The event was attended by the coordinators of selected  projects implemented around the world. After the conference, the coordinators was available for interviews.  Ms Barbara Szymanowska,  adviser on development assistance to the Commander of the Polish Task Force in Ghazni (Iraq) was a special guest. This year, 20 aid projects  worth 20 million PLN are being implemented in Ghazni Province.

        Other Polish development projects being  realized this year include the establishment of the first pharmacy  in the Georgian Pankisi Gorge, a wholesale food market in the Crimea,  programs to combat police corruption and  save energy in Ukraine, organization of agro-tourism in neglected but attractive regions of Georgia and Moldova, and the eradication of social barriers faced by disabled persons in Georgia and Rwanda.

Piotr Paszkowski
Press Spokesman

• PHOTO GALLERY - Polish development assistance in 2009