EUROPEAN MEETING CENTRE - NOWY STAW FOUNDATION


YEAR 2011 NEWS


09.12.2011, Gdańsk Inauguration of the Regional Centre for European Information in Gdansk Regional Centre for European Information in Gdansk

The Regional Centre for European Information will officially openen on December 9, 2011. The Regional Centre for European Information is located in Gdansk at Szeroka Street 80/81, occupying the ground floor of Old Town building.

After a few weeks since the launch of the Regional Centre for European Information, an opening ceremony took place on December 9, 2011. This is the second Regional Centre for European Information (apart for Lublin), conducted by the European Meeting Centre - Nowy Staw Foundation.

On 9th December 2011, at 13.00, the official opening ceremony of this institution took place. The inaugural meeting was attended by Agnieszka Kudlińska Director of Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iwona Guzowska Member of Parliament, Edmund Wittbrot Member of Senat, Elżbieta Wasilenko Pomeranian School Superintendent, Michalina Krzysztoforska Pomeranian Governor representative, Andrzej Kowalczys Pomorskie Marshal Representative for Cooperation with nongovernmental organizations, Maciej Buczkowski, assistant director in Office of the Mayor of Gdansk and Beata Krawczyk from Gdańsk University of Technology. Invited guests congratulated, expressed their willingness to cooperate with the newly opened center.

The Regional Centre for European Information was established thanks to a competition announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs "European Information - 2011". It works within the nationwide network of RCIE, having their branches in most provincial cities.

The Regional Centre for European Information is an educational, informational and promotional centre. Residents of Pomeranian Voivodeship will find here answers to all questions  regarding both the mechanisms of the European Union and Poland’s membership in the organization. The Centre has a conference and reading room, library with access to the Internet. The Regional Centre for European Information is located in Gdansk at Szeroka Street 80/81, occupying the ground floor of Old Town building.

The center is open from Monday to Friday 8:00 -16:00.