For years, the Foundation has conducted the educational programs in the area of social, intercultural, interreligious and international dialogue.

"EURODIALOG" - www.eurodialog.org.pl

The website contains conversations related to various current European issues. The texts are available in various languages, as sound or html files. We desire to confront various viewpoints, which may be useful for members of the parliament, European institutions, journalists and organizations and those concerned with creative exchange of experiences and projects. We are convinced that our continent needs wise integration, one that retains the richness of diversity and deepens the common base of values, without which efficient cooperation would be difficult also on the economic level. We started with the repercussions caused by the publication of caricatures of Mahomet, along with reflections regarding Belarus - mainly dealing with this country's future - trying to understand its culture and meaning for Europe, the future of Ukraine and the dialogue of cultures. This website is promoted among members of the European Parliament, the media and European institutions. The patron of this program is Jan Kulakowski, member of the European Parliament (www.jankulakowski.pl)

The Internet Forum Magazine: "Jews-Christians-Muslims" - www.znak.org.pl

For over half a century, few publications in Poland, including schoolbooks, were dedicated to Polish-Jewish or Christian-Jewish relations. First, there was the II World War and the occupation of the country, later - socialism and censorship. No wonder that wide social circles were exposed to false information or no information at all; this false knowledge spreads untrue stereotypes or propagandist theses. Outside of Poland, reliable knowledge of this subject is also difficult to find; simplifications and unjust opinions are spread. However, the importance of these relations is growing - inter alia thanks to Pope John Paul II, who strived to remove obstacles of the past for the development of dialogue and cooperation between closely related religious and national communities. The goal of our Forum is to promote interreligious and intercultural cooperation by regularly providing information, by presenting afterthoughts and various experiences and new ideas.

Sections:

Current events - up-to-date information about events related to Jewish issues, based on data from news agencies, press and information from our own sources

Press review - a systematically updated collection of reports, discussions and quotes from articles published in a dozen of most influential newspapers

Viewpoint - feature articles and commentaries by well-known political commentators and people involved in the process of dialogue between religious and nations

Books - short reviews of new publications, discussion of classic documents, bibliographies of Judaica published in Poland

People - interviews, profiles, memoirs

Research and documents - longer articles and a repository of documents important for the Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue

Silva rerum - various texts (reportages, literary forms, reprints of key articles)

"Bridges of Tolerance" - www.tolerancja.pl

AThe program, which lasts incessantly since 2002, is dedicated to running a multicultural website www.tolerancja.pl We try to analyze phenomena of multiculturedness and issues related to other religions and cultures ( sections include: Islam, National Minorities, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Human Rights, Tolerance, Multiculturedness, etc.) The website provides medial patronage to projects realized jointly with other organizations and widely publicizes actions undertaken by fellow organizations including Polish Humanitarian Organization, One World Association, Vox Humana Association, Villa Decius Association, Eastern Europe College, Union of Ukrainians in Poland, The Eastern Perspective Society. Links to the website are regularly placed on Internet websites of organization promoting tolerance, respect of human rights, opposing racism and xenophobia. The website collaborates daily with specialists on Eastern issues - within the section "Institute: Bridges to the East" - inter alia with Petro Kuspys, an expert of the Institute for International Relations; volunteers also participate in this project. The main assistant Grzegorz Demel, a journalist from Sanok, is fluent in the Ukrainian language and has a deep knowledge of the internal political situation of the Ukraine. The counter registers about 30 000 Internauts per months. Responsible person: Sylwia Gajownik, the ZNAK Foundation

Other educational projects:

*Multiculturalism in everyday life - The manuals for teachers".
The goal of the project was the activation of groups of teachers to take up problems of multiculturedness while working with the youth - in particular in smaller towns and villages of Malopolska. The project was aimed at teachers from towns where various minorities are present in everyday life, mainly the Roms - but also at all who were interested. The main goals of the project were problems related to coexistence of Poles and Roms in small towns and the resulting "every-day issues", the dislike or sometimes hostility towards intruders, which is frequently the reason for mass emigration of Roms, especially to Great Britain. The main effect of the project was the publication containing best scenarios for the lesson "The Multiculturedness in Everyday life - Materials for Teachers". The scenarios for publication were chosen during an open contest for the teachers. The project was co-financed by the British Council.

