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Semiannual Report December 2015 – May 2016
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Semiannual Report KoLiber, Krakow Branch December 2015 – May 2016
Contents
„Passion for Liberty” – Branch President’s Report ........................... 2
Our Strategy .................................................................................. 3
KoLiber Krakow Development ........................................................ 5
Polonia Minor KoLiber or Orange Revolution in Podkarpacie”
Maciej Krzywda .................................................................................... 6
Development through Projects ....................................................... 7
Let’s Repaint Poland ................................................................ 7
Economics Lessons for the Youth ............................................ 7
Be LIKE! ................................................................................... 8
Meetings with Witnesses of History........................................ 8
KoLiber Academy in Krakow .................................................... 8
Meetings around Geopolitics .................................................. 8
HIGHLIGHT: PalPiTation ........................................................... 9
Centre for Analysis – Effective Ideas Put into Practice ................... 11
Centre for Media Monitoring ................................................ 11
Brussels Report ...................................................................... 11
HIGHLIGHT: BRUSSELS CONFERENCE .................................... 12
Energy Report ........................................................................ 12
Cadre Education – Skills and Competences ................................... 13
„Is freedom practical?” Milosz Jablonski ............................... 13
HIGHLIGHT: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
KoLiber Krakow Abroad! ....................................................... 14
Cadre Formation – Memory and Responsibility ............................. 15
Libertarian Mountain Hiking and Camping! ......................... 15
Ant-Systemic Football Tournament....................................... 15
HIGHLIGHT: ROTAMASTER PILECKI’S MARCH ................................ 16
IMAGE OF KOLIBER KRAKOW ....................................................... 17
HIGHLIGHT: CHRISTMAS MEETING WITH POLAND TOGETHER
OF JAROSLAW GOWIN ........................................................... 17
HIGHLIGHT: THE YOUTH CONTRA ......................................... 18
Plans for Future ........................................................................... 19
Support our Activities! ................................................................ 20
Let each one of us try to
attain such heights in
understanding and clarity
of exposition that others -
the few whoever they may
be - will be attracted to do
likewise by reason of the
inspiration, however
modest, we may be able to
provide.
Leonard E. Read
Elements of Libertarian
Leadership, 1962
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“Passion for Liberty” Branch President’s Report
Liberty is a great
adventure, an unlimited
source of inspiration and
joy, as well a wonderful
way of life. I have been
able to experience it
daily since I joined KoLiber in 2012 with
a view to promoting liberal ideas in Poland.
In our country, painfully affected by difficult
years of communism and post-
transformation, freedom is also an urgent
commitment. That’s why, in order to fulfill
this mission more effectively, I decided to
run for the Branch President in November
2015.
I was chosen unanimously by the general
assembly. For me the branch members’ trust
is a serious obligation and motivation for
hard work.
The Branch Board which I appointed include
experienced third sector leaders: Marcin
Sobiczewski, First Vice-president, Paulina
Machera, Vice-president, Weronika
Stoklosa, Secretary, Piotr Furmanek,
Treasurer, Grzegorz Gorecki, Press
Spokesman and Board Member.
When I was preparing for presiding the
branch I drew up and presented a
development strategy and an action plan for
KoLiber Krakow in 2016.
The strategy is based on three pillars
connected with our mission and vision which
are expected to guarantee meeting our goals
in Malopolska and Podkarpacie areas. The
three pillars include:
Organic development
Cadre Education
Partnerships (networking)
During the last six months the whole Board
put a lot of effort both in dealing with
current goals and obligations and in
preparation of solid foundations for stable
long-term development. During the time out
membership almost doubled, we managed
to open branches in 6 towns and carry out
several nationwide projects in Poland.
Thanks to enormous dedication of our
members, KoLiber Krakow has been very
successful lately and the solutions which we
have developed can be introduced in other
regions.
I am convinced that recent months make
a great basis and starting point for future
work and for building Liberty Movement in
general.
Mikołaj Pisarski,
President of KoLiber Krakow
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KoLiber Krakow Strategy
Development Education Networking
Seeking and recruiting active and responsible people, who could become future Liberty Leaders. Broadening impact on our environment through projects. Developing new field structures.
