FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Society of Friends of the Orla Region (Societe des Amis de la Region d'Orla, Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Orlańskiej)
National Network
Poland
Address
ul. Spółdzielcza 1 17-106 Orla, woj. Podlaskie, Polska contact: ul.Zamenhofa 15/7 15-435 Białystok – Poland Orla (and Białystok for contact) PolandCountry
PolandCity
Orla (and Białystok for contact)Street address 2
ul. Spółdzielcza 1 17-106 Orla, woj. Podlaskie, Polska contact: ul.Zamenhofa 15/7 15-435 Białystok – PolandMobile Phone
0048-501389371 (for contact)Telephone
0048 - 85 7392 059Telephone (other)
0048 516328299E-Mail (2)
vimakov@tlen.plYear of Establishment
2007Contact Person1
Wioletta KowalskaContact Person 2
Tomasz WiśniewskiOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
Towarzystwo Przyjació? Ziemi Oral?skiej (TPZO) is a NGO founded by a groupe of inhabitants and some "external" friends of the region. At the moment, it counts 20 members. The executive comitee (president, secretary and treasurer) are chosen for terme. The Society colaborates with other NGO, local and regional governments and regional medias. The budget is based on the members' fees and public and private dotations. To fund concrete actions TPZO applies for subventions to Polish and international Founds, Polish Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Adminbistration (responsible for national minorities). These actions, undertaken with partners and local youth, are mainly conferences and exhibitions which require a search for materials from diffrent sources and thus exchanges between diffrent cultures and diffrent generations.Mission and Objectives
The general objectives of the Society are: - developing social and cultural potential of the region and of the Eastern Polish province; - revealing and promoting the multicultural (Polish/Belarussian/Ukrainian/Russian/Jewish) tradition of the region - working on a better understanding between diffrent cultures still living in the regionMain Projects / Activities
In 2007 TPZO organized an exposition in the old synagogue of Orla on the Jewish presence in the region and a conference on its multi-cultural history. In 2008 the Society with its partners will organize a multi-media presentation based on old documents and photographs and shoot a film presenting the multicultural tradition of the region.