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Foundation´s activitiesThe motivation of the Founders was to link the research potential of Polish universities with the needs of real-life problem solving in industry, government, and finance. Having started its activity during the economic transition period, the Foundation have sought to integrate research and practical action by providing an institutional mechanism for interaction among the Council organisations and a diversified spectrum of partners representing industry, business, government, universities, and other organisations. Apart from fulfilling its statutory goals according to the Polish Foundations Bill, the Foundation is eligible to conduct commercial activities, mostly within the areas of services for SME´s, commercial scientific research, consulting, management, education, and high-tech industry. Since January 1997 the Foundation is a member of the chain of National Service System for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (KSU) co-ordinated by the Polish Foundation for SME, registered under the number 407. The restructuring of industry and the science and technology sector in Poland is a key goal of the Foundation since it has been established in 1991. The training of managers, especially from the SME´s, the R&D sector and public administration is another point of emphasis of the Foundation. In a close co-operation with the Municipality of Cracow, the Cracow Voivodship (after the administration reform extended to Małopolska Voivodeship), and the central government, the Foundation elaborated strongly real-life decision-making oriented innovative programmes of training cycles, short seminars, study tours, as well as MBA-equivalent 12 to 24 months studies in public administration. A special emphasis is put on financial management, decision-making, and investment. The Foundation manages a network of over 200 highest quality lecturers and consultants, all of them being experienced in lecturing in English, French, and/or German. Moreover, we co-operate with a number of R&D institutions, Universities and business schools in the EU countries, such as the University of Rotterdam, ARMINES (Paris), University of Ghent, Luton, INSEAD, University of Paris-Dauphine and many more. |
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