Get to know our foundation better. Find out who we are, what we do. Check out the statutes and the current report on our activities.
Where did we come from?
A few words about our history (but without pathos).
We are a relatively young organisation, but at the same time people with a lot of professional experience. We have many years of experience in implementing projects, especially on international and national grounds. We have worked with third sector organisations, universities, businesses and public administrations in more than 20 countries around the world. We founded Digital Creators in order to be able to carry out projects independent of our daily business or academic skirmishes. We strive to reach out with modern tools to creators and enable them to participate in the digital world.
On a daily basis, we carry out teaching and business activities in various locations, including on our own account. The Digital Creators Foundation allows us to bring together in one place the best experiences developed over the years at the interface of education, technology and culture and share them with society.
We are often confronted with new and revolutionary technical solutions. The internet is saturated with proposals and offers, and everything is only seemingly available. Educators can read about how great and practical artificial intelligence, virtual reality or the possibility of live online training are, but when it comes to taking practical steps - they don't know where to start. The Foundation was created precisely with the aim of providing opportunities for practice right from the start. We want to 'bridge' the hole between the world of ideas and real people.
What do we do?
Our specialisms and experience.
Most of our activities are aimed at those who teach others - both professionally and casually. Today, the development of many industries and sectors of the economy and culture depends on two important factors: mastering the tools and technologies of the digital world (so as not to become digitally illiterate) and the ability to become an educator for others almost on call (so as to be able to share one's experience). Despite the sincerest intentions of many organisations and the people working in them, this is not an easy task. That is why we try to help in various ways, which we have described to ourselves in four groups:
Founders of the Foundation
In spring 2019, we set up the Digital Creators Foundation with the following composition:
Statutes and report
Current and important information about our activities
- Chapter I. General provisions
- Chapter II. Objectives and Principles of the Foundation
- Chapter III. Assets and income of the Foundation
- Chapter IV. Authorities of the Foundation
- Chapter V. Manner of representation
- Chapter VI. Council of the Foundation
- Chapter VII. Final provisions
(2) The Foundation was established by Piotr Maczuga, hereinafter referred to as the Founder, by a notarial deed drawn up by Tomasz Markuszewski, notary public, at the notary's office in Warsaw, 101 Jerozolimskie Avenue, on 11 January 2019.
2 The duration of the foundation is indefinite.
(3) The area of the Foundation's activity is the whole territory of the Republic of Poland, but to the extent necessary for the proper implementation of the objectives, the Foundation may also conduct activities outside the borders of the Republic of Poland.
(2) The Foundation shall be supervised by the Minister responsible for culture and national heritage.
2 The Foundation may use seals, logos and organisational signs.
(2) The Foundation shall be particularly active in the area of Europe's tangible cultural and artistic heritage and methods of its preservation by means of digital techniques.
The Foundation focuses on improving the skills of the Beneficiaries of its activities, as well as raising and harmonising standards in digital education and culture.
The beneficiaries of the Foundation's activities can be both individuals and organisations.
5 To achieve its objectives, the Foundation may also:
(a) conduct business;
(b) develop, administer and manage programmes or projects of their own, other organisations or institutions;
(c) support the activities of other persons and institutions consistent with its objectives.
1. educational activities in the form of training, workshops and online courses and other teaching methods;
2. methodological activities in the form of developing original educational tools;
3. popularisation and dissemination activities aimed at raising awareness of the role of digitally supported education, particularly in the form of public speaking, presentations, consultations or participation in public events;
4. publishing and publishing activities in digital and traditional forms;
5. support activities in the form of active assistance in the full range of designing and running projects for the education and culture sector, including assistance in obtaining funding, consultancy, analysis and mentoring;
6. organising and holding public events such as conferences, congresses, exhibitions, concerts and others;
1. granting loans or securing liabilities with the Foundation's assets in relation to the members of the Foundation's bodies or to the Foundation's employees, as well as to persons with whom the employees are married or in a relationship of kinship or affinity in a direct line, kinship or affinity in a collateral line to the second degree, or are related by adoption, custody or guardianship, hereinafter referred to as "related persons".
2. to transfer the assets of the Foundation for the benefit of the members of the organs or employees of the Foundation and their relatives, on principles other than in relation to third parties, in particular if the transfer is made free of charge or on preferential conditions.
3. the purchase on a special basis of goods or services from entities in which members of the Foundation's bodies or employees and their relatives participate.
(a) donations, inheritances, legacies;
(b) grants and subsidies and grants;
(c) public collections;
(d) the foundation's assets;
(e) interest and bank deposits;
(f) the benefits and income from the rights and from movable and immovable property belonging to the Foundation;
(g) business activities.
(2) The Foundation shall use the income received for its statutory purposes or to cover the operating costs of the Foundation.
(3) In matters of acceptance of donations and inheritance, the declarations required by law shall be made by the Board of the Foundation.
§ 10
(1) The Foundation may carry out business activities.
(2) The value of the funds allocated to the Foundation's business activities is PLN 1500.
(3) The Foundation's financial year is the calendar year.
(4) The Foundation's business activities may include:
a) 58.11.Z Publishing of books
b) 58.14.Z Publishing of journals and periodicals
c) 58.19.Z Other publishing activities
d) 58.29.Z Other software publishing activities
e) 59.11.Z Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
f) 59.12.Z Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
g) 59.13.Z Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities
h) 59.14.Z Motion picture projection activities
i) 59.20.Z Sound and music recording activities
j) 60.10.Z Broadcasting of radio programmes
k) 60.20.Z Public and subscription television broadcasting
l) 63.11.Z Data processing, hosting and related activities
m) 63.12.Z Activities of web portals
n) 62.01.Z Software activities
o) 62.02.Z Computer consultancy activities
p) 62.03.Z Computer facilities management activities
q) 62.09.Z Other information technology and computer service activities
r) 70.22.Z Other business and management consultancy activities
s) 72.19.Z Research and development in other natural sciences and engineering
t) 72.20.Z Research and development on social sciences and humanities
u) 74.20.Z Photographic activities
v) 74.30.Z Translation and interpretation activities
w) 74.90.Z Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
(x) 85.59.B Other non-educational forms of education n.e.c.
y) 85.52.Z Out-of-school artistic education
(z) 85.60.Z Educational support activities
aa) 90.01.Z Performing arts exhibition activities
bb) 90.02.Z Supporting activities for the staging of artistic performances
cc) 90.03.Z Artistic and literary creation and interpretation
(dd) 90.04.Z Activities of cultural sites
ee) 94.11.Z Activities of business and employers' organizations
ff) 94.12.Z Activities of professional organisations
(5) Business activities may only be carried out as ancillary to the statutory activities of the Foundation.
(6) Income from business activities may not be distributed among the members of the Foundation's bodies.
(7) Business activities shall require accounting separation to the extent that the income, costs and results of each of those activities can be determined, subject to accounting regulations.
(2) A member of the Executive Board may serve more than one term of office.
3. Membership of the Executive Board shall cease as a result of:
a) submit a written resignation to the Founder;
(b) loss of civic rights as a result of being convicted of an intentional crime by a final court judgment;
(c) the death of a member of the Management Board;
(d) appeals.
(4) The Board as a whole or any of its members may be dismissed by the Founder before the end of its term of office.
2 The Board's remit is to:
a) to manage the day-to-day operations of the Foundation;
(b) to achieve the statutory objectives;
(c) drawing up work plans and budgets;
d) to administer the assets of the Foundation;
(e) acceptance of donations, legacies and bequests, subsidies and grants;
f) represent the Foundation externally;
(g) employing staff and setting their remuneration.
(3) The Board is required to submit an annual report on the Foundation's activities to the Council each year.
(2) Meetings of the Executive Board shall be convened by the President by sending information about the date by e-mail or, failing that, by registered letter at least 3 days before the scheduled meeting.
3 All members of the Executive Board must be informed of the meeting.
(4) The Management Board shall make decisions by means of resolutions with a simple majority of votes. In the event of an equal distribution of votes, the vote of the Chairman of the Board shall be decisive.
(a) the President of the Management Board, acting alone; or
(b) two members of the Management Board acting jointly.
(2) The Council is a consultative and advisory body of the Foundation.
(3) The Council shall consist of 3 to 6 members. The Council elects from among its members a Chairman of the Council, who directs its work.
The members of the first composition of the Council are appointed by the Founder. Successive members of the Council in place of persons who have ceased to perform this function or to expand the composition of the Council are appointed by the Board of the Foundation.
(5) Disqualification of a Member from membership of the Council may be effected by a resolution adopted by the Board.
6 Membership of the Council shall expire as a result of:
a) voluntary resignation, notified in writing to the Foundation's Board;
(b) loss of civic rights as a result of being convicted of an intentional crime by a final court judgment;
(c) the appeal referred to in point 5 of this paragraph;
(d) the death of the member.
1. develop proposals for the Foundation's action plans;
2. to present opinions to the Board on the priorities of the Foundation's activities;
3. giving an opinion on the actions taken by the Management Board;
4. to express opinions on the day-to-day running of the Foundation at the request of the Board;
5. to express opinions on amendments to the Foundation's statutes at the request of the Board.
2 The Council shall be convened by the Chairman of the Council either on his own initiative or at the request of the Management Board.
(3) The Board shall take decisions in the form of resolutions - by simple majority, unless further provisions stipulate otherwise. In the event of a tie, the Chairman's vote is decisive.
(4) A meeting of the Board may be convened on an extraordinary basis to consider a matter of a special nature, on the initiative of the Executive Board or at the written request of the Chairman of the Board or at least two of its members.
(5) An extraordinary meeting of the Council should be convened no later than 14 days from the date of the request.
6 Each member of the Council shall have one vote.
7 Meetings of the Council shall be chaired by the Chairman or a member of the Council designated by him.
(2) A merger with another foundation may not take place if, as a result of the merger, the purpose of the foundation could be substantially altered.
(3) In matters of merger with another foundation, the decision shall be taken by the Board of Directors by an absolute majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the members entitled to vote.
(2) The Board shall notify the Minister responsible for culture and national heritage of the liquidation of the Foundation.
(3) The decision to liquidate shall be taken by the Executive Board by an absolute majority of votes, with at least half of the members entitled to vote present.
(4) The financial resources and assets remaining after the liquidation of the Foundation may be allocated by resolution of the Board to organisations operating in the Republic of Poland with similar objectives.