Continuous members development through workshops and stipends. Supporting members activities in other organizations and offering a career in the Liberty Movement thanks to a clear career path in KoLiber.
Building local partnerships with mutually beneficial exchange of experience and resources, as well as creating organizational and personnel support. Attaching partner organization to KoLiber Kraków.
VISION Krakow, a leader of Polish Liberal Revolution which is to make Poland a free, wealthy, and strong country, not because of its central government institutions, but because of entrepreneurship and inventiveness of its citizens.
MISSION Educating and shaping people in the spirit of conservative liberalism. Preparing young people to take responsibility for various roles in the state, business and science.
Providing young generation with education in the latest history of Poland and in the achievements of the Austrian School of Economics. Teaching responsibility for our small homelands” through charity projects.
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Christmas Eve Meeting
December 2015
KoLiber Krakow members
during Christmas
gathering in Stanisław
Żółtek’s office
Special acknowledgments
to Paula Fronczak, for
organizing this unique
event and taking most of
the photos included in
this report.
Local Branches Opening
Photos from left (In chronological order) KoLiber Olkusz, KoLiber Niepołomice and KoLiber Rzeszów
Urban Game „Śladami Jędrusiów”
KoLiber Mielec
KoLiber Mielec,
despite its novelty
also organizes
complicated and
demanding projects!
Urban Game for over
30 people was
organized and hosted
by Hubert Wejman
(top left photo)
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KoLiber Krakow Development At the moment KoLiber Krakow groups over 150 young people fascinated
with the idea of freedom. We are active in seven towns outside Krakow,
where we have smaller, local branches. Our membership is growing weekly
and new people appear in our meetings all the time.
According to the accepted development strategy, our activities concentrate
on permanent, identified projects, the key ones being “Let’s Repaint
Poland” and “Economics Lessons for the Youth” and choosing other,
supportive projects which are consistent with our ideological identity “Be
LIKE”, “Liberty University”, “Meetings with Witnesses of History”,
“Meetings Around Geopolitics”.
In the recent 6 months we have managed to double the number of members taking active part in our projects. We’ve been recruiting active college and university students, high school students as well as graduates and young entrepreneurs and together we have been introducing positive changes in Poland.
Local Branches We have opened our local branches in Rzeszow, Mielec, Krosno, Strzyzow,
Tarnow, Niepolomice, and Olkusz. We are planning to open new ones in
Nowy Targ and Gorlice.
These branches are led
by competent people
who are aware of the
challenges they are
facing and involved in
the current activities of
the main branch.
Thanks to the wide
geographical range, we
can fulfill the mission
of educating future
local leaders in the
spirit of freedom and
make sure that our
ideas and projects
reach also smaller
towns. At present almost half of our members belong to local branches. Our
strategy consists in maintaining the trend and developing further.
Faces of our leaders
Marcin Serafin
KoLiber Mielec
Maciej Krzywda
KoLiber Krosno
Bartłomiej Nowak
KoLIber Niepołomice
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THE NUMBER OF LOCAL BRANCHES' MEMBERS
Mielec Krosno Niepołomice Rzeszów
Olkusz Strzyżów Tarnów
Numer of
members:
154
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Polonia Minor KoLiber, or “Orange Revolution in Podkarpacie” Maciej Krzywda
It’s difficult to sum up in a few sentences the events
taking place in the Province of Podkarpacie in the recent
year. According to a popular belief, Podkarpacie is a
bastion of conservatism represented by the policy of the
currently ruling party.
Liberal ideas have as much in common with political preferences of
Podkarpacie inhabitants as Che Gevara has with the fight for sexual
minorities’ rights. So, how come people in the
area have become so much interested in
KoLiber activities that they have 4 dynamically
growing local branches (Mielec, Krosno,
Rzeszow, Strzyzow?
Briefly speaking, we could say that KoLiber’s popularity in the area results
from the fact that the association is respected as a breeding ground for
new talents or local leaders, unlike political parties.
There are two explanations for the situation: first, decentralization and
second, networking. Conservative liberals and libertarians are mostly
adamantly opposed to bureaucracy and centralization. KoLiber’s
organizational structure is light and gives local branches a lot of
independence. The association, unlike other “liberal” organizations
practices what it preaches.
