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Enhancing beach infrastructure with adapted public toilets for disabled people in Klaipėda City to meet growing tourist demand and support social responsibility.
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MY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (LLIV-322) Project partner 13 Klaipeda City Municipality Administration Kuldiga 2012-04-16
Klaipeda City Municipality Administration • Klaipėda is the third largest city in Lithuania. • Klaipėda city municipality council is the governing body of the Klaipėda city municipality. It is responsible for municipal laws. The council is composed of 31 member elected for four-year terms.
Klaipedacityhas 8,147 disabledpersonsofworkingage (from 18 yearsprior to retirement);879 childrenwithdisabilities;32,155 personsofretirementage, ofwhom 2,941 are disabled. • SituationwithpublictoiletsinKlaipedaCityisverypoor, especialythereishighdemandofpublictoilets at thebeaches. Thebeachesof Klaipėda are oneofthebiggestattractionsintheCity. Increaseintouristtrafficismonitoredand also thenumberofvisitorswithspecialneedsisgrowing.
Mainactivityinproject • Adaptions (investments) ininfructure- beachenvironment. • Installationofpublictoiletswhich are adaptedfordisabledpeoplewillmakethebeachesand also theCityofKlaipedamoreattractivefortourists, citizensand also fordisabledpeople, forthemisnowextremelydifficult to obtaintheseservices.
Summary • Thisprojectwillhelp to solveoneofthemostpressingurbanproblem - lackofpublictoilets, which are adaptedfordisabledpeople, at thebeachesoftheCity, that’swhythisprojectis a capitallyimportantforKlaipedaCityandtheentirecoastalregion.