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Polish Robert Schuman Foundation (Polska Fundacja im. Roberta Schumana)
National Network
Poland
Address
al. Ujazdowskie 37/5 Warsaw PolandCountry
PolandCity
WarsawStreet address 2
al. Ujazdowskie 37/5Telephone
+48 22 621 21 61E-Mail (2)
a.kostek@schuman.org.plWebsite
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1991Contact Person1
Maja SelanContact Person 2
Maja SelanOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Democracy and community developmentGeneral Information
The Polish Robert Schuman Foundation (hereinafter called “Foundation”) is non-governmental, non-political organization. The main source of founding are the contest for implenmentation of the project called by EU commision, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other governmental and non govenmental institutions.Mission and Objectives
Our aim is to encourage Polish citizens to actively participate in the process of unifying Europe and spread the idea of multiculturalism.the Foundation develops programs teaching how to make use of the opportunities given by The EU membership. In addition, we cooperate with a variety of institutions within the EU and outside it in order to know better and acknowledge democratic values.Main Projects / Activities
The activities of the Foundations include organizing of conferences, seminars, trainings, debates and discussions on different topics, publishing of monthly bulletin on European issues and other thematic publications, coordinating of European School club network (around 1200 school clubs) and organizing exchange projects by actively involving in European volunteer movement and arranging study tours of Ukrainian and Byelorussian youth workers to Poland. The biggest and the most popular annual event organized by the Foundation is “The Polish European meetings”, where thousands of activists from different pro-European organizations meet and exchange the ideas and information and walk down the streets of Warsaw in so called “Schuman Parade”. Our Foundation is actively involved in European Voluntary Service programme since 2000 and we are one of the biggest sending, hosting and coordinating organization is Poland. On a daily basis we involve in our work also Polish volunteers and interns.