The fact that KoLiber isn’t a political party or an electoral committee makes
it easier to cooperate with other local organizations of the third sector. The
best example is the successful cooperation with Idea Carpathia and
Brzozow Conservative Movement.
For our members, getting involved in KoLiber’s activities is much more
attractive than belonging to more traditional, fossilized organizations. Our
members want to be active, they are not afraid to show initiative and
implement their own ideas. They don’t need to worry about their superior
punishing them in fear for his or her own position.
So orange revolution in Podkaracie is there to stay!
Faces of our leaders part 2
Karol Jędruszek
KoLiber Rzeszow
Jakub Pisarski
KoLiber Tarnow
Bartłomiej Zimny
KoLIber Strzyzow
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Development through Projects: The basis for KoLiber Krakow development is not only recruitment but, mainly, successful projects. It is the right selection of permanent projects and supportive actions that guarantees maintaining consistent identity and measurable progress in achieving our aims which is visible on daily basis.
Let’s Repaint Poland It is a charitable campaign which was started by branch members Piotr Ziolkowski, Marcin
Sobiczewski and Paulina Machera. KoLiber Krakow from the very beginning has been actively
helping those who devoted their lives to
the fight for freedom, but who are not
appreciated by the free Poland.
This year, despite the break for the winter,
we have managed to carry out one
renovation. We have repainted the
apartment of a former opposition
member, Mr. Fryderyk Czerwinski. Our
action demonstrates the advantage of
non-government charity over the state
programmes. It attracted a lot of media attention and was presented in national news programme
Panorama, a catholic weekly Gosc Niedzielny and a regional television channel TVP Krakow.
Economics Lessons for the Youth Our largest educational project has been carried out for the third time. In cooperation with Ludwig
von Mises Institute for Economic Education Rafał Potempa coordinated the project which enabled
high school students to get some knowledge
about the basis of Austrian Economics.
Under his leadership, in the third edition of
the project we managed to offer even more
lessons than in the previous editions.
Volunteers from our branch taught 140
classes in 11 schools. The schools which
participated in the project include some of
the best ones in Poland: August Witkowski
High School and the prestigious
“Nowodworek” in Krakow.
The classes took place also outside Krakow: in Tarnów, Nowy Targ, Kety, Lubaczow, Pinczow and
Ciezkowice. We are also planning to visit two high schools in Mielec in June as the finale of the
third edition. And in August we are starting recruitment for the fourth edition of the project.
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Be LIKE! On the basis of our experience with Economics
Lessons for the Youth we want to start
teaching the latest history of Poland. This new
project, to be conducted all over Poland, has
started with a series of pilot classes in Krakow.
We want to make students acquainted with heroes from the Polish history, who
sacrificed a lot for freedom, and who were even ready to pay the highest price in
its defence. The characters presented include Witold Pilecki, Anna
Walentynowicz, Ferdynand Ossendowski and Stefan Kisielewski.
Meeting with Witnesses of History This project has been successfully
conducted for several months. It is
coordinated by Paulina Machera and gives
the audience the chance to meet and talk
to people who remember important events
from the recent history which most of us know only from history textbooks.
KoLiber Academy in Krakow It is yet another educational project. Every year
we organize a contest of economic knowledge
and know it has become quite popular both with
teachers and students. The greater is our success
that this year 8 out of 30 prizewinners come from
our branch’s area.
Meeting around Geopolitics It is the latest series of meetings devoted to issues
of geopolitics. It addresses the need for
considering geopolitical thinking in practical
implementation of liberal solutions. The series
initiator and coordinator is Milosz Jablonski.
The project started in April with a meeting with the previous Polish consul in
Afghanistan, Marcin Krzyzanowski. We are planning next meetings devoted to
issues associated with the Near East and Kurdistan.
KoLiber Krakow in numbers:
154 branch
members
23 branch
meetings since
December
7 local branches 7 internal training
sessions
7 meetings with
special guests
7 Centre for
Analysis
commentaries
3 charity events
1 Let’s Repaint
Poland
renovation
1 Football
Tournament
142 LEM lessons
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HIGHLIGHT: PalPiTation On the 28 of April our branch again
participated in the organization of a protest
against income tax. Together with the main
organizer, New Right-Wing Congress, we
protested by taking part in a happening
against the worst possible form of taxation.
