Description of organisation

The Foundation Institute of Innovations (FII) was created in 2006 with its statutory aim to foster the development of innovations in Poland. Innovations, as reflected in foundation`s activities, have a very broad meaning. They are not only about modern technologies but also deal with social sphere. The foundation has implemented many projects whose beneficiaries were vulnerable and disadvantaged people: disabled, elderly, migrants, unemployed, children. Numerous activities have educational character.The Institute of Innovations has prepared many successful CSR strategies. The foundation is cooperating with public administration, research institutes and international companies. It supports other NGOs and shares its experience especially with smaller foreign organisations. The foundation is very active in the sphere of developing volunteer activities.The Foundation has already completed a number of projects in the field:
- of business development for foreigners,
- projects aimed at environmental protection,
- non-formal education of children and youth,
- non-formal education of the elderly,
- trainings for polish NGOs and the unemployed,
- projects for the development of culture and cultural projects at transnational level,
- support cooperation and development in the countries of the former Soviet Union (youth, environment, entrepreneurship, culture),
- CSR and Social Impact Assessment study in the field of energy (shale gas),
- another.
In addition, the FII carries out projects aimed at children and adolescents: Canadian Wonders - English Language Projects, integration games (from different countries), the animation of local communities for example, we organize events that integrated small community residents in Warsaw (the whole families).
How we are financed? The activities of the Institute of Innovations Foundation are funded by private donations, different institutions sympathetic to us, revenues from economic activity and the money obtained through charity projects. In this way, the foundation with their dedication and hard work every day proves that dedication to noble purposes is always a superior value and satisfaction derived from achievements is the greatest reward.
Among others we are very proud of our ICT projects: Women in IT branch - this project was dedicated to young women, who remained unemployed after maternity or childcare leave; E-learning for NGOs; CLICK – Improving Access to Digital Literacy for Young People.
Since 2015, our foundation specialises in educational projects regarding film making and film competions for youth. So far we have completed seven such projects. As a result there were produced several films which are very popular at our You Tube channel. One of them, has over 200 000 views. It was made with the participation of our EVS volunteers and one of our them appears in this film as an actress.