Training sessions for Act Locally Centers Network. Report
A series of training sessions for Act Locally Centers Network took place from February 27 to March 4, 2024. Annual meetings, which help announcing local grant competitions through the ALC Network, have ...
Act Locally Centers network already comprises 80 organizations
In January 2024, six new organizations joined Act Locally Centers Network (ALC) with the status of Affiliated ALC. Thus, the Network comprises now 80 organizations from all over Poland which cover 676 ...
ALCs meeting. Knowledge, experiences, cooperation
140 representatives of Act Locally Centers (ALC) met at the ceremony of summing up the 12th and opening the 13th rounds of the “Act Locally” program in Warsaw on March 20 and 21, 2023. They also attended ...
Olga Tokarczuk at the premiere of Skarb (Treasure)
On January 21 the premiere of Skarb (Treasure) movie, attended by the Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk was held in the Apollo cinema in Wałbrzych. Production of the movie was possible thanks to, among ...
Together Locally and in Solidarity with Ukraine
“When we were planning today’s meeting we didn’t expect it would be held in such dramatic external circumstances. (…) The war rocked our world but at the same time made us act in great solidarity with ...
„Act Locally and in Solidarity with Ukraine”
Due to the war in Ukraine, “Act Locally” has launched a special grant path entitled “Act Locally and in Solidarity with Ukraine”. This means that in 2022 local grant competitions will provide support to ...
“Act Locally” launches local grant competitions
Grants of up to PLN 6,000 await local NGOs and informal groups operating in localities with no more than 20,000 residents. Competitions are organized by the network of 78 Act Locally Centers. The war in ...
The pandemic didn’t stop social energy
Despite the restrictions and difficulties related to the pandemic, Act Locally Centers have awarded a record number of grants for projects all over Poland. For the first time in its history, the “Act Locally” ...
“Local Dreams To Be Met” in the “Act Locally” Program
Registration of applications to grant competitions for 2021 carried out by Act Locally Centers has been launched. Informal groups, communal or municipal institutions, and NGOs may get up to PLN 6,000 for ...
Training session for Act Locally Centers
An online training session for the Network of Act Locally Centers representatives was held on March 11-12, 2021. Over two days of hard work they were getting knowledge and skills useful in everyday activities ...
Civic Leader of the Year 2020 and Act Locally summed up
This year’s civic leaders and local initiatives animators were awarded at the Gala held online on March 11, 2021.
Act Locally and Ecologically – a new initiative is on
Act Locally and Ecologically is a new thematic path under the “Act Locally” Program of Polish-American Freedom Foundation. The program is managed by the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in ...
Institutional Support Fund for Act Locally Centers
The “Act Locally” Program has launched institutional support for Act Locally Centers which are in difficult situation due to COVID-19 epidemic in Poland. So far 31 organizations have benefitted from the ...
We act locally – counteract effects of pandemic
Restrictions related to pandemic make a serious problem for local NGOs; they make it difficult to implement civic initiatives and volunteering activities. Counteracting effects of pandemic will be the ...
Global challenges and local activities
On February 10-11, 2020 a training session for almost 200 representatives of Act Locally Centers and the "PAFF Local Partnerships" Program was held in Warsaw. The participants of the training could learn ...
20 years – actively, locally, together
On February 10, 2020 the Gala crowning the 6th round of “PAFF Local Partnerships” Program and inaugurating the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of “Act Locally” Program, as well as the ceremony of ...
Andrew Nagorski visited Strachówka, Klembów and Legionowo
On December 2, 2019 the PAFF Board of Directors Chairman accompanied by Head of the PAFF Representative Office in Poland Grzegorz Jędrys, and Program Director of the PAFF Representative Office in Poland ...
Study tour by Ukrainian NGOs
Ustrzyki Dolne, Dębica, Sandomierz, Tomaszów Lubelski and Biłgoraj – these are the towns visited at the beginning of June by representatives of 10 Ukrainian NGOs participating in the “Act Locally in Ukraine” ...
ALC met in Warsaw
The annual Act Locally Centers meeting was held in Warsaw on March 21 and 22. Representatives of 74 local organizations from all over Poland attended an intense training course on Positive Motivating to ...
Civic Leaders awarded!
The Gala concluding the 10th round of the “Act Locally” Program, combined with the ceremony of presenting the Civic Leader of the Year 2018 title awarded by Newsweek Polska, was held in Warsaw on March ...
Ukrainian NGOs visited Poland
On September 17-21, 2018, the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland hosted a visit of representatives of Ukrainian NGOs, members of the “Act Locally” ...
New challenges, new tools, good practices
The “New challenges, new tools, good practices” training for representatives of “PAFF Local Partnerships” Program and Act Locally Centers was held in Warsaw on February 22 and 23, 2018. It was attended ...
New Affiliated Act Locally Centers joined the network
In January 2018, five new organizations joined the Act Locally Centers network as Affiliated Act Locally Centers. Thus, the ALC network comprises now 71 organizations (including 9 Affiliated ALCs) covering ...
