joint future between the neighbouring countries. During this year’s award ceremony, the project Smart... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities