ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

 

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edia 3.0 Foundation is an independent non-governmental organization working towards building an information society. We create tools that improve civic participation and increase transparency of public institutions. We also aim to make the Internet available for everyone, which is why we not only precess public data, but also make them available and visible for every citizen. We propagate utilizing information and communication technologies in the proceedings of public institutions and non-governmental organizations, but we also design such technologies ourselves. Our democracy-supporting tools are designed and created based on latest technologies and use open data, data journalism, and public data processing. In 2014, in cooperation with US-based Sunlight Foundation, we created Parlament, a groundbreaking mobile application, the first of its kind in Poland and Europe. We also run Poland’s first data journalism website – Datablog.pl. At the same time, we aim to increase awareness of utilizing new technologies not only through public institutions and non-governmental organizations – in addition to NGO representatives or students, we also train ministry and local government workers. While operating domestically, we carry out international projects, cooperating with the most important organizations in Europe and worldwide.

Łukasz Żyła – PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
Jakub Król – MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

 

Our team

 

 

Łukasz Żyła

Łukasz Żyła

NEW MEDIA SPECIALIST, JOURNALIST View Details
Bazyli Kowalski

Bazyli Kowalski

COOPERATOR, FOUNDER View Details
Piotr Kozłowski

Piotr Kozłowski

JOURNALIST, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF DATABLOG.PL View Details
Jakub Syty

Jakub Syty

PROGRAMMER View Details
Barbara Halska

Barbara Halska

IT EXPERT View Details
dr Michał Bernaczyk

dr Michał Bernaczyk

LAWYER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SPECIALIST View Details
Kamil Mrozek

Kamil Mrozek

PROGRAMMER, VOLUNTEER View Details
Beata Matuszek

Beata Matuszek

COMMUNICATION AND FUNDRAISING SPECIALIST, MOBILE ADVISOR View Details
Wojciech Franke

Wojciech Franke

UX AND NEW MEDIA SPECIALIST View Details
Szymon  Kaliski

Szymon Kaliski

PROGRAMMER, DATA VISUALIZATION SPECIALIST View Details
Olgierd Kowaliszyn

Olgierd Kowaliszyn

PROGRAMMER, VOLUNTEER View Details
Łukasz Żyła

Łukasz Żyła

NEW MEDIA SPECIALIST, JOURNALIST

Co-founder of Media 3.0 Foundation. Journalist, former Gazeta Wyborcza collaborator. In his work, he utilizes new media (created photocasts and multimedia reportages, among others). Processing, JavaScript, and P5JS programmer. Designer of Internet tools (responsible for UX of the Parlament app). Translator (“Psicomagia” by Alejandro Jodorowky, among others). With Robert Rybicki, he co-created Ylorybaz, a poetry-and-sound project. Studied Political Science at the Jagiellonian University, finished a psychoanalysis course at the Krakow School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Bazyli Kowalski

Bazyli Kowalski

COOPERATOR, FOUNDER

Co-founder of Media 3.0 Foundation. A former Coordinator of the Western Subregion Development Program. Designer and coordinator of the narysujtrase.pl application, supported by the Foundation for the Developent of Information Society. Currently the chairman of Rzeczpospolita Rowerowa Foundation. Studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University and law at the University of Silesia.

Piotr Kozłowski

Piotr Kozłowski

JOURNALIST, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF DATABLOG.PL

Inventor and creator of Datablog.pl. Professional journalist, who started his career in Polskapress and Infor. As a freelancer, he worked for many automotive portals. He matured in Agora, where he worked for Gazeta.pl portal. Later, he was recruited to co-create the digital data edition department at “Gazeta Wyborcza”. Currently, he is a journalist and editor-in-chief of Datablog.pl.

Jakub Syty

Jakub Syty

PROGRAMMER

Web/mobile/desktop programmer. He specializes in database administration and support of a wide range of mobile devices. Advocate of clear code, design patterns, and frameworks. His main programming languages are Java, C#, Python, Ruby (and sometimes – PHP). IT student at the Silesian University of Technology. Coordinator of Academy 3.0 and the Parlament app. With a group of students from Jastrzębie-Zdrój, he created ESKONzO, a communication system for people with disabilities, which change the life of several dozen people in Poland. Thanks to his tools, he was recognized worldwide, receiving gold medals and accolades (in Seoul, Paris, Moscow, Brussels, London, and Taipei, among others).

