The Committee on Senior Policy is a consultative – advisory body on matters related to social policy regarding the elderly. The Committee has been operating under the Minister for social security, based on the Minister’s ordinance. 

The main tasks of the Committee on Senior Policy include developing the direction of measures addressed to Polish seniors, initiating, supporting and promoting social policy solutions for the elderly, and presenting proposals on solutions on the support scheme for the elderly to the Minister.

We support families, we support seniors

During the meeting, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Maląg stressed, that even during the 1^st term, the Committee showed initiative which translated into specific decisions taken by the government. - Due to the experience of the previous Committee, we are able to take full responsibility in stating that we support families with small children on the one hand, while also caring for the senior policy - said the Minister. - The cross-generational bond is our gratitude towards our seniors - she added.

Minister Maląg listed the following examples of the effects of cooperation between the Committee and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy: reinstating the previous pension age and the financial and percentage adjustment of pensions, as well as the “Senior+” and Social Activity of the Elderly programmes implemented by the Ministry. “We should not perform singular activities or measures, but rather to think them through and execute” - stressed the Minister.

The 2^nd term members

The newly created Committee shall constitute an open dialogue board on the concept, shape and direction of the Polish social policy in the area of old age and ageing population. The constant duties under the Committee shall be performed by the invited representatives of local government units, as well as unions of these units; government administration, non-governmental organisations, employers' associations and trade unions; universities and research organisations, delegated to participate in the Committee. 

The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Minister, following a vacancy notice. The members of the Committee on Social Policy issues perform their duties pro publico bono. The term of the Committee shall last four years.

The members of the 2^nd term Committee on Senior Policy for 2020-2024 include: 

1.    Wojciech Adamczyk, The World Union of Home Army Soldiers, Zamość District
2.    Rev. Sławomir Augustynowicz, PhD, Member of the Management board of the Catholic Organisation Federation
3.    Ewa Biłek Regnowska, the Vice-President of the Association for the Disabled “Serce dla Serca” at the Holy Trinity Parish in Bielsko-Biała
4.    Prof. Piotr Błędowski, PhD, Polish Gerontology Society
5.    Joanna Borowiak, PhD, Pomeranian Intergenerational Foundation
6.    Artur Dąbrowski, PhD,
the President of the Catholic Action of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa
7.    Prof. Małgorzata Duda, PhD, the Head of the Social Work Institute of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow
8.    Lech Zbigniew Feszler, the Chairman of the Municipal Seniors Committee in Bialystok, a member of the Team for monitoring the situation of seniors under the Podlaskie Voivode
9.    Bożena Monika Figiel, Coordinator of projects for seniors carried out by Caritas Polska
10.    Anna Grabowska, journalist, university teacher at Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa [Banking University]
11.    Prof. Józefa Hrynkiewicz, PhD Niedziela Foundation. Institute of Media
12.    Dorota Hurna, member of the Ostrowski District council
13.    Anna Kokocińska, the chief specialist at the Secretariat of the National Council of Road Safety, the Ministry of Infrastructure
14.    Agnieszka Komar-Morawska, the Head of the Department of National Cultural Institutions at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
15.    Stefania Krawczyk, the Chairman of the Management Board of Helping Account Ruda Association in Ruda Slaska
16.    Dariusz Kucharski, the Chairman of the Board of the National Secretariat of Pensioners NSZZ “Solidarnosc”
17.    Kordian Kulaszewicz, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Adaptation Foundation
18.    Krystyna Lewkowicz, the Chairman of the Management Board of the “Civic Parliament of Seniors” Foundation
19.    Małgorzata Michalska, the Head of the Senior Health Policy at the Department of Public Health and Family at the Ministry of Health
20.    Elżbieta Ostrowska, PhD the Chairman of the Management Board of the Polish Association of Pensioners and Persons with Disabilities
21.    Eng. Anita Richert-Kaźmierska, PhD the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdansk University of Technology
22.    Dominik Rozkrut, the Head of the Central Statistical Office
23.    Łukasz Salwarowski, the Chairman of the MANKO Association
24.    Monika Skrzyńska, the Deputy Director of the Minister’s Office at the Ministry of Digital Affairs
25.    Jolanta Szmidt, the Plenipotentiary of the Head of the Ujazd Municipality for senior policy
26.    Prof. Piotr Szukalski, PhD the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz
27.    Prof. M.D. Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, PhD, the Head of the Institute and Clinic of Palliative Medicine at the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan
28.    Prof. M.D. Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska, PhD Lazarski University in Warsaw
29.    Mieczysław Wojtaszek, the Head of the Department of Social Policy and Health at the Opole Voivodeship Office
30.    Maciej Zdziarski, an expert from the Ministry of Sports