Wojciech Szpociński

Cofounder

w.szpocinski@fpr.org.pl

Chairman of the Board of the Development Policy Foundation. Promotor and expert in praxis rural development of climate change adaptation and mitigation, green transformation and non-metropolitan green business, further SFSC, NBS, on-farm innovations and closed loops, landscape stewardship and biodiversity conservation, agroforestry, inter alia, and impact fundraising for these. Used to lecture at Lazarski & University of Wales, the double diploma programme and as the visiting fellow at the Turkish universities of Cukurova in Adana, amongst other. A graduate of Warsaw University and European & Development Studies at IEP Strasbourg.

Monika Jakubowska

Associate

m.jakubowska@fpr.org.pl

Graduated in Central and Eastern European Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. Scholarship holder at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute and Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. Pursues a postgraduate degree in ‘Sustainability, Society and the Environment’ at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel. In Foundation responsible for projects focused on local communities’ empowerment, inclusion of marginalized groups, intercultural relations, migration and integration related issues. Works on designing project applications, project management, communicating with NGOs and local authorities from the post-Soviet and MENA region countries.

Julia Szymańska

Associate

j.szymanska.fpr@gmail.com

Law Student at the University of Warsaw. Having a background in Philosophy, in her studies, she is particularly interested in the subject of Jurisprudence – continuing to develop her appreciation for theoretical fields. In the Foundation, she gets to learn the practical side of implementing projects by being responsible for establishing partners, writing project manuals, and coordinating social media. In her work, she appreciates the opportunity to learn about cultures and meet inspiring people who actively engage with their community.