Warsaw - in honour of the 40th anniversary of Willy Brandt's visit in Warsaw, on December 7, 2010 the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Poland and the Center for International Relations jointly organized the conference “Europe:
A Continent of Reconciliation?”. The conference highlighted the significance of Chancellor Brandt's New Eastern Policy for the reconciliation between Poles and Germans. Both the principle of transformation through closer ties and the European road to reconciliation remain relevant to this very day. Indeed, they offer a model for regional conflicts around the entire globe. more Info
NOVEMBER
Over November 22-23, 2010 the first “Spanish-Polish Policy Dialogue” meeting was held in Madrid. This meeting was organized through the cooperation of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Spanish foundation IDEAS. Young politicians from Poland and Spain took part in the workshops. They discussed the opportunities for active Polish-Spanish cooperation at the European Union level, and exchanged their views and positions on the most vital issues before Europe, including that of a common European foreign and security policy, the matters of migration and integration, and the way the past is to be handled. These workshops will be continued in a similar format in the upcoming year.
For the third time now the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung extended invitations to a meeting within the series called "The Political Club", the aim of which is to discuss current political issues. The special guest this time was Dietmar Nietan, member of the Bundestag and chairman of the Federal League of German-Polish societies. The discussion was led by Agnieszka Wi¶niewska, editor of the leftist journal Krytyka Polityczna. more Info
OCTOBER
How to establish and sustain effective communication between citizens and local activists? How to present political endeavours and their results in the language society speaks? And - how can local politicians obtain additional competencies and ever upgrade their professional skills? With these questions in mind the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Warsaw, in cooperation with the Szkoła Liderów (Leadership School), hosted from October 15th to 17th (2010) a Polish-German seminar entitled "Effective local politics". more Info
Women were a pillar of the Polish resistance movement during the years ofGerman occupation. In particular during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, when women notonly performed civil functions as messengers and paramedics, but actually fought incombat against the German occupation force. The history of those women is brought tolight in the documentary film "Konspirantinnen" (Conspirators) by the German director Paul Meyer. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung presented the film at Warsaw's Talking History Place (Haus der Begegnung mit Geschichte) on October1. more Info
SEPTEMBER
European Social Democracy in the 21st century.
Social democracy in Europe is clearly in crisis. Only ten years ago social democrats headed a majority of governments in Europe, but now social democratic parties are in power in just 4 of the EU's 27 member countries. That was the topic of the international conference "Finding new answers: Social democracy in 21st-century Europe" organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in co-operation with the weekly Polityka on September 28. more Info article in "Polityka" interview with Martin Schulz How to run a successful election campaign? What is the legal basis for running as a candidate in a local election? What must you do to win you the hearts and minds of voters? The second event in the series of workshops "Don't sulk - run!", staged by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in co-operation with the House of German-Polish Co-operation (HDPZ), was held in Gliwice on September 17-19. more Info
JULY
How election campaigns evolved over the recent years? Which channels can be used to reach the voters? How do voters make their decisions? No matter if it is in Poland or Germany all the politicians must answer this question if they want to run a successful election campaign and get elected. In order to learn from one another and together the Friedrich Ebert Foundation organized over the period of 2-4 July a Municipal Academy in the City of Gdańsk. more info
JUNE
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the European Solidarity Centre and the German Consulate General presented the exhibition “Willy Brandt and Poland”. Visitors can learn about the German federal government head's life and work in the ground floor of the New City Hall at 1, Wały Jagiellońskie in Gdańsk.
In June, a collection of studies edited by Friedhelm Boll, Wiesław Wysocki and Klaus Ziemer "Reconciliation and politics: Polish-German reconciliation initiatives in the 1960s and the policy of detente" was published in Polish. The publication of the book was an occasion for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation to hold a panel discussion in the seat of the Conference of Polish Bishops. Time witnesses and scholars discussed the relationship between civil social reconciliation initiatives and the policy of detente of the 1960s.more info
MAY
Conference on "Sustainable Development of the Silesian Metropolitan Region"
On 27 May, at the invitation of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Foundation "Przestrzenie Dialogu", politicians, academics and civil society representatives came together for a discussion on prospects for sustainable development in the metropolitan region of Silesia. more info
After the fall of the Warsaw Uprising the Germans deported 160 000 men, women and children from Warsaw to labour and concentration camps. Remembering that the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Warsaw office together with the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising staged a show of a film called "2 Balkone" for 70 German and Polish school students followed by a discussion with the protagonists of the film on their reminiscences. more info
Warsaw, 8 May 2010 - Experience the European idea and promote cultural exchange.