Barbara Halska

Barbara Halska

IT EXPERT

Teacher, laureate of the “2014 Teacher of the Year” Award of the Ministry of National Education. Vocational IT Technician classes teacher at the Technical School Comples No. 6 in Jastrzębie Zdrój. Former expert on maths and IT subjects for the E-textbook project of the Ministry of National Education. POKL projects coordinator. Co-author of textbooks, such as “Local Computer Network Design and Network Administration”, published by Helion Publishing House. Her students receive awards and medals at international fairs worldwide. In Media 3.0 Foundation, she is responsible for education and development of Academy 3.0 and Apki.org website.

dr Michał Bernaczyk

dr Michał Bernaczyk

LAWYER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SPECIALIST

Nationally renowned specialist on public information law, dealing with the questions of information processing with the use of new technologies (IT). Author of several dozen articles and books on these issues. Expert in the Parliamentary Office of Analyses and advisor to the Constitutional Responsibility Comission for the 5th term of the Sejm. Lecturer at the Constitutional Law Department at the University of Wrocław. Speaker and trainer at numerous trainings and lectures for judges, attorneys, and workers of government and local authorities on public information access, and data protection and its re-use.

Kamil Mrozek

Kamil Mrozek

PROGRAMMER, VOLUNTEER

Student of the IT Technical School in Rybnik, social media aficionado. Programs in C#, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS, and Ruby. A wordpress expert. In his everyday work, he uses such tools as Brand24 or Google Analytics. In Academy 3.0, he develops the apki.org website. He is also interested in business, personal growth, and startups.

Beata Matuszek

Beata Matuszek

COMMUNICATION AND FUNDRAISING SPECIALIST, MOBILE ADVISOR

Former journalist, publishing in traditional and Internet media locally and nationwide. For years she’s been associated with the third sector, as a specialist for communication and promotion strategy building, and fundraising specialist. Mobile advisor for the Nowe Technologie Lokalne (New Local Technologies) program. A long standing coordinator of NGO projects (such as “Działaj Lokalnie” of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation). She conducts training in use of ICT tools in non-governmental organizations and public institutions. Graduate of Comparative Literature at the Jagiellonian University and Social Communication at the University of Silesia.

Wojciech Franke

Wojciech Franke

UX AND NEW MEDIA SPECIALIST

Involved in creative coding. Currently, he cooperates with Future Simple. Specializes in digital data processing. Co-founder of Apogsasis, a music netlabel. Ruby, Java, Python, and Javasript programmer. Since 2007, he composes and performs electronic music under the moniker Enay. He studied at Goldsmith College (University of London), where he graduated with an MA in Digital Media (thesis “On the possibility of community in contemporary technoculture”), and at the University of Wrocław, at the Department of International Relations.

Szymon  Kaliski

Szymon Kaliski

PROGRAMMER, DATA VISUALIZATION SPECIALIST

Creative programmer and multimedia artist involved in design and and implementation of solutions within a space where technology, design, and art intertwine. Deals with broadly understood data visualization, generative art and experimental music. He belongs to a team of researches at the HAT (Humanities/Art/Technology) Centre, co-creates lowertone and datamotion projects.
Selected projects:
– Hello Poznań! – http://hello.datamotion.co – interactive visualization of events in Poznań
– Polity w Biznesie – http://politykwbiznesie.pl – interactive visualization of connections between politicians and business
– KatoVis – http://projects.datamotion.co/katovis/ – infographic presenting statements of politicians on Katowice
– Nodation – http://nodation.herokuapp.com – application for creating music using online graphs (created during a residence in Fabrica – Benneton’s R&D institution)
– Zamek – http://zamek-film.com – interactive film built using custom tools
– Biomimesis: Hyphae – http://treesmovethemost.com/2013-11-07-biomimesis-hyphae – interactive installation based on a biological model of mold growth
– Sensorium – http://treesmovethemost.com/2012-05-18-sensorium-book-covers – book covers creted using an algorithmic visualization of its lyrics

Olgierd Kowaliszyn

Olgierd Kowaliszyn

PROGRAMMER, VOLUNTEER

Member of Academy 3.0 Develops application processing public data within the Kto rządzi project. Java, JavaScript, Python, C++, C# programmer. Received a number of awards, including a gold medal at the Lider Innowacji competition, gold medal at the Moscow Innovativeness Expo, and a silver medal at the Geneva Innovativeness Expo. Currently a technical high school student.