Poland in Australia

The National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) is now receiving applications to the next edition of its Polish Returns Programme. The aim of the programme is to allow the outstanding Polish scientists to return to their homeland and take up employment in Polish universities and research institutes.

Diplomats and civil servants from Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam took part in the first edition of the "Summer School on Polish Foreign Policy", organised on 3-7 July 2023 by the Diplomatic Academy of the Polish MFA.

A reception summarising “The Unity: Stories about Us” project took place on 18 May 2023 at the Sydney Opera House. “Unity” presents stories of ten prominent Polish-Australians. Her Excellency The Hon. Margaret Beazley, AC, KC, Governor of NSW was the guest of honour of the gala reception.

A documentary by Sydney-based director Simon Target, presenting stories of two Ukrainian women who left for Poland after Russia’s invasion, was one of the three films shown at the Gilgandra Film Festival 2023. As part of the screening, the exhibition ‘Mum, I don’t want wat!’ that combines drawings made by Polish and Ukrainian children was presented. The festival became an opportunity to discuss with the local community of this country town in Central NSW the consequences of the war for our region and the situation of Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

On 19-25 March, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wojciech Gerwel travelled to Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. The main objective of the visits was to hold political consultations with his counterparts in ministries responsible for foreign affairs.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs has launched a contest for the best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history and the best Polish-language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy released in 2022. Authors are invited to submit their books by 1 June 2023.

To mark a year since Russia's full-scale aggression of Ukraine, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, together with the ANU Film Group, the ANU Centre for European Studies and the Ukrainian Embassy in Canberra, presented a screening of “Masha & Valentyna”, a documentary by Sydney-based filmmaker Simon Target.

The 15th Festival of Polish Visual and Performing Arts PolArt Sydney 2022, with the participation of artists from Australia and New Zealand, takes place from 27 December 2022 until 6 January 2023. Join us in Sydney!

Thanks to the “Polish Aid” funds and the initiative of Polish missionaries, we have implemented three projects in Papua New Guinea in 2022.