Be active in the East! Partnership projects
Grants under the “RITA” program can be awarded for projects supporting democratic, social and economic transformation implemented by Polish NGOs and their partner organizations from Eastern Europe, South ...
Kirklanders started their studies in Poland. Inauguration in Cracow
Under the 25th round of Kirkland Program, 37 students coming from 10 countries of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia have started their studies in Poland. The 25th jubilee round of that initiative ...
WEASA: integration and revitalization of cooperation at the time of crisis
From July 1 to July 7, 2024, the 12th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) was held. This year, the theme of the meeting was Euro-Atlantic relations and integration at the time of crisis.
Kirkland Program graduates got their diplomas
The ceremony of presenting diplomas took place at the University of Warsaw on June 27, 2024. Diplomas were given to 34 participants of the two-semester Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program in 2023/24 academic ...
“Study Tours to Poland” for students from Ukraine and Moldova
Enrollment for study tours for students from Ukraine and Moldova that will take place in the fall of 2024 is on.
Warsaw hosted this-year’s Kirklanders
The meeting of Kirkland Program scholarship holders in Warsaw is a permanent event held for the participants of that program each year. This year, the meeting was held on January 24-26.
The Kirklanders started new academic year
The venue of the opening ceremony of the new academic year for Kirkland Program scholarship holders was Lodz. The special guest at the event that took place at Prof. Wacaław Szubert Hall, University of ...
Kirklanders of 2022/23 completed their studies in Poland
The ceremony of handing over the diplomas took place at University of Warsaw on June 27, 2023. Diplomas were presented to 40 scholarship holders: 34 scholarship holders of two-semester program and 6 participants ...
“Study Tours to Poland” for students from Ukraine and Moldova
Recruitment for study tours for students to be held in October and November 2023 is on. We invite students from Moldova and Ukraine who are able to skillfully and effectively combine studying with community ...
Guests from Ukraine as Kirkland Research scholarship holders
The 3rd special round of Kirkland Research program has started. In 2022/23 academic year six people from Ukraine will run their research projects in economics and management, and management in culture ...
Kirkland Research scholarship holders got their diplomas
On January 25, 2023 the ceremony of presenting the Kirkland Research (KRES) scholarship holders of 2022/23 academic year with their diplomas took place at the Column Hall of the Faculty of History, University ...
The Kirklanders started new academic year
On September 26, the official inauguration of new Kirkland Program and Kirkland Research round took place at University of Opole. A total of 49 scholarship holders from 10 countries of Eastern Europe, ...
Lane Kirkland awarded the Medal of Gratitude
On August 31, during the Freedom Day of the European Solidarity Center in Gdańsk, Lane Kirkland, an American union activist who was distinguished for his important contributions to the Solidarity trade ...
This year’s Kirklanders have received their diplomas
The diploma giving ceremony took place in Warsaw on June 23, 2022. In 2021/22 academic year scholarships were awarded to 60 people coming from 10 countries of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus.
Kirkland Research participants got their diplomas
The ceremony of closing the 2021/2022 academic year round of Kirkland Research (KRES) scholarship program took place at the Center for East European Studies, University of Warsaw on January 28, 2022.
WEASA alumni on a study tour to Poland
The highlight of their visit was their participation in Internet Governance Forum – IGF organized in Katowice under the aegis of the United Nations.
The Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) 2021
The 9th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) took place from July 12 to July 21, 2021. Due to pandemic situation, the lectures and workshops under the “Whose technology? Whose interests? ...
This year’s Kirklanders have received their diplomas
The diploma giving ceremony took place in Warsaw on June 25 and was combined with the meeting of Kirkland Program scholarship holders held from June 24 to June 27.
20th anniversary of the “RITA” Program
Almost 60 Polish NGOs and their partner organizations in Central and Eastern European countries participated in the Ambassadors of the Region in Transition meeting held online on June 11. This year’s meeting ...
“STP” presents Local Governments’ Way To Success
We would like to invite you to watch videos made by the “Study Tours to Poland” Program Team showing experiences of local governments in the area of education, security, waste management, infrastructure, ...
This-year’s Kirklanders have started their studies in Poland
58 scholarship holders from 10 countries of Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia have started their studies in five academic centers in Poland. The inauguration ceremony of 21st round of the Lane Kirkland ...
WEASA 2020 online – a summary
The 8th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) took place from July 3 to July 10. This year the lectures and workshops on “Public Speech, Private Platforms” were exceptionally held in form ...
