Polish-Russian Youth Exchange 2017 in numbers:

• 52 applications were submitted for the contest
• The applicants sought co-financing of their projects for a total amount of PLN  3,582,642.38. The lowest amount requested was PLN 21,008, and the highest – PLN 129,100.
• The average share of the Centre's co-financing in the budgets of all projects was 73.66%.
• The applications anticipate participation in the exchange of 812 Poles and 791 Russians.

Ranking of topics:

1. Dance – the international language of friendship tapped with your feet! – 20

2. The city and the village. What opportunities, inspirations, sources of satisfaction and fulfillment do both models of life in the 21st century provide us with? – 10

3. An innovative world – how modern technologies change the lives of young people – 9

4. A Pole, a Russian, and a German meet...  Sense of humour in Poland and Russia. What do Poles and Russians laugh at? – 7

5. Youth does not believe the Old age - how to use the differences between generations for the benefit of children, parents, and grandparents – 4

6. Polish and Russian victims of Soviet totalitarianism. To what extent is commemorating and reckoning the past necessary for the future – 1

Geographical location:

Most applications were received from the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship – 10, then from the Greater Poland Region – 7, 5 each from the Lesser Poland and Pomerania, 4 each from the Mazovian and Lower Silesia Voivodeships, 3 each from the Kujawy-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Opole and Podlaskie Voivodeships, 2 from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, and 1 each from the Western Pomeranian, Lublin and Lubusz Voivodeships.

The following entities received co-financing:

• Nowe Miasto Lubawskie Municipality
• Municipality of Strzelno – Gymnasium with Bilingual Departments in Strzelno        
• "Piastun" Foundation for Children and Youth in Opole
• Garwolin Poviat – Piłsudski School Complex in Garwolin               
• Municipality of Rozdrażew – Complex of Public Schools in Rozdrażew
• Association for the Blind and Low-Sighted Children "Razem do celu" in Dąbrowa Górnicza 
• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn   
• The J. Kusociński Complex of Sports and General Education Schools in Gdańsk
• Municipality of Kolbudy
• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
• Świętokrzyskie Centre for Education "Uniwerek"
• University of Wrocław – Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences  
• The Parents' Council of Primary School No. 2 in Słupsk
• "Bliżej dziecka" the Association of Parents and Teachers to Aid Children from the Municipal School Complex No. 5 in Gorlice            
• Association Kuźnia Inicjatyw Lokalnych Lisewo      
• Student Sports Club "Kaliber" in Białystok
• Maciej Frankiewicz Foundation in Poznań
• Association of Village Development and Cooperation  in Moszczanka and Skrzebowa         
• The City of Warsaw – General P. Szembek Lower Secondary School with Integration Units No. 22 in Warsaw
• The City of Poznań – Polish Aviation Lower Secondary School No. 50 in Poznań
• Poviat of Wrocław – Poviat School Complex No. 3 in Sobótka
• IKE Association (Miłakowo)

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