In 2018, the PolSCA Office team actively participated in over 70 seminars, conferences and study visits. Among them, a seminar devoted to Polish business representations in Brussels is certainly worth of mentioning. The first part of the meeting took place in the European Parliament and included the presentation of foreign stations of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris and Brussels as subjects implementing the tasks of scientific diplomacy. The results of research published in the book “Representation of economic and social interests in the EU” [PL: Reprezentacja interesów gospodarczych i społecznych w UE], edited by U. Kurczewska and K. Jasiecki were also presented. The second part of the seminar, organized in cooperation with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland in Brussels, was the debate entitled “Lobbying in the EU” with the participation of authors of the above mentioned monograph and employees of the EU institutions.
In addition, together with the Polish Embassy in Brussels, the PolSCA Office co-organized a conference “Women in Science. Past and Present”. PolSCA was also a partner of the event “3Revolution: Reduce-Reuse-Recover”, during which the director of PolSCA Office – Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech, participated in the discussion panel entitled “Poland for European Innovations”. What should also be emphasized, is the active participation of the PolSCA Office in the 8th European Forum of New Ideas (EFNI) in Sopot, under which M. Molęda-Zdziech moderated the panel on Polish lobbying in Brussels and participated in a panel discussion on Polish business leaders. PolSCA Office was also present at the Science Festival in Jabłonna. As part of the IGLO network (Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices), the so-called IGLO OPEN seminar was organized and chaired by the PolSCA, covering the issue of the Horizon Europe. The Office was involved in co-organizing a training on framework programs for international project administrators from Polish research institutions. In 2018 a series of meetings for representatives of Polish regional offices in Brussels was initiated – the topic of one of ten meetings was the issue of “smart cities”. A very fruitful cooperation was established with the Polish Academy of Sciences Office in Paris, under which two study visits, the presentation of both stations in the European Parliament and a debate on scientific diplomacy in practice during the Science Festival in Jabłonna took place.
More information about the activities of the remaining scientific stations of the Polish Academy of Sciences can be found at the link:
Sources:
Polska Akademia Nauk
