Lutsk deepens cooperation with Ivano-Frankivsk and Rzeszów in the sphere of social security
Representatives of the Department for Social Policy, Lutsk city center of social services for families, children and youth and members of Lutsk City Council continues establishing cooperation in the field of social security with the colleagues from Ivano-Frankivsk and Rzeszów (Poland). On March 3-5 delegation from Lutsk, headed by the Secretary of Lutsk City Council Sergii Grygorenko, participated in a meeting on the network cooperation.The meeting took place in Ivano-Frankivsk within framework of the project " Joint cooperation network within culture and welfare on behalf of the development of the cities of Polish-Ukrainian borderland" implemented by the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013 of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.
Representatives of social institutions got acquainted with the activities of their colleagues from Ivano-Frankivsk and Rzeszów, discussed current issues in the field of social security and visited a number of Ivano-Frankivsk key social institutions: Department of Social Policy, Territorial Center for Social Protection, Center of night staying for persons without permanent residence. During the discussion a great interest aroused to Polish colleagues experience of involving public and religous NGOs for providing services of social security to inhabitants.
Besides, the members of Lutsk City Council participated in the joint meeting with the representatives of Ivano-Frankivsk and Rzeszów city councils. During the meeting the best practices in the field of social security were represented. In particular, the Secretary of the City Council Sergii Grygorenko informed colleagues about the activities of Center for providing the administrative services.
This is not the first meeting, held in the framework of the project. Similar activities with the aim of deepening cooperation in the sphere of culture and social security were held in Lutsk and Rzeszów. In addition there was held a number of activities for disadvantaged people and various cultural initiatives. It is also planned to organize the festival of contemporary art “Art Territory” in Lutsk.