Polish aid

Poland provides €25 million to EIB fund supporting critical recovery projects in Ukraine. Polish contribution increases size of EU for Ukraine Fund to nearly €400 million.

The talks between Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Jakub Wiśniewski and State Secretary for Development Policy Lotte Machon of the Kingdom of Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs centred on the priorities of the Polish and Danish presidencies with respect to development cooperation and humanitarian aid. Poland and Denmark will consecutively hold Council of the EU presidencies in 2025.

When visiting New York on 15–18 July, Minister Wiśniewski spoke during the general debate of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and in the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He also opened an accompanying event co-organised by Poland concerning the role of resilient infrastructure in ensuring food security.

On 10 and 11 July 2024, Deputy Minister Jakub Wiśniewski visited the Republic of Moldova, meeting with the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Dumitru Alaiba. The visit was also an opportunity to sign an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to support Moldova’s education sector.

On Saturday, 1st of June, a special picnic was organised in the gardens of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister to celebrate Children’s Day. The event attracted thousands of participants, both children and adults. Among the ministries that prepared their stands in the Fairy Tale Garden was the MFA with Polish Aid booth.

On 7 May 2024, Undersecretary of State Jakub Wiśniewski took part in the Foreign Affairs Council session held in Brussels in the format of development cooperation ministers (FAC Development).

Since 2007, Poland has continuously supported Palestine under the development cooperation programme. After 7 October 2023, we have considerably increased our humanitarian aid, by making additional contributions to UNRWA, UNICEF, and the WFP (the World Food Programme), and provided medical assistance to hospitals in Egypt which also treat Gazan patients.

Organised at the initiative of France, Germany and the European Commission, the event was held in Paris on 15 April and followed up on the debates in Geneva in June 2023, in New York in September 2023, and in Cairo in November 2023.