A thematic team is an annually established group of local experts and experts in a specific field, whose task is to diagnose challenges in a given thematic area and jointly identify ideas for dealing with them. It is a form of space for dialogue and discussion about the city in terms of a specifically defined challenge. Within the framework of the work of the thematic team, the scope of the thematic module of the Urban Competence Program is also defined and research and consultations on topics important for the problem area are commissioned. This is also where ideas for innovations are created, which UrbanLab provides testing.
In order to make the thematic team really a space to talk about innovations and to ensure that the ideas that arise during the work are universal and meet the requirements of their stakeholders, the members and members of the team are selected so that they represent as many groups as possible interested in both the solution itself and the subsequent stages of its creation.
MEMBERS OF THE THEMATIC TEAM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND PARTICIPATION IN 2019
Representatives and representatives of non-governmental organizations:
– Małgorzata Bujak – organizer of events such as the Art Festival and Biennale, the Sentimental Maps project and the Signs project. She is also responsible for coordinating volunteers and running social media. Associated with Traffic Design organization;
– Klaudia Jarecka-Świeca – pedagogue, tester and artist. She mainly implements projects related to social participation in the districts undergoing revitalization, as well as involving residents in the creation of works. Associated with the organization of the Place of Creation;
– Marek Radyko – coach of the third sector, expert in grant competitions. Organizer and initiator of projects for large groups of recipients, including events related to psychology, promotion of sports or civic education. He deals with education on a daily basis – he is the director of one of the leading non-public schools in the Pomeranian province. Vice-president of the In Gremio Association, which runs, among others, the Gdynia Center of Non-Governmental Organizations;
– Martyna Regent – initiator and coordinator of the Writing Remarks to Local Spatial Development Plans Marathons, interested in the city’s spatial development and civic activity in this area. On a daily basis she is associated with the Common City organization;
– Magdalena Warmowska – member of the board of the Non Stop Social Education Association, with many years of experience in running the SPOT Światłowcy day care center. Currently she works in the Diagnosis and Participation Department of the Social Innovation Laboratory.
Representatives of district councils:
– Paweł Musiał – has eight years of experience as a district councillor in Leszczyny district, for two terms of office he has been a vice-chairman. He is the initiator of projects involving residents in local activity and initiatives within the framework of the civic budget. He is a co-creator of the idea of the Forum of Gdynia District Councils and the information portal for youth esencjagdynia.pl;
– Piotr Szpajer – currently Chairman of the Board of the Wielki Kack District, during the 2015-2019 term of office member of the Investment, Information, Sport and Tourism Committee, involved in the activities of the Forum of Gdynia’s District Councils and the development of the civil budget in Gdynia.
Representatives and representatives of the City of Gdynia:
– Salwiusz Marchel – Head of the Independent Department for Non-Governmental Organizations responsible for the coordination, evaluation and development of cooperation between the municipality and public benefit entities and the coordination of legal aid;
– Tomasz Kamiński – head of the District Office, a unit of the City Hall of Gdynia, responsible for supporting the auxiliary units of the local government. In his work he works at the meeting point between district councils and offices, actively engaging in areas where residents decide;
– Ewa Stokłuska – during the team’s work she heads the Department of Diagnosis and Participation in the Social Innovation Laboratory. Currently Deputy Director at the Social Communication Center of the City of Warsaw. She specializes, among others, in issues related to civic participation, social consultations and development of civic budget standards.
– Aleksandra Markowska (joined the team in the last month) – director of the Social Innovation Laboratory. She specializes in issues related to social exclusion, creation and implementation of socially innovative solutions.
Councillors of the City of Gdynia:
– Jakub Ubych – the President of Gdynia’s plenipotentiary for districts, a city councillor from the third sector and strongly associated with it. Coordinator of grant projects, including those with European funding. For years he was the chairman of the Chwarzno-Wiczlino District Council. IT specialist by education, passionate about new technologies;
– Anna Myszka – involved in work for the benefit of educational institutions, which resulted in co-creation of the Gdynia Parents’ Council Forum. Passionate about the civic budget, successfully introducing with the school community projects changing school sports facilities. Popularizer of grassroots initiatives changing the immediate surroundings; – Marika Domozych – Chairwoman of the Committee on Spatial Planning and Strategy of the City Council. She began her adventure with the local government in 2012 after obtaining the mandate of a councilor of the Youth Town Council for the first term, and after a year she was elected president. She prepared events for school students, thanks to which she learned how to organize work and manage the group and the project.
In 2020, a thematic team on adaptation to climate change started its work, consisting of an interdisciplinary group of officials bringing knowledge and experience from various specialties.
The team works in a composition:
– Michał Guć – Vice-President of Gdynia, responsible for environmental protection, waste management, acquisition of European funds, architectural and construction administration, social innovations. For over 20 years actively involved in shaping the development of Gdynia;
– Bartosz Frankowski – Head of the Department of Environment at the City Hall of Gdynia. As the Mayor’s plenipotentiary for the adaptation of the city of Gdynia to climate change, he coordinates the activities of the city’s units in this area;
– Krzysztof Martusewicz – chief specialist in the Department of Adaptation to Climate Change of the Department of Environment of the City of Gdynia. He specializes in the field of hydrology, climate change and waste management and uses GIS software;
– Arkadiusz Trzeciak – Head of the Investment Department of the Municipality of Gdynia. He coordinates matters concerning the city’s investments and joint investments with various local communities;
– Beata Brzostowska – Head of the Buildings Department of the Municipal Office of Gdynia, responsible for matters related to the renovation of municipal buildings and commercial premises and preparation and implementation of municipal investments;
– Tadeusz Schenk – Head of the Gardener’s Department of the City Hall of Gdynia. He coordinates the creation of the image of urban space in terms of greenery and supervises the aesthetics of areas and buildings in the city. He is an experienced forester;
– Iwona Pianka – acting head of the Administrative Department. She is responsible for maintaining the technical and aesthetic condition of the City Hall buildings, comprehensive service of organizational units, supervision over renovation and modernization works in buildings and premises subordinate to the City Hall;
– Hanna Górecka-Banasik – heads the Independent Department of Energy, responsible for energy policy, improvement of energy efficiency, monitoring of energy consumption, energy consulting, ecological subsidies for the installation of renewable energy sources;
– Alicja Pawłowska – Head of the Independent Department of EU Projects and Mobility Management at the City of Gdynia. She specializes in balancing the development of urban transport;
– Hubert Kołodziejski – Director of the Municipal Transport Authority in Gdynia. Doctor of Economic Sciences. He specializes in issues related to the functioning of transport with particular emphasis on public transport;
– Iwona Markešić – director of the Office of Spatial Planning of the City of Gdynia, architect and urban planner. She is responsible for organizing the work of the office and supervising all its tasks, including, among others, the performance of study and design work in the field of spatial planning of the city of Gdynia;
– Andrzej Ryński – deputy director for infrastructure in the Roads and Greenery Management Board of Gdynia. He supervises the maintenance of facilities, infrastructure for rainwater retention and drainage. He coordinates the KLIMATyczne Centrum project, related, among other things, to the enlargement of areas increasing the retention;
– Joanna Krukowska – head of UrbanLab Gdynia in the Social Innovation Laboratory, sociologist, social researcher. She specializes in the areas of civic participation, climate change, social contexts of food. She deals with social gardens, food-sharing and meal-sharing.