This year’s PalPiTation hosted a number of
liberty organizations, there were two series
of speeches. Fifty members took part in the march and around 2000 interested people watched
the event. The protest was covered by the regional television channel TVP Kraków, regional radio
station Radio Krakow and a regional newspaper Gazeta Krakowska.
PalPiTation – The Idea for the Action Lech Walicki, New Right-Wing Congress
The whole idea dates
back to 2006 when
Krakow’s branch of Real
Policy Union
(predecessor of New Right-Wing Congress)
protested for the first time
burning tax return forms in
front of the Tax Office.
Since that time tax return
forms, a symbol of tax
oppression in our country,
have been torn, burned
and sent into outer space…
Why this kind of protest? In order to attract
people’s attention and make them think.
Income tax is the worst form of taxation
possible, first of all it is unjust - a punishment
for hard work, entrepreneurship and
resourcefulness. It is also indiscreet as it
becomes a tool for surveillance and
interference with citizens’ private life.
Besides, a lot of effort is wasted for filling in
useless forms or dealing with Tax Offices.
These are the absurdities
we protest against.
Does this fight make
sense? Fight for growing
awareness always makes
sense and after several
years I have noticed that it
is indeed increasing,
however slowly.
I believe that the time will come when
people will refuse to be made fools of and
will demand from their representatives
reasonable changes of the system.
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Photos above (from left) (1) Mikolaj Pisarski in the studio of UJOT.fm, (2) Former Polish consul in Afghanistan Marcin Krzyzanowski (3) Let’s Repaint Poland Renovation Below: Meeting with (1) Piotr Zychowicz, (2) Energy Conference
Photos above (from left): (1) Lecture of prof. Piotr Bartula (2) Tracking Krakow School of Economics, an excursion Below: (1) Dawid Hallman giving a concert (2) Conclusion of the Liberty University (3) Cursed Soldiers Remembrance March
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Od lewej (w porządku Chronologicznym) KoLiber Olkusz, KoLiber Niepołomice oraz KoLiber Rzeszów
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Centre for Analysis – Effective Ideas Put into Practice
One of the most important elements of our
branch development is the work of KoLiber’s
Centre for Analysis. We founded Krakow
Centre for Analysis in order to draw up
reports, publish analyses and comments as
well as prepare parliamentary questions.
Members of the Polish Parliament, Members of the European
Parliament and members of City Councils who cooperate with us use
these documents in their work. Since we started, at the beginning of
the year, we have produced two large reports: the “Brussels Report”,
and the “Energy Report” which is going to be published in June 2016.
Centre for Media Monitoring
It is a particularly interesting project conducted by the KoLiber Centre
for Analysis and run by Damian Klosowicz. The reason for starting it was
some degree of distrust towards the Polish media. At present a team of
several analysts prepare and publish their own press reviews, translate
interesting articles from Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Czech, German
and English. Thanks to Facebook, several thousand people have access
to these articles.
Brussels Report The report is over 60 pages long and deals with analyzing selected
consequences of Poland’s membership in the European Union. The
report focuses on three areas of integration with the EU:
Influence of the EU on world views.
Impact of the EU’s energy and climate policies on Poland.
Influence of the EU’s agricultural policy on Polish agriculture.
So far the report has been presented several
times in Krakow, Mielec and Krosno. It is also
going to be presented during a session of the
Parliament Eurorealistic Committee.
Why should
members of liberty
movements get
involved in policy
making?
There’s no doubt that a lot
of regulations in Poland are
anti-freedom. In order to
change that, we need
education and work from
scratch. We also need
brave efforts aiming at
changing the present
situation. Members of
liberty movements should
not only diagnose the
existing regulations, but
also find solutions which
can be accepted in the
present political and legal
circumstances, making a
step forward towards
freedom.
Marcin Sobiczewski,
President of Krakow Centre
for Analysis
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HIGHLIGHT: BRUSSELS CONFERENCE
Well written reports are not enough to popularize and implement our ideas. An attractive
form of promotion is also necessary, such as the Brussels Conference which we organized in
January.
