The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation is a political foundation related to the Christian Democratic Party. Having emerged from the 'Society for Christian Democratic Education Work' founded in 1956, it was named after the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic in 1964. Inspired by Adenauer's work and his principles, our main aim is to promote, at home and abroad, civil educational programs in favour of freedom, liberty and peace. We focus on consolidating democracy, on the unification of Europe and the strengthening of transatlantic relations, as well as on development cooperation. The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation is working all over the world: Our offices abroad are in charge of more than 200 projects in more than 120 countries.
In Poland, the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation was established on November 10th 1989 as the first political foundation two months after forming of Tadeusz Mazowiecki’s government as an expression of approval of the Polish liberation movement. The work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Poland focuses on the development of good relationships between Poland and Germany, the encouragement of a civil society and on the formation of a workable social and economic order.

 

The Baltic Sea Centre in Gdańsk (the BSCC)

The Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdańsk (the BSCC) is a public cultural institution of the Pomorskie Voivodeship. It promotes culture and deals with organising cultural cooperation between the region and other countries, especially those of the Baltic Sea Region. We have been contributing to culture by organising international, national and local art and science projects since 1992. 
Among our undertakings there are musical, literary, scientific and film projects, exhibitions, a number of interdisciplinary activities, workshops, cultural and social campaigns as well as a publication activity. We are actively involved in shaping the Baltic Sea cultural policy. 
Since its beginnings, the BSCC has been acting for the sake of promoting a dialogue between cultures of the world, which is the most important issue that has been raised by us, also in the context of multicultural Baltic Europe. The events organized by us refer to such issues as national stereotypes and neighbourhood problems, regional and European roots of cultural legacy of Pomerania and memory of the past as an element of contemporary culture.