*2004 Refugee Days in Krakow. A conference entitled Be other in Poland - problems, hopes, solutions.

The Media Patronage of the 2006 conferences:

a) A conference for journalists "Don't be afraid of Islam", May 31st, 2005, Krakow main organizer: Vox Humana Association
b) A conference "Muslims in the Polish Culture", November 29th, 2006, Krakow main organizer: Vox Humana Association
c) A conference "Dialogue wit the Muslim world in the Context of War with the Participation of Polish Soldiers", December 13th, 2006, Krakow main organizer: Vox Humana Association
d) Conference "Society of Dialogue: Traditions and Future", November 12-13, 2006, Krakow main organizer: Villa Decius Association

Medial Patronage for Publications:

a) The publication: Islam - Brochure for non-government organizations
b) The publication: Islam. Basic information
c) The publication: Islam. Between Stereotype and Reality

"Bridges to the East" - website

Aim: sharing experiences; and cooperation in the field of protecting human rights, freedom of speech, development of free media an open society with the Eastern neighbors of Poland (Ukraine, Belarus); promoting tolerance and intercultural dialogue in the context of the EU enlargement process. Target beneficiaries: teachers, students, media, NGO's, representatives of national minorities and academic milieus. Form: workshops for Ukrainian journalists, study visits for social activists from Belarus, international conferences focusing on cooperation and promoting human rights and civil society; internet chats with experts; trainings for representatives from Ukrainian local governments.

"The youth about the past and the future" - website

On this website you will find information about other crime scenes in Poland and about the centres in Oświęcim which are trying to help you to understand what has happened here, and to develop the dialogue and cooperation. We are also passing on the message of the youth people from Oświęcim to young people all over the world.

This project is financed by Minisrty of Foreign Affairs

"Why Auschwitz? Why Kolyma? Why Kosovo?" www.3questions.pl

During the war in Kosovo, we addressed the Polish youth with a request to contemplate on three tragedies: in Auschwitz, in Kolyma and in Kosovo. We asked young people to respond to three questions: Why Auschwitz? Why Kolyma? Why Kosovo? and to present their answers in the form of a letter to a friend. Therefore we aimed at a personal reflection, not just a knowledge. Some of these reflections were so wise that they were worth translating to provide five language versions: Polish, English, French, German and Russian; and placing them on this website together with additional information about the death camps in Auschwitz and Kolyma, and about conflicts at the Balkans.

"My Unusual Friendship" - www.tolerancja.pl/przyjazn

A competition for young people "My Unusual Friendship" in co-operation with Polish UNESCO Committee and Malopolska Centre for Teachers Further Education.

"Internet Job Forum" - www.praca.znak.com.pl

Social dialogue - the activities undertaken in this scope concentrate on the issues like work and unemployment. The implementation tools are the Internet Job Forum, the series of the educational projects assisting in competent education for work, targeted at teachers and parents, as well as the cycle "Social Weeks" covering social issues.

The Foundation has organized or co-organized the following symposia:

¤ How Can the Unemployed be Helped? (Polish-French)

¤ The Role of the Church in the Processes of Change in Poland and the former GDR (Polish-German)

¤ The Role of Journalists in Contemporary Society (Polish-French)

¤ Hatred, Love, and Responsibility - Encounters Among Secondary School Students from Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary

¤ What Kind of Culture Do Europeans Need? (Polish-French)

¤ Polish Memory and Jewish Memory (Polish-French)

¤ Minorities and the Media (international)

¤ Religion and Democracy in a Free Society (international)

¤ Problems and Experience in Interfaith Dialogue

¤ Flying University of ZNAK