1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination Mechanism(s)/Council(s).
The Commission on Sustainable Development
Contact point (Name, Title, Office):
(1) Secretariat of the Commission for Sustainable Development
Secretary of the Commission
Marek Haliniak
Telephone: +48 22 25 94 26
Fax: +48 22 25 33 26
E-mail: mhalinia@mos.gov.pl
(2) Department of Environmental Policy MEPNR&F
Director of the Department
Czeslaw Wieckowski
Telephone: + 48 22 25 47 84
Fax: +48 22 25 47 94
E-mail: cwieckow@mos.gov.pl
Mailing address: Wawelska 52/54, 00-922 Warsaw, Poland
2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson
Stanislaw Zelichowski, Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry.
2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:
Deputy-Chairman: Roman Cserwinski/Ministry of Industry and Trade; Józef Zegar/National Fund for Environmental
Protection and Water Management; Andrzej Urban/Ministry of Spatial Management and Construction. Members: Feliks
Dela/State Fire Brigades; Marian Grzesiak/Main Statistical Office; Wieslaw Jaszczynski/Ministry of Health and Social Care;
Leszek Juchnowicz/Ministry of Privatization; Jan Chladaj/Ministry of Foreign Economic Cooperation; Kazimierz
Madej/Ministry of Defense; Janusz Zaleski; Bohdan Marciniak/Office of Council of Ministers; Anna Michalik/Main Office of
Measures; Zenon Staniszewski/Chief Office of Customs; Jan Woroniecki/Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Marian
Nasiadko/Ministry of Agiculture and Food Economy; Ryszard Pazura/Ministry of Finance; Tadeusz Polak/Ministry of Culture
and Art; Teresa Koza/Ministry of Justice; Miroslaw Sawicki/Ministry of National Education; Tadeusz Szozda/Ministry of
Transport and Marine Economy; Andrzej Walewski/State Inspectorate of Environmental Protection; Czeslaw
Wieckowski/Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry.
2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as well as participation of academic and private sectors:
Maciej Nowicki/Foundation Eco-Found; Józef Zegar/National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water
Management; Zofia Fischer-Grodzinska/Polish Academy of Science; Leszek Krzywosinski/Polish Standardization
Committee; Krystyna Grodzinska/Committee for Scientific Research.
2c. Names of non-governmental organizations:
Polish Ecological Club, Institute for Sustainable Development, National Foundation for Environmental Protection, Office for
Servicing Environmental Movements, Club ISO 14000.
3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:
The task of the Commission and Department is combining economic and social development with environmental needs (sustainable development); facilitates
discussion and catalyses governmental activities, initiates and participates in preparation of programmes for the protection of Polisy citizens and coordinates
these programmes. In particular: (1) carries out perodical audits of meeting the requirements of sustainable development in: industry, power production,
transport, agriculture, spatial planning, municipal economy, privatisation, health and other sectors, development programmes, restructuring of economy,
existing legislation, as well as examines implementation of international obligations; (2) formulates opinions, recommendations, conclusions and proposals for
the Council of Ministers concerning implementatoin of sustainable development; (3) cooperates during preparation of the repot on implementation of the Global
Action Plan (Agenda 21) according to the requirements of the United Nations and promotes Polish achievement and needs in this field; (4) prepares opinions
on coordination of activities undertaken under conventions ratified by Poland as well as other multilateral agreements in the field of environmental protection;
(5) coordinates preparations for preparation of the Naional Report for 1997 on implementation of Agenda 21.
4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing national coordination structure and linkages between
ministries:
Prepared by
(Name): Institute of Environmental Protection
Signature: Signed.
Authorized by: Czeslaw Wieckowski
Date: 29 November 1996
Ministry/Office:
Department of Environmental Policy
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry
Telephone: +48 22 25 34 11
Fax: +48 22 25 47 84
e-mail:
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