CEV member organisations
Poland: Good Network Foundation - Fundacja Dobra Sieć (Associate Member 
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Contact information
Good Network Foundation
ul. Marszałkowska 21/25 lok. 55
00-628 Warszawa
Poland
Tel.: +48 22 622 01 22
Fax: +48 22 622 02 11
Email: biuro[at]mojestypendium.org
Website: www.e-wolontariat.pl; www.mojestypendium.pl
Member information
Good Network Foundation was founded in May 2009 by the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland, one of the most experienced non-governmental organisations in the country. From the very beginning the foundation has run two main programmes: My Scholarship and E-volunteering.My Scholarship (www.mojestypendium.pl) is by far the biggest database of scholarships available in Poland.
In the framework of the second project, E-volunteering, Good Network Foundation established the first Polish website dedicated to online volunteering: e-wolontariat.pl. It was the first organisation to coin the term “e-volunteering” in Poland and it has been continuously attempting to ensure its presence in public media in order to make e-volunteering an integral part of Polish non-governmental organisations’ agendas.
The main objectives of the E–volunteering programme are:
- to promote e-volunteering, both in Poland and in Europe
- to disseminate practical knowledge about using new technologies as a means of strengthening civil society and increasing public commitment in Poland
- to establish common standards of volunteer work via the internet
- to achieve the recognition of e-volunteering as equal to ‘traditional’ forms of volunteering
- to change the negative image of the internet by highlighting its positive attributes, i.e. enabling people to help others
- to fight against e-exclusion by promoting virtual volunteering among the elderly, the disabled or women working at home, etc.
- to establish a network of Polish and European organisations working in the field of volunteering and e-volunteering.
Good Network Foundation now intends to expand its field of activity by establishing networks with other European organisations.
