Polish Presidency in the Council of the European Union

01.07.-31.12.2011 Dynamics, positive energy and solidarity these are the values which symbolize the logo. It shows Poland as a modern and young at heart country which initiates positive changes in Europe.

The author of the Polish Presidency logo is Jerzy Janiszewski - he is also an author of well known "Solidarity" logo which became a historical symbol of the Polish way to freedom and democratic transformations in this part of the world.

Priorities

Presidency in numbers

European integrity as a source of growth

Internal market Budget UE 2014-2020 Trade Negotiations E-Commerce Beginning of negotiations End of negotiations with Ukraine, India, European Patent Reduction of Roaming Fees

EU Budget related to the Europe 2020 strategy

Canada, Singapore and Malaysia

Medium and small enterprises access to the capital

The role of coherence policy and Common Agricultural Policy

Beginning of negotiations with Moldavia and Georgia

Intellectual capital Infrastructure and human resource investment

Progress in Rundy Doha negotiations

Europe benefiting from its openness

Enlargement of the European Union Neighborhood policy Signing the Accession Treaty with Croatia Development of Eastern Partnership (EP

summit in Warsaw) Continuation of access negotiations with Turkey

Support of democratization in North African countries

Progress in negotiations with Iceland New EU strategy for relations with the Arabic world

Support of European aspirations of Western Balkans

184 days 1200 trained experts Over 30 000 delegates - participants of the meetings in Poland 80 liaison officers from among 3000 candidates 430 mln PLN - the total budget of the presidency for the years

2010-2012 Over 10 mln PLN of savings thanks to business partners support 50 ministerial meetings in 5 Polish cities Over 300 expert meetings and 200 events under the patronage

of the presidency Around 1500 meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg

Cities of the presidency

Secure Europe

Chosen events in Poland

1/07 Official inauguration of the presidency (Warsaw)

8/07 Common session of the Cabinet of Poland with the European Committee (Warsaw)

2-3/09 17-18/09 29-30/09

Informal meeting of the foreign affairs ministers EU-27 (Sopot) European Congress for Women (Warsaw) Eastern Partnership Summit (Warsaw)

8-11/09 3-4/10

European Culture Congress (Wroclaw) Internal Market Forum (Cracow)

5-7/10 14-15/11 28-29/11 1-2/12

European Touristic Forum (Cracow) V European Equality Summit (Poznan) Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (Poznan High level conference for Southern EU Neighbors States (Warsaw)

Energetic Common Foreign Nutrition Security And Safety Security Policy Analysis of the state of Discussion on foreign EU Strengthening of the EU the future energetic policy capacity for planning Common Policy and conducting Agricultural Work on critical management operations recommendation for Effective use strengthening of common of the EU financial means EU energetic policy Strengthening of the EU

operational capacity

Development of the NATO-UE cooperation

Maintenance of the orientation

on the market

The most important meetings of the Polish Presidency take place in five Polish cities. These are: Sopot –July Wroclaw – September Cracow – October Poznan – November Warsaw – December There are expert meetings as well as different kinds of events being organized in many other places in Poland.

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Delegats who come for presidency meetings traditionally receive small gifts... Polish presidency chose young Polish designers. Minimalizm, traditional materials, modernity refer to tradition and nature.

National Cultural Programme

Cultural Program Abroad Art for Social Change: 1000 artistic projects, 170 partners organizations, 60 periodic events, 184 cultural days • special projects in the cities: Krasnogruda, Warsaw, Sopot, Bialystok,

Katowice, Wroclaw, Lublin, Krakow, Poznan • European Cultural Congress 8-11 September Wroclaw • rank-and-file cultural initiatives and Eastern Partnership • debates, workshops, pattern-designing, music, theatre

www.prezydencja.nina.gov.pl www.uwaganakulture.pl

About Poland Modern, original and very functional touristic guide of Poland,

in an attractive and easy way helps foreigners to understand Poland and Polish people as well as to discover interesting places recommended by many public figures and culture animators. It presents, on 208 pages, coherent, clear and up-to-date review of the most important areas of economic, social and cultural Polish life (8 chapters). It draws attention to the places, people and phenomena which acknowledge the image of Poland as a country with rich traditions but at the same time creative, modern and dynamic.

Publication is available on the presidency webpage.

Internet, society media www.pl2011.eu

I, Culture: 400 projects, 10 capitals, 10 time zones, 100 days • Projectsin: Brussels, Berlin, Kiev, London, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow,

Paris, Beijing, Tokyo. • Program mainstay: Karol Szymanowski, Czesław Miłosz, Stanisław

Lem, Beats of Freedom, I, Culture Puzzle. Workshop of the modern handcraft and I, Culture Orchestra.

• Polish projects prepared by Adam Mickiewicz Institute in cooperation with Polish and foreign partners will be presented in the best galeries, stages clubs and festivals: Bozar, La Monnaie in Brussels, National Theater, Whitechapel Galery, London Jazz Festival, Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid. www.culture.pl

• Many cultural projects prepared by Polish Institutes in 22 cities in Europe and USA as well as several hundred projects in areas of social and cultural diplomacy realized by over 100 Polish diplomatic institutions all over the world.

Cuisine PL

Polish presidency is a great occasion to promote Polish cuisine. One of the most prized Polish chefs, Adam Chrząstowski, supervises the creation process of the excellent menu consisting of Polish dishes on the base of national products, prepared especially for high ranked meetings in Poland and Brussels. Foreign delegations and journalists visiting Poland during the presidency will receive a package of recipes with Polish dishes, newly arranged by 16 chefs, including three foreign ones working in the best Polish restaurants. Starting point for every recipe is the product commonly associated with Polish cuisine (e.g. herring, cucumber, buckwheat, poppy, game). Every recipe is preceded by a clear description of the product, easily understood by foreigners together with its cultural context. Publication is made even more attractive by modern illustrations

Winning designs are: Whip-tops (Monika Wilczynska) Briefcase (Ania Kuczynska) Milk and honey (Beza project) Cuff-link with stripped flint stone (Dorota Kempko)

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facebook.com/polskaprezydencja2011

youtube.com/polskaprezydencja Publication is available on the prespresidency

Polish presidency is a green presidency.

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