Fundacja Instytut Europejski

The European Institute Foundation, which was known up to 2020 as the European Institute

“Pro Futuro Europae” is an initiative created by people interested in European and

international affairs and supporting the development of Poland within the European Union.

We have been active in the youth sector for 20 years. Currently we work across three

Erasmus+ sectors – Youth (YOU), Adult Education (ADU) and Vocational Education

(VE/VET) – which allows us to design cross-sectoral projects that connect young people,

adult learners and labour-market stakeholders. Our main thematic priorities are youth civic

participation and democracy, digital and media literacy, entrepreneurship and employability,

as well as intercultural dialogue, European remembrance and green transition.

The initiative to establish the European Institute in 2004 was a follow up of its key staff

involvement in the Polish National Youth Council, an umbrella organization of major youth

and student NGOs from Poland in 2003- 2005. Educational programmes are of great

importance to the Institute. They rely on non- formal education activities, since one of the

Institute's intentions is to enhance civic engagement of young people in Poland, in Europe and

beyond. The Institute is established under Polish law on NGOs as a Foundation, and

registered in the Polish Court Registry KRS no: 0000239605. It has its headquarter in Warsaw

and also branches in Kraków and Katowice, where also our staff lives and works. During the

years of existence the Foundation realized over a few dozen projects, co-funded mainly from

the EU financial mechanisms, as well as Visegrad Fund and others. Nearly a thousand people,

especially the young, have benefited from the trainings organised by us. We have been

assessed by the Erasmus+ National Agency as an experienced applicant. We have developed a

know-how and a vast network of reliable partners.

The Foundation has received several grants from EU programs in the field of education and

youth: "Youth", "Youth for Europe", "Erasmus", "Erasmus +". The International Visegrad

Fund was also our donor.

Within Erasmus+ we are active as an accredited organization in the Youth (YOU) sector and

as an experienced applicant in Adult Education (ADU) and Vocational Education (VE/VET),

which enables us to build integrated learning pathways and transfer good practices between

sectors. Among the implemented projects it is worth mentioning projects focusing on the

participation of young people in public life, including local government and regional: for

example the "Youth Participation in Local and Regional Life" project and the activation of

young citizens up to 35 years of age: "Architects of change", "Entrepreneurial Skills

Academy" “Video and social media for youth participation".

Other international projects are also important achievements in the Foundation's portfolio:

"Education in peace through sport", "Let's meet again" (with Israel), "Open yourself to

dialogue" (with Ukraine), "Green culture", "3 x Yes!","Ecopower"," Languages of cultures

","Tell me your story", “Language and cooking", “Mythical Europe", Democracy without

borders, Memory and totalitarianism, Memory and postmemory, From zero to the

entrepreneur hero!, Until you laugh, For the love of film. The Foundation is also the

coordinator of projects implemented under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)

programme, including “Born in 1989 – Democracy Tales for Young Europeans” and

“Participatory EU Enlargement (PEN)”. All of the above- mentioned projects involved dozens

of participants, including from European Union countries and Eastern Partnership countries.

We are also a partner in Erasmus+ KA2 project on education for entrepreneurship. Moreover,

our Foundation realized projects from the Polish Ukrainian Youth Exchanges programme. We

estimate that during the Foundation's existence over a thousand people were recipients of our

activities, and this number is certainly higher when it comes to indirect beneficiaries. We have

the necessary competences in the preparation of a grant and conducting projects financed

from public funds, as well as reporting and accounting in accordance with standards.

The Foundation is also the successful applicant and coordinator of a large scale KA2 project

in the field of youth: INTEGRA (FosterINg migranTs intEGRAtion with crowdfunding).