The following seminars were organised and conducted as part of the project:

  • Socio-economic consequences of European Union enlargement,
  • Poland in the European Union,
  • External relations of the European Union,
  • The European Union in the global economic system,
  • European Union policy towards developing countries,
  • EU trade policy in the context of international commitments at the World Trade Organisation,
  • The Treaty of Lisbon – a new treaty for the European Union,
  • EU energy policy as a factor in the stable development of European countries,
  • The EU's Common Agricultural Policy in the 21st century,
  • Regional policy and socio-economic cohesion of European Union countries.

 

The project also resulted in a book edited by Prof. Ewa Małuszyńska, entitled Nowe państwa członkowskie Unii Europejskiej. Gospodarka, regiony, lobbing. Doświadczenia pierwszych lat członkostwa (New Member States of the European Union. Economy, regions, lobbying. Experiences of the first years of membership), published by the Poznań University of Economics Press, Poznań 2009.

The publication presents selected aspects of economic and social processes in the new EU Member States, emphasising their specific characteristics and thus highlighting the internal diversity of the new European Union area. The aim of the study is to present and assess the level of socio-economic development achieved and the actions taken by these countries in the areas of: development cooperation policy, social and economic cohesion, research and development policy, regional diversity, and European lobbying in the first years of their membership, i.e. in the period 2004-2007, as well as to determine the degree of preparedness of the new members to function within the European Union.
 

The titles of the articles and their abstracts are listed below:

  • New European Union Member States – social and economic situation (Ewa Małuszyńska)
  • New European Union Member States in development cooperation policy (Grzegorz Mazur)
  • Social cohesion in the European Union (EU-27) in the context of the 2004 and 2007 enlargements (Antonina Michałowska-Mazur)
  • Research and development policy in the new European Union Member States (Ida Musiałkowska)
  • Regional diversity in the new Member States of the European Union (Piotr Idczak)
  • European lobbying and representation of interests from the new Member States (Magdalena Sapała-Gazda)