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LIDEX celebrates Christmas Eve at Zacheta

To celebrate this year's Christmas Eve, the LIDEX team gathered at the National Gallery of Art "Zacheta". This occasion allowed all employees of our company not only to get together but also to familiarize ourselves with the paintings of Olga Boznanska currently exhibited at the gallery. Agnieszka Morawinska, the Director of "Zacheta", also attended the evening meeting. Looking forward to the approaching holidays, we wished each other Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2006. It will be the 17th year of LIDEX's existence.

The Polish-German Reconciliation

In the Poles' historical perception, the Germans are seen as invaders. However, at some point in the past both nations enjoyed a period of friendship and solidarity in their relations. This was the period of the November Uprising and the years that followed.
As a partner of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, LIDEX participated in the opening ceremony of the exhibition titled: Solidarity 1830 - Germans and Poles in the wake of the November Uprising, held as part of the Polish-German Year. Polish and German state officials honored this event with their presence.

LIDEX -an Art Partner

The Commitment to Europe Arts & Business Foundation was established to promote partnership between the arts and business, without which it is hard to imagine how those two worlds could function. The Arts & Business idea came into existence in the UK 25 years ago and has since become an important culture-making event for countries of Europe and North America.
On November 22, 2005, the first Polish final of the Arts & Business competition took place with LIDEX as a winner. The list of projects submitted for the competition reached 100, and the nominees included businesses and institutions taking the lead at the interface of the arts and business - Allianz, AMS, Canal+, Grupa LOTOS, the National Museum in Cracow, Nestle, PKN Orlen, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, and Samsung.


As a winner of the competition, LIDEX received the Arts & Business award in the Partnership of The Year category for long-lasting and mutually beneficial cooperation with the Zachêta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Other categories and winners included: the Event of The Year - Hewlett Packard for the 11th International Media Art Biennale; Arts & Business Sponsor - PKO BP; Master in Culture Management - Teatr Muzyczny Roma; and the Commitment to Europe Arts & Business Award - Bank Zachodni WBK. The Grand Gala during which Arts & Business statuettes were presented took place at Le Regina Hotel in Warsaw.

Art without adjectives

Is there African art? Or Polish art? Or maybe there is just Art? Such questions were asked during the lecture of Simon Njami, a world-famous writer and art critic, curator of the renowned AFRICA REMIX exhibition.
LIDEX supported this event as part of the partnership with Zacheta

LIDEX walks with art

For the second time now, as member of the Warsaw Destination Alliance, LIDEX supports the Walking Art Tour project. The project offers more than 20 exhibitions hosted by the most prestigious venues around Warsaw. Walking Art is not just graphics, photography, painting and sculpture provided by an international artistic community. It is designed to promote our capital city, a highly important goal in an integrated Europe. The opening of this year's edition is combined with the final of the Enterprising Promoter of the Capital competition.

Results of the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition - one of the most famous music competitions in the world - have just been announced. A record number of 257 young pianists from 35 countries participated in the preliminaries. The competition comprised 3 stages. The auditions held at the Warsaw Philharmonic were exciting indeed. Twelve pianists participated in the finals and the winner of the 1st prize at this year's Competition is Rafal Blechacz. LIDEX had the honour to attend this unique event. We provided teams of simultaneous interpreters, specialist translation equipment and technical support for the deliberations of the 21-strong jury.

"I have been looking for you and now you have come to me" is the title of the exhibition of photographs by Arturo Mari, the personal photographer of Pope John Paul II, which was opened at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Many distinguished guests attended the exhibition which was honored by the presence of Mr Mari himself. During that reminiscing evening, the book "See You in Paradise", an interview with the photographer, was being promoted as well. As a partner of the Royal Castle, LIDEX provided technical support for this unique event.

Hardly a week has passed since we were granted "For the Benefactors" tablet and now we have got another award. Our managers, Iwona Czarnata of the Conference Department and Iwona Zenio of the Translation Department, picked up the INVESTOR IN HUMAN CAPITAL emblem that LIDEX has won for the fourth time in a row.
Prizewinners of the programme, organised by the Institute of Management and TNS OBOP, are awarded for their partner-like approach to employees and concern about their professional development.

