The Polish-Czech Forum 2023: intensification of the Polish-Czech cooperation in terms of priorities of foreign policies of both countries

The following project aims to intensify the Polish-Czech cooperation in terms of priorities of foreign policies of both countries, in particular in the scope of the annual presidency of Czech Republic within the Visegrad Group, staring on July, 2023 as well as to intensify both contacts and knowledge-sharing of Polish and Czech expert environments.

Institute of New Europe, by the cooperation with the Institute for Politics and Society as the main partner, ellaborated six podcasts, a report in three language versions and the Polish-Czech Forum Conference, 2023. All results of the project You can find on this dedicated website.

Components of the project

Report

In the Polish-Czech Forum 2023 Report, prepared in English, Polish and Czech languages, you can find six chapters concerning Polish-Czech bilateral relations with the particular emphasis on the foreign policy issues. We strongly encourage you to read the report regarding the impact of Russo-Ukrainian War on Czech politics, the Czech engagement in the regional cooperation, good practices of development of military industry on the selected Czech example, the multidimensional crisis especially negatively affecting in the field of energy security, migration crises caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War and economic cooperation between Poland and Czech Republic.

Podcasts

The series of 6 podcasts was conducted by the expert of the Institute of New Europe, Michał Banasiak. Interviews were covered by the former Prime Minister of Czech Republic and the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador of Republic of Poland to Slovakia, two managing directors of Czech think-tanks, by the chairman of one of the leading Czech think-tanks and by the Czech expert, working on the field of regional and bilateral relations.

Conference

Video recordings from the conference organized in Warsaw on the 13th of October, 2023 with an active participation of three Czech experts, two Polish researchers and the representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two panels were devoted respectively to the issue of bilateral relations of Poland and Czechia with a particular emphasis on foreign policy priorities of both countries and to the chances and challenges for strenghtening the regional cooperation, engaging both Czech Republic and Republic of Poland.

Institute of New Europe in the Media:

Insitute of New Europe is currently implementing the project "Intensifying Polish-Czech cooperation on the foreign policy priorities of both countries in 2023”, which aims to create a substantive basis for intensifying Polish-Czech cooperation in the field of foreign policy priorities of both countries. The public task is financed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the grant competition “Polish-Czech Forum 2023”. The cost of the project and the amount of grant is PLN 55 000,00.

Insitute of New Europe is currently implementing the project "The Three Seas – building a region with Poland as a committed, reliable and supportive partner”, which aims to diagnose and foresee the development of Poland's policy in the Three Seas region. The public task is financed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the grant competition "Public Diplomacy 2023". The cost of the project and the amount of grant is PLN 150 000,00.