The European Union's response to the corona crisis is the Reconstruction Fund. The largest part of the Reconstruction Fund is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Over EUR 23 billion in subsidies and over EUR 34 billion in loans are to go to Poland from this source. In order to use these funds, each state must prepare its own National Recovery Plan (NRP). In Poland, this process is managed by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy (MFiPR).

Strengthening the quality of road management. Better planning and management of road projects in accordance with EU standards and best practices. These are the main objectives of the project implemented, among others, by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy in the framework of the twinning project. The conference summing up the first stage of the project implementation was attended by Deputy Minister Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak.

15 November marks a year since creation of the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy (MFiPR), which was created as a result of the transformation of the Ministry of Investment and Development. A new name, new people, and above all 366 busy days. The passing year was marked by work on a new distribution of EU funds, investment of European money for the period of 2014-2020 and implementation of gigantic, multi-billionaire programmes such as the Programme for Silesia and the Accessibility Plus Programme. It is also the time for fighting the corona virus.

The Port of Gdynia Management Board has announced a tender to select a private partner to take care of the construction of the External Port. It is the largest investment in Poland, which will be created in the formula of public-private partnership (PPP).At the same time, it is the largest governmental project of this type.

Following the preliminary analysis, I can observe that the EC proposal raises hope. Firstly, that the negotiations, which are already lingering for months, will finally emerge from the impasse. Secondly, that the cohesion policy will remain an important investment policy of the EU.

On 1 February, a summit of representatives of countries belonging to the Friends of Cohesion group was held in Portugal. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Minister Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak participated in the event.