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● Transatlantic Future Leaders Forum (TFLF) is an internship platform

connecting the brightest Polish scholars with thoughtful and broad-minded

decision makers in Washington and London

● “Extra-curricular” meetings with thought leaders from think-tanks,

businesses and professional services organizations form an integral part

of the program

Description

● TFLF recruits, develops and supports motivated students to form a

network of high-achievers who thanks to our program will be well-

equipped to become future leaders of the civic society

● We created a vehicle which supports exceptionally bright and talented

university students (many of whom come from disadvantaged

backgrounds) by allowing them to gain unrivalled professional and

personal experience

Internship platform

preparing exceptional

young people

to become future

leaders

Our vision and mission

Our Goal

To place Polish interns in offices of top decision makers in Washington and London

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Our Partners

We have teamed up with highly respected institutions

Honorary patron

Strategic partners

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Our Partners

We have teamed up with highly respected institutions

Partners

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Next Steps

2018 Edition timeline

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2018

XI 2017

Selecting

candidates

Promotional activities

2nd round

Interviews

Online applications

Allocating chosen candidates

to Congressional offices

Internships

Publication on

transatlantic issues

Tadeusz Kolasiński

● Student at Sciences Po Law School pursuing Master in Economic Law. Previously awarded BA in

International Relations and Economics from the same institution.

● Completed an internship at Thomson Reuters and acted as a Research Assistant for a senior European

politician.

● As a leader of student association he organised an international conference in the Western Balkans

Scholars - 2017 Edition

Our scholars come from various academic and professional backgrounds

Nadia O’Shaughnessy

● Currently pursuing an MSc in International Political Economy at the LSE, having completed an MA at

Sciences Po and a BA at Cambridge, both in the International Relations field

● Previously interned for the British Embassy in Warsaw and for Visa Europe in Paris

● Engaged in Model United Nations and mentoring of Polish students applying to study in the UK

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Michał Ratyński

● Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, also holds

a Bachelor of Politics and East European Studies (2.1. with honours) from the University College London

● Worked on Corporate Social Responsibility project with Tata Communications Ltd in Pune, India

● Gained additional experience during consultancy project with a medium textile company in Kampala,

Uganda and Thomson Reuters’ journalistic internship in Warsaw

Bogdan Marek

● Pursuing Master's Degree in Quantitative Methods in Economics at Warsaw School of Economics

● Current President of Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Students’ Union

● Winner of National Oxford-style debate tournaments with experience from Accenture and Polish

Railways

Bartłomiej Bąk

● Third-year student of Finance at Warsaw School of Economics

● Active member of student organizations who organised a student exchange for students from Mexico and

Philippines

● Completed internships at the Embassy of Poland in Brazil and in the Polish Ministry of Finance

Scholars - 2017 Edition

Our scholars come from various academic and professional backgrounds

Michalina Nadolna

● A Masters of Laws student at Adam Mickiewicz University who has also completed courses in Finance &

Accounting with International Baccalaureate background

● Completed internships at Baker&McKenzie and Bridgestone Europe

● Member of several research groups and an author of articles on European Union law and philosophy of

law

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Our interns have unrivalled opportunity to work at offices of top decision makers

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Participating Offices - US

Dan Lipinski

● Democrat, 3rd district of Illinois, sixth term in the US House of Representatives

● The most senior member from Illinois on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

● Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

● Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Poland

Marcy Kaptur

● U.S. Representative for Ohio and member of the Democratic Party, who has served since 1983

● The longest-serving woman in the House

● Member of the Appropriations Committee

● Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Poland

Jackie Walorski

● Republican, 2nd district of Indiana, third term in the US House of Representatives

● Member of the Committee on Armed Services

Peter Roskam

● Republican, 6th district of Illinois, third term in the US House of Representatives

● In the leadership - former Chief Deputy Whip (2011-2014)

● Chairman of the Tax Policy Subcommittee on the House Ways and Means Committee

Our interns have unrivalled opportunity to work at offices of top decision makers

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Participating Offices - UK

Tom Brake

● Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington in London since 1997.

● Deputy Leader of the House of Commons between 2012 and 2015

● Liberal Democrat spokesperson for international trade and European affairs since 2017

Daniel Kawczynski

● British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury & Atcham in

Shropshire since 2005

● Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

● He is currently Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland and a founder of the

Conservative Friends of Poland group

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Private Companies: Boeing, McLarty Associates, Squire Patton Boggs

Embassy of Poland in the United States, Delegation of the EU in the US, Polish Defense Ministry

2016 Edition

Extracurricular meetings 2016

Think-tanks: Brookings Institute, Heritage Foundation, Lugar Center

Polish Minister of Foreign

Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski

World Bank

2017 Edition

Extracurricular meetings 2017 (1/2)

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Private Companies: Boston Consulting Group, Procter&Gamble

Ambassador of Poland in the United States, International Monetary Fund, Former Polish Foreign Minister

2017 Edition

Extracurricular meetings 2017 (2/2)

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Great feedback

Our program presented not only an unique experience for our Scholars but was also

highly valued by participating Congressional offices

Congressman Peter Roskam

with Bogdan Marek

Congressman Dan Lipinski with

Wiktor RybickiCongresswoman Marcy Kaptur

with Grażyna Meller