Polish Presidency of the

European Union Council

01.07.-31.12.2011

Dynamic, positive energy and solidarity are values that symbolizes by the

logo. It shows Poland as a modern and young at heart country, initiating

positive changes in Europe.

Author of the presidency logo is Jerzy Janiszewski - author known around the

world today for the logo of "Solidarity", which became a historic symbol of the

Polish road to freedom and democratic changes in this part of the world.

Presidency in numbers Priorities

Towns of the presidency

Selected events in Poland

European integration as a growth source

Internal Market

E-Commerce

European Patent

Lowering of roaming prices

Intellectual capital

UE 2014-2020 Budget

Beginning of negotations

EU budget connected

with Europe 2020 strategy

The role of cohesion

policy and the Common

Agricultural Policy

Investitions in

infrastructure

Trade negotiations

Ending of negotiations

with Ukraine, Indie,

Canada, Singapure

and Malaysia

Start of negotiations

with Moldova and

Georgia

Progress in Doha

Round negotiations

Europe benefiting from openness

Enlargement of the European

Union

The signing of the Accession Treaty

with Croatia

Continuation of accession

negotiations with Turkey

Progress in the negotiations with

Iceland

Support the European aspirations of

the Western Balkans

Neighbourhood Policy

The development of the Eastern

Partnership (EP summit in Warsaw)

Supporting democratization in North

Africa

A new strategy for the EU's relations

with the Arab world

Safe Europe

Energetic safety

Analysis of the EU's

external energy policy

Developing

recommendations for

strengthening the EU

common energy policy

Common Foreign and

Security Policy

Strengthening the EU's

ability to plan and carry

out crisis management

operations

Strengthening the

operational capacity of

the EU

The development of

NATO-EU cooperation

Food security

Discussion on the

future of the Common

Agricultural Policy

Efficient use of EU

funds

Maintaining the

orientation for the

market

184 days

1200 trained experts

Over 30 000 delegates – participants of meeting in Poland

80 liaison officers from among nearly 3,000 applicants

PLN 430 million - total budget for 2010-2012 Presidency

PLN 10 million savings thanks to the support of business partners

50 ministerial meetings in five cities in Poland

More than 300 meetings of experts and 200 events under the

auspices of the Presidency

Approximately 1500 meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg

The most important meetings of the

presidency are held in five Polish cities.

These are:

Sopot - July

Wrocław - September

Kraków - October

Poznań - November

Warszawa – December

In many other places across the country

expert meetings and events are organized

1/07 The official inauguration of the Presidency (Warsaw)

8/07 Joint meeting of the Council of Ministers of the European Commission

(Warsaw)

2-3/09 Informal meeting of foreign ministers of the EU-27 (Sopot)

17-18/09 European Congress of Women (Warsaw)

29-30/09 Eastern Partnership Summit (Warsaw)

8-11/09 European Culture Congress (Wroclaw)

3-4/10 Internal Market Forum (Cracow)

5-7/10 European Tourism Forum (Cracow)

14-15/11 V European Equality Summit (Poznan)

28-29/11 Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership (Poznan)

1-2/12 High-level conference for the countries of the Southern

Neighbourhood EU (Warsaw)

Gadgets promoting Polish design

National Cultural Program

About Polska

Internet and social media

Cuisine PL

The cultural program abroad

Delegates arriving at the presidency meetings

traditionally receive a small gift... Polish presidency put

on the young Polish designers, minimalist, traditional

materials, modernity referring to tradition and nature.

The winning projects are:

Tops (Monika Wilczyńska)

Portfolios (Anna Kuczyńska)

Milk and honey (Beza project)

Cufflinks with striped flint (Dorota Kempko)

The Polish presidency is a great opportunity to promote Polish cuisine.

One of the most cherished Polish chefs, Adam Chrząstowski, oversees the

creation of exquisite menu of Polish dishes, native products based on

high-level meetings in Poland and Brussels.

Foreign delegations and journalists visiting Poland during the presidency

also receive a package of recipes for Polish cuisine, modernly arranged by

16 chefs, including three foreigners, working on a daily basis in the best

Polish restaurants. The starting point for each of the recipes are common

products of great resemblance to Polish cuisine (such as herring,

cucumber, buckwheat, poppy, game). Each recipe is preceded by a

understandable for foreigner description of the product, including its

cultural context.

The publication is enriched with beautiful and enjoyable modern

illustrations. The publication is available

at the presidency web page

The description of Polish presidency can be long and entertaining. Taking care of the environment, we consciously limited this brochure

to key terms, concepts and statistics. For more information, visit the official web portal www.pl2011.eu

Polish presidency is green presidency.

Modern, original and highly functional guide to

Poland. It is an attractive, lightweight way to help

foreigners understand Poland and Poles, discover

the best places recommended by a group of public

figures and entertainers.

At 208 pages it presents a consistent, transparent

and timely overview of the main areas of economic,

social and cultural Poland (8 chapters).

Draws attention to the places, people and events that support the image of

Poland as a country with rich traditions but also creative, modern and

The publication is available

at the presidency web page

Art for Social Change: 1000 art projects, 170 partner organizations, 60

recurring events, 184 days of culture

Special projects in the cities of Krasnogruda, Warsaw, Sopot,

Białystok, Katowice, Wroclaw, Lublin, Cracow, Poznan

The European Culture Congress September 8-11, Wroclaw

grassroots cultural initiatives and the Eastern Partnership

debates, workshops, design, music, theater

I, Culture: 400 projects, 10 capital cities, 10 time zones, 100 days

Projects in Brussels, Berlin, Kiev, London, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow,

Paris, Beijing, Tokyo.

Pillars of the program: Karol Szymanowski, Czeslaw Milosz,

Stanislaw Lem, Beats of Freedom, I, Culture Puzzle. Modern crafts

workshop and I, Culture Orchestra.

Polish projects prepared by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in

cooperation with Polish and foreign partners will be presented in the

best art galleries, theaters, clubs and festivals: Bozar, La Monnaie in

Brussels, the National Theater, Whitechapel Gallery, London Jazz

Festival, London, Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid.

www.culture.pl

A number of Polish Institutes cultural projects in 22 cities in Europe

and the USA, and hundreds of projects in the field of public and

cultural diplomacy carried out by more than 100 Polish diplomatic

missions in all continents.