Institute of Public Affairs, Poland

Institute of Public Affairs, Poland

Institute of Public Affairs (IPA, "Instytut Spraw Publicznych") is an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank. The IPA was established in 1995 to support modernization reforms and to provide a forum for informed debate on social and political issues. It is a Public Benefit Organization as defined by Polish law.

Authorities

Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska - President of the Executive Board & Director of the Institute

Dr Jacek Kucharczyk - Director for Programming

Achievements

In November 2001 the Institute of Public Affairs was awarded a special prize and the title of “The Institution of the Year 2001” by the Pro Publico Bono Foundation.

Wide international echo was gathered by the two IPA’s publications: “The second wave of Polish reforms” and “Four Reforms - from the concept to the realisation”. In the special survey about Poland in “The Economist” these two were mentioned as one of three major sources of information (in addition to OECD reports and prof. Norman Davies’ book).

IPA was one of the most active non-government organization in preparations to the accessing referendum and the referendum campaign. It’s concept of two days voting made possible to achieve the constitutional 50% turnout.

Activity

The Institute of Public Affairs conducts research as well as societal analysis and presents policy recommendations.

IPA has prepared reform proposals for the key areas in society and politics. The Institute has a network of associates, which consists of scholars from different academic institutions as well as numerous social and political actors.The IPA publishes the results of its activities in the form of books and policy papers. It also organizes seminars, conferences and lectures. Its publications are distributed to members of parliament, government officials, the media and non-governmental organizations.

Aims

The Institute of Public Affairs aims to:
*implement projects significant for the public domain
*initiate public debates
*identify potential threats to the social fabric and anticipate future problems
*offer new ideas for policies aimed at solving existing and future problems
*act as a bridge between academia, the world of politics, the media and NGOs

More

Institute of Public Affairs is a member of many structures uniting non-government organizations e.g. [http://www.pasos.org/ PASOS] , [http://www.epin.org/index.php/ EPIN] , [http://www.euromesco.net/index.php/ EuroMeSCo network] , [http://www.wmd.org/ndri/ndri.html NDRI] and [http://www.zagranica.org.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=106/ Abroad Group] .

External links

[http://www.isp.org.pl/?PHPSESSID=f1c5f03d7aa45754bd5da4d84502cddc&ln=eng Institute of Public Affairs]


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