Ignacy Niemczycki

2023 IVLP Impact Award Project: Countering Disinformation - Media Literacy Classes to Strengthen Citizens’ ResiliencePoland

Headshot_IgnacyIgnacy Niemczycki is the chairman of the Bronislaw Geremek Foundation and board member of the Akcja Demokracja Foundation. He is also a former civil servant working on the EU budget and a journalist dealing with EU affairs. 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

To increase media literacy and strengthen citizens’ resilience to social media disinformation, this project organized classes and webinars to equip participants with essential theoretical and practical tools they can apply to their daily lives. Most workshops occurred in smaller, non-urban areas where citizens are less knowledgeable about media literacy. A total of 37 media literacy classes were organized in educational institutions, targeting both younger and older citizens. Along with two additional online webinars, the project engaged approximately about 1,300 people. Sessions covered 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.

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

Country: Poland

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