About | ECAIS - European Centre for AI in Schools

ABOUT

Preparing schools for the responsible use of AI

The European Centre for AI in Schools (ECAIS) is an independent, not-for-profit foundation based in Warsaw. We are developing our proprietary AI School Literacy Framework: one framework of clear rules and AI literacy for schools as artificial intelligence enters school life. It gives school leaders, teachers, parents and learners a shared reference point.

Why we exist

Schools know the rules, but not the route. The EU AI Act and national legislation say what is expected of them; they do not say how to get there. ECAIS exists to close that gap, so that every school knows how to act responsibly and ethically as artificial intelligence enters school life. Our proprietary AI School Literacy Framework gives schools a clear path: three areas, People, Processes and Technology, across four levels. With training built on it by our partners and a consistent assessment, it turns obligations into practice. For now, the landscape offers schools much to choose from and little to rely on.

No independent benchmark

Schools are offered a growing range of AI tools and training, with no neutral way to judge which ones to trust.

Schools are notassessed as institutions

A school full of trained staff can still lack the policies, oversight and data protection that artificial intelligence in school life requires.

Attendance is not competence

Most AI certificates show that someone completed a course, not that they can use AI well in their role.

Those who train should not also certify

When the same providers sell courses and issue certificates, nobody can be sure the result is impartial.

Our mission

The Foundation’s mission is to support the responsible transformation of education in a world of artificial intelligence by developing the ability to understand, critically evaluate and responsibly use AI; by creating and promoting standards for its safe and ethical use; and by helping educational institutions achieve and demonstrate compliance with those standards.

We support the whole education community, from teachers, principals, students and parents to administrative staff and schools as institutions, in using AI in an informed, safe, ethical and lawful way.

Meet the team

The ECAIS team brings together educators, researchers, entrepreneurs and industry professionals with expertise in AI, technology, finance and international business, united by a shared mission to advance responsible AI adoption in education.

Founders

Adam Wojacki

Founder

An entrepreneur, investor and executive with an international career that began at the Australian Trade Commission in Sydney. He brings international, strategic, investment and management experience to the Foundation, along with an owner’s perspective on education.

Janusz Naklicki

Founder

A technology executive specialising in strategy, AI and international business development. He brings hands-on experience in scaling technology ventures, commercialising AI solutions and building international partnerships.

Foundation Board

Janusz Naklicki

Chair of the Foundation Board

Cezary Górka

Member of the Foundation Board

An executive with a background in banking, investment finance and EU-funded projects. On the Foundation Board he contributes expertise in financial oversight, funding for non-governmental organisations and preparing projects that draw on European funds.

Andrzej Ziemiński

Member of the Foundation Board

An investor and executive experienced in management, equity investment, restructuring and M&A. On the Foundation Board he supports the assessment of funding models, risk management and the development of partnerships with the technology sector.

Management Board

Jacek Gnich

President of the Management Board

A teacher of business and management in the upper-secondary classes of the special school at The Children’s Memorial Health Institute. He combines direct work with young people with diverse educational needs with more than 30 years’ management experience. An executive, entrepreneur and investor, and an expert in the adoption of new technologies and AI. At ECAIS he brings teaching practice together with the responsible adoption of AI in schools.

European Advisory Council

Advisory body that reviews and advises on the ECAIS strategic direction.

Bogdan Zdrojewski

Chair of the European Advisory Council

A Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the parliamentary Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) and rapporteur for Erasmus+ 2028–2034. Minister of Culture and National Heritage from 2007 to 2014. He brings the perspective of EU education policy to the Foundation’s work.

Dr Rafał Łabędzki

Secretary of the European Advisory Council

An IT executive, entrepreneur and researcher specialising in AI, agentic systems and human-AI collaboration. He brings technological, academic, entrepreneurial and management experience to the Foundation, along with practical knowledge of developing and deploying AI-based solutions.

AI Institutes

Creates the Foundation’s initial content and reviews it with subject-matter experts.

Dr Małgorzata Byca

Head of AI Institute

A teacher, education leader and expert in international programmes, teaching quality assessment and teacher development. At the AI Programme Institute she is responsible for translating the ECAIS AI-Ready School Framework into standards, programme requirements, assessment methods and solutions that schools can put into practice.

AI School Readiness Board

Reviews the Foundation’s content from the perspective of teachers and school practitioners, ensures transparency and keeps an open dialogue with educators and industry.

Grzegorz Esz

Head of AI School Readiness Board

A leader and experienced education executive who brought the world’s largest education brand, present in 39 countries on 5 continents, to Poland. On the AI School Readiness Board he is responsible for assessing whether the Foundation’s framework and tools are organisationally workable and meet schools’ real needs.