People and Water have realized various projects. Realization of them have brought very good experiences with implementation sustainable development programs in marginalized rural areas. Realized projects by People and Water are following:

• Living Environment
  • Alternative Wate Management Policy of Slovak Republic (Water for the Third Millennium), 1993-94
  • Alternative Proposal of Water Resources Creation in Tichy Potok Area (Blue Alternative), 1994-1996
  • Stop the Drying of Slovakia, 1998-2000
  • New Theory of Global Warming - New up ot now neglected coherences of human activities influence to climate changes and global warming, 2001-02
• Community and Regional Development
  • Village of the Third Millennium in the Carpathian Euroregion, 1997-99
  • Sustainable development of marginalized areas of Slovakia - Pilot project in Levoca and Sabinov Counties, 1999-2002
• Local Economy and Help for Social Marginalized Groups
  • Helping Ourselves - Education process for job-less people and other social marginalized groups to make them creat their own bussines plans in Sabinov a Levoca counties, 1999-2002
  • Our Past is Our Future - Support for handy-crafts development in rural areas in Carpathian Euroregion, 1999-2000
• Strengthness of Civic Democracy in Rural Areas
  • Village and Democracy under the Levoca Mountains - Educational and informational campaign towards the public in the year of elections (parliamentary and communaly), 1998
  • Dialogue is Going On - Discusion forums are going on to strengthness of civic participation, 2000
  • We are Living in the Same Watershed - Interactive discussions for civic participation in water issue, 2001
• Implementation of Alternative Technologies
  • Blue Alternative - Implementation of the pilot project of increasing water retention in natural ecosystems, 1995-96
  • Community Information Centre Nizne Repase - 1998-2002
  • Community Skills Centre Nizne Repase - 2000-01
  • Community Skills Centre for Roma community in Lipany, 2001
  • Community Skills Centre Krivany, 2001
  • Alternative Waste Water Treatment Nizne Repase, 1999-2000
• Volunteers Activities
  • Summer Camps "Blue Alternative", 1995-2001
  • Handy-crafts Markets, Krivany 1998-2001
  • Handy-crafts for Children, summer camp for children, where they learn traditional handy-crafts, 2001-02
  • "Living and Dead Water" - art competition for school children painters, 1996, 1997
• Education, workshops, conferences
  • "Establishing My Own Bussines" - ten-weeks educational and training process for job-less people, 2000-02
  • Sustainable Agriculture, workshop, Krivany 1997
  • Community Leaders, training workshop, Krivany, 1997
  • Rural Tourism, training workshop, Krivany, 1997
  • Apllied Economy for studebts of secondary school in Lipany( partner - Bata Junior Achievement), 1997-99
  • Technologie of Cleaning Waste Water, workshop, Krivany 1997
  • Regional Development, Analysis of Region, workshop, Bijacovce, 1999
  • Regional Development Strategy, workshop, Dubovica, 2000
  • Soft Skills for Development Teams, training workshop, Hrabusice, 2000
  • Soft Skills and Training of Asertivity, training workshop, Levoca, 2000
  • Action and Financial Plans of Regional Development, training, Levoa, 2001
  • Project Proposals, training workshop, Dubovica, 2001
  • Prezentation of Regional Development Plan and Feedback, workshop, Dubovica, 2001
  • Regions Help Themselves - national conference in Levoca, 2002 - prezentation of regiona development plans and acceptance of common document "Prosperous Regions - Key for Stability of Slovakia (Charter of Slovak Regions)"
  • More than 100 one-day workshops and interactive discusions about regional development programs
• Community Filantrophy DEvelopment and Support for establish new institutions and organizations
  • Small Grant Program for Upper Torysa Region and Establishing of Community Foundation Blue Torysa (People and Water endowment 1 million SKK from Goldman Environmental Prize), 1999. Support of two rounds of small grants - 250,000 SKK in 2001 o
  • Slovak Wetland Restoration Fund, People and Water endowment 500,000 SKK, 2002
  • Institucional and Technical Support: Non-governmental organization Stone Mill, Krivany, 1996, Non-governmental organization Stelbach, Tichy Potok, 1997, CIVITAS L, Levoca, 1998, Community Foundation EKOSVINKA (2000), Non-governmental organization For Nicer Lipany City, Lipany 2000, SITUR (Sabinov Intitut of Sustainable Development), Sabinov 2001, LITUR (Levoca Institut of Sustainable Development), Levoca, 2001
• Publications and Information Documents
  • Blue Alternative Magazine - 5-6 issues per year, for each 1,500 pcs. The first issue was in 1995. Parliament election issue edition in 1998 was 30,000 pcs and communal election issue edition in the same year was 20,000 pcs
  • Aloud about Tichy Potok - leaflet about non-sence plan of big dam construction near Tichy Potok village. Edition in Slovak language was 23,000 pcs and iín English language 3,000 pcs
  • Poster "International Day Against Dams" (March, 14) edition - 5,000 pcs, 1998
  • Our Traditional Shepards, author Jan Lazorik, edition of 1,500 pcs, 1997
  • Manual "Organic agriculture", edition of 200 pcs, 1997
  • Krivany Wedding Ceremony, author Jan Lazorik, edition of 500 pcs, 1998

