Anna Pasek Foundation - News

[01.09.2009] The grand opening of the Alpine Training Base - Pragelato.

01.09.2009

The day of 29th of September 2009 was particularly important to our Foundation. In the Italian olympic village of Pragelato, we have officially opened our first Alpine Training Base.

After just a year since the start of this project, we opened the door to a place, which will help us accomplish the main goal of the Foundation - increasing safety of the mountain exploration activities.

The project became one more proof for great determination and successfulness of our team. It also proved that activities leading to cooperation and integration of institutions and communities connected with mountain safety, are effective and efficient.

Such initiative brought a chance to gather outstanding representatives of science, mountain rescue services, local government and business communities at the Alpine Training Base grand opening.

We were proud to play host to the representatives of: The Local Authorities of Pragelato and Sestriere; Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management; Agricultural University in Cracow, Faculty of Forestry, Lab of GIS & RS; Italian Mountain Rescue Services - Soccorso Alpino Stazione Pragelato - Sestriere and Guardia di Finanza of the Bardonecchia region; French Mountain Rescue Service - Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne PGHM from Chamonix; Polish Volunteer Mountain Rescue Service (GOPR); The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management in Cracow; Alpenverein; ESRI Polska and Navteq companies; other mountain activities enthusiasts and our friends.

All guests who responded to our invitation demonstrated support and willingness to cooperate to the Foundation tasks and ideas. They came to Pragelato to help us keep up the spirit of what has been started after the tragic accident in July 2007.

I would like to thank warmly especially all our Founders - Mrs and Mr Grazyna and Marek Pasek, Mr Fabrizio Cozzi, for founding the Alpine Training Base. I would also like to thank all the honourable guests for participating in the grand opening ceremony, Foundation' employees and volunteers, for their hard work and all others who contributed, making possible our Foundation to carry out this project and to operate at the highest organizational and skill level.

Chairman of the Management Board
Pawe� Chrustek

[20.05.2009] The opening of the Alpine Training Base - Pragelato

20.05.2009

We are proud to inform that the opening of the Alpine Training Base in Pragelato is set on the 29 August 2009. The main aim of the training base of the Foundation, which is located in the Alps, is to enable the training for mountain rookies and training exchange of the mountain rescue services. It also aims at providing information meetings concerning GIS, remote sensing of the environment and the research concerning safety in the mountains.
Institutions such as: Guardia di Finanza, Soccorso Alpino and the Authorities of the Olympic city Pragelato have already confirmed the participation in the opening anniversary of the Base.

>poster of the opening

[14.05.2009] Avalanche training II

14.05.2009

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[16.02.2009] First Anna Pasek Scholarship granted

16.02.2009

During Friday's preview of the Foundation Patron's pictures Svalbard - in perspective, scholarships for especially talented PhD students were granted. Students in their research use the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing of the environment. Two finalists were short listed from the forty inquires. The enquiries were examined by the Scholarship Commission comprising of the members of he Board of Directors and experts form Jagiellonian University, Agriculture University in Cracow and University of Science and Technology (AGH) in Cracow.

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>photo gallery

[07.02.2009] Svalbard-in perspective - exhibition in B�dzin

07.02.2009

Anna Pasek Foundation is proud to invite you for an exhibition called "Svalbard - in perspective". It is another edition of the exhibition, presenting unique photos, taken by Ania during her voyage to the Arctic. We especially encourage those who did not have the opportunity to see this exhibition. And for those who have already seen the photographs of Anna Pasek, it is a perfect chance to refresh their intellectual and aesthetical impression.
The exhibition is organised by the Museum of Zag��bie in B�dzin. The exposition is located in Moroszewskich Palace at �wierczewskiego 15 street, B�dzin.
The exhibition will be held from 7 February to 1 March. You are most warmly invited.

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>poster of the exhibition

[17.01.2009] We support the development of modern science in Poland

17.01.2009

The knowledge of contemporary global changes of the environment is highly based on the information collected by the satellites. Satellite remote sensing plays an important role in the analysis of the atmosphere and its constant observation for the meteorological purposes. Being aware of the importance of the orbital observations in modern science and everyday life, Anna Pasek Foundation together with Department of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Cartography and Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, and Chair of Climatology of the Faculty of Earth Science at University of Silesia are organising the first Polish Satellite Climatology Workshops KlimSat2009.

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[10.01.2009] Foundation scholarship granted

10.01.2009

First edition of the Anna Pasek Scholarship competition has been finished. Because of the high factual knowledge and great passion of the candidates for their work, it was difficult to short list them to the further stage of the contest. Stanis�awa Porzycka (University of Science and Technology AGH) and Micha� Posyniak (University of Warsaw) presented the highest level among all candidates. That is why a decision was made concerning splitting the sum of the scholarship in half and granting both of the candidates with the amount of EUR 6000. We congratulate the winners and encourage the rest of the contestants to take part in the next editions of the contest. The submission of the research papers for the next edition will be held in spring 2009. Further details will be enclosed on the Foundation page.

[14.12.2008] Technical support of the academic youth

14.12.2008

As a part of the GIS systems and remote sensing of the environment promotion, we support talented academic youth. At the end of 2008, the Foundation has supported in hardware the scientific session of Geomatic Section of Forest Scientific Club, Section Faculty of Forest Agricultural University of Cracow.

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[07.12.2008] Meeting with Soccorso Alpino rescue team in December

07.12.2008

The representative of Anna Pasek Foundation and Polish rescuers from Mountain Volunteer Rescue Service (GOPR), on 4 to 7 December 2008, were guessed in Pragelato. The purpose of the visit was the meeting with the authorities of Soccorso Alpino the XIII delegation of Turin and arranging the scope of cooperation initiated during their visit in October.

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[04.12.2008] The Foundation on the 6th Cracow Mountain Festival

04.12.2008

We are proud to invite everyone who is concerned with the activity of Anna Pasek Foundation to visit our stand during the Cracow Mountain Festival, which is held on 5 to 7 December 2008. During the event we will be especially promoting our activity on improving the safety in the mountains.