Leslaw A. Paga Foundation

Since 2003 the Lesław A. Paga Foundation enables young leaders to excel their potentials by actively contributing to the shape of the region’s future. The foundation aims at creating a network of highly ambitious students and young professionals who not only seek to advance in their professional lives, but also want to make an impact in their immediate environment, as well as society at large. Our project focus on: capital market (Capital Market Leaders Academy, CEE Capital Market Leaders Forum), energetics (Academy of Energy; Forum New Enerfgy), healthcare (Healthcare Leaders), technology and innovations (Young Innovators, IT Academy) businsess skills development (Businesswomen Leaders Academy) scolarships ( Indeks Start2Star, Leslaw A. Paga Scholarship) The Alumni of the Foundation have a unique chance to learn from the best experts and gain practical experience in more than 150 partner companies. Currently, there are over 3 000 Alumni who support each other not only professionally, but also on the private ground. Our tradition are leadership evenings - meetings with the greatest experts from Poland and the region organized monthly in a noformal way. It is also our mission to promote the highest ethical standards and culture among entrepreneurs. This is why every year we grant the Lesław A. Paga award to businessmen, activists and institutions. This honorary distinction constitutes a commemoration of our Patron’s work. In previous years, the winners were: Krzysztof Lis, Leszek Czarnecki, Leszek Balcerowicz, Igor Chalupec, Joseph Wancer, Janusz Lewandowski, prof. Grzegorz Domanski, Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, prof. Marek Belka, Jacek Siwicki and Hebert Wirth. Our vision of promoting the highest ethical standards is not limited to professionals and students. We give secondary schools students the opportunity to participate in the Stock Market Game (SIGG) and those who finish their secondary education can apply for the Indeks Start2Star Scholarship awarded during the whole period of studies. Apart from our regular projects, we organize conferences, workshops and lectures whose speakers are the best specialists of the Polish and European markets. Every project is aimed to youth aged 23-27 or 15-19. All the project are realised in Warsaw however the participants are from all over the country or CEE region. Every year projects are realised in close cooperation with the Alumni of the previous editions that are responsible for the substantive content of each project, finding trainers or often runing workshops as trainers. Alumni also have majority in recruiting commissions (most often 3 Alumni + Project Coordinator) and check all the applications. 5 out of 7 employees in the Foundation are under 30. Project of Lesław A. Paga Foundation Capital Market Leaders Academy - the oldest project of the Foundation. It takes place every year in July. In 2018 we have finished 12th edition. Capital Market Leaders Academy (ALKR) is the most prestigious Polish program established in 2006 with aim to educate future capital market leaders in Poland. CEE Capital Market Leaders Forum - The Forum is designed for 40 young leaders oriented on capital markets and finance from the CEE region.The main idea of the event is to establish a communication platform for regional peers where you can get to know each other through exchange of experience and take part in professional workshops that combine theoretical knowledge with capital market practice. This project took place in Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Recently we obtained grant from Visegrad Fund for the 4th edition in December 2018. Academy of Energy - The project is directed towards students and graduates of economy, law, finance and technical studies. The objective of the Academy is to build a platform of a knowledge exchange between the experienced specialists in the energy sector and those on the threshold of a career in this field. Project takes place in Warsaw every year since 2012. The New