The goals of the Fund are set by the Supervisory Board 

The Supervisory Board comprises between seven and nine members. It is composed of MPs and Senators, as well as experts in the filed of development cooperation.
Chairperson and members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Chairperson of the Supervisory Board 

The Supervisory Board is chaired by the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for development cooperation.

President of the Board

The President of the Board is in charge of day-to-day activities of the Fund. The President is appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in consultation with the Supervisory Board, for a three-year term of office.

Reports

Every year the Fund presents a report on the implementation of development cooperation tasks to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Sejm (lower house of the Polish Parliament).

Jakub Wiśniewski – Chairman of the FSM Council

Marcin Bosacki

Maciej Konieczny

Anna Radwan-Röhrenschef

Krzysztof Stanowski

Konrad Szymański

Robert Tyszkiewicz

Aleksandra Wiśniewska

Maciej Żywno

Justyna Janiszewska

Justyna Janiszewska has been involved in the NGO sector for over twenty years. Prior to joining the FSM, she was a management board member and executive director of the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission for more than eight years. Previously, she worked for ten years at the Education for Democracy Foundation (FED) – one of the leading Polish NGOs working in the former USSR. From 2007 to 2016, she headed the RITA – Region in Transition grant-making program there, as well as other regranting projects of the Foundation, having been the CEO from 2010 to 2016. From 2003 to 2006, she was secretary of the Zagranica Group – a coalition of Polish organizations operating abroad, and later served on the management board of this organization from 2008 to 2014. She cooperated with the One World Association, the School of Leaders Association or the Stefan Batory Foundation, among others, and served on the management board of the Amnesty International Association and on the council of the Leaders of Change Foundation.  

Ms. Janiszewska received a Master’s degree in Political Science with specialization in international relations from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and a Bachelor’s degree in Management, as well as the Executive MBA diploma from the Kozminski University. Alumna of the School of Human Rights of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the Management Program NGO PROMENGO and the IVLP – International Visitor Leadership Program of the U.S. Department of State. Justyna is a qualified trainer in Polish, English, and Russian, conducting workshops in the areas of global education, international cooperation, and project management. Awarded with the Golden Coss of Merit.  

photo: Kasia Dobosz