The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding

The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (Polish Centrum Polsko-Rosyjskiego Dialogu i Porozumienia) initiates and supports projects improving dialogue and understanding between Poland and Russian Federation. The Centre is a state legal person supervised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage since April 19, 2011 according to the March 2011 law. ^[1]

Creation of parallel Polish and Russian dialogue centres was decided during President Medvedev's visit to Poland in December 2010. ^[2] Russia created the Centre for Russian-Polish Dialogue and Reconciliation in Moscow, which however does not cooperate with the Polish one and its director Juri Bondarenko presents controversial opinions about Russian-Polish relations.^[3][4]

Directors

• Sławomir Dębski 2011-2016
• Ernest Wyciszkiewicz 2016-

Adivisory Council

• Andrzej Nowak - historian
• Sławomir Dębski - director of Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Andrzej Grajewski - Deputy Editor-in-chief of the weekly Gość Niedzielny
• Jacek Miler - Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
• Maria Przełomiec - journalist of Telewizja Polska ^[5]

Projects

• School Afloat - sailing camp for Polish and Russian youth, led by Krzysztof Baranowski ^[6][7]
• Football Championship for boys and girls living around Polish-Russian border ^[8]
• Club of Gdańsk - meeting point for Polish and Russian young leaders
• The Intersection Project: Russia/Europe/World is an online platform ^[9]
• Summer School (Poland, Russia, Germany, Ukraine) ^[10]

Cultural exchange

Teatr.doc has been invited to Warsaw. ^[11]

Books

The Centre has published two books about Polish-Russian history. ^[12]

References

External links

• Official page