O Fundacji Innowacja - Innowacja Foundation

INNOWACJA FOUNDATION

      Innowacja (Innovation) Foundation has been established by Professor Wojciech Pomykało by virtue of deed signed and authencitated at Notary Public Office (Państwowe Biuro Notarialne w Warszawie) in Warsaw on 27 June 1989 (repertorium AV - 11047/89). The legal bases of its activities have been the Act on Foundations adopted on 6 April 1984 and the decision of the Minister of National Education of 26 July 1989 approving the Foundation and its Statutes.
      The Foundation operates in the Republic of Poland, its head-office is in Warsaw.
      The time horizon of the operations is unlimited. The Foundation is a legal person (corporate body).
      The Innowacja Foundation has been included into the National Court Register, the Register of Foundations and the Register of Entrepreneurs. Since January 2004 it has been also recognized as a non-governmental, non-profit organization within the legal framework outlined in the Act of 24 April 2003 on non-profit organizations and volontary activities.
      The objectives, principles and the scope of activities have been specified in the Statutes of the Foundation.
      On the 27th of June 2004 Innowacja Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary. It was an opportunity for a review and an assessment of results.
      Set up capital of the Foundation in 1989 was 100,000 zloties; after the denomination of the Polish currency it was only 10 PLN.
      The Foundation has financed all operations from own funds. It has not received any donations or subsidies. It has not got any sponsors. Nevertheless the funds generated after three years of operations in 1992 were sufficient for financing of the annual national competition for the title "The Teacher of the Year". Among the candidates for the title were all teachers having a proven achievements in identification and development of innovative abilities of children and youth in the realm of humanities, technology and science. The chairman of the jury (in the realm of science) had been professor dr hab. Stanisław Szteyn - for many years the rector of the Pedagogical College in Olsztyn. The jury for humanities had been chaired by prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Żygulski. The chairman of technological jury had been professor dr hab. Jerzy Barzykowski.
      In the period 1992-1997 an independent jury consisting of prominent scientists and scholars in each field had selected laureates of the competition. The laureates were recipients of the title "The Teacher of the Year" and of cars Fiat 126.
      In 1992 the titles "The Teacher of the Year" were received by Aleksander Dobrzycki of Wrocław (science) and Krzysztof Karulak of Płońsk (humanities).

Krzysztof Karulak M.A. - the first "Teacher of the Year" in humanities received from professor dr hab. Wojciech Pomykało keys to a car as "an annex" to the certificate.

      In 1993 the recipients of the title "Teacher of the Year" were Ms. Halina Zagurda-Czader of Czechowice-Dziedzice (technology), Mr. Stanisław Jędrzejczak of Poznań (science) and Mr. Bogdan Siemianowski of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (humanities).
      In 1994 the laureates were Ms. Bożena Antoszczyk of Wojsławice (humanities), Mr. Henryk Pawłowski of Toruń (science) and Mr. Zbigniew Frydel of Chełm (technology).

      In 1995 three teachers were recognized as "The Teachers of the Year": Ms Czesława Boruc of Warsaw (humanities), Mr. Czesław Owczarek of Skierniewice (technology) and Mr. Julian Sawiński of Koszalin (science).
      In 1996 the High School of Nawy in Gdynia received a financial prize for achievement in identification and development of the innovative abilities of the students.
      In 1997 three it was recognized that the only individual who had deserved the title "Teacher of the Year" was Ms. Agnieszka Spikert of Olsztyn (humanities).
      In 1997 the Management Team of the Foundation suspended the competition "Teacher of the Year" in order to allocate generated funds for the Warsaw School of Social and Economic Studies that was set up by the Foundation. The Warsaw School of Social and Economic Studies (WSSE) by virtue of the decision of the Minister of National Education has been included into the register of non-state schools on 26 June 1996. WSSE became a legal person (corporate body).
      The management Team of the Innowacja Foundation - as the founder of the School - has been obligated by the Statutes to set up experimental, innovative schools, research centers and educational institutions. They are also obligated to supervise and to support the activities of these organizations. Within the framework of the supervisory duties the Management Team of the Foundation nominate and dismiss the president and the rector of WSSE, approve programs for consecutive academic years and approve reports on annual work of the School including its financial reports.
      In 2002-2004 Innowacja Foundation had purchased technical equipment needed to start up educational television EDUSAT for which WSSE had received a concession from National Council of Radio and Television.
      Implementation of the state-of-the art technologies had given an opportunity to use new methods of teaching at the Warsaw School of Social and Economic Studies. The new methods have been particularly important for extra-mural students. The implementation of modern teaching tools for the benefit of students of WSSE has been a proof that the Foundation is reaching the main objective of the Statutes.

The Management Team of the Foundation (at the present time: President - Professor Wojciech Pomykało, Vice-President - Ms. Lucyna Kasprzak) have been deeply involved in international cooperation (USA, China, Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia) in the realm of publishing, education and others.

The delegation of the International Open University Lansing in Michigan (USA) visited our School. At the photo: leaders of WSSE with prof. dr hab. Walery Bebyk the Rector of Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in Kiev.

The Foundation had initiated also the International Consortium of Universities and other academic schools and research centers.

At the photo: the founder of the International Consortium of Universities and other Academic Schools and Research Centers who were congregated in Warsaw to set up the Consortium. From the left to the right: prof. dr hab. Wojciech Pomykało, the President of Innowacja Foundation, prof. dr hab. Walery Bebyk - the Rector of Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in Kiev, prof. dr hab. Nicolai B. Filinov - the director of the Center for International Cooperation at the State University of Management in Moscow, Helmut Rauer - well-known businessman of Branderburg, Germany, the chief founder of the European Academy of Business, prof. dr hab. Klaus Blockmeyer - co-founder of the European Academy of Business, prof. dr hab. Franz Josef Holkemper - co-founder of the European Academy of Business.

WSSE was also visited by the representatives of Mannheim University (Germany), prominent scholars form China and many scholars from numerous other countries.

The Management Team of the Foundation and its Supervisory Board (chairman - prof. dr hab. Jerzy Kuciński, vice-chairman - prof. dr hab. Henryk Chołaj, secretary - prof. dr hab. Stanisław Łopatniuk) have helped the WSSE and its leaders and inspired the development of the School. The Management Team and the Board have undertaken a number of new projects. One of them is - initiated by the Foundation - an international organization with German, Russian and in the near future - Ukrainian partners. The next proposal of the Innowacja Foundation is Cooperate Savings and Credit Bank - Innovation.

      The practical tasks of the Foundation have been realized and supervised by the Management Team and the offices in charge of economic projects, publication and investments.
      The Foundation has been the employer of 10 full-time and 3 part-time employees. Some individuals are hired on ad-hoc basis for particular tasks and projects.
      The Innowacja Foundation has been the chief investor of WSSE construction project in Babice Stare near Warsaw.

At the photo: the construction site of Babice Stare, late autumn 2004.

The property of Innowacja Foundation (real estate, hardware) has been assessed for circa 15 million PLN. It serves the objective - to achieve goals envisaged in the Statutes of the Foundation.