Program of the 3rd Slovakia-Poland Forum

14 June 2022

The motto: “Cooperation – the Key to Good Neighbourly Relations and a Successful Future”

8:30 – 9:30

Registration of participants (hotel lobbies)

9:30 – 10:00

Music performance (showroom 1)

10:00 – 10:20

Opening and greeting of participants by the moderator (congress hall)

Speeches:

Milan Majerský, President of the Prešov Region
Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Marek Kuchciński, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland / Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

10:20 – 11:20

Panel 1 – Results and Priorities of Polish-Slovak cross-border Cooperation

Moderator: Štefan Bieľak, Representative of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of Slovakia

Panel participants:

Milan Majerský, President of the Prešov Region
Erika Jurinová, President of the Žilina Region
Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Dušan Velič, Secretary at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
Rafał Baliński, Director of the Territorial Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Development Funds and Policy of the Republic of Poland
Bogusław Waksmundzki, Chairman of the Council of the Euroregion “Tatry” Association

11:20 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:30

Panel 2 – Slovakia and Poland – United and Solidary in the Face of New Challenges

Moderator: Leszek Buller, Director of the Centre for European Projects / Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of the Republic of Poland

Panel participants:

Marek Kuchciński, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland / Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Urszula Nowogórska, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland / Deputy Chairwoman of the Group for Polish-Slovak Cooperation
Jozef Lukáč, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic / Chairman of the Public Administration and Regional Development Committee at the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Vice-Chairman of the Prešov Region
Zita Pleštinská, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic / Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee for European Affairs at the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Councilor of the Prešov Region
Przemysław Drabek, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

12:30 – 12:40

Break

12:40 – 13:40

Panel 3 – Strengthening the Transport Infrastructure on the Polish-Slovak Border

Moderator: Piotr Sieniawski, Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies

Panel participants:

Jaroslav Kmeť, Secretary, Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic
Jerzy Polaczek, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Law and Justice Katowice) / Deputy Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee
Peter Kremský, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic / Chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Ján Hudacký, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Prešov
Dawid Lasek, Deputy President and Secretary General of the Carpathian Euroregion Association based in Rzeszów, Chairman of the Council of Tourism Experts

13:40 – 13:50

Break

13:50 – 14:50

Panel 4 – Prospects for the Development of Polish-Slovak Economic Relations

Moderator: Rastislav Tkáč, Director of the Regional Advisory and Information Center in Prešov (RPIC Prešov)

Panel participants:

Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy
Ján Oravec, Secretary at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
Barbara Bartuś, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Law and Justice Nowy Sącz) / Foreign Affairs Committee
Justyna Lipczyńska, Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH)
Peter Adamišin, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Marketing, University of Prešov
Egon Zorád, Director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO)

14:50

Discussion and conclusion, lunch (restaurant, showroom 1)

16:30

Closing the event