20th Anniversary of UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair has been celebrated this year* with special Jubilee Medals for life-long achievements in human rights, children’s rights and education for peace https://www.aps.edu.pl/unesco-chair/unesco-chair-jubilee-medal/ 

Dr Janusz Korczak worked at Maria Grzegorzewska University (National Institute of Special Pedagogy est. 1922) and wrote for the Special School a special pedagogy journal published here.

So this is with no surprise that IKA International Korczak Association chose Maria Grzegorzewska University for their General Assembly 2024. During the GA new Board was elected and we are happy and proud to announce that the Head of the UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy, Prof. Anna Odrowaz-Coates was elected as the new President of IKA!

IKA operations will also be supported by Prof. Ewa Jarosz in the role of Secretary General, with a Vice-Secretary Urszula Tokarczyk-Bar.

Prof. Mirosław Grewiński and Barbara Janina Sochal were elected as the Vice-Presidents.

Eva Haller (USA) is the newly elected treasurer.

The Board includes 15 newly elected representatives from different countries around the world, amongst them:

Jerry Nusbaum, Canada

Arie de Bruin, Netherlands

Dr Agata Skalska, Germany

Dr Hatem El Abed, Tunesia

Jonathan Levy, France

Karin Morisson, Australia

Mariola Stahlberg,

Marta Ciesielska, Poland

Inna Spivakova, Ukraine

Heide Manhartsberger-Zuleger, Austria

Prof. Moshe Shner, Israel

Dr Avi Tsur, Israel

Audit Committee Members:

Joel Hakizimana, Switzerland/Burundi,

Karolina Onyszkiewicz, Poland

Olga Gronowska-Pszczoła, Poland

IKA has been established 45 years ago and comprises over 22 international Korczak Association.

20th Anniversary of UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair has been celebrated this year* with special Jubilee Medals for life-long achievements in human rights, children’s rights and education for peace https://www.aps.edu.pl/unesco-chair/unesco-chair-jubilee-medal/ 

Dr Janusz Korczak worked at Maria Grzegorzewska University (National Institute of Special Pedagogy est. 1922) and wrote for the Special School a special pedagogy journal published here.

So this is with no surprise that IKA International Korczak Association chose Maria Grzegorzewska University for their General Assembly 2024. During the GA new Board was elected and we are happy and proud to announce that the Head of the UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy, Prof. Anna Odrowaz-Coates was elected as the new President of IKA!

IKA operations will also be supported by Prof. Ewa Jarosz in the role of Secretary General, with a Vice-Secretary Urszula Tokarczyk-Bar.

Prof. Mirosław Grewiński and Barbara Janina Sochal were elected as the Vice-Presidents.

Eva Haller (USA) is the newly elected treasurer.

The Board includes 15 newly elected representatives from different countries around the world, amongst them:

Jerry Nusbaum, Canada

Arie de Bruin, Netherlands

Dr Agata Skalska, Germany

Dr Hatem El Abed, Tunesia

Jonathan Levy, France

Karin Morisson, Australia

Mariola Stahlberg,

Marta Ciesielska, Poland

Inna Spivakova, Ukraine

Heide Manhartsberger-Zuleger, Austria

Prof. Moshe Shner, Israel

Dr Avi Tsur, Israel

Audit Committee Members:

Joel Hakizimana, Switzerland/Burundi,

Karolina Onyszkiewicz, Poland

Olga Gronowska-Pszczoła, Poland

IKA has been established 45 years ago and comprises over 22 international Korczak Association.

*On 13th of November 2004 The UNESCO / Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy was established at Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland.

The Chair preserves the educational heritage of two important figures Maria Grzegorzewska (1888-1967 advocate for human rights and social inclusion, the founder of the university in 1922), and Janusz Korczak (1878-1942 promotor of children’s rights, the Chair’s patron).

The Chair’s activities align with UNESCO’s humanities and social sciences priorities. The Chair is financially supported by the Maria Grzegorzewska University but enjoys academic freedom to create its own goals, aligned with the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030, especially SDG 4 aimed at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all, SDG 5 aimed at gender equality and SDG 10 for reducing inequalities. At the heart of the protection and promotion of quality education is the notion of Global Citizenship Education (GCE 4.7), and its three core elements, defined by UNESCO as a shared sense of humanity, respect for diversity, and solidarity.

** Photographs of the Board by Dr Urszula Tokarczyk-Bar 2024 (source: URSA UTB FOTO, Facebook)