Project title: “Internationalisation of ID PAS through development support in the sphere of service provision to foreign doctoral students and scientists”
Project acronym: 4INTEgrateIDPAS
Programme: Welcome to Poland 2023 – Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
Funding awarded: PLN 429,700.00
Funds spent: PLN 329,633.35
Objective: The objective of the project is to improve institutional capabilities of ID PAS through the performance of training activities addressed to employees, scholarship holders and doctoral students at ID PAS, the development the English version of the Institute's website, and the preparation of English versions of the Entity’s internal documents.
Measures planned under the Project:
- MEASURE I - English language course for administration staff
- MEASURE II - English language course for scientists
- MEASURE III - English language course for technical and engineering staff
- MEASURE IV - Adaptation of documents and procedures in place at ID PAS to services provided to foreigners (translation into English)
- MEASURE V - Adaptation of the website of the Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences to the needs of foreigners
- MEASURE VI - Training courses in service provision to foreigners,
- MEASURE VII - Training in international team management, preparation of documents/procedures in a foreign language
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Project Results:
ACTIVITY I: As part of the project, the planned language support activities for administrative staff were implemented. The English language course was completed in full, covering the planned 240 hours of instruction. In addition to the regular course, four editions of the summer language school were organised – two in 2025 and two in 2026. Each edition comprised 40 teaching hours for the administrative staff group, providing a total of 160 teaching hours of intensive language instruction. The course also included teaching materials recommended by the language instructors as useful for the learning process. The planned result indicator value of 2 was achieved.
ACTIVITY II: As part of the project, the planned language support activities for research staff were implemented. The English language course comprised 336 of the 400 planned hours of instruction. In addition, the full planned allocation of 240 hours of individual language consultations was delivered. Four editions of the summer language school were also organised – two in 2025 and two in 2026 – providing a total of 160 teaching hours for the group. Teaching materials recommended by the language instructors were also provided. The planned result indicator value of 2 was achieved. The only shortfall concerned the number of course hours delivered, with 64 of the planned 400 hours not completed.
ACTIVITY III: As part of the project, the planned language support activities for technical and engineering staff were implemented. The English language course comprised 246 of the 400 planned hours of instruction. In addition to the regular course, four editions of the summer language school were organised – two in 2025 and two in 2026. Each edition comprised 40 teaching hours for the group, providing a total of 160 teaching hours of intensive language instruction. The course also included teaching materials recommended by the language instructors as useful for the learning process. The planned result indicator value of 2 was achieved. The only shortfall concerned the number of course hours delivered, with 154 of the planned 400 hours not completed.
ACTIVITY IV: A total of 275 documents were translated into English as part of the project, significantly exceeding the target of 81 documents specified in the project application. By the end of the previous reporting period, a cumulative total of 150 translated documents had been reported.
ACTIVITY V: The English-language version of the Institute of Dendrology PAS website was developed, and the planned result indicator value of 1 was achieved.
ACTIVITY VI: The target success rate of 75% for Activity VI was achieved. Throughout the project implementation period, all four planned internal training sessions were conducted, along with six external training sessions, exceeding the minimum target of five. The training activities aimed to enhance employees' knowledge and competencies in supporting foreign nationals, including matters related to their employment, legalisation of residence, and the integration and day-to-day functioning of international doctoral students and researchers at the Institute. Feedback from training participants also confirmed the usefulness of the support provided.
ACTIVITY VII: The target success rate of 75% for Activity VII was achieved. The outcomes of both editions of the training were monitored through knowledge assessments conducted before and after the training sessions. The evaluation results confirmed an increase in participants' knowledge and competencies in the areas covered by the training.
Contact: Department of Scientific Information, Karolina Sobierajska, PhD, e-mail
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