POLCA Summer School is conducted within the Project “International Summer School – Pollution in Coastal Areas” (agreement no. PPI/SPI/2020/1/00057/U/00001)

The Project is implemented within the SPINAKER Programme – International Intensive Programmes run by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).

The programme is financed from the out-of-competition project no. POWR.03.03.00-00-PN16/18 “Supporting the institutional capacity of Polish HEIs through the creation and implementation of international study programmes” under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development (hereinafter referred to as PO WER), Priority Axis 3 “Higher education for the economy and development”, Measure 3.3 “Internationalisation of Polish higher education”. According to the agreement on co-financing of the aforementioned project signed between the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and the Intermediate Body for the aforementioned measure (National Centre for Research and Development), NAWA is a beneficiary in the aforementioned out-of-competition project, while University of Gdańsk is the final recipient and participant of the project.

The Project is implemented from 1 May 2021 to 31 August 2023.

The main objective of the Project is to increase the internationalization of the University of Gdańsk through the creation of an additional Intensive International Programme of Study carried out in a blended-learning form during the Summer School, which includes on-site classes and online module or carried out entirely remotely due to circumstances e.g. pandemic, lockdown, regional instability related to international security.

The Project assumes the participation of 60 participants from foreign universities during the two editions of the Summer School (30 in each edition).

The Project Manager and the Administrative Coordinator will be responsible for the organisation and implementation of the Summer School (the Organiser).

Participation in the Project is free of charge.

The conditions of participation, recruitment, and organisation, as well as the rights and obligations of participants in the Summer School conducted within the Project are defined in the Regulations

The project “International Summer School – Pollution in the Coastal Areas”, for which the University of Gdańsk obtained funding, is implemented under the program of the National Agency for Academic Exchange – SPINAKER – Intensive International Education Programs. The program is financed from the non-competition project no. POWR.03.03.00-00-PN16 / 18 “Supporting the institutional capacity of Polish universities through the creation and implementation of international study programs” under the Knowledge Education Development Operational Program.