Krzysztof Stanowski (civic leader)

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Krzysztof Stanowski
Chief Scout of Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland)
In office
1990–1989
Succeeded byTomasz Maracewicz
Undersecretary of state in the Ministry of National Education (Poland) )
In office
2011–2008
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)
In office
2010–2011
Personal details
Born (1959-04-12) 12 April 1959 (age 65)
Poland

Krzysztof Stanowski (born April 12, 1959, in Lublin) is a Polish civic leader and educator. Member and one of the leaders of underground Solidarity in Lublin region after governmental crackdown on Solidarity after the martial law in Poland. For his activity he was arrested, spent time in jail and was released under a general amnesty in 1985.[1] Co-funder and first Chief Scout of Scouting Association of the Republic. Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of National Education and Polish Foreign Ministry (2007-2011).[2]

Biography

Krzysztof Piotr Stanowski was born in Lublin, Poland. When still a secondary school he was scoutmaster of troop of disabled boys.[3] In 1983, he graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin in the field of history.

Co-founder of independent Polish scouting movement at the beginning of 1980s. Founder and later member of the governing bodies of the Independent Scouting Movement.[4][5] In 1990s, co-founder of the Scouting Association of the Republic (ZHR), where he served since 1989 as the first Chief Scout (President of the Board) and later as the Secretary-General.[6]

Stanowski was the co-founder and leader of various NGOs, including Education for Democracy Foundation, the Zagranica Group - Polish Non-Governmental Development Cooperation Organisations' Platform,[7] as well as a member of Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy. Ashoka Fellow.[8][9] He is an experienced trainer and educator active in Poland, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.[10]

In the years 2007-2010 he was the under-secretary of state in the Ministry of National Education (Poland) responsible for international cooperation, the promotion of the Polish language abroad, and contacts with the NGO sector.

Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. Co-founder and member of Civic Committee of the Solidarity with Ukraine.[15]

Since 2018 Director of International Cooperation Center at Lublin City Office.[16]

Awards

Selected publications

  • Education for Democracy Foundation (with Andrzej Janowski in: Tolerancje Matters. International Educational Approaches, Bartelsmann Foundation Publisher), 2003
  • Teaching Democracy in Post-Communist Countries. Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (1998): 157–165.
  • How to Win Democracy. New Eastern Europe Issue 1/2012.

References

  1. ^ "Krzysztof Stanowski - Leksykon - Teatr NN". teatrnn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ a b "Nominacja Krzysztofa Stanowskiego na podsekretarza stanu w MSZ". www.msz.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. ^ "Krzysztof Stanowski - Leksykon - Teatr NN". teatrnn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. ISSN 1866-4687
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  5. OCLC 320526842.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  6. ^ "Historia – Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  7. ^ "About Grupa Zagranica". zagranica.org.pl. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  8. ^ "Krzysztof Stanowski". Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  9. ISBN 978-1-84844-306-8
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  10. ^ New Eastern Europe Issue 1/2012 p.115
  11. ^ "Krzysztof Stanowski nowym wiceministrem spraw zagranicznych". Wprost (in Polish). 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  12. ^ Geschäftsbericht des Deutsch-Polnischen Jugendwerks 2010 (PDF). Deutsch-Polnischen Jugendwerks. 2011. p. 38.
  13. ISBN 978-1-138-88635-3
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  14. ISBN 978-0822962717
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  15. ^ "Członkowie Komitetu". 21 February 2014.
  16. ^ "International Relations / Lublin City Office". lublin.eu. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  17. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 maja 2006 r. o nadaniu orderów". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  18. ^ "Prezydent Mongolii odznaczył liderów polskich organizacji pozarządowych". NGO.PL. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  19. ^ "Osoby odznaczone i wyróżnione podczas Dnia Służby Zagranicznej 2013". 2013-12-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  20. ^ "Wysokie odznaczenia Państwa Litewskiego dla polskich polityków". Wilnoteka (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  21. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 21 lipca 2020 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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