The President of NIK has announced the first edition of Wadysaw Stasiak Award, named after late director of one of NIK departments, who died tragically in the Smolesk catastrophe. The intention of NIK is to grant the award to persons who, acting above political differences, have made the world around them a more safer and citizen friendly place. The award will be granted to representatives of the government and self-government administration, to people of science, activists from non-governmental organisations, or to those whose activities and involvement have contributed to an improvement of safety and have made the given social area more citizen friendly.