Polish Presidency of the EU Council

Academics, lawyers, representatives of non governmental organizations, experts in European matters – this is a renewed composition of Team Europe (TE), which is a panel of conference speakers cooperating with the Representation of the EC in Warsaw. On 18 February 2010 representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took part in a meeting with TE experts at which they presented the circumstances of Poland’s preparations to the EU Presidency with reference to program and communication criteria.

We hereby present an electronic version of the publication entitled “Presidency of the state in the Council of the European Union – partners’ experience and proposals for Poland” edited by Professor Zbigniew Czachór and Mikołaj Tomaszyk from the Adam Mickiewicz University.

In exactly 500 days from now Poland will take over the Presidency in the EU Council. Preparations to this grand event are already on the way, however, there is still a lot of work ahead of us. In comparison with other EU Member States our country has undertaken preparations very early. In January 2009, the Council of Ministers adopted a comprehensive action programme but some activities related to the Presidency began already in 2007, in fact.

Starting from today the Presidency will be present on the next social networking website. A newsgroup, which will discuss different aspects of our Presidency, has been created on www.goldenline.pl . We hope that it will become an active platform to share interesting opinions and ideas and an inspiration for numerous new initiatives. You are welcome to participate!

On 29 January 2010, as part of preparations of the Agriculture Ministry to the Presidency in the EU Council in the second half of 2011 the General Veterinary Inspectorate and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organised a meeting with Mr. Andreas Lernhart, head of Unit 1A in the Secretariat General of the EU Council, responsible for veterinary matters.

The organizer of the educational, cultural, civil and sport events and initiatives can apply for patronage of the Polish Presidency 2011! Check how to apply and under which criteria the patronage could be granted.