Brussels Conference on the effects of Poland’s membership in the UE, took place in the evening of
11.01.1016 in the journalists’ club “Pod Gruszka”, 1 Szczepanska Str., in Krakow. The event was
organized by Koliber and the Centre for Analysis. It included screening of “Brussels Homage” and
presentation of the Brussels Report. The audience had an opportunity to listen to experts and
politicians discussing Poland’s membership in the EU.
Over 80 people took part in the event, during which the film “Brussels Homage” had its premiere.
Experts and politicians participating in the debate included: Stanislaw Zoltek, Member of the
European Parliament, prof. Arkady Rzegocki, dr. Łukasz Stach, Tomasz Cukiernik and Marcin
Chmielowski, the previous President of KoLiber Kraków.
Energy Report The second report produced by the Centre for
Analysis in Krakow was devoted to an issue of
particular importance to Poland. The report is over
230 pages long and is entitled:
“Energy Report. Energy situation in Poland, the
future of Polish power industry, review of energy
policies of selected countries in the world.”
A team of more than ten people, including
experts, analysts and editors, was involved in the preparation of the report. As a result of their
efforts a unique work has been created which combines introductory elements as well as a unique
review of energy policies of other countries, the so called “geopolitical” part.
Ministerial Team for Deregulation and Law Transparency On the 6th of May 2016 two members of our branch, Mikolaj Pisarski, President of KoLiber Kraków
and Marcin Sobiczewski, the Head of the Centre for Analysis, were appointed members of the
ministerial team for deregulation and law transparency by Jaroslaw Gowin, Deputy Prime
Minister.
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Cadre Education – Skills and Competences Our mission to educate and shape young people in the spirit of conservative liberalism is not an
easy one. In KoLiber we emphasize practical skills and constant improvement.
Is „freedom” practical? Milosz Jablonski
When I first came to
Krakow as a student, new
friends and new
environment provided
me with motivation for personal
development and changing the world for the
better. I wanted to get involved and be
active, so KoLiber attracted
my attention immediately. I
can’t imagine a better
decision.
KoLiber offers a lot of
opportunities to develop
your abilities. My work to
promote freedom during
the last six months enabled me to learn a lot
in a short time.
Preparing analyses with the Centre for
Analysis has taught me to work with data.
Collecting Christmas gifts for Polish people in
the Eastern borderlands has developed my
organizational skills. Liberty University,
where you can widen and properly arrange
your knowledge, gives me additional
competences, which can supplement my
university education.
Another valuable opportunity is to appear in
public in front of a camera.
I regularly take advantage
of this opportunity, taking
part in weekly recordings of
the program “The Youth
Contra”.
Besides, meeting freedom
activists from all over the
world, traveling with them
in our country, helping the needy fill me with
hope that together we can make the
difference. All the wonderful people I can
work with, all the great memories I have
strengthen my commitment to our mission.
Training Courses and Workshops The dynamic development of our branch has made us pay special attention to the issue of
educating new members and developing the Board’s competences. We have started cooperating
with well-respected partners: Ludwig von Mises Institute of Economic Education, Freedom and
Entrepreneurship Foundation and Prudentia et Progressus Foundation.
As members of the liberty movement we understand David Ricardo’s works and benefits of
specialization and the division of work. That’s why we particularly appreciate our cooperation with
the partners contributing to our members’ competence development.
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HIGHLIGHT: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
We have started a new educational project together with Freedom and Entrepreneurship
Foundation, the Liberty University. We have done that to
educate our own members and share our experiences with
others. Its first edition in Krakow turned out to be very
successful: over 40 people completed the course “Anatomy of
a Political Society” conducted by Piotr Bartula, a Jagiellonian University professor.
Freedom University is our idea of organizing meetings of young supporters of
conservative, liberal and libertarian ideas with political experts. We offer an
opportunity to widen your knowledge and increase understanding of the serious
issues which are discussed within liberty movements. We want to teach people
about freedom at the highest academic level and in this way encourage reflection
and make the idea of freedom more appealing.
