11 Westerplatte st
Krakow
Poland
- Democracy and community development
The mission of our organization depends mostly on its members' area of interest. As for the time being we would mention wide promotion of intercultural dialogue, involvement in development aid programmes, especially those concerning promotion of civil society, development of sport and free press.
The Institute is specialized in conducting trainings, international study trips, research on geopolitics and creating long term diplomatic network aimed at the support of civil society in developing countries. Our mission is focused mainly on promotion and development of democratic ideas and civil society. To achieve such goals we organize together with our partner organizations study trips, journalists competitions, conferences, and workshops. These activities are aimed mainly at youth. Our objective is to include broad range of participants so that our activities are not exclusive and attract people from different backgrounds.
The Institute organized also others many globalization academic workshops, debates, and
events such as promotion of knowledge about Tibet, Malaysia, Iran or situation of
immigrants in Poland. Members of Institute participated in many international events
and gained professional experience inter alia in United States (UN), Israel/Palestine and Asia. Another form of activity is holding artistic, photographic exhibitions and
multimedia projections. The institute is also a think-tank – it already published
multilingual (so far in Polish, English and Russian languages) reports on international
relations.
Civil Caucasus - a development aid programme focused on research on civil society in Georgia after the revolution. It was conducted in cooperation with Liberty Institute in Tbilisi. The programme included study trips of both Georgian and Polish students to Georgia and Poland.
Civil Palestine - also a development aid programme. Its aim was to promote the idea of civil society in Palestinian Autonomy. It consisted of several workshops, conference, and creation of wide spread net of specialists that worked with youth in various Palestinian cities and villages
Fencers for Palestine - this project focuses on development of sport (fencing) in Palestinian Autonomy. Together with Palestinian Fencing Federation we worked on improvemrnt of skills of Palestinian coaching personnel, usage of equipment and promotion of fencing in schools. According to the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the best development project in its category.