Public Debt Clock

www.for.org.pl
Beginnings
When?
• March 2007
Where?
• Warsaw, Poland
By whom? • Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz
What type? • Non-profit organisation
Non-political character
FOR does not
• participate in political activity,
• take part in election campaign,
• support any political candidates,
..but vividly
• participates in public debate on economic issues,
• presents reliable ideas,
• promotes active behaviour.
Mission
Civil
awarness
Civil
commitment
Better democracy
&
Rapid development
FOR research activity focuses
on four areas:
Less fiscalism and more employment
More market competition
Stronger rule of law
Impact of the EU regulations on the economic
growth in Poland
FOR appearance in media
Interviews
Own articles and comments
• On average once a week
Quotations
• On average ten times a week
FOR Publications
Reports
• In-depth
publications on
economic issues
• Over 30 reports
Policy briefs
• Short
publications on
currently
discussed issues
• Over 10 policy
briefs
Educational
Papers
• Additional
educational
papers that are
devoted to issues
not sufficiently
covered in
standard student
course books.
• 10 educational
papers
FOR Publications
FOR Reports (examples)
• Report on the state of Polish economy
Economic
performance • How can tax reform bring us closer to
economic miracle?
Labour
market
• What should be done to increase the
number of working Poles?
• How much does the early retirement cost?
• Polish E-courts
Legal system • Communication between the courts and
the citizens
Entrepreneurship
• How to strenghten entrepreneurship in
Poland?
FOR Reports (examples)
Education
• What do (not) Polish schools teach?
Doing
Business
• Polish editions of Doing Business 2008 &
2009
Corruption
• Can we build without corruption?
• Which way to go? How to speed up the
investments in Polish road infrastructure?
Infrastructure
• What to do to develop PPP in Poland?
FOR Policy briefs (examples)
Taxes
• How can taxes bring us closer to economic
miracle?
Labour
market
• Challenges for Polish labour market resulting from
ageing societies
• How does new pension system perform and what
should be changed?
Legal system
• Commission of inquiry for gambling and the Polish
constitution
Privatisation
• How Cegielski was not sold?
FOR Educational papers
(examples)
Labour
market
• Where does the
unemployment come from?
• The integral character of the
Polish pension system
Monetary • Is it worthwhile to introduce
Union
Euro in Poland?
Poverty
Economic
freedom
• Where does the poverty
come from?
• What extent of the economic
freedom do we need?
Other projects and activities
- Public Debt Clock
- Social campaigns
- Public debates
- Lectures
- Appearance in media
- FOR recommends
- Contests
- Spring and autumn economic schools
Public Debt Clock
In September 2010 FOR launched
Public Debt Clock in the centre of Warsaw
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Public Debt Clock
www.dlugpubliczny.org.pl
Public debt website is a part of the project
Public Debt Clock
Public Debt Clock in media
On the newspaper’s front pages:
Gazeta Wyborcza, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Fakt, Puls Biznesu i
Metro
On television: Teleexpress, Wiadomości (TVP1), Panorama (TVP2),
Fakty (TVN), Wydarzenia (POLSAT)
On the radio: RMF FM, Radio ZET, I & III Program Polskiego Radia,
Radio PiN, ESKA
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Social campaigns
Change your country.
Go vote. (2007)
Centre of Europe
(2009)
Social campaigns
Vote, wherever you
will be (2010)
You have a voice so
you have a choice
Debates with politicians
In co-operation with
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
In co-operation with
TVN24 and TVN CNBC
Lectures for students
Warszawa, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz,
Szczecin, Gdansk, Kielce, Bialystok,
Poznan, Swidnica…
FOR Recommends
Milton Friedman:
biography
Adam Smith:
biography
Contests
Economic Comic
• The third edition in 2011
• Anthology, course scenarios for teachers
• Over 200 submitted comics
Young Economist Contest – economic
essay
Economic Education
Economic comics and animations
Economic schools and trainings
Leszek Balcerowicz’s Economic School
Trainings for teachers
14 FOR clubs in Poland
Contact
FOR Foundation
Al. J. Ch. Szucha 2/4 lok. 20
00-582 Warsaw
Phone +48 22 427 40 10
Fax +48 22 213 37 85
e-mail: info@for.org.pl
www.for.org.pl