9th European Congress of Local Governments

Mikołajki, 4-5 march 2024 r.

‘The future of decentralisation in a changing world’

INFOPACK

Q&A PROGRAMME

2

Days

+ 200

Events

+ 2500

Participants

The European Congress of Local Governments is a platform for the exchange of views and a meeting place for leaders of local governments, representatives of regional elites, members of the state administration, NGOs and business.

The programme includes more than 200 events: programme blocks, discussion panels, workshops, lectures and presentations. The debates of the Congress will cover, among others, the problems of contemporary urban planning, mechanisms of city and regional development, investment financing, city management, environmental protection, health policy and the activities of local governments in the new reality.

The self-government of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship – Main Partner

The self-government of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, through the Marshal’s Office, performs a number of tasks, including: stimulating economic activity, raising the level of competitiveness and innovation of the voivodship’s economy, preserving the value of cultural and natural environment and maintaining spatial order. The tasks of the institution include strategic and operational planning and management of structural funds. The area of special interest of the region’s authorities is to support strategic areas of the economy, i.e. regional smart specializations: water economy, high-quality food, wood and furniture.

In the structure of the Department of Promotion Coordination at the Marshal’s Office there operates Investors and Exporters’ Service Center (COIE) which offers services for domestic and foreign investors interested in starting economic activity in Warmia and Mazury. COIE helps to choose location for an investment, provides lists of potential business partners, organizes business missions.

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Invest in Warmia and Mazury

Main Media Partner

Main Radio Partner

Strategic Partner

Media Partners

Commercial Partners

Institutional Partners

Guests

Krzysztof Gawkowski

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister

Marcin Kuchciński

Marshal of Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region

Krzysztof Bosak

Deputy Speaker, Polish Parliament

Jerzy Buzek

Member, European Parliament

Piotr Wachowiak

Rector, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Leszek Miller

Former Prime Minister

Tadeusz Truskolaski

Mayor, City of Bialystok

Marcin Kulasek

Secretary of State, Ministry of State Assets

Pekka Komu

Chairman of the Regional Board of Päijät-Häme The Regional Council of Päijät-Häme
Finalnd

Konrad Fijołek

Mayor, City of Rzeszów

Renata Bem

Executive Director UNICEF Poland

Jerzy Stępień

Chairman of Board Foundation for Development of Local Democracy

Francesco Tufarelli

General Director, Department of European Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Italy

Jacek Protas

Secretary of State, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy

Stanisław Mazur

Rector, Cracow University of Economics

Gen. Grzegorz Gielerak

Director, Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute

Gösta Toft

Vicepresident FUEN Federal Union of European Nationalities
Denmark

Zbigniew Ziejewski

Secretary of State Ministry of State Assets

Sławomir Dudek

President, Institute of Public Finance

Adam Ciszkowski

President, Union of Polish Local Governments

Esa Nikunen

Director General of Environment Services, City of Helsinki
Finland

Ireneusz Raś

Secretary of State Ministry of Sport and Tourism

Piotr Jakubowski

Mayor, City of Mikołajki

Miłosz Motyka

Undersecretary of State Ministry of Climate and Environment

Andrzej Płonka

President, Association of Polish Counties

Tomasz Andrukiewicz

Mayor, City of Elk

Petra Havu

CEO, The Finnish Museums Association
Finland

Krystyna Danilecka-Wojewódzka

Mayor, City of Slupsk

Sebastian Gajewski

Undersecretary of State Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Karol Nawrocki

President, Institute of National Remembrance

Andrzej Szarata

Rector, Cracow University of Technology

Oksana Dmytriieva

Deputy, Supreme Council
Ukraine

Wojciech Bakun

President, City of Przemysl

Joanna Sekuła

Senator, Senate of the Republic of Poland

Piotr Grzymowicz

President, City of Olsztyn

Alessandro Moricca

CEO PagoPA
Italy

Marek Opioła

Member, European Court of Auditors

Maria Andrzejewska

General Director, UNEP/GRID-Warsaw

Grzegorz Mackiewicz

President, City of Pabianice

Serhiy Nadal

Mayor, Ternopil City Council
Ukraine

Leszek Buller

Director, Center of European Projects

Paweł Maj

President, City of Puławy

Oleksandr Markushyn

Mayor, Irpin City Council
Ukraine

Marek Frąckowiak

President, The Chamber of Press Publishers

Jakub Banaszek

President, City of Chełm

Marek Materek

President, City of Starachowice

Wojciech Maksymowicz

President, The Alarm Clock Clinic

Jacek Czaputowicz

Professor, University of Warsaw

Gen. Leon Komornicki

Chairman of the Industrial Committee Euro-Atlantic Association

Ewa Marciniak

Director, CBOS

Damian Grzelka

Chairman, National Council of Regional Chambers of Audits

Tomasz Gackowski

President, Investment Fund Company JSC

Past editions

Over the last eight editions, the European Congress of Local Governments has become one of the most important venues for meetings and discussions on local government issues across Europe. See the previous editions of the Congress. Gallery

Programme assumptions

The Congress program will be carried out in fifteen tracks: Economy, Business and Management, Society, Finance, Sustainable Development, Interregional Cooperation, Regional Culture Forum, Tourism Industry, and Health. Some of the planned topics are as follows:

Decentralisation – How to Strengthen European Self-government?
What Investments can Local Governments Afford?
Campaign Barometer – What Are Poles Interested In?
Regional Perspective on the Fight against Drought and Water Shortages
New Reality Requirements – an Interview with the Leaders of the Financial Ranking of Local Government in Poland
Energy Security of Local Governments
Digital Awakening of Local Governments
Cities in the Face of Migration
Enlargement of the European Union – Prospects and Threats
How to Effectively Promote Cities and Regions Abroad?
A Good Mayor – an Efficient Manager. How to Effectively Manage a Municipality?
Local Governments – Constant Evolution or the Need for a Revolution?
Health Care in Small Localities. How to Prevent Exclusion?
The Impact of Tax Reliefs and Preferences on Local Development
Cohesion Policy – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Local Governments in the Face of Depopulation
Unbridled Landfills – How to Solve the Waste Problem?

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