Projects

More than 20 years of projects that delivered results.

From evaluation of ESF support commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Funds, through comprehensive activation support for a Social Services Centre, to long-term collaboration with the Educational Research Institute, the Central Examination Board and dozens of labour offices across Poland.

Current projects

Social and vocational activation

End-to-end delivery of projects for people distant from the labour market — from diagnosis, through counselling and training, to job placement.

Activation · end-to-end

Social Services Centre in the Municipality of Tryńcza

CUS Tryńcza · Municipality of Tryńcza (Podkarpacie region)

Multi-year, comprehensive participant support project: individual job placement, vocational counselling, psychosocial counselling, self-help groups and social activity workshops.

Within the project we also run vocational training courses tailored to participant pathways: beautician, hairdresser, childcare worker, kitchen assistant, HR and payroll, ECDL-certified shop assistant, accounting specialist.

Job placement Vocational counselling Psychosocial support Vocational training

Activation · diagnoses

“Full Speed Ahead III” — BAZA Social Cooperative

BAZA Social Cooperative · ESF+ project

Individual needs and potential diagnoses for project participants — the foundation for building social and vocational reintegration pathways in the “Full Speed Ahead III” project.

Vocational counselling linked to the third edition of the reintegration project run by the Cooperative.

Needs diagnosis Participant pathway ESF+

Activation · job placement

“Active Again” — Sucha Beskidzka Municipality

Municipal Social Welfare Centre · Sucha Beskidzka

Organisation and delivery of individual job placement for participants of an activation project — more than 100 hours of direct work with participants. Delivered under contract MOPS.272.35.2025.

Job placement Social Welfare Centre Małopolska

Support for social economy entities

Training and advisory for social enterprises

SE “Gospoda Jaskółeczka”, SE Golden, Solid Partner, “Porządek Musi Być” Cooperative, “Tradycyjnie” Association

Catering training (induction stoves, convection-steam ovens), advisory on budget management and debt reduction, training on EU funds for social economy entities.

Social economy Sector training Fundraising

Social and education research

Partnerships with academic and research institutes

We deliver field research, respondent recruitment and study coordination on behalf of universities, institutes and research firms.

Education research

School recruitment and teacher study coordination

University of Warsaw · contract no. 114/1230000/2026

Full field operations for a teacher study — school recruitment, research process coordination, respondent liaison. 205 hours of work in March–April 2026.

Academic sector Teacher research Respondent recruitment

Diagnostic instrument validation

Validity and reliability studies of a student wellbeing monitoring tool

DIAGMATIC Sp. z o.o.

Participation in field research validating a student wellbeing monitoring tool — second phase of work within an R&D project.

Tool validation Student wellbeing Field research

Eye-tracking research

Mathematics e-learning platform study

Educational Research Institute (IBE)

Eye-tracking study of an online platform for learning mathematics — specialised methodology, attention measurement and visual path tracking. Another collaboration in a long-term relationship with IBE.

Eye-tracking Education UX E-learning platform

Flagship project

ESF education evaluation for the Polish Ministry of Funds

Multi-year evaluation of support delivered under the European Social Fund in education — commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.

Evaluation · consortium

Evaluation of ESF support in education

Polish Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy · in consortium with Evalu Sp. z o.o.

Multi-stage evaluation of all ESF support in the education area under PO WER and ROP. Four interim reports, quantitative and qualitative research, analysis of the effects of EU-co-funded education policy.

Contract no. DZF/BDG-III-POWER-5/18 dated 17 May 2018. Acceptance protocols without reservations.

Ministry of Funds PO WER Education evaluation Consortium with Evalu

Long-term partnership

Long-term cooperation with the Educational Research Institute (IBE)

We have been delivering educational research for IBE for over a decade — from analysing Educational Value Added (EWD) to today’s eye-tracking studies of e-learning tools.

Studies on schools’ use of Educational Value Added (EWD)
Study of foreign language teaching and learning in lower secondary schools — Stage II
Study of pupils’ speaking skills
Study of professional development needs of early-childhood and mathematics teachers (pilot and main study)
Eye-tracking study of an online mathematics learning platform

EU-funded projects

Research projects funded by ESF and ZPORR

Under the European Social Fund and the Integrated Regional Operational Programme we have delivered a series of independent research projects.

European Social Fund projects

“Woman — an actor in the labour market” — for WUP Kraków (Regional Labour Office)
Cieszyn Economic Development Barometer (CBRG) — partnership with PUP Cieszyn for WUP Katowice
Diagnosis of social exclusion in the Silesian voivodeship — for the Silesian Regional Government Office
“Lifelong learning as a passport to a career” — monitoring of labour demand in the Ełk sub-region, for the Warmia-Masuria Regional Government Office
Diagnosis of the vocational situation of women in the Bytom sub-region — for WUP Katowice

ZPORR projects (2005–2007)

Under Measure 2.1 of ZPORR we delivered five independent research projects for Regional Labour Offices:

WUP Kraków — two projects
WUP Zielona Góra
WUP Opole
WUP Wałbrzych

Plus two studies for PUP Tarnów and an evaluation study for WUP Opole.

