Press cuttings
Polish Science Reforms bring Fear and Hope
19.03.2010 - Science
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.That’s a good motto for those now seeking to reform how Poland funds science...
download [96.53 kB]Crossing the Cultural Divide
01.06.2009 - The Polish Science Voice
Interwiev with Prof. Stanisław Karpiński, the Welcome Programme laureate
download [1.76 MB]Polish Chair at Columbia University
12.04.2009 - The Warsaw Voice
A faculty for Polish studies will be launched next year at Columbia University in New York City after fundraisers reached a target of 3 million USD needed to finance the project, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced March 25.
download [46.65 kB]Young blood needed
26.08.2007 - The Warsaw Voice
Interview with Prof. Maciej Żylicz - President of the Foundation for Polish Science
download [380.61 kB]Supporting the best
20.02.2003 - Polish Market
THE FOUNDATION FOR POLISH SCIENCE (FNP) which entered the second decade of its operations last year is an independent, nongovernmental, non-profit institution which has allotted substantial finance to satisfy science's essential requirements, exceeding a total value of PLN 210 million.The Foundation receives no support from the national budget, obtaining the funds it needs for its activities from the active investment of its assets in financial instruments. Though its statutory expenditure, read more »
A Question of Balance
06.03.2001 - The SEAL Journal
Finding the right balance between the fiscal requirements of civil society and those of the state is a challenge throughout the New Europe. Recently this was dramatically illustrated by a significant court ruling in Poland that has tipped the scales of justice against the country's foundations and civil society organisations, who now have to grapple with the consequences and formulate an effective response. The ruling is an important development in a major country of Central and Eastern Europe read more »
Polish Court Opinion Threatens Financial Sustainability of Foundations by the editors of SEAL
06.03.2001 - The SEAL Journal
On November 20, 2000 the Supreme Adminsitrative Court (NSA) of Poland issued a landmark ruling that threatens to adversely affect foundations and the wider Third Sector in Poland. Although not yet a binding decision, the case goes to the heart of the survival and self-sustainability of foundations, in particular the building of endowments, by taxing investments in securities. It also promises to test how well Polish foundations can respond, organise, and act together to advocate for legal read more »
The Polish Legal Environment: The Twisting Road to Reform by Jerzy Radziwill
06.03.2001 - The SEAL Journal
The road to legal reform in Poland, as in many other countries, is full of twists and turns and obstacles which need to be removed. In this article we will look at the road that the Polish Third Sector has been travelling on and where it may lead.Subsidiarity and the Third SectorThere are at least two reasons why civil society and the Third Sector constitute an essential element of modern democratic societies. The first reason, well-known in classical economics, is market failure. The second read more »
Pinpointing Priorities: Polish Perspectives
06.03.2000
The conference proceedings were opened by EFC Chairman Luc Tayart de Borms, Chief Executive of the King Baudouin Foundation, who welcomed delegates to the opening plenary session of the 11th Annual General Assembly and Conference of the Centre which, he added, was the second EFC Assembly to be held in a country in Central Europe.It was appropriate, said Mr. Tayart de Borms, that AGA 2000 was being hosted in Kraków, one of the most beautiful cities in Poland and one with such a wonderful read more »