ANNUAL REPORT 2012
Prof. Bronisław Geremek Centre
In 2012 the Foundation conducted activities in 3 areas: promotion of the works and
person of Bronisław Geremek, foreign affairs and education. We also continued
ongoing projects: cataloging of Bronisław Geremek's library and archive, lectures in the
reading room, publication projects, educational projects for students and teachers, open
university debates, an international conference dedicated to Prof. Geremek and a
Polish-Lithuanian project.
Furthermore, the Foundation launched several new undertakings, including the
historical competition "Solidarity Olympiad. Two Decades of History", and an
exhibition of photos by the banned Chinese artist Liu Xia. This year saw the publication
of a selection of Bronisław Geremek's European writings titled "Nasza Europa" (Our
Europe); we also plan the publication by the end of 2012 of "Eseje polityczne Istvána
Bibó" (Political essays of István Bibó).
2012 marked the 80th birth anniversary of the Foundation's Patron, highlighted with a
special lecture and concert at the National Philharmonic.
I. PROMOTION OF THE WORKS AND PERSON OF BRONISŁAW GEREMEK
1. 80th birth anniversary of Professor Bronisław Geremek
• Lecture by Prof. Jerzy Jedlicki What will they call the 21st Century?, 21 March 2012 ,
Lecture Hall of the Warsaw University Old Library. The Rector of Warsaw University,
Prof. Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow, was the event patron and Jarosław Kurski its
moderator. The event video is available at www.geremek.pl.
• Gala concert at the National Philharmonic - the Saint John Passion by Johann Sebastian
Bach was performed by Le Concert Lorrain, Nederlands Kamerkoor and soloists Ruth
Ziesak, Andreas Scholl, Eric Stoklossa, James Gilchrist, Dietrich Henschel and York Felix
Speer. Christoph Prégardien was the conductor. After the concert the Foundation organized a
soiree in the Philharmonic foyer, commemorating Prof. Geremek. The guests included First
Lady Anna Komorowska and Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz, as well as Bronisław
Geremek's friends, collaborators and family.
2. Evening commemorating Prof. Geremek
On 2 June 2012 Warsaw's Lazienki Park hosted celebrations marking the third anniversary
of the Professor Bronisław Geremek Centre Foundation. The date of this annual event
refers to the parliamentary elections of 1989. In addition to commemorating the Professor, it
also promotes the Foundation itself. The programme comprised a concert by the Soyka
Quintet and a reception at the Palace on the Island. Among the one hundred guests were the
Foundation's financial and institutional partners.
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3. Publication projects
2012 saw the publication, jointly with Universitas Publishers, of a collection of writings by
Bronisław Geremek on European topics. The book titled Nasza Europa (Our Europe)
appeared in October. The selection of writings was preceded by a thorough search of the
Foundation's assets, libraries and the Internet. The introduction was penned by Aleksander
Smolar.
A collection of essays by István Bibó was also prepared this year. In addition to The Jewish
Question, already familiar to Polish readers, the book includes previously unpublished
studies: The Misery of the Small Eastern European States, German Political Hysteria and
Reflections on the Social Development of Europe. The book will reach bookshops before the
end of the year.
Work is proceeding on a publication titled Alfabet Profesora Geremka (Professor Geremek's
Alphabet). It will comprise a selection of comments on current social and political issues. The
Alphabet is composed of some fifty entries about persons and events, compiled out of
excerpts of Prof. Bronisław Geremek's books, essays, studies, speeches and interviews with
him. The entries include "democracy, "history", "society", "science", "Solidarity" and "the
opposition".
4. Educational path "Professor Geremek's Warsaw" - continuation of works from 2011
Prof. Bronisław Geremek's life was closely connected to Warsaw: it was here that he lived,
studied, conducted research, lectured and also became involved in civic and political activity,
both in the times of the Polish People's Republic and after the political breakthrough in 1989.
The path is being established with middle and secondary school students in mind. The
participants will be able to familiarize themselves with places connected with the Professor's
life and political activity. They include the History Institute of the Polish Academy of
Sciences, the campus of Warsaw University, the Sejm and Senate, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Selected urban landmarks will correspond to the respective periods of Prof.