This is the motto of the Schuman Parade, an event staged in Warsaw every year in May.
The event is named after French foreign minister Robert Schuman, whose 9 May 1950
project for a new design of Europe laid the foundations for a future European Union. more info
On Friday, 7th of May, the memorial tablet for Willy Cohn, a historian and socialdemocrate, was unveiled in Breslau.
Knut Dethlefsen, director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Poland, underlined how important it is not just to discuss about history but also to take responsibility for what happened in the past.
more info
APRIL
Vilnius - What interests have the countries around the Baltic? Is there a way to reshuffle such interests as a network? What latent potential is there in such co-operation? These questions were discussed by social democrats and union representatives from countries around the Baltic - Poland, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Sweden - at a Friedrich Ebert Foundation conference called "New Economic Thinking - economic growth and social security around the Baltic" on 15 April 2010 in Vilnius. more info
Warsaw, 19 April 2010 - What was designed as participation in a meeting called to
discuss ways to strengthen cross-border cooperation in the Baltic region turned into a
visit for payment of condolences. A Warsaw trip by an SPD delegation from Schleswig-
Holstein on 13 and 14. April passed all under the shadow of the air crash near Smolensk
more Info
MARCH
The Eastern Partnership prospects and expectations was the topic of a discussion a panel of political, academic and civil society representatives held at the invitation of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Poland and the Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW).
more info
Partner:
Centre for Eastern Studies
“Grandma goes on with her job and I am in the kindergarten” This prospect for the coming years describes the impact on society of demographic
change, the central point of a workshop the Friedrich Ebert Foundation staged together
with the Warsaw Institute of Public Affairs (ISP). Experts and concerned individuals
discussed challenges the changing age structure creates to social policy and possible
solution strategies with Dr. Günther Horzetzky, former Secretary of State with Germany's
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and Professor Irena Kotowska of the
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
more info
A group of students from Fachhochschule Fulda technical college on a study tour to Poland visited the Friedrich Ebert Foundation office in Warsaw. Knut Dethlefsen, the director, briefed them on the social and economic situation in Poland now. more info
JANUARY
On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day to
commemorate
victims of Nazism, a symposium on “Learning from History
- Contributing to
the Fight Against Racism and Antisemitism” was held in
Kraków. The symposium
was organised by teachers' unions from Poland, Israel, Austria
and Germany,
in co-operation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. more
Info
Poznań - This is definitely a crisis. None of the 40 union leaders
from metal industries in Poland, Germany and Hungary meeting
on 13 to 15 January in Poznań doubted that. They discussed the
size and impact of the global economic crisis. more
Info
Partner:
Polish
metal workers union FZZ“Metalowcy”
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Representation in Poland
ul. Podwale 11,
00-252 Warsaw
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Warsaw - in honour of the 40th anniversary of Willy Brandt's visit in Warsaw, on December 7, 2010 the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Poland and the Center for International Relations jointly organized the conference “Europe:
For the third time now the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung extended invitations to a meeting within the series called "The Political Club", the aim of which is to discuss current political issues. The special guest this time was Dietmar Nietan, member of the Bundestag and chairman of the Federal League of German-Polish societies. The discussion was led by Agnieszka Wi¶niewska, editor of the leftist journal Krytyka Polityczna.
How to establish and sustain effective communication between citizens and local activists? How to present political endeavours and their results in the language society speaks? And - how can local politicians obtain additional competencies and ever upgrade their professional skills? With these questions in mind the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Warsaw, in cooperation with the Szkoła Liderów (Leadership School), hosted from October 15th to 17th (2010) a Polish-German seminar entitled "Effective local politics".
Women were a pillar of the Polish resistance movement during the years ofGerman occupation. In particular during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, when women notonly performed civil functions as messengers and paramedics, but actually fought incombat against the German occupation force. The history of those women is brought tolight in the documentary film "Konspirantinnen" (Conspirators) by the German director Paul Meyer. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung presented the film at Warsaw's Talking History Place (Haus der Begegnung mit Geschichte) on October1.
