In these dangerous times, erstwhile you should be ready for all scenario, supporting the military household is our work – said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, announcing the introduction of the Military household Charter. It is intended to warrant soldiers, military workers and their close relief in public institutions and preferences, e.g. in public transport or access to nurseries.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that the bill on the household Military Charter was presented to the government today. We want to respect the large military family. Not only soldiers, due to the fact that the Polish Army serves the full family. (...) They... bear large work for the fact that their loved ones can service in the army," said the Minister of Defence. He said that for all those who are active with armed forces, there will be peculiar reliefs in public institutions and preferences. He besides called on the private sector to join this programme. “The army deserves this!” stressed the Deputy Prime Minister.
The head of the MON already spoke about plans to introduce the Military household Charter in spring during his speech in the Sejm. “There is not only a soldier in the army but besides his family. These are hundreds of thousands of people throughout Poland who are associated with the Polish Army, even though they are not wearing a uniform. They are part of a large military household and we want them to be given peculiar care by the state, due to the burden they bear for the safety of all of us," explained Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Work on the fresh program continued at the Ministry of Defence for respective months. Today, the bill on the Military household Charter is ready and was directed to government work, and will shortly be sent to interministerial and social consultations. This is the first comprehensive part of government on the benefit strategy for a group of soldiers and their families and military personnel.
Who's the KRW for?
In accordance with the provisions, the Charter will be a paper identifying the beneficiary of the scheme, certifying his entitlement to more favourable than the mostly applicable access to goods, services or another activities. The project's authors want professional soldiers, soldiers of territorial military service, active reservists, staff of the Ministry of Defence and members of the civilian service corps, veterans, including veterans injured, pensioners and military pensioners, and the closest families of these groups. It was assumed that the beneficiaries of the program would besides be parents of professional soldiers, soldiers of territorial military service, veterans and active reserve, as well as spouses, children and parents of fallen soldiers or dead during military service, whether or not death was due to service.
The card will be free of charge. The request for it will should be submitted electronically through a peculiar MON IT system, although it will besides be possible to submit it in paper form. The card will be issued in electronic form – utilizing mCitizen application – and in conventional version, in the form of a polycarbonate card.
What relief?
The rules presume that benefits will apply to areas within 3 groups of entities: the Ministry of National Defence; the government sector and the private sector and local governments – on a voluntary basis.
The plans presume that from the Ministry of Defence the card holders will be able to number on, for example, preferential terms of usage Vacation Homes of the Military Property Agency Revita, the free usage of military sports facilities (halls, swimming pools, gyms), as well as preferential conditions of recruitment to military colleges for military children and military staff. The introduction of a strategy of intellectual care for members of military families (pilot programme of specified care for soldiers is already working) and the inclusion of military household members in wellness prevention programmes. MON is besides considering extending access to wellness care services in military medical care centres and setting up a uncommon illness relief fund.
Discounts would besides cover the state administration sector. MON proposes that beneficiaries should be able to number on, for example, reduced transport by public collective transport, cheaper tickets for admission to museums or national parks, relief in passport fees or preferential criteria in the recruitment procedure for nurseries and kindergartens, and burs and boarding houses.
The 3rd kind of benefit is to be offered on a voluntary basis by private sector entrepreneurs and local authorities. "Entrepreneurs curious in joining the programme and including military household support in their business social work strategies can now come to us," encouraged representatives of the MON (the applications should be sent to the address == sync, corrected by elderman ==). With a private company that offers preference for military families, MON will sign contracts and on the basis of them will be awarded rights. Any company, institution or company that becomes a associate will be entitled to usage the sign “Here we honor the Military household Charter”. This mark can be utilized for example in advertising or information material.
In addition to defining the rules of operation of the Charter, the bill besides establishes Military household Day. It will be May 15.
MON hopes that the legislative work will be completed rapidly and the bill will enter into force by the end of the first half of 2025. The circumstantial method aspects of the programme, including the safety features of the Charter and the models of the Charter and the sign, will be laid down in the Regulation.
