Digital Affairs – Chancellery
of the Prime Minister

The Internet is a thing of the present. It is also the future, which we need to take care of now. It offers us an ocean of opportunities. We are using it in a successful manner” said Marek Zagórski, Minister of Digital Affairs, in his opening speech at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on Monday.

Work on the Digital Services Act, which encompasses new rules and regulations concerning the provision of digital services in the European Union was the main topic of the meeting of the D9+ Group, which took place in Warsaw this Monday. The meeting was chaired by Wanda Buk, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs.

5G technology, ePrivacy and ethical use of data were the main topics of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting, which was attended by Wanda Buk, Vice-Minister of Digital Affairs.

The 14th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which took place this year in Berlin, has come to an end. During the closing ceremony, it was officially announced that Poland is to organise the next year’s conference. We can already announce that the debates and talks about World Wide Web will take place in Katowice.

The 14th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has started. Over the course of the next five days, several thousand participants will discuss key issues related to the World Wide Web, including its legal, political, social and technical aspects. The conference in Berlin is also attended by the head of the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs.

How entrepreneurs and public administrations in Europe can benefit from managing data based on cloud services? How the new the EU Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union can help Polish businesses compete on the global markets? How can Polish entrepreneurs contribute to the Digital Single Market strategy development and improve security of cloud services? How to make data portability between clouds easier, especially for public administrations and SMEs?

In November 2018 the the European Parliament and of the Council adopted the Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union.

Summing up the second day of the visit of the Minister of Digital Affairs Marek Zagórski to Northern Europe. On Wednesday, the head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs attended a meeting with Minister for Energy and Digital Development of Sweden and the management board of Ericsson.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs is set to organise the 2020 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - an international meeting enabling global discussion on the development of the internet. The IGF is an initiative of the United Nations, which brings together government representatives, entrepreneurs, representatives of academia and NGOs from all over the world.

Research and analysis of legal and ethical challenges posed by AI and other related technologies – these will be the main tasks of the Virtual Ethics and Law Chair. On Wednesday, its activities were inaugurated by Minister of Digital Affairs, Marek Zagórski.