Draft:Wacław Felczak Polish-Hungarian Cooperation Institute

The Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation is a Polish institute devoted to Polish-Hungarian cooperation, established by the Act of 8 February 2018. . The Institute's patron is Professor Waclaw Felczak, historian, expert on Central Europe, expert on Polish-Hungarian relations, and Carpathian courier during World War II.

Description
Pursuant to the Act, the Institute is a state legal entity. The bodies of the Institute are: The Board of Institute and the Director. The Board of Institute consists of members appointed from among individuals distinguished by their knowledge of Polish-Hungarian relations and from specialists whose knowledge, experience or authority guarantee the correct performance of the Institute's objectives.

The Prime Minister of Poland, with the decision of 1 August 2018, appointed Professor Maciej Szymanowski, PhD as the Director of the Institute.

The Institute's aims include:


 * 1) passing on the importance of the Polish-Hungarian tradition to the younger generations;
 * 2) strengthening cooperation and networking between representatives of the younger generation, particularly in the fields of culture and sport;
 * 3) encouraging scientific cooperation, initiatives and scientific and educational projects aimed at mutual knowledge of the language, culture, history and politics of both countries;
 * 4) supporting mutual innovative thinking between Polish-Hungarian cultural, economic and political organisations in order to strengthen the competitiveness of both countries;
 * 5) financing or co-financing of projects for Polish-Hungarian cooperation;
 * 6) analysing political, economic and social changes in Europe affecting the security and development of the Republic of Poland and Hungary.

The institute sponsors research and journalistic activities, runs a scholarship and translation programme and a school programme for teaching Hungarian language in Poland and Polish in Hungary.

In Krasiczyn near Przemyśl the Institute is organising a Polish-Hungarian Summer University - School of Leaders. , and a Visegrad Summer Academy in Budapest at the National University of Public Service. The Institute also runs the trilingual news portal kurier.plus, as well as publishing programme. Since 2022, the Institute has been organising the high-school competition ‘Poland-Hungary - A History of Friendship’.

In Hungary, a partner foundation, the Wacław Felczak Foundation, was established in 2018 by the Hungarian government. The aim of the foundation, as with the Institute, is to expand Polish-Hungarian cooperation