Systemic project evaluations

Evaluations of systemic projects of District Labour Offices

Evaluations of specific activation projects delivered by labour offices across Poland — from Bolesławiec to Zamość.

PUP Bolesławiec — “Project of new opportunities”
PUP Bielsko-Biała — “Start, work”
PUP Bytów — “New profession — new job”
PUP Słupsk — “EUROCAREER”
PUP Kościerzyna — “Active in the labour market”
PUP Ryki — “Activity = success”
PUP Przemyśl — “More chances in Przemyśl”
PUP Człuchów — “Don’t let yourself be excluded”
PUP Wąbrzeźno — “Active on the starting line”
PUP Mrągowo — “Professional activity — a chance for a better tomorrow”
PUP Radom — “Initiative”
PUP Opole Lubelskie — “Human — the best investment”
PUP Zamość — “Colours of the Rainbow — vocational activation of the unemployed in particularly difficult labour market situations”

Labour market and education research

Selected research projects (PUP / WUP / CKE / IBE)

Labour supply and demand studies, monitoring of in-demand professions, project evaluations, education research — delivered for various institutions across Poland.

Regional Labour Offices

WUP Kraków — focus group studies “Express to Employment”, labour market situation of economically inactive persons under 30, “Innovative Business as a Chance for Success”

District Labour Offices — selected research

PUP Częstochowa — annual reports on in-demand and surplus professions; employer studies “Activity — Quality — Work”; subsidy beneficiary studies (sample of 500)
PUP Piła — effectiveness of self-employment subsidies; multi-year employer studies; “Labour market vs. activity of unemployed women” (sample of 150)
PUP Skierniewice — studies of persons under 30 and over 50
PUP Olkusz — semi-annual and annual reports on in-demand and surplus professions; lists of professions and training needs
PUP Kartuzy — factors influencing the vocational activity of young people (sample of 300)
PUP Nowa Sól — employer study (sample of 200)
PUP Kościan — study of unemployed subsidy beneficiaries (sample of 272); local labour market study (sample of 150)
PUP Leszno — training needs diagnosis (sample of 300 workplaces); qualitative study of the long-term unemployed
PUP Jaworzno — study of businesses founded with PUP subsidies
PUP Lubaczów — effectiveness study of “More chances in the Lubaczów district” project
PUP Kościerzyna — resident vocational activity (sample of 474) and enterprise study (sample of 200)
PUP Gorlice — value of vocational training (sample of 100); “Being an entrepreneur” (sample of 100)
PUP Kamienna Góra — analysis of employer expectations under “Act Professionally” project (IDI studies)

Educational and examination institutions

Central Examination Board (CKE) — Study of school achievement in lower secondary schools
Educational Research Institute (IBE) — long-term cooperation (see separate section above)
“Integration” Psychological Aid Association in Kraków — evaluations of “Aim High!” and “Target development!” projects

Commercial and institutional cooperation

Evalu Sp. z o.o. — long-term research and evaluation partner, including the Ministry of Funds consortium
Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gliwice — projects for regional economic development
Olsztyn County — social studies and labour market analyses
Lechaa Consulting Sp. z o.o. — research and consulting cooperation
Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre in Krosno
Małopolska Regional Government Office
Lower Silesian Regional Government Office
Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Cracow University of Economics (UEK) — references confirmed by a letter of recommendation

Archive 2003–2010

Cooperation with District Labour Offices

Between 2003 and 2010 we delivered research for District Labour Offices in more than 35 districts of Poland:

PUP Bełchatów

PUP Będzin

PUP Bochnia

PUP Brzozów

PUP Chrzanów

PUP Czarnków

PUP Częstochowa

PUP Działdowo

PUP Elbląg

PUP Gorlice

PUP Kamienna Góra

PUP Kartuzy

PUP Krapkowice

PUP Krosno

PUP Kędzierzyn-Koźle

PUP Kościerzyna

PUP Leszno

PUP Lubaczów

PUP Lwówek Śląski

PUP Łask

PUP Łęczyca

PUP Łódź (no. 1)

PUP Mielec

PUP Olkusz

PUP Opole Lubelskie

PUP Ostrów Mazowiecka

PUP Ostrów Wielkopolski

PUP Piła

PUP Police

PUP Przeworsk

PUP Radomsko

PUP Radzyń Podlaski

PUP Sucha Beskidzka

PUP Stalowa Wola

PUP Śrem

PUP Ustrzyki Dolne

PUP Września

WUP Kraków

WUP Opole

Archive 2016–2017

Social research for municipalities and welfare centres

Between 2016 and 2017 we delivered social research for more than 30 municipalities, towns and social welfare centres across Poland:

Suchedniów Municipality

Mielec Municipality

Opatów Municipality

Krościenko Municipality

Krzeszyce Municipality

Długołęka Municipality

Łososina Dolna Municipality

Milicz Municipality

Kąty Wrocławskie Municipality

Kluczbork Municipality

Dzikowiec Municipality

Złotoryja Municipality

Ćmielów Municipality

Brzeszcze Municipality

Zarzecze Municipality

Sieniawa Municipality

Zawonia Municipality

GOPS Czernica

GOPS Zarzecze

MGOPS Lubniewice

MOPS and OPS — 50+ units

…and many more