The Open Dialogue Foundation, led by Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek, will receive a total of 702,000 PLN from the Senate. These funds are designated for the implementation of seven different projects aimed at the Polish diaspora and Poles living abroad. This time, an organization traditionally associated with activity in the CIS countries and Ukraine is expanding its operations westward. Among the initiatives is a project entitled “Your Voice Matters.”
At the end of April, the Senate published a list of organizations granted funding to carry out public tasks in the field of care for the Polish diaspora and Poles abroad. The presence of organizations that have long been active in this domain—such as the Polish Community Association (Wspólnota Polska)—comes as no surprise.
However, the inclusion of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD) and the Open Dialogue Foundation has raised eyebrows. KOD is set to receive 170,000 PLN from the Senate for a project entitled “Polish Diaspora Civic Network – A Community of Democratic Engagement”, under the category of “strengthening Polish and diaspora communities in their countries of residence.”
In the same area of public task execution, the Open Dialogue Foundation will organize four projects:
- A digital communication course for the Polish diaspora (136,600 PLN),
- Legal, accounting, and social advisory support for Poles in France (150,000 PLN),
- “Support and Integration – Workshops for Local Communities” (57,000 PLN),
- and the project “Your Voice Matters”, which has been granted 150,000 PLN.
These are not the only initiatives targeting the Polish diaspora and Poles abroad to receive funding via the foundation led by Lyudmyla Kozlovska. Under the category of engaging the younger generation of Poles living abroad, the foundation will receive nearly 70,000 PLN. Additionally, under the heading “promotion of Poland and Polish culture as well as the preservation of cultural and historical heritage abroad,” two projects have been awarded a total of almost 140,000 PLN. One of these initiatives is aimed at Polish citizens residing in London.
Altogether, the organization is slated to implement seven projects this year with a total budget of 702,908 PLN.