We request to build a strong society. Resistant to misinformation, lies, fake news, to effort to divide society. I'm asking you to commit. We request to build a strong civilian defence – Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz appealed to the Wielkopolska local government, with whom he met present in Poznań.
Illustration picture. Local governments and emergency service officers at crisis management training.
– The combination of military, self-government, all centres of power and citizens for safety is an absolute necessity. [...] This is simply a real regular patriotism," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz after a gathering with local authorities from Wielkopolska. The “War – Local Government” conference in Poznań discussed the cooperation of local authorities with the Ministry of Defence and joint efforts to make military infrastructure.
The head of the MON stressed that a strong society is 1 of the safety pillars on which the government is committed. “We are implementing the civilian Defence Act and it is done with the engagement of local governments,” he said. This includes investments specified as the construction of shelters for the population, warehouses of specialised equipment, the retrofitting of state and volunteer fire brigades and cybersecurity investments. The gathering with local authorities besides discussed the improvement of road infrastructure and about redeployment from the National Recovery Plan, i.e. 30 billion PLN, which will scope the safety and Defence Fund. As Kosiniak-Kamysz pointed out, it is the local governments that will mostly carry out tasks financed from this money.
– I presented the assumptions of our Act on Critical and strategical Infrastructure and the velocity of administrative decisions to establish this infrastructure," Kosiniak-Kamysz said. “I thank the local governments for submitting areas that can be utilized for military training and investment. Local governments that give their own contribution will be awarded – he added.
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Another area of cooperation between local governments and the military, which the head of the MON mentioned, is universal military training. Launching them announced a fewer days ago by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “These trainings are very interesting for different professional groups. Everyone here will have a program designed to measure. I besides invitation local authorities to visit them – Kosiniak-Kamish said. Crisis management is simply a subject that should be of peculiar interest to local officials. The Deputy Prime Minister assessed that the flood in south-western Poland exposed shortcomings in this area, so within the framework of The military has already provided training for the Fenix operation and share his cognition and experience. According to the head of the MON, specified courses should be compulsory for local authorities. “Whoever does not have specified skills, unfortunately is incapable to execute the functions entrusted to him,” he said.
The Deputy Prime Minister besides recalled that there is work to be done on the issue of a manual on emergency response. “This year it will scope all Polish house,” he said and added, that there are besides talks with the Polish Post Office on the distribution of this publishing house.
