Polish presidency in Commission of European Union 01.07.-31.12.2011

A logo symbolizes dynamics, positive energy and solidarity.

It presents Poland as a modern and young at heart country that initiates

positive changes in Europe.

Jerzy Janiszewski is an author of the presidency logo - the author of a famous

"Solidarność" logo in the whole world, which became a historic symbol of Polish

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

European integration as a source of increase

Internal market

UE Budget 2014-2020

Trade negotiations

E-Commerce Beginning of negotiations End of negotiations with Ukraine, India, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia

European Patent UE Budget connected with a

strategy Europe 2020 Reduction of roaming charges

Role of coherence policy and Common Agricultural Policy

Opening of negotiations with Moldavia and Georgia. SMEs’ access to capital

Infrastructure and human

capital investments

Progress in Round Development negotiations Intellectual capital

• 184 days

• 1200 trained experts

• Over 30 000 delegates – participants of meeting in Poland

• 80 communications officers among almost 3000 candidates

• 430 million zlotys – a total budget of presidency for years 2010-2012

• Over 10 million zloty of savings thanks to the support of business

partners

• 50 ministerial meetings in 5 cities in Poland

• Over 300 expert meetings and 200 events under the auspices of

presidency

• About 1500 meetings in Brussels and Luxemburg

Europe benefiting from openness

Extension of the European Union Neighbourhood policy Signing Accession Treaty with Croatia Development of Eastern Partnership

(Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw)

Continuation of accession negotiations with Turkey

Support of democracy in the countries of Northern Africa

Progress in negotiations with Iceland New strategy of UE’s relations with the Arabic world

Support of European aspirations of Western Balkans

Secure Europe

Energetic security Common Foreign and Security Policy

Food security

Analysis of the external UE energetic policy state

Discussion over the future of Common Agricultural Policy

Strengthening of UE abilities for planning and performing crisis management operations

Elaboration of recommendation for strengthening of common UE energetic policy

Effective use of UE financial means

Strengthening of UE operational abilities

Development of NATO-UE co-operation

Orientation maintenance for market

1/07

Official inauguration of presidency (Warsaw)

8/07 Joint meeting of the Polish Cabinet and the European Commission (Warsaw)

2-3/09 Informal meeting of minister of foreign affairs UE-27 (Sopot)

17-18/09 European Congress of Women (Warsaw) 29-30/09 Eastern Partnership Summit (Warsaw) 8-11/09 European Culture Cogress (Wroclaw) 3-4/10 Internal Market Forum (Cracow) 5-7/10 European Tourism Forum (Cracow) 14-15/11 V European Summit for Equality (Poznan) 28-29/11 Civil Society Forum of Eastern Partnership (Poznan) 1-2/12 High- ranking Conference for countries of UE Southern

Neighborhood (Warsaw)

The most important presidency

meetings will take place in five cities of

Poland. They are:

Sopot - July

Wroclaw - September

Cracow - October

Poznan - November

Warsaw - December

Expert meetings and events under the auspices of presidency will be organized in many other places in the whole country.

Priorities Presidency in numbers

Cities of presidency

Chosen events in Poland