Diagnosis of the problem Operating in an era of fighting a global pandemic has led society to countless transformations, in almost all areas of daily life. The changes have not spared the younger generation either. As never before, practically overnight, young people found themselves in previously unknown and hard-to-predict realities. The restrictions and limitations that were introduced, such as the prohibition of gatherings among peers, closed or limited access to public buildings and servic ...

An increased sense of youth self-governance During the communist era, the belief that the upbringing of young people should be entrusted to the education system persisted. Until recently, there was a lack of initiatives describing and mapping the needs or concerns of the younger generation. The last thirty years have been a period of building a sense of self-government among the young and their awareness of their ability to influence the world around them. The above conclusion should not surpri ...

Inaugural meeting of the Youth Council - One thing I want to emphatically point out - this is a body where you can say anything. And I want you to approach it this way This is a body in which there are no taboo subjects, there are no subjects that cannot be raised. (...). There are no only right problems here. Any topic can be discussed and any thesis can be put forward," said Polish President Andrzej Duda at the inaugural meeting of the National Development Program's Youth Council. He stressed ...

On March 27, 2021, it will be three months since the vaccination program against the SARS-CoV 2 virus that causes COVID-19 began in Poland. By then, despite interruptions in the supply of vaccines, about 5 million Poles have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, which means that the percentage of vaccinated Poles ranks at 8.58 percent. At this rate, collective immunity, which would mean the end of the pandemic, will be reached in about 28 months - i.e. July 2023. As early as Ja ...

Experiences of the past The death of Mao Zedong and the subsequent rule of Deng Xiaoping ushered in an unprecedented process of economic transformation in the Middle Kingdom. Over the course of more than 30 years, the Chinese managed to make an amazing transformation - from a backward, agricultural country, their homeland transformed into a leading global economy. The measures taken in the early 1990s were short-lived - the rulers were keen to build an economic position based on massive exports ...