This document outlines the professional experience of an individual working in research and education roles related to rural development, agriculture, and land use in Poland since 1994. They have held senior researcher and lecturer positions at the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research Institute and University of Bialystok. Their research has focused on structural changes in rural areas, land use, rural entrepreneurship, and physical infrastructure development. They have participated in numerous national and EU-funded research projects on topics such as rural foresight analysis, socio-economic changes in rural areas, and land conversion.

1. 12. Professional experience:
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) September 1994 onwards
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute
Position Senior researcher
Job Description  Structural changes in rural areas ;
 Economics of agricultural land use, including
land property rights;
 Local authorities as a factor of territorial
competiveness;
 Institutions of rural development.
 Small and medium enterprises development
in rural areas.
 Policy support for entrepreneurship
development in rural areas.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 2011-2013
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute –
Position Senior researcher
Job Description Project of Polish Ministry of Science on
“Structural changes in rural society and peasant
agriculture”. Research on the development of
physical infrastructure in rural areas of Poland.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) March-April 2011
Location ul. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 14
15-097 Bialystok
Company / Organisation Uniwersity of Bialystok
Position Senior lecturer
Job Description Lectures on “Self-government budget
management”
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 2010
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute – the coordinator of
the project was Agrotect Poland Ltd.
Position Expert
Job Description Mid-term review of Rural Development

2. Programme, 2007-2013 for Polish Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development – evaluation
of the activity “Development of microenterprises”
and “Basic services for rural economy and
society”
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) January 2007 –December 2009
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute – Project coordinated
by Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen.
Position Project manager and researcher
Job Description Research in FP6 EU project on “Foresight
analysis of rural areas in Europe (FARO EU)
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 2005-2007
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute –
Position Senior researcher
Job Description Project of Polish Ministry of Science on “Change
of socio-economic structures in rural areas in the
context of the CAP implementation in Poland”.
Research on the development of physical
infrastructure and the change of natural
environment in rural areas of Poland.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) April 2004 - January 2007
Location Swietokrzyska 20, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics –
National Research Institute
Position Senior researcher
Job Description Project contractor of Polish Ministry of Science
on Land Conversion in the Process of Rural
Development
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) January 2005- December 2006
Location ul. Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw Poland
Company / Organisation Warsaw Agricultural University, Chair of
Environmental Protection
Position Subcontractor - researcher
Job Description Analysis of Cross-Compliance implementation in
Poland – the level of implementation of 19 EU
directives. Research for the project on
“Facilitating the CAP reform: Compliance and
Competitiveness of European Agriculture” – 6th
EU Framework Programme: Specific Targeted
Research or Innovation Project Nr 6489,
acronym: Cross-compliance, European
Commission Contract No: SSPE – CT – 2005 –

3. 006489 CROSS COMPLIANCE
Dates (from – to) 2005-2006
Name and address of
employer
Warsaw Agricultural University, Chair of Environmental Protection,
ul. Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw Poland
Type of business or
sector
Research and education
Occupation or position
held
Subcontractor - researcher
Main activities and
responsibilities
Analysis of the impact of energy crop production on water
environment in Poland
Research in the FP 6 EU project: WFD meets CAP – Opportunities
for the future - Specific Support Action
No 6618, acronym: CAP & WFD, European Commission Contract
No: SSPE – CT – 006618 CAP & WFD
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) September 2006 – December 2006
Location ul. Krucza 16/22, 00 – 526 Warsaw, Poland,
Company / Organisation Agrotec Poland Ltd., Consulting company
Position Independent expert
Job Description Strategic evaluation of Rural Development
Programme (2007-2013) impact on environment
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) November 2005 – December 2006
Name and address of employer Agrotec Poland Ltd., ul. Krucza 16/22, 00 – 526
Warsaw, Poland,
E-mail: agrotec-polska@agrotec-spa.net
Type of business or sector Consulting company
Occupation or position held Independent expert
Main activities and responsibilities Ex-ante evaluation of Rural Development
Programme, 2007-2013.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) January 2003 – June 2006
Location Galway, Ireland
Company / Organisation Department of Economics, National University of
Ireland
Position Researcher - subcontractor
Job Description Subcontractor of IDARI project (Integrated
Development of Agricultural and Rural
Institutions), contract no. QLK5-CT-2002-02718
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) June 2004
Location ul. Niedźwiedzia 14a, 02-737 Warsaw, Poland
Company / Organisation ABC Poland Ltd., consulting company
Position Lecturer
Job Description Lectures on „Agrucltural Information System” for
regional and local administration in Poland -
project Phare PL0104.10.02.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) December 2002 – September 2003
Location Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK
Tel: +44 1233 812181, Fax: +44 1233 813309