During the second edition two more cities joined the
project: Poznan and Katowice. The courses we offered
attracted over 70 participants. They dealt with the basis of
libertarianism, the migration crisis and hybrid wars. The
project got quite a lot of publicity. It was mentioned in the
prestigious newsletter ATLAS Network and received very
good reviews from participants.
KoLiber Krakow Abroad! Between 26th and 28th February Mikolaj Pisarski, President
of our branch, took part in a prestigious seminar for
European freedom leaders organized by Libertas Institute in
Ljubljana. The lecturers included Rector of CEVRO Institute
Josef Sima and ex-finance minister of Slovenia, Janez
Sustersic.
Members of our branch
have taken part in numerous international events, for example
the largest freedom conference in Europe organized by our
partners from European Students for Liberty. Thanks to
networking KoLiber Krakow is a true part of the global Liberty
Movement.
The greatest success is participation of our member in a
prestigious PCPE conference organized by CEVRO Institute on the 22nd and 23rd April. During the
conference Przemyslaw Rapka gave a speech “Information, Entrepreneurship and Efficiency”,
appearing in the company of the most outstanding young Austrian academics.
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Cadre Formation – Memory and Responsibility KoLiber’s mission is not only to educate, but also actively form its
members. We are convinced that respect for faith and tradition, healthy
patriotism and high awareness of the liberal program are not just
complementary. They together bring the best fruit. Erik von Kuehnelt-
Leddihn said:
“Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be tolerant but merely indifferent. He is morally defenseless in the face of evil.”
Libertarian Mountains Hiking and Camping! As it is widely known, nothing can match hikes in the mountains in the
company of friends when it comes to forging ties and strengthening
one’s spirit weakened by continuous fight for freedom. This is why we
care for active relaxation.
This season we have climbed the Turbacz and Loboń Wielki, led by
Paula Fronczak. Earlier, we visited Krakow Forts and defensive
structures located in Royal Capital City of Krakow.
Anti-Systemic Football Tournament Beside developing patriotic attitudes, we also foster a competitive spirit
among our rank and file. To this end, Konrad Sprynca i Piotr Furmanek
organized an immensely popular Anti-Systemic Football Tournament.
The Tournament was played by seven nine-member teams and was
won by the front-running team of the National Movement. Our team
did not let us down and came second. The competition was entered by:
Austrian School of Economy’s Club
New-Right Wing Congress
KoLiber (the organizer)
KORWiN
Kukiz ‘15
the Young Right
the National Movement
Why Pilecki? The Rotamaster’s Marches
is more than just another
history lesson we organize.
We hold Rotamaster Witold
Pilecki in a particularly high
esteem. His self-respect,
moral fiber and dedication
to his homeland singles
him out to be a role model
for KoLiber’s members.
This March has already
been the seventh
commemoration of the
Rotamaster’s courage and
achievements, which were
for years banned from
Polish official history.
Paulina Machera, Vice-
president of KoLiber Kraków
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HIGHLIGHT: ROTAMASTER PILECKI’S MARCH Annual marches commemorating Rotamaster Pilecki are
among the oldest projects which KoLiber keeps organizing.
Witold Pilecki is one of the most distinguished role-models for
KoLiber’s members. This is why, for the last seven years we
have been organizing marches in commemoration to
Rotamaster Pilecki every year in May, in the month of Pilecki’s
birth and death.
This year, despite adverse weather conditions, KoLiber’s
members accompanies by about a hundred residents of
Krakow, marched through the city center to pay homage to the
Rotamaster Pilecki.
The march turned out to be a huge success, with footage and
reports of the march broadcasted by the Polish Radio, a national news programme, Panorama
and a regional television channel, TVP Krakow.
This year’s programme of the march was prepared by Vice-president, Krakow Branch Paulina
Machera, and it was exceptionally rich. After the march was over, its participants were invited to
the Aquarius barge to watch a concert by Dawid Hallman, one of the march’s founding fathers.
The event concluded with collective toasts and singing.