   

  • Postcards from art competition "Living and Dead Water" in edition of 15,000 pcs in 1996
  • Postcards from art competition "Living and Dead Water" in edition of 15,000 pcs in 1997 o
  • Catalogue of Handy-crafts, publication in Slovak, Polish, German and English language offers local handy-craftsmen. Edition of 10,000 pcs
  • Water for the Third Millennium - Let´s not hurt water so it won´t hurts us author Michal Kravcik and col., in edition of 3,000 pcs, 2000
  • Poster "Water is Blue Line of Life" in edition of 1,000 pcs
  • Postcards "Water is Blue Line of Life" in edition of 15,000 pcs
  • TREES, poetry collection by Tibor Ico in edition of 500 pcs, 2000
  • New Theory of Global Warming, author Michal Kravcik, in edition of 1,500 pcs, 2001
  • Alternative Cleaning of Waste Water - brochure in Slovak-English language in edition of 1,000 pcs, 2001
  • Poster "Let´s Stop Drying of Blue Planet Continents" in edition of 1,500 pcs, 2001
  • "Around the Levoca ... Beauty Woven from Threads" brochure in edition of 3,000 pcs, 2001
• Informtion Startegy
  • More than 50 prress conferences during the 9 years
  • More than 1,400 articles in newspapers and magazines in Slovakia
  • More than 150 authorized articles in magazines
  • More than 600 reports in electronics medium in Slovakia
  • More than 150 reports about activities in newspapers and magazines in Japan, USA, Austria, Brasil, Czech Republic, Germany, Canada, UK, Sweden, ...
  • 18 authorized reports in foreign magazines and publications (Canada, USA, UK, Czech Republic, Austria)
  • More than 100 lectures in Slovakia in subject of water, climate changes, water management, community and regional development o 6 lectures in USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland
• Prize of Waterman. The prize was based by People and Water in 2000 and the prize is delivered for protecting water in Slovakia. In 2000 7 prizes were delivered - for each year of People nad Water existency one prize. Holders of Waterman Prize are: Juraj Mesik (1994), Katarina Zackova (1995), Ralph Johnson (1996), Citizens of Upper Torysa River Region (1997), Jerrod L. Davis (1998), Local government and Mayor of Kosice "KVP" settlement (1999), Brothers Peter and Jozef Ber (2000), Dezider Istona (2001), Viktor Hlavac (2002)
• Obtained Prizes:
  • 2. Price of Sasakawa Environmnetal Prize (1994)
  • Environmental Partnershipe Award (1995)
  • 1. Price of Sasakawa Environmental Prize (1997)
  • EU-US Democracy and Civil Society Award (1998)
  • Goldman Environmental Prize (Michal Kravcik) (1999)
  • Advisory and Consulting Service o During last two years People and Water office is visiting by more than 10 people per week, which wait our advise, help, consultation, ... Current State of People and Water Staff · Michal Kravcik, Dipl. Ing., PhD., chairman, statutory person, manager for integrated management of watersheds and regional development · Jaroslava Pajtinkova, financial management, statutory person · Jan Hronsky, Dipl. Ing., project manager for regional development and technical assistance for water management · Maria Lisonova, project manager for regional development · Ivan Hosko, Dipl. Ing., volunteer, assistent for ecological restoration of watersheds · Viktor Hlavac Bc., volunteer, assistent for alternative technologies · Zuzana Ujhaziova, Dipl. Ing., volunteer, assistant for GIS (Geographical Information Systems)