Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli

What Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli does

Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli (MSCDN) is a regional self-government organizational unit (Wojewódzka Samorządowa Jednostka Organizacyjna) established in 2005 and operating under the Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship in Warsaw, Poland. Its mandate is to provide continuous professional development, methodological support, and counseling services to teachers and educators across the Mazovia Voivodeship. The institution delivers its services through six regional branch offices in Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Płock, Radom, Siedlce, and Warsaw, reaching schools and educators in a region of approximately 5.4 million people. Its core outputs include in-person training, seminars, and workshops; the quarterly pedagogical journal 'Meritum Edukacji'; the 'Dobra Praktyka' best-practice repository; the 'Informacja Pedagogiczna' information service; and 'Raporty z Badań' research publications, supplemented by special projects such as the 'Dusza dźwięków' book series and the '#OdPodstaw' curriculum dialogue series co-developed with IBE.

MSCDN does not operate as a commercial enterprise. It is fully financed through the regional self-government budget and, where applicable, EU-supported projects; all training and professional development services are provided free of charge to teachers and educational institutions. The organization employs 22 staff (as of the latest firmographic data) and, despite its small headcount, leverages a deep network of institutional partnerships — including the Kuratorium Oświaty w Warszawie, IBE, ORE, FRSE, University of Warsaw, OEIIZK, and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children — to align its regional programming with national educational policy priorities such as Reforma26 and the Zintegrowana Strategia Umiejętności 2030. MSCDN marked its 20th anniversary in 2025 and was founded as part of the broader 25-year-old Masovian Voivodeship Self-Government.

Name

Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli

Legal name

Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli

Website

https://mscdn.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MSCDN is a publicly funded Warsaw-based regional center that provides free teacher professional development, counseling, and pedagogical publications across six branches in the Mazovia Voivodeship of Poland, operating under the Masovian Self-Government.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Professional Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher/Coach Training & Curriculum for Speech & Debate (EDAMAOAL)

Keywords

• Teacher professional development
• Pedagogical training services
• Educational consulting
• Teacher training programs
• Educational research publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MSCDN provides in-person and online professional development training, methodological support, pedagogical counseling, and networking for teachers and educational institutions across the Mazovia region of Poland. Services are delivered free of charge through six regional branch offices (Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Płock, Radom, Siedlce, and Warsaw) and are supplemented by a portfolio of educational publications including the Meritum Edukacji quarterly journal, the Dobra Praktyka best-practices repository, the Informacja Pedagogiczna information service, and Raporty z Badań research reports.

Product overview

MSCDN operates as a teacher professional development center for the Mazovia region, offering a portfolio of educational resources and publications. The core offerings include the quarterly journal 'Meritum Edukacji' for pedagogical innovations, the 'Dobra Praktyka' repository of educational best practices, and the 'Informacja Pedagogiczna' information service. Research publications are disseminated through 'Raporty z Badań'. These products are distributed through regional branches in Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Płock, Radom, Siedlce, and Warsaw, with additional educational projects like 'Dusza dźwięków' expanding the portfolio.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Doskonalenie (Teacher Professional Development Training) In-person and online professional development training, seminars, workshops, and methodological courses for teachers and educators in the Mazovia region, delivered through six regional branch offices.
• Wspomaganie szkół i placówek (School and Institution Support)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Kuratorium Oświaty w Warszawie (MKO)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerMSCDN collaborates with the Masovian Education Office (Kuratorium Oświaty w Warszawie) as part of its institutional cooperation network, aligning its professional development activities with regional educational supervision and policy priorities.
• Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych (IBE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSCDN partners with the Institute for Educational Research (IBE) on educational research, curriculum development, and dissemination of educational resources, including the '#OdPodstaw – porozmawiajmy o podstawach programowych' meeting series and the Profil absolwenta i absolwentki project.
• Uniwersytet Warszawski (UW)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSCDN cooperates with the University of Warsaw as part of its broader institutional collaboration network, contributing to the professional development ecosystem for educators in the Mazovia region.
• Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej i Zastosowań Komputerowych (OEIIZK)supportingTechnology or IntegrationMSCDN partners with OEIIZK, an institution focused on informatics education and computer applications, to support digital competency development and technology-enhanced education for teachers.
• Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji (FRSE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSCDN serves as a Regional Information Point (RPI) of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE), facilitating access to European educational programs and resources for teachers and schools in the region.
• Ośrodek Rozwoju Edukacji (ORE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSCDN collaborates with the Centre for Education Development (ORE), contributing to national educational development initiatives and aligning regional teacher training with national educational standards and reforms.
• Rzecznik Praw Dziecka (RPD)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerMSCDN cooperates with the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, supporting initiatives related to children's rights education and well-being in schools, including joint publications and awareness campaigns.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ośrodek Rozwoju Edukacji (ORE): National-level public institution responsible for education development in Poland. Comparable to MSCDN as it operates the same kind of teacher training and curriculum-support function at national rather than voivodeship level, and is itself an MSCDN partner.
• Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych (IBE): Polish national educational research institute conducting curriculum and assessment research. Comparable because it shapes the same pedagogical content (curriculum, 'Profil absolwenta') that MSCDN disseminates regionally through teacher training.

Others

• Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji (FRSE): Polish foundation managing EU education programs (Erasmus+, EPALE). Listed as an MSCDN partner through the Regional Information Point relationship — comparable in the teacher/educator ecosystem, but as an enabling/funding body rather than a direct training competitor.

Regional players

• European Schoolnet: European-level network of education ministries and partners that runs teacher-focused programs (e.g., EPALE, referenced on MSCDN's site). Comparable as a peer institution in teacher professional development but operating across European rather than regional geography.

Direct peers

• Śląskie Centrum Edukacji Nauczycieli: Silesian voivodeship's teacher development center, providing the same in-service training, counseling, and educational publishing services to teachers as MSCDN does in Mazovia. Most analogous in scale due to Silesia's large urban population.
• Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centrum Edukacji Nauczycieli w Bydgoszczy: Regional public teacher training institution serving the Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeship. Directly comparable to MSCDN in mission (in-service teacher PD, methodological support) and structure (regional government unit, multi-branch presence).
• Łódzkie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli i Kształcenia Praktycznego: Voivodeship-level public teacher development center in the Łódź region operating the same in-service training and methodological support mandate as MSCDN, but for a different region — making it the most structurally identical peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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