Rotamaster Pilecki’s Marches – the Idea
Bartosz Wilk
The idea to begin the Rotamaster’s March emerged in April 2009. Then, after
a march which took place in Tarnow, commemorating the birthday of General Josef
Bem, together with Dawid Hallman, we concluded this kind of commemorating
event would also work well for a surprisingly little-known Witold Pileck. We
wanted the march to be more an artistic performance than
a political demonstration, to be able to attract attention of a man in the street with
the amazing story of Rotamaster Pilecki. The Krakow march, which we personally
saw to, took place just after sunset. We carried torches and sang
a number of cheerful military songs of the mid-war period. We were celebrating
a birthday after all.
It is worth noting, that during initial marches, participants did not carry standards
of their organization, rather we wanted them to use Polish flags as Pilecki should
be a symbol of unity not a promoter of any single organization.
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Image of KoLiber Krakow To foster the brand and image of KoLiber, both KoLiber’s President and the whole Board of
Management participated in numerous meetings and events organized by our partners in the
Province of Malopolska.
Christmas Eve Party for liberal circles During a Christman Eve Party for liberal circles in Krakow,
organized by Vice-president of New Right Wing Congress
Stanislaw Zoltek KoLiber was represented by the Krakow
Branch’s Board. Mikołaj Pisarki, KoLiber’s President gave
a speech during an official part of the event.
Some of the distinguished guests included Deputy Prime
Minister Jaroslaw Gowin, Agnieszka Scigaj i Elzbieta
Borowska, Kukiz ’15 Members of Parliament, Conrad Gadomski, President of Freedom
Generation, Krzysztof Tenerowicz, local head of the National Movement, Daniel Rozanski and
Krzystof Zajac, representing Republicans and KoLiber, Krystian Ksiazek of Libertarian Association,
as well as members of KoLiber Krakow’s branch, Paweł Kot on behalf of KASE Krakow and Michal
Broniewicz on behalf of Direct Democracy.
HIGHLIGHT: CHRISTMAS MEETING WITH POLAND TOGETHER OF JAROSLAW GOWIN At the beginning of February, KoLiber’s
Board members took part in a Christmas
meeting organized by Jaroslaw Gowin,
Deputy Prime Minister and Poland
Together, a right-wing political party. The
meeting took place in Krakow’s Academic
Entrepreneurship Incubator.
The meeting was an opportunity for
forging and strengthening ties with our
partners of Poland Together, as well as
other liberal organizations, such as Kukiz
’15, New Right-Wing Congress,
Libertarian Association, and Republicans.
KoLiber Krakow – Liberal Podhale Boards Meeting After Christmas, we started regular meetings with the Board
members of a friendly organization from Nowy Targ, Liberal
Podhale. There have been three meetings so far, resulting in a joint
decision to continue and intensify cooperation.
We hope to draw up an agreement this year, and even now
members of Liberal Podhale get involved in Koliber’s projects, for
example “Let’s Repaint Poland” and “Economics Lessons for the
Youth.”
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HIGHLIGHT: THE YOUTH CONTRA “Youth contra…or under fire” is a TV program which has been
broadcasted since 2002. The main idea behind it is to give
mature politicians and young social activists an opportunity
to confront their points of view. For young people it is a
chance to get some experience before being appointed to
important public functions. Every week, thanks to this
program, young people have an opportunity to meet well-
known politicians and leaders. The coordinator of our team
is Radosław Piech.
My Impressions on The Youth Contra Radosław Piech
The show is quite
popular and is the largest
feature programme of
this kind in Poland.
Several hundred thousand viewers watch it
every week, which enables KoLiber to
present their views and arguments in
front of a wide audience.
The Youth Contra is an excellent place for the first public appearance, there
are a lot of new participants in discussions who ask pertinent questions in spite of having little media experience. People who would like to join our team and ask questions in the program are always welcomed.
People who appear in the programme are active KoLiber members who also get involved in other projects of our association and their presence in the program helps us promote our activities.
KoLiber’s presence in the programme has a long tradition. In
the season of 2015-16:
KoLiber asked 27 questions during 32 programmes,
8 KoLiber representatives asked a question on the air,
For 4 KoLiber representatives, it was the TV debut.
“Twittering KoLiber” in SocialMedia KoLiber Krakow stands out from other branches due to excellent work of our team running our FB
funpage: Weronika Stoklosa and Marcin Sobiczewski and the team running our Twitter account:
Grzegorz Gorecki, Mikolaj Pisarski and Milosz Jablonski. We publish more announcements and
have wider audience.
