Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego

News

Since the Russian aggression against Ukraine, in solidarity with Ukrainians we are working for European support for their fight for freedom. We give voice to the citizens of Ukraine by organizing together with weekly magazine “Polityka” a series of debates “Voices of Ukraine”. What makes the Ukrainian resistance so effective, and why is the Ukrainian society so resilient? What do the Ukrainians want with regard to the European Union, NATO, and other alliances? What is the reconstruction of the country following the war supposed to look like? We talk to Ukrainian experts, journalists and people of culture.

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Philanthropy Statement of solidarity and support to the people of Ukraine

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the unjust and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and condemn the continued aggression of the Russian regime, we remain committed to supporting an independent, resilient, secure and sustainable Ukraine.

Active Citizens – National Fund

Active Citizens – National Fund Projects browser

Do you want to learn more about the projects implemented by our Grantees? Are you interested in initiatives undertaken for the benefit of specific social groups? Do you have a desire to look for inspiration for your own actions? We encourage you to use our new tool on the website - a project search engine. We are working on it all the time and will improve it on an ongoing basis.

Debate

Great Crisis or Great Change? The role of the EU in global systemic transformation

A debate by The Club of Rome, Open Society Foundation, Systemiq and Stefan Batory Foundation about "International System Change Compass. The Global Implications of Achieving the European Green Deal" report laying out the systems change needed for a globally just and sustainable European Green Deal.

News

Letter of civil organizations to the OSCE on the 2023 parliamentary elections

Social organizations dealing with various aspects of the elections - including the Batory Foundation - have sent a letter to the OSCE, encouraging it to send a full observation mission to Poland to look not only at events on voting day and during the election campaign, but also at everything that takes place long before it officially begins.

News

Statement on the judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court

The Supreme Administrative Court has issued a ruling on the Batory Foundation’s obligation to consider Ordo Iuris Foundation’s request for public information regarding the Citizens for Democracy programme carried out by the Foundation in 2013-2016 from the EEA Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants) 2009-2014. The ruling may affect the situation of many foundations in Poland.

culture

Łódź art museum epitomises failures of Polish government’s cultural policy

Poland’s ministry of culture and national heritage recently announced an open competition recruiting for a new director of the Museum of Art (Muzeum Sztuki) in Łódź. This could be a chance to stave off the crisis that the government has created within the last few months. But there is one condition: the recruitment process itself must be well organised, with the person selected having the knowledge and competences to guarantee the smooth running of one of the most important cultural institutions not only in Poland, but in the whole region – writes Piotr Kosiewski.

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Partnership for enlargement: a new way to integrate Ukraine and the EU’s eastern neighbourhood

Russia’s war on Ukraine puts the entire future European order at risk. It is already forcing a profound reconsideration of the EU’s and its neighbours’ interests. The EU needs to devise a new approach to its neighbourhood, similar to the way in which it has rapidly enhanced its security and economic policies to respond to the threat. The EU should establish a Partnership for Enlargement that offers Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Western Balkans states concrete steps towards deeper integration – writes Kai-Olaf Lang nad Piotr Buras.

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Voices of Ukraine

When following the news on Russian aggression in Ukraine, we have no doubt that this is where the future is now being made, and that it will largely depend on the men and women of Ukraine. That is why we invite Ukrainian experts, publicists and journalists, as well as people of culture, to talk to us. What makes the Ukrainian resistance so effective, and why is the Ukrainian society so resilient? What are the limitations of a peace agreement? What do the Ukrainians want with regard to the European Union, NATO, and other alliances? What will the relations between Ukraine and its neighbouring countries be like? Let’s hear what they have to say!

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Ukraine Solidarity Fund

We launched the Ukraine Solidarity Fund that offers institutional support to social organisations that provide systematic and long-term assistance to people fleeing war in Ukraine. Grants can be awarded to organisations providing direct humanitarian, medical, legal, psychological, social assistance to people crossing the border, as well as those offering long-term support in Poland (including assistance in finding accommodation and employment, child care, adaptation to new conditions, etc.).

