We invitation you to watch all 7 debates XVIII civilian Congresswhich, under the common heading "Poland – fresh opening“ We organized between the end of October and the beginning of December in a form of online debates.
We invitation you to comment on these crucial civic discussions on individual YouTube recordings as well as to send us your comments and suggestions on the future Citizens' legislature debate through email communications: [email protected].
1. HOW TO FIX POLISH COUNTRY?
What rules and models of governance? What are the most dysfunctional public policies and in what direction are they changed? What traps and paradoxes await us in the way of the "bis transformation"?
Participants:
- Prof. Grzegorz Rydlewski, University of Warsaw, What principles and models of governance for Poland?
- Prof. Dariusz Adamski, University of Wrocław, What are the most dysfunctional public policies, and in what direction do they change?
- Prof. Ewa Łętowska, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Paradoxy and bis transformation traps
Moderator: Jarosław Gugała, journalist, Polish Ambassador to Uruguay from 1999 to 2003
2. HOW TO FUTURE A BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF POLAND DEMOCRACY?
What is the essence of democracy? What were the most crucial violations of the democratic strategy from 2015 to 1923? What are the risks to democracy and can we foretell future threats? What formal and legal safeguards (hard, structural) can be adopted and which in the soft sphere? What is the importance of social inequality or the quality of public debate?
Participants:
- Prof. Adam Bodnar, Senator RP(elect), Ombudsman 2015–2021
- Prof. MirosławWyrzykowski, Warsaw University, Dean of the Warsaw University of Warsaw from 1999 to 2001, justice of the Constitutional Court from 2001 to 2010
- Prof. Magdalena Musi-Karg, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Dean of investigation and technological Cooperation, president of the Polish Society of Political Sciences
Moderator: Jarosław Gugała, journalist, Polish Ambassador to Uruguay from 1999 to 2003
3. WHAT TO DO WITH EU AGRICULTURAL POLICY - How to kill food, give farmers and defend the Climat?
How can we preserve the competitiveness of European agriculture in the position of a green transition of the European Union? Can food safety and sustainable production be ensured at the same time (take care of climate, biodiversity, etc.)? How can we find resources for major structural changes and at the same time accumulate the capital needed for investigation and innovation? What changes are presently going through the CAP and in which direction will it proceed to evolve? How will open trade with Ukraine affect the European Union and Poland?
Participants:
- Janusz Wojciechowski, EU Agriculture Commissioner
- Bartosz Urbaniak, Head of Banking AGRO BNP Paribas for Central east Europe and Africa
- Margaret the BoyanDirector of the Polish Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Moderator: Miłosz Szymanski, editor of the podcast "Voice of the Civic Congress"
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4. WHAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO BUILD IT IN CONDITIONS Divergentities?
Why do we request a community and how to build it in a diverse environment? What does community (community) mean and how do we realize its social dimension? Why do we request a national community? What are the most severe divisions today? What kind of communities do we need: a community of fate, principles and values, identity, interests or, for example, a community of objectives (aspiration)? How to build the commonality of Poles (at different levels) in conditions of diversity in the sphere of worldview, separate interests, generations, different political preferences, influence of the past (transformations) on individual social groups, etc.? What can be a binder in the process of building modern community of Poles?
Participants:
- Prof. Andrzej Leder, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Antoni Dudek, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- Prof. Karolina WiguraUniversity of Warsaw
- Dr. Marcin Kędzierski, University of Economics in Kraków
Moderator: Wojciech Kłosowski, associate of the Civic legislature Programme Council, strategical Expert of the Union of Polish Cities
5. CITIZENS’ POLAND WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO BUILD IT?
Why do we request Polish citizens? Why is civilian society so crucial present and what is its actual condition? Does democracy request a ‘renewal’? Why is "burning" civilian energy – e.g. for fake public consultations – so dangerous? Can Polish courts or cross-sectoral public policies be reformed without a civilian factor? What is the possible of citizenship in the young generation?
Participants:
- Jacek Merkel, associate in the circular Table, co-founder and associate of the Board of the Institute for marketplace economical Research
- Cuban, president of the Board of the Shipyard Foundation
- Marta Marczuk, associate of the Board, 20 Years
Moderator: Jarosław Gugała, journalist, Polish Ambassador to Uruguay from 1999 to 2003
6. SCHOOL INTELLIGENCE AND MANY – HOW TO ARRANGE?
Is it not human improvement now, and technological advancement defines the future of mankind? How intelligent and creative is artificial intelligence? How do we regulate the improvement of modern technologies to defend people from fresh threats, but not halt progress? What is the function of man in digital reality? In what conditions (places, relationships, ways of communication) do we want to function?
Participants:
- Maciek Borówka, Digital Technology Expert, Founder and president of the Management Board Alfred-Tech
- Katarzyna Szymielewiczco-founder and president of the Panoptykon Foundation
- Jacek Królikowski, president of the Management Board, Information Society improvement Foundation
Moderator: Dr. Justina Pokojska, Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw, DELab UW, associate of the Programme Council of the Civic Congress
7. TWO TRANSFORMATION OF THE POLISH ECONOMIC What are we doing?
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What is the fundamental change in economical conditions in the world? What geopolitical, technological, and business factors are decisive here? How will China-US competition specify the future of the world? What is next with the EU's green transition policy – will the EU armed with protectionist tools (e.g. CEBAM) show its strength and impact on the global economical situation? How much is Poland ready for a fresh large transformation? Where should we look for our advantages, and to what degree should adaptation be undertaken as shortly as possible?
Participants:
- Prof. Mariusz Orłowski, Virginia Tech University, associate of the civilian legislature Program Council
- Luk Palmen, president of the Board of InnoCo, associate of the Programme Board of the Civic Congress
- Jan F. Stanilko, NASK, associate of the Civic legislature Programme Council, b. manager of the Innovation Department of the Ministry of improvement and Technology
Moderator: Miłosz Szymanski, editor of the podcast "Voice of the Civic Congress"
Strategic partner of the 18th Civic Congress: Polish-American Freedom Foundation
