ANNUAL REPORT 2016 WELCOME MESSAGE FOREWORD Another amazing

ANNUAL REPORT 2016

WELCOME MESSAGE

FOREWORD Another amazing year is behind us. It was a first full year for Polish Professional Women and a lot has happened. We brought together more than 100 paid members, almost 400 followers on Linked. In and more than 1. 000 on Facebook. We organized 8 trainings and 4 networking gatherings. Our speakers were specialists from various fields and coming to us from different countries. We learned about time management, public speaking, about ourselves, we wrote our own story, climbed the Kilimanjaro and searched for the new job. We met many new people, connected with Czech and Slovak women from Minerva 21 and also with members of another Polish women organization in the Netherlands - Top. We sang Christmas carols in the center of Amsterdam, we laughed, talked and learned from each other. We launched thematic breakfast meetings where our members could socialise and exchange views on specific subjects. It was a very successful year for the Social Responsibility team. We established mutually beneficial relationships with Amsterdam women organizations. We believe that our plans and actions will bring even more impact in the upcoming years. We know that it would not be possible for our organization to achieve all of it if it wasn't for a hard work of a group of many women. At the end of 2016, 27 of our members decided to devote their time, knowledge and energy to Polish Professional Women and become PPW’s volunteers. We look forward to the next exciting year. We have a lot of ideas and we are eager to bring them to life. We listen to our members, we keep our eyes open for what is happening in our surrounding. In 2017 our main focus will be on further development of skills of our members and facilitating them with tools which are helpful in achieving success on the labor market. Furthermore, through volunteering projects we would like to increase the impact and visibility of Polish professionals within the Dutch society. Thank you for being with us and growing our network. Together we are stronger. Hope to see you on our events. Polish Professional Women in the Netherlands On behalf of the Board of Directors Monika Boomgaard, President

OUR MISION & VISION Polish Professional Women in the Netherlands is a platform uniting Polish female professionals and entrepreneurs living and working in the Netherlands. Our goal is to gather together a group of active internationally minded Polish women, so that our network of contacts is rich and diverse. We aim to empower the advancement of women in business. We want to be a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, and thus support the personal and professional development of our members. Our target is to empower women with tools and insight and help encourage them to springboard ahead and realize their goals. Change of place, and even the country of residence does not necessarily mean the lack of opportunities for personal and professional development. On the contrary, it is an opportunity to gain new experiences and skills. Supporting those ambitions we provide our members with tailor made training and workshops, as well as networking events. Supporting personal and professional development Uniting Polish professional women abroad Promoting positive image of Poles Cooperation NL-PL

OUR MEMBERS

OUR MEMBERS PPW seeks quality, diversity (age & profession), and balance in its membership. Criteria for membership include intellectual achievement and expertise; degree of experience, interest, and desire and ability to participate in PPW’s activities. PPW unites a wide variety of Polish female university graduates with many years of professional experience but also young alumni and students on the verge of entering their professional career. Our members represent various professions and industries, have the experience of working in an international environment and are eager to share their knowledge. They come from world of business, culture, academic institutions and social organizations. They are ambitious, eager, curious and driven. Almost 60% of them hold senior and managerial positions. 25% received MBA or post master degree. , 27% are self employed. All of our members are multilingual. At the end of 2016, PPW had 107 members (82 all-in and 25 basic).

OUR MEMBERS Multilingual 9% Pharma professionals 100% Polish Highly educated 59% Senior & management positions 25 to 55+ age 63% Corporate, entrepreneur s and academic 47% Finance professionals 9% Phd + 370 Linked In community International experience 27% Self employed 22% MBA or post masters degree

WHERE ARE OUR MEMBERS FROM? Amsterda m and the area 65, 4% Den Haag and the area 7, 7% Utrecht and the area 6, 9% Others 18, 5%

