Statute of the F8M Foundation
Based on our vision, mission, and values, the Foundation's Statute defines its goals and the actions we undertake to achieve our statutory objectives. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Statute, as we place particular importance on the transparency of our activities.
We have a total of 18 statutory goals. They can be divided into several groups:
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Building networks of collaboration, engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, and educating about heritage sites, their role, and social significance. What sets us apart from the many excellent heritage organizations is our desire to convince the unconvinced. Our goal and daily work is to engage entrepreneurs and activists from other areas in the community created by our European heritage.
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Acquiring, rescuing, and renovating historic buildings in a responsible and sustainable manner is the most challenging part of our work. It requires considerable effort to convince even more unconvinced individuals. Our Statute names a specific location – the Piniński Palace in Rokietnica (Jarosław County), where the foundation was established. We also stipulated that more such buildings may be added in the future.
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Education, the promotion of Polish heritage and culture in Europe, and European heritage in Poland. These goals also involve building local identity around traditions and monuments, understanding history and its impact today, and engaging residents in joint projects for the future.
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Promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration. This is another set of goals that distinguishes us. Our goal is to foster entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups, in challenging locations, and with a lower economic situation. We believe that historical monuments can be a driving force in local communities, creating jobs and better prospects for the younger generation.
To achieve its goals, the Statute specifies a number of actions that the Foundation may undertake.
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Our most important missionary activities involve securing funding from various sources, both public and private. What sets us apart is our efforts to develop community initiatives for specific projects. This allows us to achieve the goal of broad public engagement in the preservation of heritage sites. It is also an inclusive endeavor, as even those with less means can participate and take pride in the projects we have completed.
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Since we plan to acquire and collaborate on the transformation of historic buildings, renovation activities are also crucial, particularly in identifying functions for historic buildings that will enable them to sustain themselves in the future. Therefore, we pursue our goals by proposing new uses for historic buildings, believing that they are not only witnesses to the past but also important actors in the future. Therefore, it is also crucial that they consume less energy, produce less waste, and avoid wasting water. We place particular emphasis on natural materials in renovation and restoring biodiversity through green spaces around historic buildings.
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In order to best implement activities related to reducing energy consumption and searching for new functions that respond to local and wider needs, we pursue our statutory goals by engaging in international scientific projects, sharing knowledge, supporting local craftsmen and artists, organizing cultural events and many other activities that can be carried out around historic buildings.