European Social Democracy in the 21st century.
How to run a successful election campaign? What is the legal basis for running as a candidate in a local election? What must you do to win you the hearts and minds of voters? The second event in the series of workshops "Don't sulk - run!", staged by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in co-operation with the House of German-Polish Co-operation (HDPZ), was held in Gliwice on September 17-19.
How election campaigns evolved over the recent years? Which channels can be used to reach the voters? How do voters make their decisions? No matter if it is in Poland or Germany all the politicians must answer this question if they want to run a successful election campaign and get elected. In order to learn from one another and together the Friedrich Ebert Foundation organized over the period of 2-4 July a Municipal Academy in the City of Gdańsk. 
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the European Solidarity Centre and the German Consulate General presented the exhibition “Willy Brandt and Poland”. Visitors can learn about the German federal government head's life and work in the ground floor of the New City Hall at 1, Wały Jagiellońskie in Gdańsk.
In June, a collection of studies edited by Friedhelm Boll, Wiesław Wysocki and Klaus Ziemer "Reconciliation and politics: Polish-German reconciliation initiatives in the 1960s and the policy of detente" was published in Polish. The publication of the book was an occasion for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation to hold a panel discussion in the seat of the Conference of Polish Bishops. Time witnesses and scholars discussed the relationship between civil social reconciliation initiatives and the policy of detente of the 1960s.
Conference on "Sustainable Development of the Silesian Metropolitan Region" 
After the fall of the Warsaw Uprising the Germans deported 160 000 men, women and children from Warsaw to labour and concentration camps. Remembering that the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Warsaw office together with the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising staged a show of a film called "2 Balkone" for 70 German and Polish school students followed by a discussion with the protagonists of the film on their reminiscences. 
Warsaw, 8 May 2010 - Experience the European idea and promote cultural exchange.
This is the motto of the Schuman Parade, an event staged in Warsaw every year in May.
The event is named after French foreign minister Robert Schuman, whose 9 May 1950
project for a new design of Europe laid the foundations for a future European Union. 
On Friday, 7th of May, the memorial tablet for Willy Cohn, a historian and socialdemocrate, was unveiled in Breslau.
Knut Dethlefsen, director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Poland, underlined how important it is not just to discuss about history but also to take responsibility for what happened in the past.
Vilnius - What interests have the countries around the Baltic? Is there a way to reshuffle such interests as a network? What latent potential is there in such co-operation? These questions were discussed by social democrats and union representatives from countries around the Baltic - Poland, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Sweden - at a Friedrich Ebert Foundation conference called "New Economic Thinking - economic growth and social security around the Baltic" on 15 April 2010 in Vilnius. 
Warsaw, 19 April 2010 - What was designed as participation in a meeting called to
discuss ways to strengthen cross-border cooperation in the Baltic region turned into a
visit for payment of condolences. A Warsaw trip by an SPD delegation from Schleswig-
Holstein on 13 and 14. April passed all under the shadow of the air crash near Smolensk
The Eastern Partnership prospects and expectations was the topic of a discussion a panel of political, academic and civil society representatives held at the invitation of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Poland and the Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW).
“Grandma goes on with her job and I am in the kindergarten” This prospect for the coming years describes the impact on society of demographic
change, the central point of a workshop the Friedrich Ebert Foundation staged together
with the Warsaw Institute of Public Affairs (ISP). Experts and concerned individuals
discussed challenges the changing age structure creates to social policy and possible
solution strategies with Dr. Günther Horzetzky, former Secretary of State with Germany's
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and Professor Irena Kotowska of the
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
A group of students from Fachhochschule Fulda technical college on a study tour to Poland visited the Friedrich Ebert Foundation office in Warsaw. Knut Dethlefsen, the director, briefed them on the social and economic situation in Poland now. 
On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day to
commemorate
victims of Nazism, a symposium on “Learning from History
- Contributing to
the Fight Against Racism and Antisemitism” was held in
Kraków. The symposium
was organised by teachers' unions from Poland, Israel, Austria
and Germany,
in co-operation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 
Future or Funeral? - The Dual System at a Crossroad
Poznań - This is definitely a crisis. None of the 40 union leaders
from metal industries in Poland, Germany and Hungary meeting
on 13 to 15 January in Poznań doubted that. They discussed the
size and impact of the global economic crisis. 
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