Mission of the commune: “Creation of new bases for development, taking into account multicultural character of the local community. Economic and service development aiming at improvement of living standards in the commune – leaving natural environment unchanged.”
Development potentials
Strong points
- Environment and landscape qualities providing potential advantages for localisation of recreation and rest facilities, including: forest complexes in the protection area of Stobrawsko-Turawskie woods as well as the valley of Mała Panew river;
- Resources of the areas to be used for tourism, light industry and services – with two marked industry development zones of regulated legal-proprietary status;
- Advantageous communication network with easy access to such industrial centres as Ozimek and Zawadzkie, as well as the centre of the region – Opole city, which supplies professional services and is located not far from Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy [High-Silesia Industrial District];
- Localisation in the national railway transportation system – railway junction in Fosowskie;
- Not far (35 km) from the A4 motorway junction in Nogawczyce;
- Base of raw materials for wood industry (more than 70% of timber stand), deposits of high quality Triassic clay (Staniszcze Małe) – for ceramic industry; and brine waters deposits (Staniszcze Wielkie, Fosowskie);
- Tradition of thriftiness;
- Good command of in German and contacts with Germans, which result in high professional qualifications of inhabitants that meet the EU requirements;
- Localisation by Główny Zbiornik Wód Podziemnych [The Main Reservoir of Underground Waters] 333 allows to use potable water intake with the waters of best quality in Opole voivodship and of unique composition (fluorides present);
- Complete sewage system in the commune, fully developed telecommunication network, and waste management organised on the basis of the waste dump in Dylaki (Ozimek commune);
- Settlement system favourite to development and working of technical infrastructure.
Chances
- Polish accession to European Union giving opportunity to use aids for environment protection, restructuring of industry, agriculture and rural areas;
- Development of tourism;
- Reform of educational system;
- Increase of the level of education;
- Possibility of legal employment in Germany or other EU countries;
- Return of former inhabitants of the commune from abroad – money earned in the West being potential capital for creating bases for small manufacture;
- Possibility for obtaining external capital;
- Individual building development on the basis of the area included in the development plan;
- International co-operation.
Strategic and operational goals of the commune
- Development of industry and services in selected investment areas;
- Gaining new investors for industry and services development zone in the area of Kościuszki Street in Kolonowskie;
- Preparation of the second development zone in the area of Opolska Street (Fosowskie);
- Making inhabitants economically active through creating new possibilities of development of services in housing development;
- Co-operation with local businessmen on the basis of Economic Initiatives Council;
- Promotion of Kolonowskie as a commune fostering enterprise development (preferential taxes, advertising);
- Protection of water supply resources of Main Reservoir of Underground Waters 333 and of surface waters;
- Building of a waste water treatment plant in Staniscze Małe;
- Building of a household sewage collector Staniszcze Małe – Kolonowskie, giving possibility of connecting to waste water treatment plants in Staniszcze Małe, Staniszcze Wielkie, Fosowskie and Kolonowskie;
- Solution to the problem of waste water treatment for Spórok village;
- Making solid waste management more effective;
- Elimination of the sources of low emission;
- Co-operation with other communes to protect Główny Zbiornik Wód Podziemnych 333 [Main Reservoir of Underground Waters];
- Restructuring of communal educational system according to the modernized finance-technical basis;
- Adjusting the network of schools and kindergartens to the actual demographic situation;
- Building of a secondary school with a gym in Kolonowskie;
- Optimisation of material base usage of education objects, along with, joining many functions under one roof;
- Kolonowskie commune as a centre of weekend tourism and rest;
- Using natural qualities of the commune to organise tourist-paths and canoeing rally;
- Development of agro-tourism on the basis of private lodging base;
- Creating of new places for active rest and recreation on the basis of the already existing or to be created ones, social infrastructure as well as making it widely available;
- Making the community active and organising sport-recreation and cultural events;
- Improvement in technical state of infrastructure and quality of services;
- Improvement of technical parameters of the roads, especially of Ozimek – Kolonowskie – Zawadzkie road;
- Supplying all the inhabitants with water of the best quality parameters;
- Guaranteeing effective technical back-up facilities for communal services;
- Privatisation of the commune housing resources;
- Creating a new image of the commune as regards buildings aesthetics, cleanness and green areas maintenance;
- Proper working of social health and care system;
- Working of an effective natural disaster counteraction system;
- Keeping fire and flood fighting equipment in proper technical condition;
- Creating of an effective natural disasters prevention on the basis of working OSP [voluntary fire fighting brigades] units;
- Building of new fire and flood protection facilities, including an impounding reservoir;
- Modern and partnership-like managing of the commune;
- Effective management;
- Elaborating of clear procedures of formalities settlement;
- Working out of an effective social communication system;
- Promotion of the commune;
- Co-operation with external institutions and non-governmental organizations to accomplish common plans;
- Joining European integration process through co-operation with local communities from other countries on the partnership basis.