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Jerzy Regulski
President, Foundation for the Development of Local Democracy (Poland); former Minister and former Permanent Representative of Poland at the Council of Europe.
| 2000 - | Chairman, Advisory Council for Promotion of European Integration of local andregional authorities of Poland |
| 2000 - | Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland to Stability Pact Training Programs |
| 2000 - | Euroatlantic Club, member of the Council |
| 1999 - | Society for Education in Public Administration, chairman, Programming Council |
| 1998 - 1999 | Chairman, Council for the Reforms of the State at the Prime Minister |
| 1997 - | Polish Council of European Movement, member of the board |
| 1996 - | Open Society Institute, Local Government Initiative Steering Committee, Budapest |
| 1996 - | European Foundation for the Sustainable Development of the Regions (FEDRE) – member of the Board |
| 1995 - | Institute of Public Affairs, member of the Supervisory Board |
| 1992 - 1997 | Ambassador, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe, (1993-1997 Chairman, Group of Rapporteurs of the Committee of Ministers on Environment and Local Government) |
| 1989 - 1991 | Senator of the Republic of Poland |
| 1989 - 1991 | Minister-in-charge of Local Government Reform |
| 1989 - | President, Foundation for the Development of Local Democracy |
| 1989 | Chief "Solidarity" Negotiator on Local Government Reform at the "Round Table" Talks between the Communist Government and democratic opposition |
| 1981 - 1989 | Professor and Head, Regional Economy Section, Institute of Economic Science, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 1975 - 1989 | Professor and Head of Department of Urban Economics, University of Lodz |
| 1974 | Extra-Ordinary Professor (personal titles conferred by the President of the Republic) |
| 1965 | Diploma, 1-year International School in Town Planning, Paris, France |
| 1963 | Dr. Sc., Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw |
| 1959 - 1975 | Senior consultant, Municipal Design and Consulting Office, Warsaw |
| 1953 - 1958 | Consultant, Bureau municipal de conseil et de conception architecturaux, Varsovie |
| 1948 - 1953 | Civil Engineer at building contractors, Warsaw |
| 1945 - 1946 | One year prisoner for organizing independent student association |
| 1942 - 1945 | Member of the Polish Underground Army (1944 - advanced to a grade of a Second Lieutenant) |
| Languages | |
| Polish, English and French written, read and spoken, fair in German |
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| LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2000 | Samorzad III Rzeczpospolitej (Local Government of the 3rd (Polish) Republic) – History and critical evaluation of the Polish local government reforms 1980-98. PWN Warsaw 451 pp. |
| 1995 - 1992 | 28 books and over 170 articles published in scholarly journals |
| 1965 - 1991 | Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer at 81 foreign universities and research centers |
| HONORS | |
| 2000 | Award of the Polish Associations of Local and Regional Governments |
| 1999 | Great Cross of the Order of Poland’s Restitution (Grand Cross of Merit) |
| 1999 | Grzegorz Palka’s Award for merits to local democracy building |
| 1996 | Honorary Doctor, University of Łódź, Poland |
| 1994 | Honorary Medal of the National Assembly of Local Governments |
| 1993 | Honorary Doctor, University of Roskilde, Denmark |
| 1990 | Senior Academic Award, Leicester Polytechnic, UK |
| 1990 | Distinguished Fellow's Award, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |
| 1986 | Fellow, Centre for Local Government, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 1981 | Visiting (honorary) Fellow Department of Town Planning, Oxford Polytechnic, UK |