Geremek's life and the different dimensions of his public activity. Persons covering the path
will be able to visit some of the buildings (the Sejm, the Foreign Ministry, the Rectorate of
Warsaw University) and meet invited guests (e.g. Prof. Bronisław Geremek's former
collaborators).
5. Reading room and archive
The Prof. Bronisław Geremek Centre runs a reading room where visitors have access to
materials concerning the Foundation's Patron and to his library.
In 2012 we finished inventorying Prof. Geremek's library. Also this year, the reading room
increased its assets through bequests.
Prof. Wiktor Osiatyński donated 182 books on political sciences, law, philosophy, and
history. The books complement the existing collection through their subject matter; many of
them - published in the United States - are unique.
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Another donation comprising 400 items - most of them enriching the Culture collection - was
made by Julian Bojmart.
By the end of the year we will also acquire, at modest payment, part of the dissolved Agora
library: some 900 selected books and archival materials (mainly biographical in content,
devoted to the democratic opposition and foreign cooperation).
Moreover, the reading room constantly expands its collection to meet the needs of the
educational activities conducted by the Foundation.
Work is progressing on an on-line publications
catalogue. It is accessible at
www.katalog.geremek.pl , and currently comprises 3540 items (including many periodicals).
The catalogue is also accessible though the Mazowiecki Library Information System (a joint
catalogue affiliating all the participants in the library and reading room project of the
Mazowieckie Voivodship) and Digital Mazovia - Mazowiecki System of Regional
Information.
Works continued this year on inventorying the Professor's private archive.
In 2012 sixteen persons conducted archival searches in the Foundation's assets. Most of the
materials obtained were used in the preparation of BA and Ph.D. theses. In Germany,
Reinhold Vetter is working on a biography of Bronisław Geremek. Institutions seeking
information in the Foundation's assets included Academia Europea, the Institute of CentralEastern Europe, the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Chancellery
of the President, the Karta Centre and Warsaw University.
This year we prepared a leaflet about the reading room and the possibility of library
internships. Starting in October the Foundation will be receiving archival science majors from
the Warsaw University History Institute.
6. Lectures at the reading room
In 2012 we conducted further lectures in the Man of Exclusion cycle, initiated last year. We
also started a new series of meetings titled Man of the Borderland.
Man of Exclusion
● Prof. Janusz Czapiński, 21 March 2012. Third meeting in the cycle. The lecturer - a
social psychologist who is on the staff of the Social Psychology Chair of the Psychology
Faculty of Warsaw University - presented a partial analysis of the Social Diagnosis panel
studies, which he has headed for several years.
● Non-Person - meeting with documentary film maker Andrzej Titkow, 4 April 2012.
Non-Person refers to the formula of radical exclusion of a person, who - as a result of actions
by political authorities - becomes deprived of the right to exist in public space. During the
meeting Andrzej Titkow presented his films Z pamięci (From memory) and Piękni
dwudziestoletni (Beautiful twenty-year-olds), about writers Andrzej Bursa and Marek
Hłasko.
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Man of the Borderland
● Krzysztof Czyżewski, 15 May 2012. The meeting constituted an attempt to sketch the
ethos of the man of the borderland - a peculiar attitude, way of thinking, acting and
perceiving the world shaped in the conditions of a multicultural society.
● Piotr Matywiecki, Polish-Jewish Identity. Conflict? Harmony? Problem?, 27 November
2012. An autobiographical perspective of the Polish-Jewish identity, which rejects the
soothing point of view of contemporary cultural syncretism, replacing it with a vivid
awareness of the border.
Each lecture is attended by 20 to 40 people, primarily representatives of the academic
community and students. The lectures are recorded by the Rural Development Foundation and
in digital form are accessible in the multimedia library of the Foundation's website.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
1. Dialogue between nations: Polish-Lithuanian project
The initiative is designed to enhance rapprochement between the peoples of Poland and
Lithuania. Last year's mutual study visits by Polish and Lithuanian journalists demonstrated
the need for deeper mutual knowledge of the two societies. The Prof. Bronisław Geremek
Centre, working together with the Polish Institute of International Affairs and Lithuanian
partners - the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University
and the Confederation of Lithuanian Business Employers - is preparing a Report on the
Mutual Perception of Poles and Lithuanians. The related quantitative research was
conducted in Poland and Lithuania with focus on the district of Sejny in Poland and Vilnius in
Lithuania. The poll results will be supplemented with interviews with politicians,
intellectuals and businessmen from the two countries. Publication of the report is planned in
the first quarter of 2013. Its conclusions will be unveiled during two debates at Warsaw
University and Vilnius University.
