Rafał Kramza

Rafał Kramza

President of Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI),
Director of Library Development Program,
Poland

Rafał Kramza is a President of the Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI), and Director of the Library Development Program in Poland, an initiative to help Poland’s public libraries provide access to computers, the Internet and training. The program involves more than 3,800 libraries from more than 1,200 communes. This venture is a joint initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Polish-American Freedom Foundation. FRSI works to modernize equipment and advance librarians' digital and community development skills, conducts campaigns and carry out projects to engage libraries and other local partners in digital education activities and implements other ventures supporting local development involving ICT.

For more than 10 years has been gaining a professional experience and knowledge on developing civil society, working for the non-profit sector, coordinating, supervising and evaluating various projects and initiatives primarily supporting the development of local communities. Graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice (MA in Political Sciences), completed also postgraduate studies in Evaluation of the European Union Projects at the Warsaw University and postgraduate study in Labor Resource Management at the Warsaw School of Economics.