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Görlitz (dpa / sn) - The structural change working group in the Görlitz district is now collecting ideas for the time after the abandonment of coal in Lusatia. Ten new employees of the development company Lower Silesian Oberlausitz mbH help with the development, application and implementation of project ideas. «We are pleased to be able to actively support the structural change by building up new human resources. In addition to providing transparent information, the working group will make all projects tangible and provide support to applicants from the district, ”said District Administrator Bernd Lange (CDU).  

The new employees are to go “out into the field” from mid-May in order to involve many participants in the process of structural change.

In various formats, citizens should contribute their project and business ideas for the innovation process.

Among other things, the working group should help to convert proposals into eligible concepts.

At the same time, in the last week of April, the Saxon Ministry for Regional Development and the Saxon Agency for Structural Development formed two monitoring committees in Bautzen and Markkleeberg.

They should provide advice and strategic support to the Saxon lignite regions.

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The committees are composed of institutions, representatives of the districts and municipalities, clubs and associations and are intended to contribute to the exchange between the state government and the districts. “Structural change will be a major issue in our region until the final phase-out of lignite in 2038. The monitoring committee enables a wide range of stakeholders to participate », said Birgit Weber, the Bautzen deputy and chairwoman of the Lausitz monitoring committee.

Lusatia is facing renewed economic and social change.

The exit from coal threatens the region with the loss of around 8,000 direct jobs and a further 16,000 jobs at service providers and suppliers.

This makes economic and social transformation processes necessary.

Funding programs provide up to 40 billion euros to support the affected coal regions.

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