Professor of history of art. Uniwersytet Jagielloński and Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski. He also was the chairman of the board of Villa Decius Association, now its Honorary President. He cooperated with Tygodnik Powszechny, was chief editor of Znak and chief editor of publishing house Znak. 1989 he took part in the Round Table negotiations. 1990-1991 he was mayor of the of city Kraków. Author of dozens of books: "Zapiski kanadyjskie", "Góry niewzruszone" and articles, interpreter of Bennett and Greene. For special merits for France in field of culture awarded with Croix de la Légion d'Honneur.
Experts
Jacek Woźniakowski
Mirosław Wróblewski
Director of the Department of Constitutional and International Law in Commissioner of Human Rights Office. Legal counsel, appointed civil servant, certified internal auditor in public finance sector units. A graduate of law and political studies (specialization - international relations). He is an author of nearly 50 articles and scientific publications in the field of constitutional, international, European and human rights law. In recent years, he has often prepared or co-operated in the preparation of the positions of the Ombudsman and represented the Commissioner in court proceedings and in front of the Constitutional Tribunal. Member of the Management Board of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency for the term 2012-2017. In December 2012 elected as the chairman of the Agency's Budget Committee. In December 2014, elected by the management board to the 4-member Executive Committee of the Agency. He was the coordinator of the Ombudsmen Cooperation Program of the EU Eastern Partnership countries initiated by the Ombudsman in 2009-2010. He was an expert at the invitation of international institutions (including the Council of Europe, ECRI, the European Commission, the United Nations High Representative for Human Rights) and national (in Europe and Asia). A member of the Polish Association of European Law, the Polish Constitutional Society and the Association of prof. Zbigniew Hołda.
Henryk Wujec
Opposition activist in the communist times, MP and former Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Currently he is the Presidential Adviser for Social Affairs. He organised and edited the underground newspaper “Worker” and was one of the founders of Free Trade Unions. In 1987–1988 he was a member, and from 1988 to 1990 the secretary of the Civic Committee of the President of the “Solidarity” Lech Wałęsa. In 1989 he took part in the Round Table Talks. He served as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Jerzy Buzek’s Cabinet. He was awarded with the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland by the Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Karla Wursterová
Graduated in Business Management at the University of Economics in Bratislava and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration Publique in Paris. Her professional career begun in 1998, working at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic. After working two years for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, she served four years (2005-2009) in Prague, as second secretary in Embassy of the Slovak Republic. Between 2010 and 2012 she worked as the Director of the Development Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bratislava. Since August 2012, she holds the position Executive Director of International Visegrad Fund, in Bratislava. Speaks five languages: English, French, Czech, Hungarian and Russian.
Volodymyr Yermolenko
Ukrainian philosopher, essayist and political analyst. Author of numerous articles/interviews in Krytyka, Eurozine, Korydor, Ukrainskyi zhurnal, LitAkcent, Historians.in.ua, Espreso.tv, Krayina, TV5Monde, Die Welt, EU Observer, MediaPart and others. Has PhD in political studies at Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS, Paris), teaches philosophy at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine), foreign policy at education projects run by Internews Ukraine. Director of EU-related projects at Internews Ukraine, lecturer at EU Study Days (EU-funded education programme in Ukraine). Author of a book on Walter Benjamin ("Opovidach i philosoph. Walter Benjamin ta joho chas, Kyiv, Krytyka, 2011). In November 2013-May 2014 widely commented Ukrainian events in European media (Radio France, France Culture, Le Monde, TV5, TV1, Die Welt, DNES, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, etc).
Adela Zábražná
Before joining SAPIE, Adela worked as a consultant for public sector for KPMG Czech Republic and as an analyst in Prague based think tank European Values. She completed her Masters Degree in European integration at the University of Economics in Prague and her MSc. in public policies at KU Leuven. She focuses on innovative and social policy. She is passionate about bringing together private and public to create a universal value for society.
Michael Žantovský
He is the Executive Director of Vaclav Havel Library in Prague and former President of Aspen Institute Central Europe (2012-2015). Previously he was the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom (2009-2015), to Israel (2003- 2009) and to the United States (1992-1997). In 1989 he was a founding member of the Czech chapter of P.E.N., the international organization of writers and translators that was banned in Czechoslovakia during the Communist era. In November 1989 he was a founding member of the Civic Forum, an umbrella organization that coordinated the overthrow of the Communist regime. In January 1990 he became the Spokesman and Press Secretary for President Václav Havel. In 1996 he was elected to the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and served as the chairman of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security. Žantovský studied psychology at Charles University in Prague and at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and worked as a research psychologist. Beginning in 1980. He was a contributor to the samizdat press and the Prague correspondent for Reuters. In 2003 he co-founded the new Prague-based think tank Program of Atlantic Security Studies (PASS) and served as its first Executive Director. In 2014 he published to wide acclaim the biography of the former president Havel: A Life in English, Czech and several other languages
Maciej Zaremba
Born in Poland. Journalist. Emigrated to Sweden in 1969 and became Swedish citizen in 1978. Cultural editor at Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, the largest daily newspaper in Sweden. In 1997 revealed the scandal of forced sterilisation of more than 60.000 people by Swedish government between 1935 and 1976.
Tomas Zia
Tom Zia serves as the Political and Economic Officer for the United States Consulate General in Krakow. Prior to coming to Krakow, he served on the staff of the Secretary of State as a Line Officer in the Executive Secretariat. Tom has also served as a Desk Officer covering the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, as a Vice-Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara, Mexico, and as Vice-Consul at Embassy Warsaw. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Arizona State University and a juris doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Zia grew up in Oregon and California and worked as an attorney in Arizona and Washington, D.C., prior to joining the Foreign Service.
Andrzej Zoll
One of the most eminent law experts in Poland. Participated in the Round Table talks in 1989. The former President of Constitutional Tribunal in Poland. Author of many publications considering not only issues of criminal and constitutional law but also philosophy of law. Member of Polish Academy of Abilities and Academy of Sciences and Art in Salzburg. In June 2005 finished his cadence as the Civil Rights Ombudsman in Poland.
