Polish aid

Non-governmental organizations, local government units, public and non-public higher education schools, research institutes, the Polish Academy of Sciences and its organizational units have for years cooperated with the MFA’s Department of Development Cooperation in implementing activities to promote development assistance, humanitarian aid, global education and voluntary service.

Polish diplomatic and consular posts implement aid projects. These are activities of great importance for local communities, which also contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Eastern Partnership Academy of Public Administration (EPAPA) is a training programme organised since 2011 by the Department of Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Lech Kaczyński National School of Public Administration (KSAP).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes annual reports summarizing the activities of Polish development cooperation.

Scholarship programmes are an important foreign policy instrument of our country. The scholarships build the socio-economic potential of the partner countries while at the same time creating “ambassadors” of Poland.

As recommended by international organisations, including the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD), it is now becoming a standard procedure worldwide to use instruments to engage entrepreneurs in development policy.

Polish Aid is a brand of Polish development cooperation carried out by the MFA in cooperation with Polish public institutions, non-governmental organizations and local entities in partner countries. We will use podcasts to inform about Poland's involvement in humanitarian and development assistance, which is part of the Polish foreign policy.

Overview of publications issued under the Polish development cooperation program "Polish Aid".

The ability to use European Commission assistance programmes to pursue one’s own foreign policy objectives is one of the indicators of countries’ position in the European Union. Twinning and TAIEX are the EU’s flagship development cooperation programmes aimed at reforming public administration.