Government Bodies :

Departament Kultury Mniejszosci Narodowych)

Title
Department of the Culture of Ethnic Minorities (Departament Kultury Mniejszosci Narodowych)

Description
Part of the Ministry of Culture and Art (Ministerstwo Kultury I Sztuki), the aim of the Department is to promote tolerance and the rights of ethnic minorities in Poland through cultural initiatives. The Department funds organisations which ensure the continuation of the cultural traditions of minorities and the formulation of both domestic legislation and foreign policy which has a bearing on the issues of these cultures. This Department is responsible for German, Jewish and Lithuanian ethnic minorities.

Contact Information
Director Krzysztof Cwetsch
Ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17
00-071 Warszawa
Tel: +48 (0)22 620 02 31 ext. 367

Secretariat Marzena Sowinska
Ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17
00-071 Warszawa
Tel: +48 (0)22 826 0116
or +48 (0)22 620 0231 ext. 367
Email: msowinska@mk.gov.pl
<www.mkis.gov.pl>

Source
Ministerstwo Kultury I Sztuki
<www.mkis.gov.pl> accessed 12 August 2002