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Appeal for equal treatment of people fleeing war in Ukraine

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, people fleeing attacks by Russian troops have been coming to Poland. They include Ukrainian citizens as well as people from other countries who have found their home in Ukraine. We should remember that they are all fleeing from the same enemy and are in the same situation. They must all be allowed into Poland and treated on an equal basis. Hence, both the actions at the border itself and the regulations planned by the Polish Government must extend the same level of assistance and protection to all those fleeing.

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Standing in solidarity with Ukraine

We, the representatives of civil society organisations in Poland, strongly protest against the attack on independent Ukraine by the troops of the Russian Federation. We express solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine, forced to fight militarily in defence of their country, and all the victims of the aggression, which has been going on since 2014 and to this day has brought death to thousands of people while forcing millions to leave their homes. In this terrible hour of trial you are not alone!

Ukraine

Сила цінностей

В Європі триває війна. 24 лютого 2022 року війська Російської Федерації заатакували Україну. Збройні Сили України дали рішучу відсіч агресору, завдаючи йому великих втрат. Українська держава та її інституції функціонують безперервно, політична влада на загальнодержавному та локальному рівні діє в рамках суспільного мандату. Водночас триває евакуація цивільного населення з теренів, безпосередньо охоплених воєнними діями. Тисячі людей вирушили у напрямку західних регіонів України, багато осіб вирішує перетнути кордон.

Rule of law

The rule of law in Poland in 2021

The contributions included in the present document on the rule of law in Poland, in 2021 are submitted by civil society organisations to the European Commission within the framework of the targeted stakeholder consultation the European Commission launched in relation to its 2022 Annual Rule of Law Report. The document follows the structure and applies the headings of the European Commission’s stakeholder consultation survey.

Debate

Should the EU fear Polexit?

The ruling of the government-controlled Constitutional Tribunal opens the next stage of the political and legal confrontation between the Polish government and the European Union. During the online debate by ECFR Warsaw and ideaForum of the Batory Foundation we will discuss what are the consequences of judgment for Poland and for the European Union. We will ask experts whether Poland has actually entered the path of polexit and what the EU should do to defend its legal space and protect the authority of the CJEU.

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Czy Minister Edukacji i Nauki może zagłodzić Polską Akademię Nauk w zemście za nieprawomyślne badania naukowe?

Dawid Sześciło

Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji cenzorem: kara nałożona na TOK FM

Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska

Sytuacja finansowa samorządów na koniec 2022 roku – niebezpieczne tendencje

Julita Łukomska,
Paweł Swianiewicz

Równe szanse od początku. Usługi edukacyjno-opiekuńcze dla najmłodszych

Anna Kowalewska
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Środek ciężkości czy ciężar średniości – polityka bezpieczeństwa pod rządami Zjednoczonej Prawicy

Łukasz Pawłowski

System nawigacji katastrof

Urszula Schwarzenberg-Czerny

Społeczny projekt ustawy o Trybunale Konstytucyjnym

Polsko-ukraińska dyplomacja samorządowa w obliczu wojny

Igor Ksenicz

Po protestach – co proponuje rząd osobom z niepełnosprawnościami i ich opiekunom

Rafał Bakalarczyk

Zeitenwende. Jak wojna w Ukrainie zmienia Niemcy

Piotr Buras

Indeks Samorządności. 2023

Dawid Sześciło
and others

The draft law on the Polish Constitutional Tribunal: Genesis and key proposals

Tomasz Zalasiński

Nowelizacja ustawy o referendum lokalnym – czy służy wzmocnieniu demokracji lokalnej?

Hubert Izdebski

2023 Rule of Law Report – targeted stakeholder consultation

Act on the Supreme Court after the Senate’s amendments: Poland closer to RRF funds?

Maciej Taborowski

Wojna, pokój, przyszłość. Komentarz

Edwin Bendyk

Ustawa o Sądzie Najwyższym po poprawkach Senatu: Polska bliżej środków z KPO? Komentarz

Maciej Taborowski

Populizm i demokracja: romans czy dysonans?

Stan demokracji lokalnej a populizm. Komentarz

Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska

Zewnętrzna ingerencja w wybory. Komentarz

Łukasz Pawłowski

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