In Poland, funding for inclusive making activities can be accessed through programmes that promote social inclusion and educational equality. Local governments and the Ministry of National Education offer funding for projects aimed at integrating students with disabilities into regular educational settings. Schools can apply for financial support to develop inclusive making activities that foster creativity and engagement for all students, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds.

1. Education Support Program – Innovative Education

The program includes co-financing projects, among others, in the area of creating interactive teaching aids and educational materials that are innovative in their form; 

This module covers the following scope of activities:

– shaping students’ skills in efficient use of information and communication technologies;

– triggering students’ and teachers’ openness to new technologies and creativity through the use of educational materials that are innovative in their form and interactive teaching aids;

– shaping students’ entrepreneurial and creative attitudes that support active participation in social and economic life;

– disseminating knowledge about safety among children and young people and shaping appropriate attitudes towards threats, including those related to the use of information and communication technologies;

– creating conditions for the development of students’ interests and talents, in particular in the area of new technologies.

For more information, visit the official website.

2. Inkluzja Foundation 

The Inkluzja Foundation – Inclusive Education has been operating since 2014. It was established out of the need to introduce and test inclusive education models in Polish realities. The main idea was to create educational institutions that, thanks to appropriate working conditions and motivation to develop staff competences, would fully implement the assumptions of inclusive education.

The projects concern various possibilities of implementing inclusive activities in Polish schools and the extracurricular environment, including the family.

For more information, visit the official website.

3. The “Active School – purchase of sports equipment”

It is an initiative of the Ministry aimed at developing sports infrastructure and promoting physical activity among children and youth. The program is aimed at public school management bodies, which can receive funding for the purchase of sports equipment in the amount of up to PLN 25,000. Within the framework of the funds obtained, schools can, among other things, modernize the school playing field or equip the gym.

For more information, visit the official website.

4. Education Reserve 2024 (Rezerwa Oświatowa 2024)

The Education Reserve is an instrument for financing educational tasks, which enables the acquisition of additional funds for schools and local governments. Funding within the educational part of the general subsidy is granted by the Ministry of National Education to local government institutions for the implementation of tasks that take into account the needs related to the implementation of the education reform.

The educational reserve pool is a variable amount, established annually by the budget act based on the needs of local governments during the period of introducing the education reform.

The Education Reserve 2024 is a subsidy from the Ministry of National Education enabling the acquisition of additional funds for schools and local governments, which can be used for needs related to the implementation of the education reform. The division of finances from the subsidy is divided between individual local governments based on the so-called education subsidy division algorithm. This algorithm is based on a standard that determines the amount that a local government receives per student. It is calculated using a system of weights, i.e. multipliers, which contribute to the increase of this amount depending on the type and specificity of the facility or the needs of the student, e.g. related to his or her disability.

For more information, visit the official website.

5. Regional programmes 

Activity FELD.08.10 Inclusive education 

Project type: activities in the field of inclusive education in preschool education

Types of projects that can be implemented within the project type:

– Preparation of infrastructure in terms of accessibility for children, students, teachers, and parents with disabilities.

– Equipment, additional equipment of rooms necessary for children, students and teachers with disabilities.

– Support for children, students with disabilities in meeting individual needs in the context of learning, care and upbringing.

– Support improving the organization of the facility’s work in the field of supporting people with individual needs.

– Support for school staff and education system institutions in the field of preventing violence motivated by prejudice, including preventing discrimination and violence on the basis of gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or worldview, disability and sexual orientation and gender identity, through improving competences, expert support, exchange of good practices, supporting the creation of systemic solutions supporting the prevention of violence.

Any purchases of equipment or actions concerning infrastructure will only be possible if they are necessary to achieve the project’s goal. Support cannot be provided to special facilities.

For more information, visit the official webpage.

Regional support for inclusive education – a project selected under the European Funds for Pomerania 2021-2027 programme 

The main objective of the project is to support the implementation of inclusive education in Pomeranian schools and educational institutions.

The project will result in the acquisition of qualifications to conduct teaching classes, taking into account the methods and tools of inclusive education by 288 representatives of the staff of schools and educational institutions from the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

For more information, visit the official webpage.

Measure 6.10 Support for general education, type A. Inclusive education in schools and educational system institutions providing general education 

The competition focuses on implementing the following activities in mainstream schools:

• raising awareness, skills, competences and qualifications of staff in the area of recognising individual needs of students or working with students with special needs, including the use of counselling in this area by schools and institutions,
• activities implemented in cooperation with special schools aimed at working with students with special needs, in particular in the area of using the experience and competences of specialist staff of these schools and activities integrating students of special and mainstream schools,
• employment of additional staff, e.g. assistant/assistant teachers of students with special educational needs,
• cooperation with a psychological and pedagogical counselling centre in the area of implemented support,
• implementation of psychological and pedagogical assistance for students,
• implementation of rehabilitation classes,
• implementation of additional support for students, including in the scope of special organization of education in accordance with individual needs, including for children of foreigners and children of Polish citizens returning from abroad,
• implementation of classes in the scope of counteracting discrimination,
• actions improving the process of school management and organization of school work in the scope of supporting groups that need it the most,
• improvement of architectural accessibility of public schools for students, teachers, parents and the local community,
• adaptation of premises and their equipment to the needs of students with special needs, including in particular those with disabilities,
• use of experiences related to inclusive education in other European countries,
• support for parents and guardians in the scope of fulfilling parental functions and supporting children’s development at every stage (e.g. possibility of psychological or pedagogical consultation) – as an element of a broader project.

For more information, visit the official webpage.