Krzysztof Stanowski (born April 12, 1959 in Lublin) is a Polish civic leader and educator. Member and one of the leaders of underground

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region after governmental crackdown on Solidarity after the martial law in Poland. For his activity he was arrested, spent time in jail and was released under a general amnesty in 1985. Co-funder and first Chief Scout of Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland). Undersecretary of State at the Polish

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(2007-2011).

Biography

Krzysztof Piotr Stanowski was born in Lublin, Poland. When still a secondary school he was scoutmaster of troop of disabled boys. In 1983, he graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin in the field of history. Co-founder of independent Polish scouting movement at the beginning of 1980s. Founder and later member of the governing bodies of the Independent Scouting Movement. In 1990s, co-founder of the

Scouting Association of the Republic Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej (''Scouting Association of the Republic'', ZHR) is a Polish Scouting organization founded on February 12, 1989. At present, Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej has over 17,500 members. At present, Związek Har ...

(ZHR), where he served since 1989 as the first Chief Scout (President of the Board) and later as the Secretary-General. Stanowski was the co-founder and leader of various NGOs, including

Education for Democracy Foundation Education for Democracy Foundation (''Fundacja Edukacja dla Demokracji'') is a Polish foundation, launched in 1989, which operates as a public benefit organization. History The foundation was created in 1989 on the initiative of Polish and Americ ...

, the Zagranica Group - Polish Non-Governmental Development Cooperation Organisations' Platform, as well as a member of Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy. Ashoka Fellow. He is an experienced trainer and educator active in Poland, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In the years 2007-2010 he was the under-secretary of state in the Ministry of National Education (Poland) responsible for international cooperation, the promotion of the Polish language abroad, and contacts with the NGO sector. Deputy Chair of the Council of Polish-German Youth Cooperation. Between the years 2010-2012 he was an undersecretary of state at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for development cooperation. President of Solidarity Fund PL - Polish democracy support agency (2012-2017). Since 2013 co-organizer of Polish support for the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. Co-founder and member of Civic Committee of the Solidarity with Ukraine. Since 2018 Director of International Cooperation Center at

City Office.

Awards

* Officer's Cross of the

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(2006) * Order of the Polar Star, Mongolia (2012) *

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, Poland (2013) *Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2019) * Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (2020)

Selected publications

* ''Education for Democracy Foundation'' (with

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in: ''Tolerancje Matters. International Educational Approaches, Bartelsmann Foundation Publisher''), 2003 * ''Teaching Democracy in Post-Communist Countries''. '' Journal of Democracy'' 9, no. 3 (1998): 157-165. * ''How to Win Democracy''. '' New Eastern Europe'' Issue 1/2012.

References

Living people 1959 births Ashoka Fellows Polish Scouts and Guides Politicians from Lublin Polish civil servants Polish prisoners and detainees Ashoka Poland Fellows Recipients of the Order for Merits to Lithuania Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta {{Poland-bio-stub