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3 TH FEAD NETWORK MEETING: SYNERGIES BETWEEN ESF AND FEAD
Representatives of the Lublin community of non-governmental organizations, Mr. Paweł Szabłowski – the President of the Lublin Self-Help Center, and Marzena Pieńkosz-Sapieha-President of the Food Bank in Lublin took part in the conference as speakers and presented presentations that answer the following questions:
What is the added value of projects funded by FEAD or ESF?
How can you avoid repeating specific activities in different projects?
How do you ensure the complementarity of various projects?
What results have been achieved so far thanks to the funds?
Food Bank in Lublin – Presentation about complementarietes between FEAD and ESF 2016
Conference at the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy
12At the conference in the Ministry of Family Labor and Social Policy, which took place on October 12 this year, there was a presentation of the assumptions and changes in the new edition of the Operational Program Food Aid 2014-2020 (POPŻ). Within its framework, food packages can receive up to 1.3 million people. This means that PLN 300 million will go to those in need as part of a food program co-financed by the EU.
A Slice of Bread With a Heart – a conference
The slice of bread – it’s a name of the magazine issued by The Food Bank in Lublin Summing up conference of the Food Aid Operational Program 2015 – Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) There was a conference summarizing the current implementation of the Food Aid Operational Programme (Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived) in the Lublin Voivod’s Office in Lublin. The president of the Food Bank in Lublin, Ms. Marzena Pieńkosz – Sapieha was an initiator of this conference. Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Voivod of Lublin were patrons of this event. The conference was attended by representatives of partner organizations, experts, representatives of local authorities. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the issue of good practice and to recognize possible fields of improvement.
Marzena Pieńkosz – Sapieha asked the guests to talk about the ways of helping and how to make FEAD more useful for people and for organizations. During the main panel discussion participants shared their practices. Worth noting are the following conclusions and demands: Implementation of the program depends on the involved leaders. Also very important are partnerships with local governments and Social Assistance Centers and the faith in the sense of action. It is easy to start cooperation with organization even after only one phone call with request. The key to effective implementation of the program is a commitment and cooperation, especially the commitment of volunteers. Where people can work together, there are benefits for everyone. Panelists were also talking about problems, specially about legendary FEAD bureaucracy. Most of them understand that some data are just necessary and it is not to hard to fill ready-to-fill forms. The next part of the panel was about promotion. The guests were talking about ways to increase the number of cooperating organizations and local authorities. There are some places in Lublin area which are not taking a part in FEAD. Guests were talking about the huge commitment of volunteers and workers of Social Assistance Centers. They often take a huge effort to prepare many documents and to give food from the warehouse.
One of the panelists recommended a proven model of cooperation with the Fire Brigade Guards and with another rural organizations. In his opinion sometimes the help of these voluntary organizations is necessary due to lack of other charity organizations in some villages.
The next important part of the conference was about how does the FEAD complement the European Social Fund. Representatives of ESF, Marshal’s Office and other institutions explained how FEAD support will help people take their first steps out of poverty and social exclusion. The FEAD will help the most deprived people by addressing their most basic needs, which is a precondition for them to be able to get a job or follow a training course such as those supported by the ESF.
The representatives of organizations and young artists presented artistic show and prepared regional cuisine specialties at the end of the conference.
Open Days of European Funds
Open Days of European Funds is about making available to a wide range of interested, projects implemented with the participation of European Union funds. We can work also thanks to these measures, so we took part in the action. In our original office at ul. In Łabędza in Lublin, non-governmental friendly and involved in the food distribution process organizations found a place to present their achievements. Some folk song groups came along with some of them, making the event more atractive with great singing. Local delicacies, dishes, cakes, juices could be tasted on the stands. At the same time, culinary workshops took place with the participation of our masters and the youth from Junior High School No. 14. Then, the young people gave an energetic dance show. Who satisfied the body and soul could use the advice of a professional dietitian.
Lot of people from the Bronowice district confirmed that the organization of such initiatives makes sense and is a concrete added value in the life of the local community.