The 10th edition of the “Act Locally” Program has started
Almost 100 representatives of 67 Act Locally Centers from all over Poland cooperating within the ALC Network took part in a "New ideas, practical solutions" training session in Warsaw. The meeting marked ...
“Act Locally” in Ukraine
Three Act Locally Centers were awarded grants for projects based on experiences of the “Act Locally” Program that will be implemented in partnership with Ukrainian organizations. The project is managed ...
The 9th “Act Locally” Gala is over. We know who Civic Leaders of 2016 are.
On February 16, 2017 Teatr Kamienica in Warsaw was the venue of a gala summing up the 9th edition of the “Act Locally” Program. It was also the occasion to present awards in the “Tell me about…” and “Civic ...
“Act Locally” grant competitions got started
In February new local grant competitions held by a network of Act Locally Centers got started. They award grants for projects aimed at encouraging village and small town residents to start meeting their ...
The Snieżnik Massif Local Fund won the European Citizen’s Prize
The Snieżnik Massif Local Fund, one of the organizations belonging to the Act Locally Centers network, is among the winners of the European Citizen’s Prize 2016. The prize is awarded by the European Parliament ...
The “Giving Circle” for the first time in Poland
On May 19, for the first time in Poland, the “Giving Circle” crowdfunding event was held in Galeria Freta in Warsaw. The event was organized by the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland ...
The regional meeting of Act Locally Centers
On May 10, the annual regional meeting of Act Locally Centers from Wielkopolskie, Dolnośląskie and Lubuskie provinces took place in the seat of Światowid Association in Małachów. One of the main subjects ...
FIMANGO Local Advisors School launched
The objective of the FIMANGO Local Advisors School is to improve skills of the Act Locally Center representatives in the area of financial management and then involve them in the advisors’ network that ...
Andrew Nagorski visited the Act Locally Center in Warka
On March 11, Andrew Nagorski, the Chairman of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation Board of Directors, visited the participants in PAFF programs from Warka and Bończa in Mazowieckie Province. He was ...
How to effectively cooperate with donors – training for Act Locally Centers
On March 17-18, almost 100 representatives of 64 Act Locally Centers attended a training session in Warsaw, whose main subject were methods of fundraising and cooperation with local donors. The special ...
New members of the Act Locally Centers’ network visited PAFF
On January 14-15 we hosted a training session in Warsaw for nine new organizations that joined the Act Locally Centers’ network in 2015. In Spring this year, these new members will launch open local grant ...
New Act Locally Centers
The Act Locally Center network has been expanded with five new organizations that will stimulate local communities in villages and small towns by supporting various civic initiatives. In January 2016, ...
#socially #actively #locally – the 15th anniversary of “Act Locally”
The Festival of Civic Activity that was held in the Kamienica Theater in Warsaw on October 28, 2015, was an opportunity to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the “Act Locally” Program, award winners of ...
A helping of knowledge for those who act locally
Representatives of the Act Locally Centers and the PAFF Local Partnerships met in Warsaw on October 29, at the workshop on improving competence in implementation of local projects. The opening lecture ...
Meeting of the Act Locally Centers
On 5-6 March, representatives of Act Locally Centers – participants of the „Act Locally” Program met in Warsaw at a training session, inaugurated with a lecture on “25 years of self-governance” given by ...
A social activist for a local government official!?
Katarzyna Karpa-Świderek, TVN 24 Biznes i Świat (Business and the World) journalist and a volunteer for the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland talks on the prospects of working for a ...
Andrew Nagorski visited the participants of the Foundation programs
On December 3 and 4, the Chairman of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation’s Board of Directors visited participants of the Foundation programs in the vicinity of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Radom and Stoczek ...
“Act Locally” at a conference in Kiev
The best practices in implementing the “Act Locally” Program were presented at the third “Capacity Development Forum” conference which was held in Kiev on December 3-4, 2014. The conference was organized ...
“Civic Leader of the Year” and local civic leaders awarded
On October 14, Tomasz Lis, Editor-in-chief of “Newsweek Polska” weekly presented Piotr Bystrianin, President of the Salvation Foundation with the “Civic Leader of 2014” statuette during a ceremony that ...
Act Locally Centers’ network comprises 60 organizations
The Act Locally Centers network has increased by ten new organizations selected by the Competition Commission to participate in the PAFF's “Act Locally” Program. Thanks to the funds they will receive, ...
Local initiatives in Baranów Sandomierski commune
The “Local Initiatives” Gala which was held in Baranów Sandomierski on March 2nd, 2013, was an opportunity to sum up the projects carried out in this commune under the 7th edition of the “Act Locally” ...
The most interesting local activities awarded
Representatives of several dozen organizations participating in the Polish-American Freedom Foundation's “Act Locally” Program managed by the Academy for Development of Philanthropy in Poland met at the ...