The Foundation was involved in the establishment of an association called the PolishLithuanian Cooperation and Dialogue Forum. The founding meeting took place on 7
December 2012, when the participants adopted the association's statutes and elected its
officers. Prof. Henryk Samsonowicz became chairman. The founding members include
persons connected with with the Polish History Museum, the PEN Club and the association
Otwarta Polska (Open Poland). The Forum has the goal of promoting Polish-Lithuanian
cooperation . It wants to develop programmes that promote good practices in mutual
relations, counter negatives stereotypes, facilitate educational initiatives (including youth
exchanges) and organize discussions and conferences.
2. Open debates
Debates on the language of public discourse - continuation of 2011 cycle
The cycle is intended to stimulate reflection on the process of multidimensional involvement
of language in contemporary social and political life.
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● Freedom of speech and hate language, 6 March 2012, Warsaw University Library.
Partners: the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Association Against Anti-Semitism and
Xenophobia Open Republic.
Debate participants: Jacques Dewitte (philosopher, writer, translator into French of Leszek
Kołakowski's works), Elke Gryglewska (political scientist and American studies specialist,
staff member of the memorial and educational site House of the Wannsee Conference), Paula
Sawicka (psychologist, chairwoman of the Open Republic). Moderator: Konstanty Gebert
(journalist).
Lemkin Debates - continuation of 2011 cycle
The Lemkin debates commemorate the work of Rafał Lemkin - Polish lawyer, originator of
the term genocide and co-author of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide. The meetings focus on the junction of human rights and international
politics.
● Who needs humanitarian aid?, 9 May 2012, Warsaw University Library
Partner: Polish Humanitarian Action
Discussion participants: Linda Polman (Dutch journalist, author of The Crisis Caravan:
What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?), Patrick de Saint-Exupéry (French journalist, former
correspondent for Le Figaro in Liberia and Rwanda), Grzegorz Gruca (Polish Humanitarian
Action board member). Konstanty Gebert was the meeting moderator.
Other debates
● Secret CIA prisons: Polish State Crime?, 19 April 2012, Warsaw University Library.
Organizers: Kultura Liberalna, Helsinki Human Rights Foundation. The Geremek Foundation
was a partner.
The debate participants: Wiesław Chrzanowski (law professor, former justice minister),
Henryk Wujec (opposition activist during the period of the PPR, currently adviser to the
president on social affairs), Karolina Wigura (sociologist, journalist, member of the Kultura
Liberalna editing board). The meeting was moderated by Paweł Marczewski from Kultura
Liberalna.
● Citizen Havel, 18 June 2012, Gazeta Wyborcza
The debate was connected with the publication in late 2011 of Power of the Powerless and
Other Essays, sponsored by the Geremek Foundation.
The meeting and debate participants: Bishop Václav Malý (former Charter 77 spokesman,
human rights campaigner, co-founder of the Civic Forum), Jan Lityński (opposition activist
during the period of the PPR, currently adviser to the president on contacts with political
parties and communities), Andrzej S. Jagodziński (translator, writer, director of the Polish
Institute in Bratislava). The discussion was moderated by Father Tomasz Dostatni
(Dominican friar, writer).
The debate was accompanied by the opening of a photo exhibition titled Vaclav Havel,
the Citizen.
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● Human rights - from the Helsinki Final Act to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights,
9 November 2012. Organizer: Human Rights Section of the Faculty of Law and
Administration of Warsaw University.
Discussion participants: Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Prof. Mirosław Wyrzykowski, Prof.
Andrzej Friszke, Adam Kozieł, Józef Pinior and Anna Machińska.
● Debate on Alain Touraine's essay After the Crisis recently published in Poland ,
17 December 2012, Warsaw University Library. Partner: the Warsaw University Centre of
French Culture and Francophone Studies.
