Institute of Public Affairs (IPA, ''Instytut Spraw Publicznych'') is an independent,

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. 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

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Staff

Jacek Kucharczyk has been the president of the IPA executive board since 2009; previously he was the Institute's director for programming. Previously,

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska Professor Lena Barbara Kolarska-Bobińska (born 3 December 1947 in Prague) is a Polish sociologist, academic and political figure. Most recently, she served as the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education from 2013 to 2015. In order to tak ...

served as president of the executive board and director of the Institute from 1997 to 2009.

Achievements

In November 2001, the institute was awarded a special prize and the title of “The Institution of the Year 2001” by the

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. 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 “

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” these two were mentioned as one of three major sources of information (in addition to

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reports and Prof. Norman Davies’ book). IPA was one of the most active

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in preparations to the accessing referendum and the referendum campaign. Its concept of two-day voting paved the way for the constitutional 50%

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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

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Institute of Public Affairs is a member of many structures uniting non-government organizations e.g
PASOS

EPIN The European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) is a network of 31 think tanks from most EU member states and beyond. Its main focus is on current EU and European political and policy debates. EPIN aims to contribute to the debate on the future of E ...

EuroMeSCo network
an
Abroad Group

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