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Executive director of International Visegrad Fund. Firstly, she obtained her MA at the Philosophy/Sociology Faculty in Culture studies then  graduated at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University. Later she went to the University of Cambridge to obtain diploma in English and European Union Law. She has worked for the Ministry of Economy of Poland as deputy director (2006-2009) then as director (2009-2011). Since 2014 she has been a ministerial advisor of the Ministry of Economy (2014-2015), later of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2015).

PhD of Political Science and History. The Assistant Professor in Naval Academy in Gdynia. The author of books and articles about migration, minorities and Greek modern policy. The member of Greek Political Specialist Group PSA; Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism; Ceske spolecnosti pro politicke vedy and Polskiego Towarzystwa Nauk Politycznych. As the guest lecturer regularly gives her speeches: at Bologna University, Cretan University, Athens University and St Lucie University in Madrid. She cooperates in the international teams and prepares her research about the European state's conditions and migration issue in UE. She is also keen on modern literature as a typical worm book.

Poet, novelist, essayist and translator. Born in Iraq, near Babylon. Since 1976 lives in Poland. BA in Arabic Language and Literature from the University of Baghdad, MA in Polish Language and Literature from the University of Warsaw and PhD in Drama Studies from the Warsaw University, where he now lectures on Arabic Language and Literature. 1985-1988 lecturer of Arabic Literature and Drama in the University of Tizi-Ouzu in Algeria, 1993-1994 visiting scholar at the Indiana University. Author of books of poetry, criticism and translation. Numerous poetry prizes, e.g.: The Polish ZAiKS Prize for Translation, (Warsaw 2003), Witold Hulewicz Award for all works, (Warsaw 2003), International Day of Poetry and the magazine “Poezja Dzisiaj” Award for all works, (Warsaw 2005). His poems were published in many languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Czech, Kurdish, Slovak, Spanish, Persian, Polish, and Russian. His poems have appeared in many Arab, English and Polish magazines and anthologies, such as The Space Between Our Footsteps - poems and paintings from the Middle East, Simon & Schuster Books, Literatures of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Prentice Hall with Simon & Schuster Books and Pisarze Świata (The Writers of the World), Encyclopedia PWN. Author of Arabic Theatre: origins, history and quest, Dialog (Poland). Main translator of the Polish literature into Arabic (translated more than 40 polish authors, among others Słowacki, Mickiewicz, Miłosz, Herbert, Szymborska, Różewicz, Grochowiak, Zagajewski, Stachura, Wojaczek, Kapuściński, Kołakowski) and Arabic literature in Polish. Member of Polish P.E.N. Centre Board (till November 2003), The Union of Polish Writers, the Polish Oriental Association and the Middle East Studies Association of North America.

Profession: Producer, Country: Slovakia

“She worked as the theatre dramaturg, international cultural cooperation consultant and EU Affairs expert for Slovak government and European Commission. She was the co-author and artistic director of the Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013. Until January 201was a member of the Board of the Slovak Arts Council.

Today, she works as a film producer and partner at MPhilms and as an advisor to the mayor of Bratislava, Matúš Vallo. She also works as an expert on cultural policy and the creative industries in Slovakia and abroad. She is the President of the Slovak Creative Industries Forum and a member of the European network of film producers Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE).”