OUR TEAM

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2016 BOARD AND COMMISSIONS Monika Boomgaard Julita Davies Ewa Komorowska- van Wissen Beata Wyszkowska Social Responsibility: Magda Domanska Wioletta Kleijn-Olbrich Lucyna Szyszkowiak Portraits project: Monika Sucharska Breakfast project: Monika Krzepczak Photo: Kasia Giska Zaneta Mc. Kay Ania Pujer Translations: Katarzyna Bijas Magda Sedek Operations: Majka Geszczynska Monika Miernik Dorota Konarska Joanna Olszanska Agnieszka Rybak Media: Justyna van Dalen Sonia Kolasinska Marta Twardowska Audit: Agnieszka Gradek Grazyna Chrust Daria Kanters Membership: Justyna Remijn Global Mentoring Walk: Aleksandra Baran Irmina Raczylo

HOW DO WE WORK? PPW believes that the success of any organization or project depends on the contributions of its members. Combined talents of many individuals contribute more than the sum of its parts Participants work harder for any project if they feel a sense of ownership in its success or failure. Therefore to be more effective, we empower every member to actively participate in the structures of PPW. In 2016 PPW were managed by The Board consisted of 5 members (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Board Member responsible for the Membership) who was responsible for providing the ‘tone at the top’. The broad ideas were cascaded down to the established Commissions, responsible in detail for supporting PPW’s operations and implementing initial objectives. The Commissions were: Operations, Membership, Social Corporate Responsibility, Media, Translations, Portraits Project, Global Mentoring Walk, Business Breakfasts. Separate unit consisted of a photographer who documented every organized event and an independent Audit unit. PPW’s activities were organized on a event-by-event basis, leaving an opening for developing an internal working framework and best practices which formed a basis for a fluent way of working in the following years. All Board and Commissions’ members are performing their work on a voluntary basis and need to pay a regular membership fee.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Vision Promoting a positive image of Poland Polish women in NL. Becoming an important part of Dutch society despite a foreign background. Mission Polish Professional Women empowers women to achieve fulfillment on both professional and personal level. We cooperate with other organisations involved in supporting local communities and women being their members. Our members share their experience, know-how, time, and encouragement so that all women, irrespective of nationality and background, were able to handle all kinds of obstacles and to get closer to reaching their aims. Teaching new skills, helping to improve self-esteem, and becoming more self-sufficient is our aim!

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY’S ACTIVITY IN 2016 Jan Jun Nov Dec Activiting Social Responsibility Commission First Brainstorming Session with PPW Volunteers First Event! Inspirational Storytelling for Vrouwen Vooruit Christmas and Voedselbank – we share ØBuilding internal structures ØCreating a strategy and plan for first half of 2016 ØGetting know NGOs in NL ØGetting know volunteers among PPW members interested in Soc. Resp ØVolunteers: 3 storytellers ØVolunteers: 11 active members of PPW ØGuests: social initiative Baking Power ØBrainstorming ØPresenting plans for the second half of 2016 ØAim: to inspire and other women to act ØEffect: encouragement to following parts of the course ØPositive image effect: Vrouwen Power uit Polen ØVolunteers: all members of PPW : -) ØAim: to share with others ØEffect: 15 boxes of food and donation - Eur 170 ØPositive effect: we participate in Dutch society

WHICH EVENTS DID WE ORGANISE IN 2016?

EVENTS IN 2016 Jan Feb Mar New Year Drinks Effectivity Vademecum My story, my ending Apr Balans Ø 73 registered Ø 57 registered Ø 65 registered Ø 70 registered ØOpen event ØClosed event ØOpen event Ø 119 Euro expenses Ø 350 Euro expenses Ø 1. 433 Euro expenses Ø 881 Euro expenses Ø 230 Euro in tickets Ø 105 Euro in tickets Ø 219 Euro in tickets Ø 476 Euro in tickets

