The initiators of the Partnership for Development TOWARD THE POLISH MODEL OF SOCIAL ECONOMY - WE ARE BUILDING THE NEW LISKÓW are: the Institute of Public Affairs (the managing organisation) www.isp.org.pl, the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland www.filantropia.org.pl, and the Working Community of Associations of Social Organisations www.wrzos.org.pl. The character of this Partnership could be defined as sector and geography-specific.

WHY LISKÓW?
The village of Lisków , near Kalisz, which we commemorate in the name of our Partnership, personifies the successful activation of the local community for the purpose of greater integration and development. Within less than 20 years a poor village, plagued by different social calamities associated with poverty, was transformed by one co-operative activist - a parish priest into a dynamic and prosperous community. By motivating and engaging in co-operation his parishioners (and therefore creating the prototype approach, which we now call the strategy of partners intervention) the vicar founded co-operative stores, banks, a dairy co-operative, schools, and a brickyard.

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