A report from the World Urban Forum in Katowice (WUF 11) with a focus on accessibility and a review of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were the main topics of the second session of the UN Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, attended by the Deputy Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak.

We are launching competitions for telecom operators for the largest ever funding for the construction of broadband internet, Grzegorz Puda, the Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy announced on Friday. We will allocate over PLN 7 billion for this purpose from the 2021-2027 European Funds for Digital Development (EFDD) Programme and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRP).

The European Funds for Eastern Poland (EFEP ) are now available and the implementation of the programme is gaining momentum. To meet the needs of beneficiaries, the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy has launched a series of workshops on how to obtain support from the programme. Today we met in Kielce. The workshop was opened by Deputy Minister Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak and Marshal of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Andrzej Bętkowski.

The implementation of the European Union financial perspective for 2021-2027, support for Ukraine from EU funds and the country's post-war reconstruction were the main topics of talks between the Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Grzegorz Puda, and representatives of the European Commission

Summing up two decades of cross-border cooperation between Poland and Ukraine was the main topic of the meeting between Deputy Minister for Development Funds and Regional Policy, Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak and local government officials from both countries, which took place in Przemyśl. On this occasion, the deputy head of the MDFRP also announced the first competitions for Polish-Ukrainian projects.

The future of cohesion policy, creating the conditions for Member States to be represented at the HLG and joining the discussion initiated by the European Commission following the publication of the eighth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion (the Cohesion Report) was debated in Bratislava. The Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Grzegorz Puda represented Poland at the meeting.

The annual report for 2022 is the main topic of today's meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the online participation of the Deputy Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak.

The topics discussed during the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the National Recovery Plan, which met at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy included the adoption of the Regulations, progress in the implementation of investments under the NRP, as well as planned amendments to the NRP.

The Solidarity Transport Hub company will finance the construction of a road flyover in Żyrardów and a tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists in Międzyborów in the Jaktorów commune. These facilities will enable safe coverage of the Warsaw - Koluszki railway line, one of the busiest railway routes in Poland. The original location of the flyover was changed following the consultation with residents and local authorities. An agreement to this effect was signed today by the government plenipotentiary for the Solidarity Transport Hub (STH), representatives of the company and the authorities of Żyrardów.

On 15 May 2023, the Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Jadwiga Emilewicz as the Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation and on request of the Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, as the Secretary of State.