Katowice
With our regional partners, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach and KADRA, we are working with communities, policymakers and practitioners in Katowice. Our activities there strengthen citizen participation in just sustainability transitions that involve the closure of local mines.
We had our first forum workshops!
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Join our next Regional Futures Literacy Labs!
Our Regional Future Literacy Labs provide a platform for you to express your hopes, dreams, expectations, and concerns on the future direction of sustainable transition policies in the Katowicki Region. The Forums consist of 4 group discussions and 1 online discussion.
If you would like to participate contact Professor Adam Drobniak at: adam.drobniak@ue.katowice.pl
We held Focus Groups and interviews!
Our surveys, interviews, focus groups and workshops/forums engage key actors, such as municipal and regional policymakers, public authorities, civil society representatives, and most importantly, citizens.
With the involvement of communities and decision makers in Katowice, we aim to elevate the voice of those impacted by transitions in the design of sustainability policies.
Join our community champion network!
We completed our media analysis!
By the total phase-out of coal in 2049, workers in mining-related industries will have to transition to new sectors of employment. While the Katowice region has a diverse economic structure, the future remains uncertain for miners and mining families. A Social Agreement from May 2021 seeks to protect the livelihoods of impacted communities.
Historically, the predominant industry in Katowice and the surrounding region was coal, steel and zinc, with their accompanying infrastructure visible throughout the region’s evolving landscape. As the country made the transition to a market economy in the mid-1990s, the Polish government closed the coal mines, prompting an urban and cultural transformation.
