During his stay in the capital of Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin met Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Ihor Petrashko.

Due to the decreasing number of infections with COVID-19, the current restrictions will gradually be lifted from May 1 this year.

“The ability to effectively market innovation is and will be a key determinant of global competitiveness in the years and decades to come. The Plan for Labour and Development and the Originator’s Zone project prepared in our ministry will strengthen Polish creativity and ability to create competitive solutions,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin during an on-line press conference devoted to support for Polish innovators, organised together with the chairman of the Polish Patent Office, Edyta Demby-Siwek.

The return to the “normality” of the tourism industry in all countries of the Visegrad Group will take long, but there is a chance that the industry will emerge stronger from the crisis – these are the main conclusions of the members of governments of the Visegrad Group countries responsible for tourism.

Employers will be able to declare their readiness to vaccinate their staff using forms which will be available from May 4 on the website of the Government Centre for Security. The guidelines for vaccination organised by employers are aligned with the demands expressed by the entrepreneurs at the last week’s meeting of the Entrepreneurship Council held at the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology.

Synergy and coordination are key to the success of the future operation and development of the special economic zones (SEZs) – this is the most important conclusion from the talks held this week by Grzegorz Piechowiak, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, with its representatives.

“In the recent years, Poland has undergone many reforms and changes that are conducive to innovation. Spending on research and development is steadily increasing,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin at the conference "Europe. Horizon of opportunities”, which launches the next edition of the Horizon Europe framework programme.

This week has seen two events concerning the economic cooperation between Poland and Uzbekistan. On Tuesday, the Polish-Uzbekistan Business Forum took place, and on Wednesday, the 7th meeting of the Polish-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation attended by the Deputy Ministers of Economic Development, Labour and Technology: Robert Tomanek and Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, and the Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Badriddin Abidov. The discussions concerned creating the conditions for the development of cooperation, including by supporting trade and investment projects, solving business problems, as well as creating legal and information environment promoting cooperation.

Due to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, and in the interests of the life and health of all citizens, in the following week – until April 18 – the existing safety restriction are maintained in the entire Poland. Hotels, cultural institutions and sports facilities as well as furniture, garden and building stores will be closed, malls and shopping centres will operate to a limited extent.