4. Company / Organisation Agra CEAS Consulting, Imperial College at Wye,
Consulting company
Position Independent Expert, lecturer
Job Description Lectures on CAP regimes delivered for local
administration staff
PHARE project "Strengthening Aquis at local
level", No
PL0003,15PL.)
Dates (from – to) November 1999 – February 2003
Name and address of employer Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences,
Chair of Resource Economics, Luisenstrasse 56
- D-10099 Berlin - Germany, Phone: 00-49-
30/2093-6305/6320, Fax: 00-49-30/2093-6497,
Email: k.hagedorn@agrar.hu-berlin.de,
www.ceesa.de
Type of business or sector Research and education
Occupation or position held Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Subcontractor of CEESA (Central and Eastern
European Sustainable Agriculture) project, no
QLK5-CT-1999-01611
List of selected publications
1. Wasilewski, A.: “Differentiation of technical infrastructure in the new administrative
configuration”, IERiGZ, 1999, Warsaw, Poland (in Polish).
2. Wasilewski, A.: “County self-government as a key-institution of sustainable
development at the local level” SERiA, 2000 Zamosc, Poland (in Polish).
3. Wasilewski, A.: “Transformation of physical infrastructure in rural areas”, IERiGZ,
2001, Warsaw, Poland (in Polish).
4. Wasilewski, A.: “Natural environment, organic agriculture and agro-tourism in rural
areas – results of questionnaire” IERiGZ, 2001, Warsaw, Poland (in Polish).
5. Wasilewski A., Krukowski K.: Conflict between Agriculture and Biodiversity in two
Selected Provinces of Poland, Report for CEESA (Central and Eastern European
Sustainable Agriculture, Contract No: QLK5-1999-01611), Humboldt University of
Berlin, 2000 (in English).
6. Wasilewski A., Krukowski K.: A Case Study of the Land Conversion for Sub-urban
House Building in two Selected Provinces of Poland, Report for CEESA (Central and
Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture, Contract No: QLK5-1999-01611),
Humboldt University of Berlin, 2001 (in English).
7. Wasilewski A., Krukowski K.: Land conversion for suburban housing: a study of
urbanisation around Warsaw and Olsztyn, CEESA Discussion Paper No. 8/2002
(ISSN 1616-9166), Humboldt University of Berlin, 2002 (submitted to Environmental
Management journal) (in English).
8. Wasilewski A.: Options for Agricultural Land Preservation in Poland, Report for
CEESA (Central and Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture, Contract No: QLK5-
1999-01611), Humboldt University of Berlin, 2002 (in English).
9. Wasilewski, A., Szajner, P.: Land Use and the Environment, case study for Agra
CEAS Consulting, Brussels, 2002.
10. Wasilewski, A., Sikor, T. Institutional Options for the Protection of Open Space:
Evidence from Poland, CEESA Discussion Paper No. 18 | 2003, ISSN 1616-9166,
Berlin 2003.

5. 11. Wasilewski A., Krukowski K. 2004. Land Conversion for Sub-urban Housing: A
Study of Urbanization Around Warsaw and Olsztyn, Poland. Environmental
Management Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 291-303.
12. Wasilewski A., Krukowski K., Barbarska S. 2004. Measures Supporting Sustainable
Management of Agricultural Land Resources. Economic and Environmental Studies
nr 6/2004. Uniwersytet Opolski. Opole. (in English).
13. Krukowski K., Wasilewski A., Czarnowska D. 2004. Local Politics of land
Conversion: an Example Taken from Suburbs of Warsaw and Olsztyn. Economic and
Environmental Studies nr 6/2004. Uniwersytet Opolski. Opole. (in English).
14. Wasilewski, A. 2005. County Self-government as a factor for the Improvement of
Rural Areas Competitiveness, Publishing House of the Institute of Agricultural and
Food Economics, Studia i Monografie no 129, Warsaw, p. 230. (in Polish).
15. Wasilewski, A., Olinski, M., Krukowski, K. 2006. Global, regional and local
circumstances of agricultural land conversion. Publishing House of the Institute of
Agricultural and Food Economics. Research project of Polish Ministry of Science no 2
P06R 127 26. Warsaw. p. 55. (in Polish).
16. Wasilewski A. Institutions of economic development in rural areas. Agricultural
Economics and Management. Nr 3/2007, National Centre for Agrarian Sciences,
Sofia, 2007. (in Bulgarian)
17. Wasilewski A. Budget instruments of local territorial self-government supporting the
development of non-agricultural economic activity. Report no 70 of Multi-annual
Program realized for Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Institute
of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland,
2007. (in Polish)
18. Wasilewski A. Organization and the range of influence of public sector and property
rights on farm modernization. Report no 103 of Multi-annual Program realized for
Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Institute of Agricultural and
Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2008. (in Polish).
19. Kołodziejczyk D., Wasilewski A., Gospodarowicz M. Institutional factors in socio-
economic development of rural areas. (in:) The Polish agro-food economy after the
four years of the EU membership. Report no 67.1 of Multi-annual Program realized
for Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Institute of Agricultural
and Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2008. (in
English).
20. Wasilewski A. Territorial self-government of the province and district in the
development of human capital. Report no 138 of Multi-annual Program realized for
Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Institute of Agricultural and
Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2009. (in Polish).
21. Gospodarowicz M., Kołodziejczyk D., Wasilewski A. Institutional factors of social
and economic development of rural areas. (in:) Regional differentiation of agricultural
development and its impact upon economic and social problems of rural areas
(Synthesis) (red. A. Sikorska). Report no 182.1 of Multi-annual Program realized for
Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Institute of Agricultural and
Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2010. (in English).
22. Wigier M., Wasilewski A. EU interventionism instruments oriented towards the
economic development of rural areas in Poland. (in:) Competitiveness of the agri-food
sector and sustainable development of rural areas (Tatyana Mostenska red., Andrzej
Kowalski red.). Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research
Institute and University in Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, 2011. (in English).

