WIR

WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA

Country and City: Poland, Poznań

Website: www.wir.org.pl
Facebook: WielkopolskaIzbaRolnicza

Wielkopolska Izba Rolnicza (WIR)

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

The Greater Poland Chamber of Agriculture (WIR) is a regional public-law organisation dedicated to representing the interests of farmers and rural communities across the Wielkopolska region. With a strong presence in 226 municipalities and a membership of over 112,000 farms, WIR serves as a bridge between local agricultural producers and policymakers. Its structure includes 31 district offices and a body of 395 elected delegates, making it one of the most influential agricultural chambers in Poland.

WIR provides comprehensive services, including farmer education, support for innovation, assistance with public funding applications, legal counseling, and the organization of local and regional events such as workshops and agricultural fairs. It is a recognised partner in EU and national projects, offering infrastructure and outreach for impactful rural engagement.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT

Our role will be mainly in presenting farmers needs and expectations to project consortium and taking back to farmers its results. We can also present our organisational know how and experiences to Ukrainian partners. We can contribute by providing farmers and rural companies interested in project results, where they can be tested. We can organise workshops and conferences across Wielkopolska region and ensure that targeted group of farmers will participate and benefit from the project. We have also experience in transferring financial support to farmers and companies as we did it before in a case of state grants for liming and other projects. As we have quite well developed structure across Wielkopolska we can address project objectives to targeted groups of farmers in order to enhance the idea of sustainable agriculture. We have rich experience in organising educational and promotional events financed from external sources. We have appropriate equipment to organise such events like conferences, workshops, promotional events anywhere in the region.

Proposed tasks as contributor:T5.1, T6.2, T6.3, T6.4, T7.2,T8.1

Use of the project findings to advocate for evidence-based policies and influence decision-makers;
KPIs: At least 2 public hearings with policy makers in each Widening country;
Organize workshops, training sessions, and educational programs to build the capacity of citizens to understand and apply the research results in their contexts;
KPIs: 2 annual awareness-raising campaigns for civil society in each Widening country; at least 2.000 persons reached out annually.