Discussion participants: Prof. Alain Touraine, Marcin Frybes, Prof. Ireneusz Krzemiński.
Moderators: Izabela Wagner, Paul Gradvohl.
INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO
PROFESSOR BRONISŁAW GEREMEK CHINA-EUROPE; NEW QUALITY OF
RELATIONSHIPS
20-21 September 2012, Lazienki Park in Warsaw.
This was the third successive conference devoted to EU foreign policy. After Euro-Atlantic
issues and EU-Russia relations, this year's meeting focused on relations between China and
the European Union. The conference partners included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
College of Europe, the Royal Lazienki Museum, PKN Orlen and Orange Polska. Media
patrons: Gazeta Wyborcza and Caixin - China Economics and Finance.
The two-day conference attracted almost 200 participants, mainly representatives of research
institutions, experts, diplomats and journalists.
Conference programme:
Panel I: China-Europe: mutual perception of power, interests and values
Bernt Berger (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), Robert Legvold (Director,
Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative), Qiang Li (political science professor, Beijing University),
Wenyu Xu (professor of modern Chinese literature , Beijing College of Political Science and
Law). Dariusz Rosati was the moderator.
Panel II: Chinese experience: political and economic model
Jasper Becker (long-time European press correspondent in China), Jean-Philippe Béja
(sinologist and political scientist at the CNRS), Alexander Dynkin (Director, Institute of
World Economy and International Relations - IMEMO), Cui Hongjian (philosopher and
political scientist, Director of European Studies). Paweł Świeboda was the moderator.
Panel III: EU-China relationships: adversaries and rivals vs competitors and partners?
Jonathan Holslag (Institute of Contemporary China Studies), Vincent Weifeng Ni (New York
correspondent for Caixin Media), Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Member of the European
Parliament), Rodric Wye (Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs,
Chatham House). Adam Daniel Rotfeld was the moderator.
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EDUCATION
1. Through modernity to history - Bronisław Geremek historical workshops
2012 saw the continuation and development of the programme Through Modernity to History
- Bronisław Geremek historical workshops. The goal is to stimulate young people's interest
in history - particularly modern history - and to promote historical knowledge as an
important instrument in understanding the contemporary world. It constitutes a response to the
inadequate treatment of modern history in school curricula. The programme allows young,
humanities-oriented people to deepen their knowledge through ambitious literature and peer
discussions.
In the course of the project the Foundation organizes a cycle of lectures for middle and
secondary school students and grants them monthly 200 PLN stipends.
School year 2011/2012
Middle school second- and third-form students and secondary school first-form students
continued their education in three age groups, initiated in the autumn of 2011.
Polish Group - the workshop topics included "Attitudes of Poles to the Holocaust", "Was the
2nd Republic a tolerant state", "Dispute over martial law", "The Round Table: was there
another way?"
European Group - the participants focused on such contemporary topics as the Scandinavian
welfare state, legacy of the Spanish civil war , Russia after communism and the genesis of the
uniting Europe.
Global Group - the discussion concentrated on such current world issues as the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, China's growing power, the consequences of Africa's decolonization and
the world position of the USA.
The Foundation arranged meetings with public figures for project participants.
● 11 February 2012: meeting with Marcin Wojciechowski, long-time correspondent of
Gazeta Wyborcza in Moscow and Kiev. The youngster inquired about elections in Russia, the
political situation in Ukraine, Russia's role in the Middle East and Central Asia and civic
protests in Russia.
● 24 February 2012: meeting with Max Cegielski, a journalist, culture animator and traveler.
The students discussed Turkey, Pakistan and India. The discussion touched on cultural
differences between different civilizations and the dangers inherent in a Europe-centered
perception of the present-day world.
● 26 May 2012: meeting with Maciej Stasiński, a journalist and specialist on Latin America.
The Polish Group went on a trip to Lodz with the goal of seeking out traces of the culture of
the city's Jewish community. The youngsters visited the Jewish Cemetery and the Reicher
Synagogue.
The 2011/2012 edition of the programme was summed up in a closing ceremony at the
Lazienki Park on 22 June 2012. The students impressed their teachers, parents and friends
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with presentations reflecting the effects of their year-long work: The Columbian drug cartels:
a problem for Columbia, the US or the whole world?, The Irish-English conflict and The
socio-economic system of the Polish People's Republic.