6. 23. Wasilewski, A. EU policy focused on the support of SME sector in the aspect of rural
development in Poland. (in:) Economic Policy. Scientific Papers of the Economic
University in Wroclaw. Wroclaw, 2011. (in Polish).
24. Wasilewski, A. EU financial support for communal infrastructural investments as a
factor of non-agricultural economic activity development in rural areas of Poland.
Agricultural Economics and Management. no 3-4. Agricultural Academy. Sofia, 2011.
(in Bulgarian).
25. Wasilewski A. 2012. Financial support for communal infrastructural investments as a
factor of non-agricultural economic activity development in rural areas of Poland.
Economic Policy. Scientific Papers of the Economic University in Wroclaw no 247.
Wroclaw (in Polish).
26. Wasilewski A. (ed.). 2012. Common Agricultural Policy 2020 support for
entrepreneurship development in rural areas. Scientific Papers of Multi-annual
Programme no 41. IAFE-NRI, Warsaw (in Polish).
27. Wasilewski A. 2012. Agricultural land as a production factor for non-agricultural
sectors of Polish economy. Chapter in Scientific Papers of Multi-annual Programme
no 43.1. IAFE-NRI. Warsaw (in English).
28. Wasilewski, A. 2013. Agricultural land in business development in Poland. Economic
Policy. Scientific Papers of the Economic University in Wroclaw no 307, Wroclaw (in
Polish).
29. Wasilewski A., Gospodarowicz M. 2013. Financial instruments of policy support for
entrepreneurship development in the aspect of rural areas convergence. (in:) CAP
Implementation in Poland - state and perspectives. Scientific Papers of Multi-annual
Programme no 94.1. IAFE-NRI, Warsaw (in English).
30. Wasilewski A. (ed.) 2013. Effectiveness of regional and structural policy instruments
affecting entrepreneurship development. Scientific Papers of Multi-annual Programme
no 77. IAFE-NRI, Warsaw (in Polish).
31. Florianczyk, Z., Wasilewski, A., Chlebek, C. 2013. ICT’s role in rural areas
neighbouring towns. (in:) Noronha, T., Leeuwen, E., Nijkamp, P. Towns in Rural
World. Ashgate, England.
32. Wigier, M. (ed.), Wasilewski, A., Lopaciuk, M., 2014. Food economy and rural areas
in Poland – structural changes and effectiveness of public policy. IAFE-NRI, Multi-
Annual Programme no 141.1, Warsaw (in English).
33. Wasilewski A. 2014. Effectiveness of selected financial instruments supporting
entrepreneurship development in rural counties in Poland. Economic Policy. Scientific
Papers of the Economic University in Wroclaw, Wroclaw (in Polish)..
34. Wasilewski A., Biro S., Toth O. 2014. Land tenure. (in:) Structural changes in Polish
and Hungarian agriculture since EU accession: lessons learned and implications for
the design of future agricultural policies. Agricultural Economics Books. Research
Institute of Agricultural Economics. Budapest.
35. Wasilewski A. (ed.) 2014. Efficiency of regional and structural policy instruments
supporting non-agricultural economic activity denelopment in rural areas. Scientific
Papers of Multi-annual Programme no 108. IAFE-NRI, Warsaw (in Polish).
36. Wasilewski A. (ed.) 2014. Regional and structural policy instruments in the
development of non-agricultural sectors in rural areas. Scientific Papers of Multi-
annual Programme no 128. IAFE-NRI, Warsaw (in Polish).