Professor of history of art. Uniwersytet Jagielloński and Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski. He also was the chairman of the board of Villa Decius Association, now its Honorary President. He cooperated with Tygodnik Powszechny, was chief editor of Znak and chief editor of publishing house Znak. 1989 he took part in the Round Table negotiations. 1990-1991 he was mayor of the of city Kraków. Author of dozens of books: "Zapiski kanadyjskie", "Góry niewzruszone" and articles, interpreter of Bennett and Greene. For special merits for France in field of culture awarded with Croix de la Légion d'Honneur.
Experts
Mirosław Wróblewski
Director of the Department of Constitutional and International Law in Commissioner of Human Rights Office. Legal counsel, appointed civil servant, certified internal auditor in public finance sector units. A graduate of law and political studies (specialization - international relations). He is an author of nearly 50 articles and scientific publications in the field of constitutional, international, European and human rights law. In recent years, he has often prepared or co-operated in the preparation of the positions of the Ombudsman and represented the Commissioner in court proceedings and in front of the Constitutional Tribunal. Member of the Management Board of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency for the term 2012-2017. In December 2012 elected as the chairman of the Agency's Budget Committee. In December 2014, elected by the management board to the 4-member Executive Committee of the Agency. He was the coordinator of the Ombudsmen Cooperation Program of the EU Eastern Partnership countries initiated by the Ombudsman in 2009-2010. He was an expert at the invitation of international institutions (including the Council of Europe, ECRI, the European Commission, the United Nations High Representative for Human Rights) and national (in Europe and Asia). A member of the Polish Association of European Law, the Polish Constitutional Society and the Association of prof. Zbigniew Hołda.
Henryk Wujec
Opposition activist in the communist times, MP and former Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Currently he is the Presidential Adviser for Social Affairs. He organised and edited the underground newspaper “Worker” and was one of the founders of Free Trade Unions. In 1987–1988 he was a member, and from 1988 to 1990 the secretary of the Civic Committee of the President of the “Solidarity” Lech Wałęsa. In 1989 he took part in the Round Table Talks. He served as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Jerzy Buzek’s Cabinet. He was awarded with the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland by the Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Karla Wursterová
Graduated in Business Management at the University of Economics in Bratislava and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration Publique in Paris. Her professional career begun in 1998, working at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic. After working two years for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, she served four years (2005-2009) in Prague, as second secretary in Embassy of the Slovak Republic. Between 2010 and 2012 she worked as the Director of the Development Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bratislava. Since August 2012, she holds the position Executive Director of International Visegrad Fund, in Bratislava. Speaks five languages: English, French, Czech, Hungarian and Russian.