End of the jubilee Kirkland Program year
On June 22-25, school year-end ceremonies for scholarship holders of the twentieth round of the Lane Kirkland Program were held in five cities in Poland.
Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) – apply now!
The recruitment to the 8th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy has been launched. The Academy will be held from July 6 to July 15, 2020. The main theme will be new technologies development and ...
Warsaw hosted Kirkland scholarship holders
47 scholarship holders from 11 countries of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia are studying in Poland under the jubilee 20th round of the Kirkland Program. They met in Warsaw on January 29-31, ...
Firemen from Georgia learn about the Polish Voluntary Fire Brigades
During their week-long tour to Poland the participants visited the VBF in Nałęczów, the Security Office of the Capital City of Warsaw, the Fire Brigade Museum, the Voluntary Fire Brigade Headquarters, ...
15 years of “Study Tours to Poland”
In 2004 the first group of students from Central and Eastern Europe countries visited Poland under the “Study Tours to Poland” (STP) Program. The conference organized by the Leaders of Change Foundation ...
Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program jubilee round has been launched
On September 20, 2019 the inaugural ceremony of jubilee 20th round of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program was held at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. 47 scholarship holders from 11 countries of ...
Seventh round of WEASA
On July 9, 2019, Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) was inaugurated at the Natolin Campus of the College of Europe. It is already its seventh round.
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” ...
Reunion of the Lane Kirkland Program scholarship holders in Warsaw
On February 13-15, the participants of the 19th edition of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program gathered in Warsaw to meet diplomats dealing with Eastern policy and learn about the history of Polish transformation.
Kirkland Research scholarship holders received their diplomas
On January 25, the ceremony of presenting this year’s Kirkland Research scholarship holders with their diplomas was held at the Center of East European Studies, University of Warsaw.
Kirklanders met in Poznań
The participants of 19th round of Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program, studying in five Polish academic centers in Poland, met in Poznań on November 14-16, 2018 to get acquainted with some good practices ...
Lublin hosted new Kirklanders
On September 21 the ceremony of 19th round of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program inauguration took place at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. 45 students -holders of Kirkland scholarships ...
Scholarship for Kirklanders from Ukraine
The Leaders of Change Foundation, the Manager of Lane Kirkland Scholarships Program, in cooperation with Kosciuszko Foundation and PAFF are announcing the start of recruitment to the pilot scholarship ...
Inauguration of the 6th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy
The 6th round of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) was inaugurated at the College of Europe Natolin on July 9. The leading subject is cyber security and new technologies impact on various areas ...
Subsequent group of Kirklanders completed studies in Poland
The celebration closing the 18th round of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program took place at University of Warsaw on June 22.
Ambassadors of Transition in the Region met in Łódź
The representatives of non-governmental organizations cooperating with partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia under the PAFF “Region in Transition” (RITA) Program met in Łódź on May 25-26, 2018.
Kirklanders initiated the process of creating the promotional strategy for Brest
On April 5, the Tourism Potential of Brest. Strategy Development international conference organized by Yauhen Skrabutan, a Lane Kirkland Scholarships alumnus took place in Brest, Belarus. The event was ...
Meeting of Kirklanders in Kraków
On March 21-23, the Lane Kirkland Program scholarships holders met in Kraków on a third reunion organized for the participants of the Program 2017/18 round. Such periodic meetings of Kirklanders studying ...
Sharing Polish local government experience with Ukraine
As part of the support for local government reform in Ukraine, the RP Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Kharkov had invited representatives of the “Study Tours to Poland” (STP) Program to ...
Kirklanders’ meeting in Poznań
On November 22-24, 2017 the Kirkland Program scholarship holders had their meeting. The participants of 18th round, who are studying in several academic centers in Poland, met in Poznań to learn about ...
Kirklanders started their courses
47 scholarship holders from 5 East European and South Caucasus countries started their studies. On September 21, a ceremonious opening of 18th round of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program took place ...
This year’s Kirklanders received their diplomas
On June 26, 2017, in the Column Hall at the Institute of History, University of Warsaw, 43 scholarship holders from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan – participants of Kirkland ...
Nałeczów and Lublin hosted the Kirklanders
The congress of Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program participants was held on May 10-12, 2017. Those who take part in 17th round of the program and study in various academic centers in Poland met in Nałęczów ...
“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 ...
“Klasna shkola” – “School with Class” in Ukraine
From August 23 to 25, 2016, the workshops for female mentors of the “Klasna shkola” program, a counterpart of the “School with Class” initiative, were held in Lvov. The most active participants of the ...
