The Intermediary of the Block Grant of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme, Ecorys, together with the Partner, Association of RP Communes Euroregion Baltic invite for free-of-charge trainings on Priority 1. of the Block Grant: the Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations.

The trainings are directed at organisations that want to apply for funds under the Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations. They will take place at the Intermediary's office in Warsaw, and at the Partner's office in Elbląg. Each one of the four planned meetings will include 25 persons. The order of submitting applications is decisive. In order for the most interested persons to take part in the training, there is a limitation of sending only 1 representative from each interested entity.

The registration will take place between 14th and 21st May. More information about recruitment can be found in the Trainings tab.

The Embassy of Switzerland in Warsaw and the Collegium Civitas invite to the event  E-Voting: Experiences and Trends in the OSCE Area, in Switzerland and in Geneva

The seminar will take place on Thursday, May 24, 2012, from 11:30 to 13:00, in the Palace of Culture and Science (pl. Defilad 1), 12th floor, Aula A.

Guests will receive welcome from Paulina Codogni, Ph.D., Vice-Rector of the Collegium Civitas and from His Excellency Lukas Beglinger, Swiss Ambassador to Poland.

Presentations will be held by:

• Robert Krimmer, Senior Adviser on New Voting Technologies, OSCE/ODIHR, on e-voting in the OSCE area;
• Barbara Perriard, Head Political Rights Section, and Anina Weber, Project Manager, Swiss Federal Chancellery, on e-voting in Switzerland;
• Michel Warynski, Director, Chancellery of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, on e-voting in Geneva.

The speeches and presentations will be in English only.

	'E-Voting: Experiences and Trends in the OSCE Area, in Switzerland and in Geneva' - agenda
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Ladies and Gentlemen,

due to me leaving Ecorys, as of today I cease to act as the Block Grant Director.

In the last 6 years of managing the Technical Assistance Team I had the pleasure and great satisfaction to watch how funds from the EEA, the Norwegian and Swiss governments change our reality by supporting small, large, experienced and inexperienced NGOs in implementing hundreds of projects and thousands of necessary initiatives all around Poland.

I would like to thank all Beneficiaries, organisations and persons with whom I had the pleasure to cooperate, exchange views, and form the rules fo th the Funds so that they are friendlier to the applicants, and provide objective selection of the best projects.

I hope that in years to come, NGOs will be able to count not only on support of Swiss and Norwegian funds that will be available soon, but also on an increased engagement of our national resources dedicated to the sector - necessary in changing reality we live in and forming the civic society.

Ecorys in partnership with the The Association of Communes of RP Euroregion Baltic

The Intermediary of the Grant Block set under 
the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme

is opening the second call for ‘small’ proposals
for the Non-Governmental Organisations Fund

1. Invitation to participate in the competition is extended to the NGOs fulfilling the criteria defined in the Procedures Handbook for the Non-Governmental Organisations Fund (valid with the Corrigendum) and with a total of incomes from the activities in the last accounting period not exceeding 50 000 PLN,  are invited to participate in the competition.
2. Samples of application documents are in the Downloads tab.
3. The call opens on 27th April 2012.
4. The call closes on 27th June 2012.
5. Submit your applications to: ECORYS Polska Sp. z o.o. ul. Łucka 2/4/6, 00-845 Warszawa..
6. Applications are to be submitted personally or by post (postage seal date is decisive) to the above address until 5 p.m., 27th June 2012.

Detailed information concerning the application procedure is available at the official website www.swissgrant.pl in the Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations tab, and under the telephone number: +48 22 339 45 45.

The Swiss Franc exchange rate for the second call for 'small' proposals to the Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations is: 1 CHF – 3,4403 PLN. It is the purchase rate according to the National Bank of Poland from 27th April 2012.

We would like to wish you happy, and peaceful Easter,
and big amounts of optimism, together with success in
professional and private life

the Block Grant Team