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the municipalities lying within the sphere of influence of LOTOS Terminale and LOTOS Infrastruktura. It was

first implemented in -asāo, in 1998.

In the 20132014 school year, we distributed a total of 14,000 road safety reflectors and the

same number of educational packages to primary school first-year pupils of the Gdańsk

Province, and of the Counties of -asāo and Bielsko-Biaāa. In total, we have distributed 100,000

road safety reflectors and 80,000 educational packages over the course of the last 8 years.

2. The ‘Free Reflectors’ competition was devised for first-grade pupils, particularly those participating in the

‘LOTOS – Safe -ourney to School’ programme. Its overall aim is to remind and warn children about road traffic

risks and to help them get into the habit of wearing reflective accessories, which reduces the likelihood of

accidents. The competition is open to schoolchildren of the Gdańsk Province and the Counties of Bielsko-Biaāa

and -asāo. Its partners make joint efforts to encourage parents, carers and teachers to equip children with

reflective accessories. The competition is held in the summer semester and the finale takes place in -une, just

before the end of the school year and the beginning of the holidays. Each participating school selects and

submits up to ten pieces of art by their children. From among all the entries, the three best works are selected

in each region. First-place winners are awarded bicycles with safety enhancing accessories. Additionally, the

schools of the winners are awarded mini road-sign kits and bicycles with safety enhancing accessories.

Second-place winners receive roller blade sets with accessories, while third-place winners receive educational

game sets.

In 2013, a total of 712 pieces of art from 124 schools were submitted as part of the ‘Free

Reflectors’ competition. First prizes were awarded to the pupils of Dr Leon +eyke Primary

School No. 2 in KoĘcierzyna (Gdańsk Province), the Primary School No. 26 in Bielsko-Biaāa

(County of Bielsko-Biaāa) and the Community Primary School in Lipnica Dolna, Commune of

Brzyska (County of -asāo). Between 2010-2013, a total of more than 2,000 students took part

in the contest.

3. The ‘On the Way to a Driving Licence’ project, of which we are a partner, is run in cooperation with the

Road Traffic Department of the Gdańsk Province Police +eadquarters. It is aimed at promoting the rules of

safe behaviour on the road among students of secondary schools, thus preventing accidents involving young

drivers. The project focused on meetings with students of selected junior high schools. These meetings

involved lectures on the rules of road safety, delivered by a police officer, as well as lectures on first aid and

the medical consequences of road accidents, delivered by a medical rescue expert. The theoretical part was

followed by a practical one, which was aimed at increasing the participants’ awareness of safe behaviour on

the road both as pedestrians and future drivers. The main emphasis was placed on such risks as speeding,

reckless driving, and not wearing seat belts.

In 2012-2013, the ‘On the Way to a Driving Licence’ project, was attended by 600 junior high

school students in Gdańsk.

4. Grupa LOTOS is also a partner of the ‘On the Road to Safety’ programme run by the Governor of the

Gdańsk Province. This initiative is aimed at selecting the best original road safety programmes completed in

the Pomerania region in the given school year. The competition participants include local government

institutions, central government institutions, NGOs and associations. The prize is the co-funding for the

winning projects. b

In 2013, two joint first prizes were awarded to the Special Purpose School and Education Centre in Puck and

the ‘Safe Region of Sāupsk’ Association. The -unior +igh School in ĸukowo was awarded an honorable

distinction.

In 2013, we took a number of preventive measures and activities contributing to the development of the

local communities living in the vicinity of LOTOS Group facilities. Many of these are long-term programmes

that have already been in place for several years. As they fit with the areas of our competence, determined in

consultation with our stakeholders, they are indeed likely to improve aspects of life that are important to the

communities' members.

Road safety

The low level of traffic safety has been one of the major social problems in Poland for many years. According

to preliminary reports of the Polish National Police Headquarters, there were around 35,400 road accidents in

2013, in which almost 3,300 people were killed and roughly  43,500 people were injured – as compared to

2012, these numbers have fallen by a few percentage points but they still illustrate a serious danger to

people’s lives and health. It means that despite a gradual improvement of the road safety the situation still

remains very bad as compared to other EU members. The road traffic mortality in Poland (the number of

fatalities per 1 million residents) is almost twice as high as the EU average. In 2013, 28,000 people lost their

lives on EU roads, 13% of which were Polish although Poles make up only 8% of EU residents.

Given the scale of the risk, educational campaigns should be run among the very youngest pupils of primary

schools, as it is at this stage that the right attitudes and behaviour are shaped most effectively.

Grupa LOTOS sees its involvement in the enhancement of road traffic safety as a priority. To this end, we

established ‘Akademia Bezpieczeństwa LOTOS’ (‘LOTOS Safety Academy’) – a programme dedicated chiefly

to educating children and teenagers. Events organized by the LOTOS Safety Academy in 2013 included

another iteration of the ‘LOTOS – Bezpieczna droga do szkoły’ (‘LOTOS – Safe Journey to School’) programme,

the ‘Uwolnić odblaski’ art competition (‘Free Reflectors - to promote reflective clothing and accessories’) and

the ‘W drodze do prawa jazdy’ (‘On the Way to a Driving Licence’) initiative.

1.    ‘LOTOS – Safe Journey to School’ is a social education and accident prevention programme run jointly

with Polish Police and road traffic safety experts, designed to educate and promote safe road behaviour, thus

preventing traffic accidents involving young schoolchildren. The idea behind the programme is to make

children conscious and safety-minded road traffic participants. The programme is addressed to primary-

school first year pupils, and is designed to draw their attention to safe use of roads by both pedestrians and

drivers, including their parents. At the beginning of every school year, the programme offers an opportunity

to participate in classes with police officers and road safety instructors to learn about road traffic safety and

safe places to play. Participants are presented with road safety reflectors and special road safety educational

packages funded by our Company. Major partners in this programme include the Gdańsk Province Police

Headquarters, the Bielsko-Biała City Police Headquarters and the Jasło Motor and Road Rescue Club. The

programme is run in the areas of selected LOTOS Group subsidiaries, including in the Province of Gdańsk and

Health protection and promotion

Sports (including co-f inancing of

children’s and youth’s holidays)

Environmental protection

and ecology

Science, education

and education system

Culture and arts

Soc ial ac tiv ities

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