Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier

What Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier does

Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier ("Association Mova – language without barriers") is a Polish nonprofit association (stowarzyszenie) founded in 2022 and headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. It provides humanitarian translation, interpretation, and intercultural mediation services to migrants and refugees in Poland, with a translator and interpreter pool of approximately 40 members, the majority of whom are themselves refugees or migrants with personal experience of forced displacement. The organisation offers four core service lines: consecutive and simultaneous interpreting (in-person in Warsaw, online via Zoom/Google Meets, and by phone), written translation, audiovisual/subtitling translation, and sworn/certified translation, together with specialized humanitarian, legal, psychological, and medical interpretation plus intercultural mediation. Coverage spans approximately 40 languages, with depth in rare pairs such as Sorani, Pashto, Tajik, Dari, Urdu, Hindi, Persian, and Kurdish that are difficult to source elsewhere in the Polish market.

The core "technology" is human expertise rather than software: translators are recruited largely from refugee communities, many are multilingual, and most have completed specialized training delivered by partner organizations including Clear Global (formerly Translators Without Borders), MSF, IOM, the Polish Migration Forum, SIP, and TEXTEM. There is no public API, no mobile app, no proprietary platform, and no AI/automation in the service stack — orders are placed by email ([email protected]) and delivered by human interpreters. Customer-facing evidence is concentrated in the humanitarian and social-services ecosystem, with named clients and partners including UNHCR, IOM, MSF, SIP, Stocznia, NOMADA, MOZAIKA, Lekarze bez Haju, Kuchnia Konfliktu, RefugeeFund, SCI, Krytyka Polityczna, Ośrodek Pomocy Społecznej Praga-Południe, and Fundacja im. Hetmana Wujca, and donor/funding partners including Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA Funds (Aktywni Obywatele – Fundusz Regionalny), Ashoka Poland, and the Stefan Batory Foundation.

The business model blends three revenue streams: (i) fee-for-service translation and interpretation priced at 70–150 PLN net per 1,800 characters (popular vs. rare languages) and from 160–200 PLN net per hour for interpreting, with a 50% express surcharge; (ii) individual donations in PLN, USD, and EUR to support translator salaries (especially for translators with refugee experience) and operations; and (iii) institutional project grants such as the EEA-funded Fundusz Interwencyjny, which financed detention-centre translation services in Białystok, Dębak, and Przemyśl from May to September 2023. Go-to-market is direct-to-client via email plus a partner-referral channel through NGOs and humanitarian organisations, with services delivered in Warsaw and on-location across Poland or remotely by phone and video. Two discrete projects have run since founding: the Fundusz Interwencyjny (May–September 2023) and KROK W PRZYSZŁOŚĆ / "Step Into the Future" career-activation workshops (October–December 2023, with Ashoka Poland). The organisation received the 2023 Olga Kersten-Matwin Award from the Stefan Batory Foundation.

Name

Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier

Legal name

Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier

Website

https://mova.org.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Polish nonprofit association (stowarzyszenie) founded in 2022 in Warsaw, providing humanitarian translation, interpretation, and intercultural mediation in approximately 40 languages — including rare pairs such as Sorani, Pashto, Dari, Tajik, Urdu, and Hindi — for migrants and refugees in Poland, delivered by a ~40-member team of translators who are themselves refugees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Translation and Interpretation Services

NAICS

Translation and Interpretation Services (54193), Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Interpretation, Translation & Language Access Training (Community Interpreting) (EDAAADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Immigrant/Integration Language Programs (ESL/ESOL, Civics-Integrated) (EDAMAFAK), Localization, Translation & Cultural Adaptation for Learning Content (EDAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Humanitarian translation services
• Interpreting services
• Intercultural mediation
• Migration language support
• Sworn certified translation

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Translation and Interpretation Services: Fee-for-service translation (written, audiovisual, sworn) and interpretation (consecutive, simultaneous, phone, video) services. Prices vary by language popularity (popular: 70-100 PLN/1800 characters; rare: 110-150 PLN/1800 characters) and interpretation type (from 160 PLN/hour online, 200 PLN/hour in-person). Express rates add 50%.
2. Donations: Single or recurring donations from individuals and organizations to support the association's activities, fund translator salaries (especially those with refugee/migration experience), self-development, and administrative costs. Bank accounts available in PLN, USD, and EUR.
3. Project Grants: Funding from institutional donors such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through EEA Funds (Program Aktywni Obywatele – Fundusz Regionalny) to support specific projects like the Emergency Fund providing translation services in refugee detention centers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stowarzyszenie Mova provides fee-based and pro-bono humanitarian interpreting, written translation, audiovisual translation, sworn translation, and intercultural mediation for migrants and refugees in Poland. A pool of ~40 member linguists covers approximately 40 languages, including rare and crisis-affected ones. The association combines commercial service delivery to NGOs and public institutions with donation- and grant-supported pro-bono assistance to vulnerable migrants.

