Ignacy Niemczycki
2023 IVLP Impact Award Project: Countering Disinformation - Media Literacy Classes to Strengthen Citizens’ ResiliencePoland
Ignacy Niemczycki is the chairman of the Bronislaw Geremek Foundation and board member of the Akcja Demokracja Foundation. Ignacy is the former acting director of corporate communications at IKEA Retail in Poland. He graduated from Bocconi University in Italy with a degree in management and the University of Lancaster in England with a degree in sociology.
2023 IVLP Impact Award Project: Countering Disinformation - Media Literacy Classes to Strengthen Citizens’ Resilience
This project increased media literacy and strengthened citizens’ resilience to social media disinformation. A series of 37 media literacy classes and webinars were organized to equip participants with essential theoretical and practical tools they can apply to their daily lives. Approximately 1,300 people were engaged in sessions covering topics such as the role of social media in our lives, social media algorithms and profiling, the impact of social media on personal and public life, coping with disinformation, and online security.
"Meeting US election officials and those securing free and fair elections reinvigorated my belief that the transatlantic community is based on values and should work together to promote democracy and human rights." - Ignacy Niemczycki
IVLP Exchange Experience
Ignacy participated in the IVLP Project 21st Century ChangeMakers: Disinformation and Election Security, organized by the U.S. Department of State and FHI 360, in partnership with WorldDenver, Global Ties Arizona, Iowa International Center, and Georgia Council for International Visitors.
U.S. Communities Visited in 2022
Flagstaff, AZ; Phoenix, AZ; Denver, CO; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA
U.S. Communities Visited Virtually in 2021
Denver, CO; Washington, DC; Orlando, FL; Burlington, VT