The European Institute Foundation, which was known up to 2020 as the European Institute
“Pro Futuro Europae” is an initiative created by people interested in European and
international affairs and supporting the development of Poland within the European Union.
We are active in the youth sector for over 15 years. The initiative to establish the European
Institute in 2004 was a follow up of its key staff involvement in the Polish National Youth
Council, an umbrella organization of major youth and student NGOs from Poland in 2003-
2005. Educational programmes are of great importance to the Institute. They rely on non-
formal education activities, since one of the Institute’s intentions is to enhance civic
engagement of young people in Poland, in Europe and beyond. The Institute is established
under Polish law on NGOs as a Foundation, and registered in the Polish Court Registry KRS
no: 0000239605. It has its headquarter in Warsaw and also branches in Kraków and
Katowice, where also our staff lives and works. During the years of existence the Foundation
realized over a few dozen projects, co-funded mainly from the EU financial mechanisms, as
well as Visegrad Fund and others. Nearly a thousand people, especially the young have
benefited from the trainings organised by us. We have been assessed by the Erasmus+
National Agency as an experienced applicant. We have developed a know how and a vast
network of reliable partners.
The Foundation has a network of international contacts and partnerships developed over many
years of activity. The most important partners come from Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany,
Romania, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania and Cyprus. We also have partners in the Czech
Republic, Turkey, Croatia, and – outside the EU – in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
Russia, and Israel. This is a huge potential for future projects in the field of international
cooperation and the opportunity to share experiences, as well as to promote the Polish and
European point of view abroad.
In Poland, the European Institute has established very good relations with organizations
activating citizens in social and entrepreneurial areas. These are, for example, the Academic
Business Incubators or the Association of Regional Initiatives in Tarnów, but also smaller
entities such as the Artistic Institute for the Development of Children and Youth. We also
cooperate with local governments: previously, together with the city of Imielin in the Śląskie
Voivodship, we implemented a project under the Obywatel.IT program, which aims to raise
the digital competences of adult people (over 25 years of age) residing in the Śląskie and
Opolskie voivodships. Our partner in the implementation of projects in Silesia was also the
Craft Chamber and Small and Medium Enterprise in Katowice. Together with the
Municipality of the City of Krakow in 2022, we organized a 10-month grassroot project to
activate the local community under the name “Being Active.
