External links
- "Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji". fed.org.pl. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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Education for Democracy Foundation (Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji) is a Polish foundation, launched in 1989, which operates as a public benefit organization.
The foundation was created in 1989 on the initiative of Polish and American teachers, among other the American Federation of Teachers in Poland. Its founders include Andrzej Janowski, Wiktor Kulerski, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Edward Wieczorek, Jacek Woźniakowski, Jan Piotr Lasota-Hirszowicz, Sandra Feldman, Herbert Magidson, Diana Ravitch and Albert Shanker. [1]
For its activities, it has thus far received the Democracy and Civil Society Award in 1988, the title of the Pro Publico Bono Institution in 2004, the title of the Non-governmental Organization of Central and Eastern Europe of the year 2009, and the medal of the Polish Humanitarian Organisation in 2010. [2]
The foundation is a founding member of the Grupa Zagranica Alliance of Associations and of the Education for Democracy International Network EDIT.net. Since January 2012, it has been a participant in the Student Council as a Civic Activity Experience at School project. [3] It cooperates with, among other organizations, the Polish-American Freedom Foundation [4] and the Moscow School of Civic Education. [5]
The foundation’s activities are centered on three main areas: [6]
Current activities and programs:
Supervisory Council [16]
Foundation Board [17]
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The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organization in Poland raising money for pediatric and elderly care. The GOCC Foundation holds American Heart Association certification to provide courses in CPR and AED, and for the use of high technology for medical lifesaving. The GOCC aims to support health care in Poland by purchase of state of the art medical equipment for Polish hospitals and clinics and by establishing and running six medical programmes and one educational programme. The foundation supports pediatric and geriatric wards, furnishing them in both complex medical devices such as MRI scanners, and providing long-term care units with anti-bedsore mattresses and beds.
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The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), formerly known as the Open Dialog Foundation,, is an international non-governmental organization, founded in 2009 in Poland and currently headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights and the rule of law in the post-Soviet area and – since 2018 – within the European Union.
The Startup Poland Foundation is a Polish think tank and a non-governmental organization established to raise awareness of the economic potential of startup companies among the public administration, and to represent the Polish startup community in the regulatory processes.
Marcin Sergiusz Przybyłek is a Polish science fiction author, business trainer, coach, computer games designer and consultant, a medical doctor by education.
Zwolnieni z Teorii is an internet platform created by Zwolnieni z Teorii Foundation, the largest educational foundation in Poland. In recognition for the foundation's activities in Poland, Forbes placed the platform on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2016 and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Poland in 2018.
Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 is a centrist political party in Poland.
Dorota Łoboda is an educational rights activist in Poland. She was a leader of the Families Against Education Reform movement that opposed the reform of the Polish education system in 2016–2018 and a member of the Consultative Council created during the October 2020 Polish protests.
Presidential elections will be held in Poland by 18 May 2025. They can be held earlier, should the office become vacated as a result of death, resignation or removal from office of the incumbent. Due to constitutional term limits allowing a president to serve only two terms, incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election. Presidential elections in Poland must take place on a free day between 75 and 100 days before the term's end.
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