The Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union

01.07.-31.12.2011 The Polish presidency logo symbolizes the following values: dynamism, positive energy and solidarity. It presents Poland as a modern country that is young at heart and initiates positive changes in Europe.

The author of the logo is Jerzy Janiszewski, who also designed the worldwide-known logo of the Solidarity Movement that became a historical symbol of the Polish road to freedom and the democratic changes in this part of the world.

Priorities

Presidency in numbers

European integration as a source of development

Internal market

E-Commerce

European Patent Reduction of roaming tariffs

Access to capital for small and medium-size enterprises

Intellectual capital

EU Budget for 2014-2020

Starting negotiations

The EU Budget related to the Europa 2020 strategy

The role of the cohesion policy and the Common Agricultural Policy

Investments concerning infrastructure and human capital

Trade negotiations

Conclusion of negotiations with Ukraine, India, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia

Opening negotiations with Moldova and Georgia

Progress in Doha Development Round negotiations

184 days 1200 trained experts More than 30 000 delegates – participants of meetings in Poland 80 liaison officers chosen from near 3000 candidates 430 million zlotys – the total presidency budget for the years 2010-2012 More than 10 million zlotys of savings owing to the support of business partners 50 ministerial meetings in 5 Polish cities More than 300 expert meetings and 200 events under the auspices of the Polish presidency Ca. 1500 meetings in Brussels and Luxemburg

The cities of presidency Europe benefiting from openness

Enlargement of the European Union

Signing the Treaty of Accession with Croatia

Continuation of the accession negotiations with Turkey

Progress in negotiations with Iceland

Support for the European aspirations of the Western Balkans

Neighborhood policy

Development of the Eastern Partnership (EaP summit in Warsaw)

Support for democratization in North African countries

New strategy for UE relations with the Arab world

Safe Europe

Selected events in Poland

1/07 Official inauguration of the presidency (Warsaw) 8/07 Joint session of the Polish Council of Ministers and the European Commission (Warsaw) 3/09 Informal meetings of the ministers 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 Congress (Wroclaw) 4/10 Single Market Forum (Krakow) 5-7/10 European Tourism Forum (Krakow) 14-15/11 V European Equality Summit (Poznan) 28-29/11 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (Poznan) 1-2/12 The Senior Officials-level conference for the Suthern Neighborhood countries of the EU (Warsaw)

Energy security

Analysis of the condition of the external energy policy of the EU

Producing recommendations for strengthening the common energy policy of the EU

The common foreign and security policy

Strengthening the EU’s capability to plan and carry out crisis management operations

Strengthening the EU’s operating capabilities

Development of NATO-EU cooperation

Food security

Discussion on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy

Effective use of the EU’s financial resources

Continuation of market orientation

The key meetings of the presidency are held in the following five Polish cities: Sopot – July Wroclaw – September Krakow – October Poznan – November Warsaw – December Expert meetings and other events under the auspices of the presidency are held in many other places across Poland.

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Gifts promoting Polish design

Polish cultural program Foreign cultural program Art for Social Change: 1000 artistic projects, 170 partner organizations, 60 cyclical events, 184 culture days • special projects in the following cities: Krasnogruda, Warsaw, Sopot,

Bialystok, Katowice, Wroclaw, Lublin, Krakow, Poznan • European Culture Congress: 8-11 September in Wroclaw • grassroots cultural initiatives and Eastern Partnership • debates, workshops, design, music, theater

www.prezydencja.nina.gov.pl www.uwaganakulture.pl About Polska

A modern, original and very functional guide to Poland. An attractive and entertaining way to understand Poland and Poles, discover the most attractive spots recommended by public figures and cultural managers. Its 208 pages and 8 chapters provide a coherent, clear and up-to-date review of all the key economic, social and cultural aspects of Poland. It focuses on people, places and phenomena that present Poland as a country that is rich in tradition, yet creative, modern and dynamic.

This publication is available from the presidency website.

The Internet and social media www.pl2011.eu

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

Paris, Beijing and Tokyo. · Pillars of the programme: Karol Szymanowski, Czesław Miłosz,

Stanisław Lem, Beats of Freedom, I, Culture Puzzle. Contemporary Craft Workshop and I, Culture Orchestra.

· Polish projects prepared by the Adam Mickiewicz Insitute in cooperation with Polish and foreign partners will be presented in the best galleries, theaters, clubs and festival venues: Bozar and La Monnaie in Brussesls, National Theater, Whitechapel Galery and London Jazz Festival in London, Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid. www.culture.pl

· Numerous cultural projects of Polish Institutes in 22 cities in Europe and the USA and several hundreds public diplomacy and cultural diplomacy projects carried out by more than 100 Polish diplomatic posts across all continents.

Cuisine PL

The Polish presidency is a perfect opportunity to promote the cuisine of the country. One of the most eminent Polish chefs, Adam Chrząstowski, oversses the preparation of an exquisite menu of Polish dishes, based on native products, for the summits in Poland and Brussels. Moreover, foreign delegations and journalists visiting Poland during the Polish presidency will be given sets of recipes for Polish dishes, arranged in a modern way by 16 chefs, including three foreigners, who work in the best Polish restaurants. The basis for each recipe is a food product traditionally associated with Polish cuisine (e.g. herring, pickles, buckwheat groats, poppy seeds, venison). Each recipe is preceded by an easy-to-understand description of the product, including the cultural contexts. State-of-the-art illustrations make the publication even more appealing.

This publication is available from the presidency website.

The winning projects are: · Spinning tops (Monika Wilczyńska) · Briefcases (Ania Kuczyńska) · Milk and honey (Beza projekt) · Cuff-links with banded flint (Dorota Kempko)

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The Polish presidency can be described in a much more thorough way. However, we care about the natural environment and we would only like to point out the key watchwords, concepts and statistics in this leaflet. More information can be found online at the official Polish presidency websitewww.pl2011.eu. Polish presidency is green presidency.

Delegates coming to Poland for presidency meetings are traditionally presented with small gifts.. The Polish presidency went for young Polish designers, minimalism, traditional materials and modernism with a link to nature and tradition.

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