Michał Tarnowski
describes himself as an entrepreneur both in the business and in the nonprofit organisations world. He worked on improving access to higher education as the director of Project Access Poland – an NGO that provides pro bono educational consulting to Polish high school students from underprivileged backgrounds. He co-founded two educational platforms: Nativated.com and Nauczeni.pl. He is currently developing Akademia Wiedzy Obywatelskiej (AWO)–an NGO which aims at transforming civic education in Poland. His team is running a nationwide project “WOS Masterclass” within which they invite top Polish politicians, academics and public sector professionals to act as teachers and prepare online classes for teenagers, which they distribute among over 500 schools. The NGO also organises the Civil Bootcamp–an event for 40 high school students aimed at raising future value-driven leaders in the public sector.