Towarzystwo Edukacyjne "Wiedza Powszechna"

National Network
Poland
Address

ul.Startowa 21 F/12
Gdańsk
Poland

Telephone
+ 48 58 345 11 66
Fax
+ 48 58 345 11 66
E-Mail
wiedza.powszechna@wp.pl
E-Mail (2)
educator@wp.pl
Mobile Phone
+ 48 606 49 43 85
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Our organization consists of teachers, academics, sociologists (16 members) and runs the non-public educational centre.Staff: 6 employees.When particular projects were conducted, some experts were bound by contracts on specific work or commission contract. The number of volunteers working on regular basis is 60.Budgetary resources available in a year - about 800 000 PLN. Sources of funding: grants (European Social Fund, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others. Modalities of action: - conducting courses concerning education and improvement within different fields of knowledge and skills - organizing lectures and talks - organizing training courses and workshops - organizing conferences, seminars and discussion meetings - publishing activity - scientific and research activity - educational tourism Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: schools, universities.
Mission and Objectives

The Association carries out educational activity for the whole of society.
The mission of the Association is disseminating knowledge and humanistic values as well as shaping high intellectual and moral levels of the society.
The main aims of the Association are:
• activities supporting science and education and promoting life-long learning
• preparing members of the society for terms of living in a global community and equipping them with knowledge and skills necessary to function in a global society
• conducting pro-European education, shaping attitudes that would be favourably inclined towards European integration and equipping the Polish society with knowledge and skills necessary to function properly in the unified Europe
• activities supporting European integration and developing contacts and cooperation between societies
• activities supporting the development of citizen society and increasing citizen competences

Main Projects / Activities

The aims are accomplished by the following forms of activities:
- conducting courses concerning education and improvement within different fields of knowledge and skills
- organizing lectures and talks
- organizing training courses and workshops
- organizing conferences, seminars and discussion meetings
- publishing activity
- scientific and research activity
- educational tourism
Main activities:
- adult education (women,unemployed etc)
- teacher trainings
- International youth exchange
- volunteering 50+ and 60+
- projects in the field of global education
- international partnerships (Grundtvig, Leonardo da Vinci and bilateral projects with NGOs from Belarus and Russia)

Contact (1) Full Name
Anna Odrobińska
Head of the organisation
Witold Turnowiecki
Contact (2) Full Name
Jan Odrobiński-Staporek