Thirty-two students took part in the 2011/2012 edition.
School year 2012/2013
This year the Foundation launched a new edition of the programme. Young people were
enrolled in the Polish, global and European groups. An additional group on tolerance was
established for second-form secondary school students.
Workshops devoted to antidiscrimination analyze the nature of prejudices, the causes of
discrimination and its varieties. Five meeting are planned.
Forty-seven students are taking part in the 2012/2013 edition of the programme.
On 13-14 October 2012 the secondary school students took went on an awayday to Sejny,
where they participated in activities arranged by the Pogranicze Foundation, with particular
reference to the multicultural traditions of a region inhabited by Poles, Lithuanians, and
Russians, and in the past - also by Jews.
On 27-28 October 2012 the middle school groups went on a trip to Krakow. The programme
included a visit to the Schindler Factory, a climb to the top of Kosciuszko Mound and a
lecture at the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec.
On 24 November 2012 the youngsters met with Adam Kozieł, activist of the Helsinki
Foundation for Human Rights and coordinator of the Human Rights in Tibet programme. The
participants considered actions that might enhance a peaceful solution of the Tibet problem
and ensure the observance of the Tibetans' fundamental rights.
The programme will run until June 2013.
2. Poland in the 20th century - all-national Bronisław Geremek historical workshops
The programme - addressed to both students and teachers - focuses on key developments in
Poland's 20th century history that are the subject of debate within the community of historians
and among the public in general. The diverse activities include workshops, debates and
meetings with historians and participants in the events under discussion. The programme
makes use of a wide array of didactical materials including films, literature, posters, photos,
and archival recordings.
School year 2012/2013
In 2012 the Foundation continued the educational programme initiated in October 2011. Its
goal, as in the case of the project "Through Modernity to History", is the stimulation of
interest in modern history. Local communities frequently lack an interesting educational offer
for youngsters and teachers so the project is addressed to people from outside Warsaw. The
participants are first-form secondary school students from across Poland and their teachers.
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The programme includes a multicultural walk through Warsaw, a visit to the Warsaw
Uprising Museum, and meetings with opposition activists from the time of the Polish
People's Republic. The teachers took part in workshops that incorporated German
propaganda posters from the period of WWII, news reels from the period of the PPR
and archival recordings. The meetings were held in Warsaw in the form of weekend
conventions: on 10-11 March 2012, 21-22 April 2012 and 19-20 May 2012. The visits to
Warsaw were supplemented with a cultural programme (theatre shows, concerts etc.).
In the spring of 2012 the programme participants went on a trip to Strasbourg, where they
observed the work of European institutions. The trip was organized and financed by Member
of the European Parliament Paweł Kowal.
The conclusion of the project took place on 20 May at a ceremony at the headquarters of a
project partner, the PZU Company. The participants heard a lecture by PZU Chairman
Andrzej Klesyk on the economic consequences of the political transformations after 1989.
Other project partners: the Prof. Roman Czarnecki Educational Foundation, the Warsaw
Centre for Educational-Social Innovation and Training, the History Meeting House and the
Institute of National Remembrance.
The participants in this edition included 20 school students and 13 teachers from Jelenia
Gora, Lublin, Bialystok, Gdansk, Szczecin, Rymanów (Podkarpackie Voivodship) and Gąbin
(Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship).
School year 2012/2013
This year's edition is similar to that of the year before. We have invited secondary school
first- form students with their teachers. The programme is national in scope.
The conventions will take place on 15-16 December 2012, 23-24 March 2013, 13-14 April
2013 and 18-19 May 2013.
Taking part in the programme are 23 students from across Poland and 13 teachers. The
participants live in Rymanów, Murowana Goślina, Chojnice, Mielec, Bialystok, Jelenia Gora,
Gąbin, Gdynia, Lublin, Starachowice and Szczecin.
3. Poland in the 20th Century - non-Warsaw edition
This programme is addressed to the graduates (students and teachers) of the 2011 programme
Poland in the 20th Century. During the evaluation of the project in June the most active
teachers proposed continuation of the related educational undertakings in their towns. The
participants from four towns prepared an original programme of visits tied in to the local
history.
