SGH Warsaw School of Economics actively participates in projects offered within the framework of programmes aimed at the internationalisation of universities which are managed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange - NAWA.
Among the ongoing projects, both organisational and research ones can be found:
- PROM – Short-term Academic Exchange
With the start of the academic year 2025/2026, SGH Warsaw School of Economics has launched a new project “PROM – Short-term Academic Exchange”. Funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), the programme will strengthen the competences of students, doctoral candidates and academic staff through short learning formats: courses, workshops, internships and study visits, hosted at SGH and partner institutions: RMIT Vietnam, Kaunas University of Technology and Corvinus University of Budapest. It provides inbound and outbound mobility for 96 participants, including opportunities to teach and collect research materials. The aim is to enrich the participants’ knowledge and research practice, develop their linguistic and intercultural skills and build durable academic networks.
Inbound and outbound actions eligible to be carried out under the project:
- participation of students and doctoral candidates in short forms of education: courses and workshops,
- participation of students, doctoral candidates and academic staff in study visits,
- teaching for academic staff,
- gathering materials for a doctoral thesis / scientific article for doctoral candidates and academic staff.
The project realised at SGH is designed and delivered by Patryk Dziurski, PhD, Prof. Wioletta Mierzejewska, PhD, Magdalena Suska, PhD and Prof. Alina Szypulewska-Porczyńska, PhD.
Source of finance: European funds from the European Fund for Social Development 2021-2027 (FERS), NAWA project entitled “Short-term academic exchange as a way to improve the quality of education in higher education and science institutions”, project number FERS.01.05-IP.08-0218/23.
- Advancing Academic Excellence: CIVICA Collaboration for Research, Didactics, Dual Degrees, AI Training, and Scientific Internships (CIVICA+) [NAWA WUE]
Name of the project:
Advancing Academic Excellence: CIVICA Collaboration for Research, Didactics, Dual Degrees, AI Training, and Scientific Internships (CIVICA+)
Duration: 1.10.2024 - 30.09.2026
Funding obtained: 1 989 449,68 PLN
- CIVICA 4All: Inclusivity, Accessibility and Activity in European Universities [NAWA WUE]
Name of the project:
CIVICA 4All: Inclusivity, Accessibility and Activity in European Universities
Duration: 1.10.2025 - 31.05.2027
Funding obtained: 1 365 150,00 PLN
- New Business Leaders for a New World 2.0 [NAWA SPINAKER]
Project Title:
New Business Leaders for a New World 2.0
Duration: 1 June 2025 – 31 July 2026
Funding obtained: PLN 763,990.00
The project continues and expands SGH’s mission of shaping future generations of business leaders, this time opening up to cooperation with partners from South America. It responds to one of the key challenges of the modern world – the need to strengthen the potential and create equal professional opportunities for young, ambitious women in developing countries. Numerous international reports indicate that women face significantly greater barriers in career development and education. Drawing on Poland’s unique experience of economic transformation—during which SGH experts played a key role in building the foundations of entrepreneurship—we aim to share our knowledge and inspire a new generation of women leaders.
The main objective of “New Business Leaders for a New World 2.0” is to design and deliver two editions of a two-week Intensive International Education Programme (IIEP). The programme, conducted entirely in English, will be aimed at 40 carefully selected female students from SGH partner universities, including institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.
- SGH.FutureLeaders.Bridge [NAWA SPINAKER]
Project Title:
Intensive International Education Programme “SGH.FutureLeaders.Bridge”
Duration: 1 June 2025 – 31 July 2026
The project, funded under the NAWA SPINAKER programme, aims to educate a new generation of leaders prepared to face the challenges of a global and multicultural world.
Target groups include:
- Students from economics universities and business schools in countries with high development potential (including Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Thailand, Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa, and Nigeria).
To increase the representation of women among future leaders, the recruitment process will include criteria that favor female students. - SGH academic staff, who will deliver the courses, participate in training sessions, and serve as assessors validating the learning outcomes.
- Students from economics universities and business schools in countries with high development potential (including Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Thailand, Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa, and Nigeria).
Completed projects:
- Welcome to Poland: SGH_Expert_Network
NAWA project “SGH_Expert_Network - building the capacity of SGH in internationalization based on a network of experts” (No. PPI/WTP/2022/1/00155)
Duration: 1.06.2023 - 31.05.2025
Funding obtained: nearly PLN 400,000.
Purpose of the project: building the capacity of SGH in internationalization, i.e. deepening cooperation with international financial and economic organizations.
The project focuses on 6 international financial and economic organizations:
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD
- EUROSTAT
- World Trade Organisation - WTO
- International Monetary Fund - IMF
- World Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD
A key element of the project is to initiate a network of SGH experts, consisting of highly qualified SGH research staff, and to build their competencies to facilitate contacts with the aforementioned institutions seeking expert cooperation.
The project is part of the university’s current internationalization strategy.
Five main tasks were carried out as part of the project
Task 1. Identification of the needs of economic and financial institutions in area of expertise and cooperation with SGH, including the development of cooperation with SGH graduates,
Getting to know the Welcome Center of these institutions,
Task 2. A series of meetings
Task 3. Creation of an expert network titled SGH_Expert_Network
The SGH_Expert_Network has been created in January 2025 as part of NAWA project. The network is open to all SGH academics upon prior application via the MSForm. Applications to the network are accepted on on-going basis. The form is open and those willing to apply are welcome to do so at any time.
Task 4. Promotion of the expert network
Publication:
Film about the SGH_Expert_Network
SGH_Expert_Network, Research at SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsTask 5. Launching a contact point for academic staff within the existing Welcome Centre For queries, please write to expert_network@sgh.waw.pl
SGH_Expert_Network(Information for SGH researchers on the network, data sources, contact point)
Information for International Organisations
The project is implemented by the SGH International Center in cooperation with other SGH units.
The project is financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange as part of the Welcome to Poland Program (2022).
Other activities
Activities related to international organizations, not directly related to the NAWA project:
- OECD Internship for students and doctoral students. Application period February 2025 – submission of applications closed. Information only in Polish
- OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF POLAND 2025 presentation at SGH - 4 February 2025.
The presentation of the OECD Economic Survey of Poland 2025 was delivered by Zuzana Smidova, OECD, author of the report. The second part of the event was the expert panel dedicated to „OECD Economic Survey of Poland 2025 – towards recovery and sustainable growth”.
To see the recorded event, visit the event page - IMF Regional Economic Outlook Report launch at SGH – 21 May 2024.
IMF report “Soft landing in crosswinds for a lasting recovery – IMF regional economic outlook for Europe” was launched at SGH on 21 May followed by discussion panel to see the recorded event
visit the event page
