Poland in the OECD

Today, more and more countries and companies are embarking on the road to net zero emissions by mid-century. Oil free transportation offers the hope of a new world of mobility that is not reliant on finite and polluting fossil fuels. EVs enjoy an unprecedented momentum in Europe: numerous countries and car manufacturers stated their ambitions to phase out ICE vehicles from the market in the coming decades. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the sale of EVs grew considerably in 2020, thanks to the various government incentives and recovery packages. Electric vehicles are one of the few technologies on track under the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario. Another technology, which offers a low or zero-carbon solution to long-haul heavy transport, hydrogen is once again at the forefront of the agenda of governments. More and more countries are developing hydrogen strategies and new pilot projects are mushrooming.

“Poland will continue its active involvement in the Council of the Baltic Sea States and other regional Baltic formats. It is only through joint efforts that we can fulfill our vision of the Baltic Sea by 2030, ensuring its growth and the prosperity and security of our societies,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau during today’s videoconference of the Council of the Baltic Sea States foreign ministers and the High Representative of the European Union, which concluded the Lithuanian presidency of the Council.

When on 3 May 1791 the Four-Year Sejm also called the Great Sejm adopted The Government Act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth later known as the Constitution of 3 May, the Polish-Lithuanian state became the Europe’s first and the world’s second that passed the basic law. For its time, it was a progressive and bold legal act which initiated a number of reforms. It also constituted a crowning achievement of the centuries-old links between Poland and Lithuania.

The Day of Polish Community and Poles Abroad was established in recognition of the historical contribution of diaspora communities to the national objectives of the country of their forefathers. Celebrated jointly with Polish Flag Day, it is intended to encourage Poles to reflect on the glorious pages of the country’s past.

- Relations between Poland and Estonia are living proof that working remotely doesn’t mean working any less efficiently. This is demonstrated, for example, by the fact that in the year 2020, so affected by the pandemic, trade between our two countries not only did not shrink but actually grew by four percent, largely because of the digital economy - said Foreign Minister Professor Zbigniew Rau in his opening remarks to today’s Poland-Estonia Virtual Business Forum.

Virtual webinar on April 8th 2021, 11:00 - 12:30 Paris time (CET)

The Development Cooperation Policy Council has unanimously adopted the Development Cooperation Plan for 2021. The meeting was chaired by the National Coordinator for Development Cooperation, Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński.

Thirty years ago, on 15 February 1991, the presidents of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and the prime minister of Hungary signed the Declaration on Cooperation between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary in Striving for European Integration in the castle of Visegrad, Hungary.

On 14 December 2020, a jubilee conference was held to mark the 60th anniversary of the signature of the OECD Convention. The event which took place in the unique and difficult context of the COVID-19 pandemic, was provided an opportunity to reflect on the most important achievements and role of the OECD compared to other international organizations, as well as to exchange of views on effective economic recovery in the post-COVID era, taking into account the economic, social and environmental dimensions.

The competition organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Association of Polish Graphic Designers was addressed to citizens of the Visegrad Group countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. The competition task was to create a poster dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the V4 Group.