Since November 2015 the number of “likes” has increased to 1706 (as of May 25th 2016) which
gives us top position among local branch webpages. Since January we have also had an active
Twitter profile @koliber_krk
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Plans for Future The first half of 2016 has been a very busy time for us. The number of members has doubled, new
regional branches have been opened, and we have organized so many actions, projects, meetings,
conferences and debates that they account for almost 50% of all activities in the whole
association. This makes us look forward to future with confidence and optimism. We realize that
success is a result of team work and working towards a common goal. As the Board we are
convinced that our strategy and actions are not only effective, but they can also make an example
for other KoLiber branches and other liberal organizations in Poland.
Attaining legal entity
Waiting for Central Review Board's opinion
[Possibly] Branch By-Laws modification
Passing Branch By-Laws and a motion to attain legal entity during the
General Essembly
Entering KRS and attaining legal entity
Expansion Reactivation of KoLiber Tarnow
Founding KoLiber Nowy Targ in cooperation with
Liberal Podhale
KoLiber Krakow Conevention (Holidays
2016)
3rd Training Sesion for Local Branches' Leaders
(August/Spetember)
Recruitment Recruting 30 new members by the end of June 2016
Designing recruitment graphics and internet
campaign
Shooting a video clip promoting KoLiber Krakow
Goal: 200 members by the end of December 2016
Networking and
Partnering
Sending representans of KoLiber Krakow to the
European Liberty Forum in London
Creating an association for changing the Consitution in cooperation with Kukiz '15
Presenting an offer of cooperation to two local partners by the endo of
Septembr 2016
Including KoLiber Krakow in the network of Krakow
NGOs
Let's Repaint Poland
Conclusion of the renovation at Mr Henryk
Cherwinski's
Recruiting a needy person and carrying out the
renovation (June/July)
Recruiting a needy person and carrying out the
renovation (August/September)
Desiging a recruitment-promotional campaign
Economics Lessons for the Youth
Conslusion of the 3rd edition of the project
Recruiting 20-30 LEM instructors by the end of
September 2016
Carrying out first LEM training session and assigment of schools
October 2016 Comencement of the 4th
edition of the project
Liberty University
Recruitment for the 4th edition (August 2016)
4th Edition in Krakow (October/November)
Recruitment for the 5th edition
(November/December)
5th Edition in Krakow (December/January)
Meetings in Krakow
June 17Witold Repetowicz
September 2016 Meet author session with
Piotr Zychowicz
Autumn 2016 Father Jacek Gniadek
Autumn 2016 Meeting around Geopolitics
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Support our Activities! Mikolaj Pisarski, President of KoLiber Kraków
KoLiber is an association with a mission to disseminate conservative liberalism
in Poland. The association has been active for 15 years now. The association is
funded exclusively by membership fees, private grants and donations as well
as the founders’ contributions. If you believe in the cause KoLiber is working
to promote, please support us with a donation.
To make a donation by bank transfer, please send the following information to your bank. Even
small sums of money count, and send us a signal that what we do is appreciated!
Stowarzyszenie KoLiber
Aleje Jerozolimskie 85/21
02-001 Warszawa
VWBank Direct: 23 2130 0004 2001 0204 6274 0001
Transfer title: KoLiber Krakow
Stay in Touch! The report is only a representative sample of what we can do and what we actually do. In fact, we
work to promote liberty every day, creating a great deal of opportunities for you to join and
change the world for the better. Stay in touch and follow us on the Internet:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koliberkrakow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/koliber_krk
Our homepage: http://krakow.koliber.org/
Contact us! Do you like what we do? Do you want to join KoLiber? Do you want to invite KoLiber
volunteers to your school? Perhaps you know somebody we can help together though
a project Let’s Repaint Poland?
Write us. We’re waiting for you to contact us at [email protected]
You can get in touch directly with the Board members of our branch. We look forward to your e-
mails!
Mikolaj Pisarski Grzegorz Gorecki Marcin Sobiczewski
Branch President Spokesman Centre for Analysis