EVENTS IN 2016 May Jun Negotiations PPW General Assembly Ø 58 registered ØOpen event Ø 350 Euro expenses Ø 91 Euro in tickets Ø 58 registered ØClosed event Ø 1. 771 Euro expenses Aug PPW goes International Sept Katarzyna Pawlikowska Ø 90 registered Ø 57 registered ØOpen event ØClosed event Ø 130 Euro expenses Ø 1. 420 Euro expenses Ø 277 Euro in tickets Ø 341 Euro in tickets

EVENTS IN 2016 Oct Nov Dec Anna Chojnacka Dutch Labour Market Public Speaking Xmas Drinks Ø 72 registered Ø 45 registered Ø 65 registered ØOpen event ØClosed event Ø 62 registered Ø 225 Euro expenses Ø 795 Euro expenses Ø 458 Euro expenses ØClosed event Ø 93 Euro in tickets Ø 225 Euro in tickets Ø 163 Euro in tickets Ø 155 Euro expenses

PPW ANNUAL REPORT 2016

PRINCIPLES FOR REPORTING Amounts in the Financial Statements are stated in Euros. PPW is exempt from sales tax. Accounting principles applicable to the valuation of assets & liabilities: • Membership fees are accounted accrual based. • Assets and liabilities are stated at nominal value. Receivables are stated at nominal value less provision for doubtful debts, if applicable • Unearned revenue is reported as a liability, reflecting the company's obligation to deliver product in the future. Accounting principles for determination of the income statement: • The result is determined as the difference between the income and the costs and other expenses for the year they were realized. • Gains are accounted once realized. • Losses are accounted once they occur. • Income means the amount charged (or to be charged) to third parties for the financial year in which services are provided net of discounts and excluding taxes. • Expenses are determined on a historical basis and allocated to the financial year to which they relate.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2016 BALANCE SHEET

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2016 INCOME STATEMENT

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2016 Income statement Balans Sheet Expenses Assets Per year end 2016 PPW accounted a financial gain of EUR 7. 844. Revenues accounted per 31 -12 -2016 (EUR 17. 314) exceeded registred costs (EUR 9. 470). All of the costs can be assigned to financing the statutory activity costs of PPW such as: organisation of events (incl. Corporate Social Responsibility), trainings, internal meeting of volunteers and office supplies necessary in the daily operations of the associacion. Revenues The source of revenues in 2016 consisted of membership fees including the administration fee (EUR 13. 431), additional revenues earned on selling tickets for the events (EUR 2. 883) and one-off donation received from Het ING Nederland Fonds voor Medewerkers (EUR 1. 000). EUR 6. 578 registred as unearned income generated from the subscription fees is allocated to be available for distribution in 2017. The association has no objectinve to have an exploitation surplus. However the Association will use this explitation surplus to improve its liquidity, which means a possible exploitation sirplus is addedd to the retained earnings. The total amount of assets held by PPW per year end 2016 amounted to EUR 14. 422. The balance of cash held at bank was EUR 14. 361. The rest of assets consisted of prepaid insurance (EUR 62). Liabilities per year end 2016 are composed of unearned income which amounted to EUR 6. 578 (accrued prepaid subscription fees). Reclassification All costs registred in 2015 are now presented in one line „Statutory Costs” instead of being shown as separate components of expenses due to the fact that they all relate to costs accounted for the operations and events of PPW. Other information The organization has no employees. All work is performed on a voluntary basis. Guest speakers conduct their trainings pro bono.

GENERAL INFORMATION Polish Professional Women in The Netherlands Society Address: Mackaylaan 4 1412 CP Naarden Netherlands Other information: kontakt@polishprofessionalwomen. com www. polishprofessionalwomen. com Kv. K: Bank Account: 64059448 NL 34 INGB 0007 0396 68 15 June 2017 Management: Monika Boomgaard- President Julita Davies- Vice President Beata Wyszkowska - Board Membership Daria Kanters- Secretary Ewa Komorowska-van Wissen- Treasurer Date: This report is uploaded to www. polishprofessionalwomen. com

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