Jarosław Gowin, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Economic Development, Labour and Technology, appointed the Council for the Plan for Labour and Economic Development on 14 May this year. The Council consists of the representatives of the Pomeranian higher education institutions, including the Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk – Prof. Marcin Gruchała, the Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk, and Sławomir Halbryt, the Chairman of the University Council of the Gdańsk University of Technology. 

The Council's responsibilities will include the identification and analysis of issues related to the performance of the Plan for Labour and Economic Development and the preparation of and giving opinions on the proposals for substantive, legal and organisational solutions. 32 persons received nominations for Council membership, including the representatives of the top Polish higher education institutions, the representatives of the scientific community, the Polish Academy of Sciences and research institutes.

– Poland may be a dynamically and efficiently developing and citizen-friendly state only when its policy is based on knowledge and when the scientific and economic communities work closely together – emphasises Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin.

Full composition of the Council for the Plan for Labour and Economic Development:

• Barbara Bartkowiak, Ph.D., Chairwoman of the University Council of the University of Szczecin,
• Prof. Jarosław Bosy, Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences,
• Prof. Radosław Henryk Dobrowolski, Rector of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin,
• Prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyń, Director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Prof. Marcin Gruchała, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk,
• Sławomir Halbryt, Chairman of the University Council of the Gdańsk University of Technology,
• Prof. Teofil Jesionowski, Rector of the Poznań University of Technology,
• Prof. Krzysztof Stanisław Jóźwik, Rector of the Lodz University of Technology,
• Prof. Bogumiła Anna Kaniewska, Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 
• Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, Associate Professor and Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology,
• Przemysław Ligenza, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, National Research Institute,
• Prof. Jerzy Lis, Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków,
• Stanisław Mazur, Associate Professor and Rector of the Cracow University of Economics,
• Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, Rector of the Kozminski University,
• Prof. Arkadiusz Franciszek Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, 
• Stanisław Mocek, Associate Professor and Rector of Collegium Civitas,
• Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz, Chairman of the University Council of the Warsaw University of Technology, 
• Prof. Jacek Józef Popiel, Rector of the Jagiellonian University,
• Prof. Jacek Semaniak, President of the Central Office of Measures,
• Prof. Andrzej Jan Sokala, Rector of the Nicolas Copernicus University,
• Dariusz Surowik, Associate Professor and Rector of the Lomza State University of Applied Sciences,
• Piotr Uszok, Chairman of the University Council of the Silesian University,
• Piotr Wachowiak, Associate Professor and Rector of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics,
• Marek Woron, Chairman of the University Council of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 
• Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs, Rector of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology,
• Prof. Krzysztof Ryszard Zaremba, Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology,
• Prof. Michał Jerzy Zasada, Rector of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences,
• Danuta Zawadzka, Associate Professor and Rector of the Koszalin University of Technology,
• Prof. Elżbieta Żądzińska, Rector of the University of Lodz,
• Prof. Maciej Jan Żukowski, Rector of the Poznań University of Economics and Business,
• Prof. Maciej Żylicz, President of the Foundation for Polish Science.

Anna Budzanowska, a former Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education (2019-2020) and Deputy Minister of Education and Science (2021) became the Chairwoman of the Council. 

More information about the responsibilities of the Council and the Plan for Labour and Economic Development is available at the Ministry’s website (https://www.gov.pl/web/rozwoj-praca-technologia/wicepremier-gowin-powolal-rade-ds-planu-dla-pracy-i-rozwoju-i-wreczyl-jej-czlonkom-nominacje).