Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union 01.07.-31.12.2011 Dynamics, positive energy and solidarity are the values that the logo symbolizes. It presents Poland as a modern, young-spirited country initiating positive changes in Europe. The author of the presidency logo is Jerzy Janiszewski - author of the world-wide known logo of "Solidarity" which has become the historical symbol of the Polish way to freedom and democratic changes in this part of the world.
Priorities
Presidency in figures
European integration as the source of growth Internal market EU 2014-2020 budget Trade negotiations E-Commerce Beginning of the negotiations End of the negotiations Kldfjskldnfdsklvnkdfnvdfknbdfogbjnfgkdl;blkfdbnglfkbngfjnbj with Ukraine, India, Patent Europejski EU budget connected with Canada, Singapore Europe 2020 strategy and Malaysia Reduction of the roaming charges The role of the cohesion policy Opening of the negotiaand the common Agricultural tions with Moldovia and Access of the small Policy Georgia And medium enterprises to the capital Investments in infrastructure Progress in negotiations and human capital of the Doha Round Intellectual capital
Europe benefiting from openness Enlargement of the European Union Signing of the Access Treaty with Croatia Continuation of the Access Treaty with Turkey
184 days 1200 trained experts Over 30 000 delegates – participants of the meetings in Poland 80 liaison officers from among almost 3000 candidates 430 million of Polish zloty – full 2010-2012 presidency budget Over 10 million of Polish zloty savings owing to the support of business partners 50 ministerial meetings in 5 cities in Poland Over 300 experts’ meetings and 200 events under the auspices of the presidency About 1500 meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg
Cities of the Presidency
Neighbourhood Policy Develpoment of the Eastern Partnership (EaP summit In Warsaw)
Reinforcement of democratization in countries of Northern Africa
Progress in negotiations with Iceland New strategy of the EU relations with the Arabic world Reinforcement of the European aspirations of Western Balkans
The most important meetings of the presidency take place in five cities in Poland. These are: Sopot - July Wrocław – August Cracow - September Poznań - October Warsaw - November Experts' meetings and events under the auspices of the presidency are held in many other places across the whole country.
Safe Europe Energy security Analysis of the state of the EU external energy policy Elaboration on the recommendation of the reinforcement of the common EU energy policy
Common Foreign and Security Policy Reinforcement of the EU ability of planning and conducting the crisis management operation Reinforcement of EU operational abilities Reinforcement of NATO-EU co-operation
Nutrition security Discussion on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy Effective usage of EU financial means
Market-orientation sustainment
Selected meetings in Poland 1/07 8/07
Official inauguration of the presidency (Warsaw) Common pitting of Polish Ministerial Council and the European Comission (Warsaw) 2- 3/09 Informal meeting of the EU-27 ministers for foreign affairs (Sopot) 17-18/09 European Women Congress (Warsaw) 29-30/09 Eastern Partnership Summit (Warsaw) 8-11/09 European Cultural Congress(Wrocław) 3- 4/10 Single Market Forum (Cracow) 4- 5-7/10 European Tourism Forum (Cracow) 5- 14-15/11 5th European Equality Summit (Poznań) 6- 28-29/11 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (Poznań) 1-2/12 High-level EU and Southern Neighbourhood Conference (Warsaw)