Last updated: October 2021
The NBS is located on a previously neglected basketball and other games fields with obsolete and long unused equipment. Owing to the citizens’ initiative, the municipality built a new sport and leisure site at the Jaroszowka housing estate in Białystok. The project has increased social integration between different generations and provided a comfortable, safe and surrounded by nature space for sports and recreation. The project involved the planting of greenery, building a multifunctional playground and a multisport field, and it was complemented by benches, toilets, CCTV, and lights [1,2,4].
Playground in Białystok
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKN0dl3D-28
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Regulation of built environment
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Improving physical health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Maintenance and management of urban nature existing green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas, Improved governance of green or blue areas
Project objectives
1) Providing a comfortable space for outdoor sports (like basketball, volleyball, football) for the residents;
2) Providing a modern and safe green recreational area for sport and leisure activities in the location of the former and later neglected sports facilities;
3) Increased social integration between different generations;
4) Increased access to the green recreational area in the district [1].
Implementation activities
1) Building multifunctional sports pitch, playground, an outdoor gym and a sandpit;
2) Assembly of swings, carousels, a slide and a climbing wall;
3) Assembly of benches, bicycle racks and bins;
4) Building a new fence around the complex;
5) Installing new lamps and CCTV;
6) Planting greenery;
7) Performing all necessary sanitary and electrical works;
8) Building toilets [1,2,4].
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Citizens developed a proposal and applied for funds for its implementation from the participatory city budget. The local municipality financed the project in a co-funding arrangement with Funduszu Rozwoju Kultury Fizycznej (The Fund for the Development of Physical Culture). The contractor was a private company Hydros Plus Tomasz Kulesza [1,4].
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The rules of the participatory budget of Białystok state though that all submitted projects have to be compatible with law, third party rights (including property rights), as well as with the adopted plans, strategies and programs of the City of Białystok.(3))
Financing
Total cost
€100,000 - €500,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
- Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Safety
- Increased perception of safety
- Social justice and cohesion
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1.Source link, (2017), 'Recreation in Jaroszowka' ('Rekreacja na Jaroszówce'), Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
2. Source link (2017), 'Modern and safe place. Sport and recreation in Jaroszówka' ('Nowoczesne i bezpieczne miejsce. Sport i rekreacja na Jaroszówce'), Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
3. City Council website, 'The rules of the participatory budget' ('Zasady') Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
4. Ausztol, K. (2016). Boiska, "piłkarzyki", plac zabaw. Kompleks na Jaroszówce już działa (Pitches, table football, a playground. The site at Jaroszówka is already functioning. Białystok Online. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
2. Source link (2017), 'Modern and safe place. Sport and recreation in Jaroszówka' ('Nowoczesne i bezpieczne miejsce. Sport i rekreacja na Jaroszówce'), Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
3. City Council website, 'The rules of the participatory budget' ('Zasady') Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).
4. Ausztol, K. (2016). Boiska, "piłkarzyki", plac zabaw. Kompleks na Jaroszówce już działa (Pitches, table football, a playground. The site at Jaroszówka is already functioning. Białystok Online. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 12 September 2020).