Polish presidency in the European Council

01.07.-31.12.2011 Dynamism, positive energy and solidarity – those qualities are symbolized by the logo. It shows Poland as a country which is modern and young at heart and which initializes positive changes in Europe. The logo was invented by Jerzy Janiszewski – the author of the „Solidarność" logo, which is world-wide known nowadays and has become a historical symbol of the Polish path to freedom and democratic changes in this part of the world.

1/07 Official presidency inauguration (Warsaw) 8/07 Joint meeting of the Cabinet of Poland and the European Commission (Warsaw) 2-3/09 The Informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs UE-27 (Sopot) 17-18/09 The European Woman Congress (Warsaw) 29-30/09 The Eastern Partnership Summit (Warsaw) 8-11/09 The European Cultural Congress (Wroclaw) 3-4/10 The Internal Market Forum (Krakow) 5-7/10 The European Touristic Forum (Krakow) 14-15/11 The V European Summit regarding Equality (Poznan) 28-29/11 The Citizen Society of Eastern Partnership Forum (Poznan) 1-2/12 The Conference of high level for Southern Nieghborhood of the EU

(Warszaw)

European integration - source of development

Internal market

E-Commerce

European Patent Lowering of Roaming fees Access for SMEs to the capital Intellectual capital

EU’s budget for 2014-2020

Start of the negotiations

EU’s budget connected with the Europe 2020 strategy

The role of Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy

Investments in the fields of infrastructure and human capital

Trade negotiations

The end of negotiations with Ukraine, India, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia

Opening of negotiations with Moldavia and Georgia

Progress in negotiations within the Doha Development Round

Europe benefiting from openness Expansion of the European Union Signing of the Adhesion Treaty with Croatia Continuing accession negotiations with Turkey Progress in negotiations with Iceland Support for European aspiration of The Western Balkans

Neighborhood policy Developing of Eastern Partnership (EaP summit in Warsaw) Support for democratization in North African countries New strategy in the field of EU relations with the Arabian world

Safe Europe Energy security

EU external energy policy state analysis

Arranging a recommendation to improve common energy policy of the EU

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Improvement of EU ability for planning and carrying crisis management

Improvement of operational ability of the UE

Development of cooperation between the NATO and the UE

Food Safety

Discussion regarding future of the Common Agricultural Policy

Effective utilization of EU funds

Keeping focus on the market

Presidency In numbers

Cities of the presidency

The most important presidency meetings are held in five Polish cities, mainly: Sopot - July Wroclaw - September Krakow - October Poznan - November Warsaw – December Expert meetings and events under the patronage of the Polish presidency are organized in many other places throughout the whole country.

• 184 days • 1200 of trained experts • Over 30 000 of delegates – meeting participants in Poland • 80 liaison officers from within almost 3000 of candidates • 430 million PLN – Total presidency budget for years 2010-2012 • Over 10 million PLN of savings thanks to business partners

support • 50 ministerial meetings in 5 cities in Poland • Over 300 expert meetings and 200 events under the patronage

of the presidency • Around 1500 meetings in Brussel and Luksembourg

Priorities

Chosen events in Poland

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Modern, original and very functional guide to Poland. In an easy and attractive way it helps foreigners understand Poland and Poles and to discover most interesting places, recommended by a group of public people and cultural animators.

On its 208 pages it presents a consistent, clear and up-to-date review of the most important fields of Polish economic, social and cultural life. (8 chapters).

It focuses on those places, people and events which confirm image of Poland seen as country with rich traditions and creative, modern

and dynamic at the same time.

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

Beijing, Tokyo. • Program pillars: Karol Szymanowski, Czesław Miłosz, Stanisław Lem, Beats of

Freedom, I, Culture Puzzle. Modern craftsmanship workshop and I, Culture Orchestra.

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

• Many cultural projects of Polish Institutes in 22 European and American cities and hundreds of projects in the field of public and cultural diplomacy held by over 100 Polish diplomatic missions on every continent.

Polish presidency is a great opportunity to promote Polish cuisine. One of the most appreciated Polish chefs, Adam Chrząstowski, is supervising creation of fine menu composed of Polish dishes based on native products, meant for high level meetings in Poland and Brussels.

Moreover, foreign delegations as well as journalists visiting Poland during the presidency will receive a package of recipes for Polish dishes, made modern by 16 chefs, including three foreigners, normally working in the best Polish restaurants. All of the recipes are derivatives of the products widely associated with Polish cuisine (e.g. herring, cucumber, groats, venison). All of them are preceded by product description, including its cultural context, understandable for foreign reader. The publication is decorated by modern illustrations.

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Cultural Program Abroad

Polish Cuisine

Polish presidency is the green presidency.

Delegates coming to the presidency meeting Awarded projects:

are customary given small gifts. - Tops (Monika Wilczyńska) Polish presidency put on young designers, - Briefcases (Ania Kuczyńska) minimalism, traditional materials and - Milk and honey (Beza project)

modernity referring to the tradition and nature. - Clothespin with striped flint (Dorota Kempko)

Art For Social Change: 1000 of artistic projects, 170 partnership organizations, 60 cyclic events, 184 days of culture · special projects in cities: Krasnogruda, Warsaw, Sopot, Bialystok,

Katowice, Lublin, Krakow, Poznan · European Culture Congress, 8-11 of September in Wroclaw · grass-roots cultural initiatives and Eastern Partnership · debates, workshops, pattern designing, music, theater

Publication available on the presidency portal

Internet, social media

There are many more things we could write about the Polish presidency. But to care of the natural environment, we’ve purportedly limited the information, pointing out only the key slogans, notions and statistics. For more information please visit our official website www.pl2011.eu.

About Polska

Gifts promoting Polish design

National Program for Culture

Publication available on the presidency portal

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