Online debate: safety and resilience of Poland – how to realize them and how to build them?

4 JulyFriday, o 10 a.m. There will be another online debate "Pomeranian Thinkletter" quarterly as part of the 20th Civic Congress.

What (essentially) is the safety of Poland today? How much should we invest heavy in conventional reinforcements, and how much in resilience (e.g. digital tools, civilian defence infrastructure etc.)? What should be the basis for a safety strategy – European alliances, NATO, building autonomous foundations for economical improvement and technological and digital sovereignty? How to anticipate threats and improve our resilience – increase awareness, flexibility, ability to act? What function do local and regional authorities and what citizens gotta play in this regard?

Participants:

• Prof. Roman Kuźniar, University of Warsaw, associate of the Programme Council of the Civic Congress,
• Prof. Irena Lipovich, the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, associate of the Commission for investigation of Russian and Belarusian Influences, in the years 2010-2015 Ombudsman,
• gene. Krzysztof Bondaryk, manager of the safety Department, Plenipotentiary for the Organisation of the safety strategy of State Communications, Ministry of the Interior,
• Jarosław Gugala, journalist, Polish Ambassador to Uruguay in 1999-2003 (Moderator).

Debate partners: Office of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomeranian improvement Fund, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Maritex, Orlen, Polish improvement Fund.

The discussion accompanies the premiere of the latest issue „Pomeranian Thinkletter” quarterlywhich appeared under the title: Security and resilience of Poland – how to realize them and how to build them? (No 2 (21)/2025).

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• System and multilevel immunity | What is the function of the state? What citizens?

Publication 30 mention texts that they present both conventional safety areas as well as levels whose function in defence and resilience we do not yet appreciate or are not mostly aware of.

Among the authors were: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of Interior and Administration, peculiar Services Coordinator, Dr. Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digitization, Government typical for Cybersecurity, Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of the Republic of Poland from 1995 to 2005, Bronisław Komorowski, president of the Republic of Poland in 2010-2015, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, associate of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Deputy president of the Committee on National Defence in the Sejm of Poland, PhD Czesław Siekierski, Minister for Agriculture and agrarian Development, Marcin Kierwinski, Minister of Reconstruction after the September 2024 flood, Prof. Roman Kuźniar, Faculty of Political Sciences and global Studies, University of Warsaw, associate of the Programme Council of the Civic Congress, Prof. Bogdan J. Góralczyk, European Centre, University of Warsaw, Ireneus Fąfara, president of the Management Board, Director-General, ORLEN, Piotr Matczuk,President of the Management Board, Polish improvement Fund, prof. Mirosław Wait, president of the Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Gen. Dr. Mieczysław Gocul, Rector of the Academy of War Art, Colonel Prof. Leszek Elak, manager for Education and Education at the Academy of War Art, Zbigniew Muszyński, manager of the Government safety Centre (RCB), Gen. Krzysztof Bondaryk, the Plenipotentiary for the Organisation of the safety strategy of State Communications, Mr Jacek Dukaj, prozaik, essayist, critic, associate of the Programme Council of the Civic Congress, Dr. Agata Kruszec, manager for Sustainable improvement for Central Europe, Nestlé Polska S.A. and Grzegorz Kozieja, manager of Food&Agro Sector Analysis and Sector Specialization Department, BNP Paribas Bank Polska.

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