The Stefan Batory Foundation

News

Events and announcements

We are mourning

Bronisław Geremek

Outstanding Pole and European
Founder of Solidarity and Free Poland
Great politician, diplomat and academic

We were honored to use His counsel as a member of our Council

Stefan Batory Foundation Council, Board and staff

On June 26, 2008 we organized a conference Russian Gas in Europe with participation of experts on energy issues from Russia and European Union.

Due to the technical problems in the office of our Ukraine partner the date of submitting the letters of intent in the Community Initiatives Partnership program for projects implemented together with Ukrainian organizations was prolonged to July 15, 2008.

We are launching a new grantmaking program Civic Dialogue addressed to coalitions of non-governmental organizations from Visegrad countries involved in the efforts aimed to enhance the role of civil society in public life, build civic dialogue and influence public policy The application guidelines will be announced in October.

Our annual report for 2007 is posted on our website. Printed version is available on demand: informacja@batory.org.pl

Recent publications

Friendly EU Border. Monitoring of New EU Border and European Visa Policy project

What can be changed regarding visas? Visa policy upon Poland’s accession to the Schengen Zone (June 2008). Analysis of the impact which last changes had on the situation of Eastern neighbors of Poland as well as necessary actions concerning Polish visa policy [PDF 157 KB]
Gateways to Europe. Checkpoints on the EU External Land Border (2008). The report presents the results of a monitoring project of external EU land border crossing points, carried out in 2007 in Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania [PDF 1661 KB]
How to avoid an iron curtain between the EU and Belarus (January 2008). A petition to lower the price of visas from €60 to €35 for Belarusian citizens signed by former presidents – Václav Havel, Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Wałęsa. [PDF 294 KB]