For many years now LIDEX has been conducting charitable activities, helping the needy. Among other things, we are a partner to the Children's Foundation. For our commitment and support we have been honoured with the "For the Benefactors" tablet. The Foundation grants this special distinction to persons and institutions who have significantly contributed to the "In Time to Help" Programme, which has been under the patronage of Professor Zbigniew Religa since 1998. The tablet was handed in to Mr Stanis³aw Buczyñski, the president of LIDEX, during the Gala for People of Great Hearts, Minds and Talent held in the Grand Hall of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

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It is for the second time that the National Gallery of Art "Zacheta" has held a meeting with representatives of companies interested in supporting cultural events organized by this institution. The multimedia presentation of exhibitions and selected programmes planned for 2006 was designed by the LIDEX Graphics Studio. After the presentation the guests were guided through several exhibitions. They also visited the skylight area of Zachêta, which is unavailable to the general public. LIDEX provided technical support for the meeting. We have been a sponsor of Zachêta since 2004.

British Standards Institution (BSI) - the oldest standards-making body in the world - leader in the field of standardization and certification, carried out another audit of our quality management system. The audit demonstrated full compliance of the system with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 standard, its continuous development and improvement of control procedures, and it reaffirmed that the services and support we provide are of the highest quality. What does this mean for your company? This means that your orders are carried out by LIDEX with utmost care and attention to detail. Put simply, they are in good hands.

On the 66^th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, the President of the German Bundestag with an accompanying delegation and the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland paid their tributes to the victims of the execution at the Mausoleum Cemetery in Palmiry. They laid wreaths at the Section of the Unknown Dead and on the graves of Maciej Rataj, Janusz Kusocinski and Mieczyslaw Niedzialkowski. LIDEX provided language and technical support for this solemn ceremony.

For a leading manufacturer of cosmetics, the LIDEX Film Studio made Polish versions of five films about innovative products. This complex project comprised: translation, chart editing, voiceover recording and CD digitization.

What will be the nature of Polish-German relations and common policy towards Eastern Europe after the elections? These were the most important issues raised during the conference with participation of Angela Merkel leader of the CDU and most likely future Chancellor of Germany. Donald Tusk, the leader of the Platforma Obywatelska, was the host of the meeting organised at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. LIDEX had a great honour to provide technical support of this important media event.

Just two weeks have passed since the Polonia Palace Hotel's thunderous birthday party (see previous information) and we have already taken part in another interesting project - an examination of national importance. As many as 2090 people from 6 voivodships took part in this year's qualifying proceedings in which civil servants apply to become appointed officers. Because of the large number of candidates, the three-part examination was held simultaneously in two halls at the Warsaw EXPO XXI Centre. LIDEX passed its examination by providing the technical support for this major undertaking.

This time LIDEX attended a birthday party - we had the distinct pleasure of providing technical services for the grand anniversary of the Polonia Palace Hotel.
The beautifully renovated Hotel celebrated its birthday with due ceremony. It provided an occasion to inaugurate The Cooking Academy. The invited guests had a unique opportunity to prepare dishes together with the Hotel's Chef and taste them later.

For the sixth time, we have organized the annual June LIDEX Meeting with our translators and collaborators. This year it was held at the Business Centre Club. We were honored by the attendance of more than 150 people. Ms Barbara Grzegorzewska, an outstanding translator of French, who specializes in translating books and plays, was the meeting's special guest. At the celebration, we handed in the Outstanding LIDEX Translator Certificates. We also took the opportunity to thank all translators who collaborate with us. Lively conversations were enjoyed in a pleasant atmosphere until late evening and everyone had a lot of fun.

On May 16-17, the Third Summit of the Council of Europe took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Most of the capital's citizens experienced the difficulties associated with that event. On the other hand, it was an honor for Warsaw to entertain so many esteemed leaders and delegations from European countries, as well as international observers.

The organization of the Summit was also a media success. LIDEX had its share in the event by providing a logistically complex simultaneous interpreting service for the conference itself as well as press coverage. Preparatory work had taken several weeks, as the conference was to be held at a venue specially constructed in the Royal Castle's courtyard, which required the integration of the interpreting equipment with the latest data communication solutions. However, owing to great commitment and experience of the LIDEX technical support team, the conference proceeded smoothly. The Summit's participants had no problems whatsoever in communicating with each other and the journalists were covering the event as it was unfolding.