KARTA has been in existence since 4 January 1982; it will undertake activities related to its 40th Anniversary from January to June 2022, when a series of events will be held to summarise its activities to date:

• 40 years of KARTA – January – launch of a publication presenting our activities in successive years, the basic data about the Centre as well as speeches by 40 Ambassadors and 18 Partners of the 40th Anniversary
• 40 Anniversary Exhibition – January – opening of the exhibition at the Centre’s headquarters at Narbutta Street in Warsaw, announcement of anniversary events, upcoming releases of book publications and a movie, open day for the media
• The KARTY Award – 31 January – deadline for submitting candidates for the 3rd KARTA Award
• Rebellions in the Gulag camps – 3 February – launch of a book containing testimonies of Polish prisoners of Soviet Gulag camps, from the collections of the Eastern Archives
• „Karta” 110 – February – publication of “Karta” issue with a message for 2022: KARTA ‘22, as well as the announcement of the fifth decade of the Centre
• The Women’s day – 8 March – at the offices of the Day’s partners – launch of “The Century of Women”, a book containing dozens of testimonies of women from the depths of patriarchy in the 20th/21st century
• The Eastern Day– April – proclamation of the Eastern House Declaration, heralding grassroots Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian-Russian cooperation; Foundation Act of the Eastern House in Mordy; inauguration in Warsaw of the work of the international coalition
• Decisions of „Bór” – April – launch of Tadeusz Komorowski’s (auto)biography as a cavalryman, an Olympic athlete, a commander, a leader, a prime minister
• Precursors – April – launch of a book presenting twenty people connected with Poland, whose ideas gained universal significance
• The American Day – May – at the POLIN Museum – under the patronage of the Embassy of the United States, dedicated to the centenary of Polish-American relations, with an emphasis on US support for Polish independence and democracy
• Polacy na Wschodzie – May – launch of a two-volume book with numerous testimonies of people who stayed behind the eastern border after World War II
• The German Day– June – the German Historical Institute – Polish-German relations in the last four decades in the context of the 20th century
• The French Day – July
• Dzień Edukacji Historycznej – September – proclamation of a coalition for non-ideological education, deriving its methodology from the “Close History” [„Historia Bliska” ] program and the rules of the EUSTORY network
• The Jewish Day– October – POLIN Museum – a summary of Polish-Jewish relations in the 20th century in the context of the growing contemporary anti-Semitism
• The KARTA Gala – October/November – the date will depend on the pandemic situation – an anniversary meeting of several hundred collaborators and allies of the Centre, launch of a documentary movie, presentation of the 3rd KARTA Award for activities promoting historical memory serving the civic community

Due to the pandemic situation, the dates of events are subject to change.