Wrocław’s Urban Farm integrates sustainable food production with social inclusion, creating a large-scale, professional cultivation model that supplies fresh produce to public nurseries while empowering marginalised individuals.
Country: Poland
Active Citizen Academy
Active Citizen Academy in Kraków empowers residents with skills and tools to shape their local communities.
School Participatory Budget in Krakow
The School Participatory Budget in Krakow empowers students to make real decisions about their school environment through a structured, democratic process.
KidsLikeUs: Empowering NGOs & Public Institutions in Helping Children Overcome Migration Traumas
KidsLikeUs supports displaced and vulnerable children by creating inclusive Superhero Sensory Gardens that promote healing, emotional well-being, and social integration through nature-based engagement.
First Home for Graduates – Building Futures in Białystok
The Apartment for a Graduate programme offers affordable housing to top graduates, helping them settle and work in Białystok.
AI-Driven Innovation in Senior Care
Rybnik’s Municipal Social Welfare Home uses AI to personalise senior care and predict health crises for better outcomes.
Caring for Young Minds: Rybnik’s Mental Health Initiative
Facing a growing youth mental health crisis, Rybnik’s innovative support program is delivering accessible therapy—giving adolescents the support they need to heal, grow, and thrive.
Education Ecological Center Hydropolis
Hydropolis in Wrocław transforms a historic underground water tank into an innovative center, promoting ecological awareness and sustainable water use to millions.
Green Urban Bus Shelters: A Sustainable Revolution in Ostrów Wielkopolski
The Green Urban Bus Shelters project in Ostrów Wielkopolski replaces traditional bus stops with eco-friendly shelters featuring year-round vegetation that cools waiting areas, improves air quality, and supports the city’s broader goals for sustainable urban transport and climate resilience.
School Gardens for Learning, Healing, and Community Resilience
Rybnik’s school gardening programme uses hands-on environmental education to support Ukrainian refugee children, promote sustainability, and foster community cohesion.
Rybnik: From Coal to Hydrogen – A Just Energy Transition
Rybnik is transforming from one of Europe’s most polluted coal-dependent cities into a clean energy leader through hydrogen technology and community-driven emissions reductions.
From Waste to Resource: Rybnik’s Circular Model
Rybnik’s circular economy project transforms food waste into social value, creating a comprehensive system that repurposes surplus food, supports vulnerable groups, and fosters sustainable consumption practices.
Shame On You! Anti-Smog Social Campaign
This Anti-Smog Campaign engages with local identity to transform attitudes on heat homes enabling a transition to cleaner energy sources and, consequently, cleaner air.
Let’s Think Up Lublin Together: creating the participatory intelligence Lublin 2030 Strategy
In a complex process, carried out between 2019 and 2022, a widely accepted vision for Lublin in 2030 was agreed upon with a strategy for the development of Lublin.
Youth Participatory Budgeting in Rybnik
Youth Participatory Budgeting aims to support the development of ideas, engage students in selecting the most appropriate initiatives, and help young people learn how to make collective decisions in their school communities.
Zero-Waste Education in Rybnik
Fifty trainee chefs use surplus food from food stores to cook three-course meals for those in need, preventing food waste while feeding the hungry.
School Participatory Budgets – Development of Student Self-Government in Lublin
The School Participatory Budget is a democratic process in which selected educational institutions co-decide on the division of a budget allocated to them.
Catch the Rain, Ostrów Wielkopolski
This rainwater collection project involves building storage reservoirs in kindergartens, educating preschoolers about the importance of rainwater and the water cycle, and encouraging effective management of rainwater on school properties.
Rybnik’s Model of Action for Sustainable Consumption and Production
Rybnik takes an innovative and comprehensive new approach to public meal procurement, to ensure the food provided in its institutions is both healthy and sustainable.
Participatory Methods in the Revitalisation Process
Rybnik sets a national example for civic improvement initiatives by adopting a participatory approach to the revitalisation of degraded areas.