Product overview

Stowarzyszenie Mova – język bez barier is a non-profit association providing humanitarian language services for migrants and refugees in Poland. The organization operates four core translation/interpreting services: consecutive and simultaneous interpreting (in-person, online, and by phone), written translation including rare languages, audiovisual/subtitling translation, and sworn certified translation. Their specialized offerings include humanitarian translation focused on legal, psychological, and medical contexts, as well as intercultural mediation services. The organization also runs two projects: 'KROK W PRZYSZŁOŚĆ' (career workshops) and 'Fundusz Interwencyjny' (emergency translation fund for detention facilities). They translate into approximately 40 languages, including popular languages (English, Ukrainian, German, French, Russian, Spanish) and rare languages (Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Turkish, Tajik, Hindi, Urdu).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Professional development through specialized courses with major humanitarian organizations

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNHCRcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR is shown as one of the organizations Mova works for, indicating a partnership for providing linguistic aid and translation services to refugees supported by UNHCR.
• IOM (International Organization for Migration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Organization for Migration. Listed as a client/organization Mova works with. IOM is also listed as an organizer of first psychological aid training that Mova translators participated in.
• MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMédecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders. MSF organized intercultural mediation training that Mova translators completed. MSF works on humanitarian medical missions where Mova's translation services support medical consultations.
• Clear GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClear Global (formerly Translators Without Borders). Organized humanitarian translation course that Mova translators completed. As a translation-focused organization, Clear Global provides professional development and standards for humanitarian translation practice.
• Polish Migration Forum (Forum Migracyjne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish Migration Forum (forummigracyjne.org). Organized psychological interpretation training that Mova translators completed. Provides expertise in migration-related issues in Poland.
• SIP (Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation for Legal Intervention. Organized legal translation and interpretation training that Mova translators completed. SIP is a key partner in providing legal assistance to migrants where Mova's services are essential.
• TEXTEMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEXTEM. Organized training on interpretation during visits to official state institutions (e.g., police station) that Mova translators completed. Provides specialized training for state agency interpretation.
• AshokaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAshoka Poland. Partner in the KROK W PRZYSZŁOŚĆ (Step into the Future) project, an employment activation program for migrants providing workshops on the Polish labor market, CV creation, and career planning in Poland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Translated: Major commercial translation platform combining human and AI translation services across rare and popular languages — comparable as a written translation competitor, particularly relevant given Mova's written/sworn translation service line and growing AI competition.
• LanguageLine Solutions: Largest commercial telephone and video interpretation provider globally, offering on-demand interpretation across hundreds of languages. Comparable as a general interpretation services competitor in the same linguistic-access market, though focused on commercial and government clients rather than humanitarian-led delivery.
• IOM Poland (International Organization for Migration): UN migration agency operating in Poland that both commissions Mova's services and provides training to its translators. Comparable as a dominant institutional actor in the same refugee language-access space, though as a UN agency rather than a local nonprofit.

Emerging players

• CrossOver Poland: Polish NGO providing refugee integration services including employment and language support — comparable as a refugee-services peer with overlapping mission and beneficiary base, though with a broader integration rather than pure language-services focus.

Direct peers

• Fundacja Ocalenie: Polish nonprofit providing comprehensive support to refugees and migrants including legal aid, integration programs, and language assistance — a comparable refugee-services organization with overlapping donor and beneficiary networks in Poland.
• Forum Migracyjne (Polish Migration Forum): Polish NGO focused on migration policy and integration support, providing psychological interpretation training to Mova translators. Comparable as a Warsaw-based refugee/migrant services organization operating in the same ecosystem.
• Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej (SIP): Polish NGO providing legal assistance to migrants and refugees; SIP is both a Mova partner (legal interpretation training) and a comparable organization in the Warsaw refugee-support ecosystem, sharing beneficiaries and donor networks.
• Clear Global (Translators Without Borders): Global nonprofit providing humanitarian translation and interpretation services with rare-language capacity and training programs for linguists — Mova translators have completed Clear Global's humanitarian translation course, and the two organizations share an institutional ecosystem (MSF, IOM).
• NOMADA: Polish association supporting migrants and refugees in Poland, listed as one of Mova's translation clients and operating in the same migrant-services space with overlapping programs and target populations.

Regional players

• Fundacja Polsko-Ukraińska: Polish foundation supporting Ukrainian refugees and migrants with integration and language services — a peer operating in the same Polish market with overlapping language-access needs, particularly around Ukrainian-Russian language pairs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stowarzyszenie-mova
• Instagraminstagram.com/stowarzyszenie.mova

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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