16th edition of the Kirkland Program completed
The closing ceremony of the 16th Lane Kirkland Scholarships Program took place on 29 June in the Ballroom of the Tyszkiewicz Palace of the University of Warsaw. Diplomas were awarded to 45 scholarship ...
“Ambassadors of Transitions in the Region” met for 13th time
Almost 60 representatives of Polish NGOs carrying out projects in cooperation with their partners from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan took part in the 13th meeting of ...
The Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA) for the second time
From July 6 to July 19, 43 young professionals from the Eastern Partnership countries took part in a series of workshops on sharing Polish experiences in the area of the European integration, political ...
Inauguration of the Kirkland Program in 2015/16 academic year
45 scholarship holders from 8 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have started their university courses in Poland. On September 18, a ceremony opening the 16th round of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship ...
The third edition of WEASA
The third edition of Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy – WEASA was held at the College of Europe Natolin from June 29 – July 10, 2015. WEASA is a joint initiative of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation ...
The 15th edition of the Kirkland Program completed
The closing ceremony of the 15th edition of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program was held in the Ball Room of Tyszkiewiczów Palace, University of Warsaw, on June 25. The Special Guests were Minister Jacek ...
Andrew Nagorski was a guest at the “Ambassadors of Transition in the Regions” meeting
The meeting of the “Ambassadors of Transition in the Regions” within the “Region in Transition” (RITA) Program took place in Warsaw on June 6-7, 2014. The special guest at the event was Andrew Nagorski, ...
Anniversary of the “Study Tours to Poland”
Ten years ago Poland was visited by the first group of students from Central and Eastern European countries under the “Study Tour to Poland” (STP) initiative. The jubilee meeting organized by the “Borussia” ...
15 years of PAFF in 5 Episodes
Fifteen years ago PAFF started its programs’ implementation. We would like to invite you to see the six-episode video presenting the history of the Foundation and its activities aimed at supporting education, ...
The 5th Conference of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program Alumni
Almost 300 people from 11 countries attended the 5th Conference of the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program Alumni. The special guests of the congress were Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, Jarosław Pietras and ...
The this-year Kirkland scholarship holders met in Warsaw
The integration congress of the 2014/15 Kirkland Program scholarship holders took place in Warsaw on January 28-30. Among other things, the scholarship holders met Vice Marshal of Polish Sejm Marek Kuchciński ...
“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 ...
The 2014/15 Kirklanders have started studies in Poland
45 scholarship holders from seven East European and Central Asian countries have started their studies in Poland under the 15th edition of the Lane Kirkland Scholarships Program. The inaugural ceremony ...
Meeting of „three generations” of Kirkland Program scholarship holders
One of the traditions of the Kirkland Program are annual meetings of “three generations” of the scholarship holders from Ukraine. Such meetings take place at the Embassy of Poland in Kyiv at the end of ...
“LES” workshops for teachers from Belarus
The workshops held under the “Learning Schools” Program with participation of teachers from Belarus took place in the PAFF Representative Office in Warsaw on August 25-27. Fourteen Belarusian formative ...
The Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA)
On July 15-26 in Warsaw experts and analysts from the EU Eastern Partnership countries participated in the Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy – WEASA, a summer school co-organized by the College of Europe, ...
Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA)
The offer of two-week course taking place in Natolin Campus in Warsaw in July and addressed to experts - such as analysts, political and government advisors, think tanks and NGOs employees, civil servants, ...
Study visits to Poland for professionals
The offer is addressed to representatives of local governments, central governments, central state institutions, non-governmental organizations, media, educational sector, and other groups of professionals ...
“RITA” grant competition – partnership projects
Grants can be awarded for projects designed by Polish NGOs and their partners from countries of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. The projects shall support implementing democratic, social, ...
“Region in Transition” (RITA) – co-financing
A possibility to obtain own contribution or co-financing for implementation of a large initiative for which a grant was obtained from other sources – public, private, Polish or foreign - for implementation ...
Internships – Kirkland Research Program
The offer of a one-semester research internship for citizens of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan with well-established scientific ...
Lane Kirkland Scholarships
During the two-semester study courses at Polish universities the scholarship holders from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan can ...
Internships – Kirkland Research Program
The offer of one-semester research internship for people with established position of scholars, coming from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, ...
Grants for visits abroad
A possibility to fund visits by Polish NGO representatives to the countries covered by the "RITA" program, that is Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ...
“RITA” grant competition – partnership projects
Grants can be awarded for projects designed by Polish NGOs and their partners from countries of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. The projects shall support implementing democratic, social, ...