The first convention was held in Gdansk, on 27-28 October 2012. The students took part in
workshops organized at the European Solidarity Centre, toured the Gdansk Shipyard and
learned about its history as seen through the eyes of women who took part in the shipyard
protests of the Eighties. They were also told about the Freedom and Peace movement. Further
conventions will be conducted in Bialystok (March 2013), Lublin (April 2013) and Jelenia
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Gora (May 2013). The programme of the visits is being prepared by the students and
teachers. The Geremek Foundation provides financial support.
4. Solidarity Olympiad. Two Decades of History.
The Geremek Foundation - together the with Solidarity Centre Foundation from Gdansk prepared the first edition of the all-national historical competition Solidarity Olympiad. Two
Decades of History. It is an educational enterprise designed to promote knowledge about
Poland's history in the years 1970-1990, highlight the country's historical legacy and cultural
achievements and reach talented school students in towns and the countryside. The
competition is addressed to first-form students of secondary schools and is attuned to the
curriculum guidelines of the Ministry of National Education.
The competition is conducted in stages - at the school, voivodship and national levels. At the
school and voivodship levels the contestants compete as individuals. In the finals they form
three-man voivodship teams which will fight for victory with representatives of the other
regions.
The finals of the first edition will be held at the Gdansk Shipyard on 4 June 2013. The first
prize is guaranteed enrolment at the Social Sciences Faculty of Gdansk University
(majors in journalism and social communication, political science and sociology) and a
paid vacation internship at a state institution. The teams that take second and third place
will receive in-kind prizes.
The contestants in this year's competition include 432 schools from across Poland.
The University of Gdansk and the Institute of National Remembrance are the project partners.
Former President Lech Walesa is the honorary patron.
5. Prof. Bronisław Geremek Scholarships for humanities students
In the autumn of 2012 we completed enrolment for the second edition of the programme Prof.
Bronisław Geremek Scholarships. It is intended for top students from across Poland who are
continuing third- and fourth-year studies in the following majors: history, political science,
European studies, sociology, psychology, philosophy, journalism and social communication.
The project is being implemented jointly with the Polish-American Freedom Foundation, the
PZU Foundation and the Educational Enterprise Foundation.
Each year ten students receive scholarships of 10000 PLN each.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. Exhibition of photos by dissident Chinese artist Liu Xia
An exhibition of photos by the banned Chinese artist Liu Xia opened in Warsaw on
8 December 2012. The event was preceded by a showing of the film High Tech, Low Life in
the framework of the Watch Docs festival and a debate with the participation of Guy Sorman
and Wiktor Osiatyński.
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The author of the photo is wife of Liu Xiaobo - a literary scholar, writer and signatory of
Charter 08 - who was was sentenced in 2009 to eleven years in prison for "subversive
activities and inciting to overthrow the state system". When in 2010 he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize, his wife was was placed under house arrest - without any court sentence where she remains to this day.
The exhibition is on at the Soho Factory in Warsaw from 8 December 2012 to 27 January
2013.
2. Establishment of the European Day of the Righteous
The idea of honoring persons who helped save human dignity and lives in the times of
totalitarian regimes was initiated by the Italian organization Committee for the Gardens of the
Righteous Worldwide (GARIWO). This led to the emergence of an international coalition
lobbying the European Parliament for the institution of a European Day of the Righteous.
The Geremek Foundation lent its backing to the initiative, recognizing that it was congruent
with the life of the Foundation's Patron and the values he espoused. The efforts of many
institutions helped win the support of a key number of members of the European Parliament.
The campaign was crowned with a special piano concert at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on 30
March 2012.
The European Parliament decided that the European Day of the Righteous would be marked
on 6 March. It offers an occasion to promote such values as tolerance, civil courage, and
respect for fellow men.
3. Geremek Foundation joins the European Movement
The European Movement, active in most European countries, is a federation of institutions
promoting European integration. An association called the European Movement Forum was
registered in Poland in 2012. The Geremek Foundation, as one of its members, participated in
the election of the Forum officers. Marcin Święcicki (MP) became the chairman. Work is
under way on the association's action programme.
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