Events30 January 20252 min readMichał Tuczapski

Founder of the Global Education Foundation in high-level talks at UN Headquarters

The experience gained from high-level talks at UN Headquarters — including with Secretary-General António Guterres — is one of the pillars on which the Global Education Foundation is built.

Michał Tuczapski greets UN Secretary-General António Guterres in the United Nations General Assembly hall.

Michał Anioł Tuczapski, Founder and President of the Management Board of the Global Education Foundation (Fundacja Edukacji Globalnej), brings to the Foundation's work first-hand experience of cooperation at the highest levels of the United Nations system. In January 2025 he took part in a series of meetings at UN Headquarters in New York devoted to the participation of the younger generation in decision-making processes, human rights, and the international community's response to contemporary crises.

The talks, held in the second half of January 2025, addressed the place of young people in global mechanisms for security, education, and the protection of human rights — the areas that today form the foundation of the Global Education Foundation's mission.

Those he met included representatives of the highest authorities of the United Nations and of the permanent missions of member states, among them:

H.E. António Guterres — Secretary-General of the United Nations

H.E. Bob Rae — Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Michał Tuczapski in conversation with a representative of the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, with the Canadian flag in the background.

Michał Tuczapski during a working meeting at a conference table with delegation representatives.

Meeting at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN — a diplomat in conversation with Michał Tuczapski, an assistant taking notes; the Canadian flag in the background.

Michał Tuczapski in conversation with representatives of the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN at a conference table, with the Canadian flag in the background.

Michał Tuczapski setting out his position during a meeting with delegation representatives at a conference table.

H.E. Felipe Paullier — UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs

Michał Tuczapski shakes hands with a representative of the UN Youth Office in front of a banner for the “Youth 2030” initiative.

Michał Tuczapski during a conversation in the office of one of the missions to the UN.

Michał Tuczapski discussing the UN Sustainable Development Goals; SDG icon cubes beside him.

Michał Tuczapski meeting representatives of the UN Youth Office during an informal conversation.

Michał Tuczapski during one of the meetings at UN Headquarters in New York.

H.E. Philippe Lazzarini — Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
H.E. Cornel Feruță — Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN
H.E. Filipo Tarakinikini — Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN
H.E. Antje Leendertse — Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN

Michał Tuczapski talking with a participant of a ceremony in the UN General Assembly hall; a “#HolocaustRemembrance” sign on the desk.

Ms Alicia Guadalupe Buenrostro Massieu — Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN

Michał Tuczapski shakes hands with a representative of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN; the flags of the UN and Mexico in the background.

Michał Tuczapski during a working conversation at a conference table with a delegation representative.

Michał Tuczapski in conversation with a diplomat during a meeting at a mission to the UN.

Michał Tuczapski during a meeting at a conference table; opposite him, a delegation representative reviews a document.

Meeting in the conference room of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN — Michał Tuczapski seated opposite mission representatives.

Michał Tuczapski with a representative of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN, against the flags of the UN and Mexico.

Mr Mohammed Khalifa H. Alnasr — Deputy Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN
Mr Michał Miarka — Deputy Permanent Representative of Poland to the UN

Michał Tuczapski shakes hands with a representative of Polish institutions by the flags of Poland and the European Union; the UN Charter and the Treaty of Lisbon on an easel.

Michał Tuczapski during a conversation in an office; a framed world map in the background.

Michał Tuczapski in conversation with an official at a coffee table; a world map on the wall.

Michał Tuczapski and a representative of Polish institutions by the flags of Poland and the EU, beside the UN Charter and the Treaty of Lisbon.

Michał Tuczapski during a meeting in an office; a framed world map in the background.

Mr Renaud Savignat — Head of the Human Rights Section, Delegation of the European Union to the UN
Ms Elaf A. Al-Omair — Head of the Human Rights Section, Mission of Saudi Arabia to the UN

The talks focused on concrete mechanisms for including young leaders in security and human-rights protection systems, on strengthening the role of education as a tool for building social resilience, and on recognising young people as full participants in decision-making within international structures. The discussions were part of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, and of the broader framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The experience gained from direct dialogue with the institutions of the United Nations system is one of the pillars on which the Global Education Foundation is built. The Foundation's mission is to develop global education, to strengthen the civic engagement of the younger generation, and to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, human rights, and intercultural dialogue — in the conviction that young people are not merely recipients of public policies, but their co-creators.

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