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European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) i s a scientific society, which brings together several thousand people involved in various forms of activity in palliative care - including representatives of the medical & social fields, but also the spiritual carers, volunteers and family carers (www.eapcnet.eu). Currently EAPC members are the representatives of 56 organizations from 32 European countries. Poland is represented by: Polish Society of Palliative Medicine, which brings together mainly physicians and Polish Society of Palliative Care, bringing together nurses and other professionals as well as other staff and volunteers palliative and hospice care. The expression of a broad educational activity of the EAPC are held every two years, the world congresses. Fourteen was held on 8-10 May 2015 in Copenhagen under the theme Building Bridges. Infact those days helped to buildi bridges between different groups and representatives of many disciplines, cultures, regions and continents in response to new challenges in palliative care. The congress was attended by over 3,000 representatives of many countries in Europe and the world, including a group of professionals in various fields form Poland. This report presents the Polish threads 14th World Congress of the EAPC in Copenhagen, with medical issues, as well as volunteering, social education and involvement of prisoners in palliative care. ; European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) to założone prawie 30 lat temu towarzystwo naukowe, które obecnie zrzesza kilka tysięcy osób zaangażowanych w różne formy aktywności w medycynie paliatywnej – m.in. przedstawicieli świata medycznego, pracowników socjalnych, ale także opiekunów duchowych, wolontariuszy i osoby, które przebyły chorobę nowotworową (www.eapcnet.eu). Obecnie członkowie EAPC to reprezentanci 56 organizacji z 32 krajów Europy. Polskę reprezentują: Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Paliatywnej, które zrzesza głównie lekarzy, oraz Polskie Towarzystwo Opieki Paliatywnej, zrzeszające zarówno lekarzy, jak i pielęgniarki oraz innych pracowników i wolontariuszy opieki paliatywno-hospicyjnej. Wyrazem szerokiej aktywności edukacyjnej EAPC są organizowane co dwa lata światowe kongresy. Czternasty odbył się w dniach 8–10 maja 2015 r. w Kopenhadze pod hasłem Building Bridges, budowania mostów między różnymi grupami i przedstawicielami wielu dyscyplin, kultur, regionów i kontynentów w odpowiedzi na kolejne wyzwania opiekuńcze w opiece paliatywnej. W kongresie uczestniczyło ponad 3000 przedstawicieli wielu krajów Europy i świata, w tym także grupa profesjonalistów różnych dziedzin z Polski. W niniejszym sprawozdaniu przedstawiono polskie wątki 14. Światowego Kongresu EAPC w Kopenhadze.

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie działalności Polskiego Towarzystwa Nauk Politycznych z zaznaczeniem ukierunkowania na sprawy internacjonalizacji. Od początku swojej działalności PTNP współpracowało z IPSA. W Polsce powstało wiele cennych publikacji przestawiających historię i stan obecny politologii w Polsce. Szczególnie ważnym dla polskiej politologii wydarzeniem była organizacja światowego kongresu politologii w lipcu 2016 r. Ważne miejsce zajmują także polskie czasopisma naukowe, które w ostatnich latach podlegają silnej internacjonalizacji. Przed PTNP stoi wiele wyzwań i możliwości podejmowania kolejnych działań, które sprzyjają dalszemu rozwojowi i promocji nauki w kraju i zagranicą. ; The aim of the article is to present the activities of the Polish Political Science Association, underlining the issues of internationalization. Since the beginning the organization, PPSA has been cooperating with IPSA. Many valuable publications regarding history and contemporary situation of Political Science have been published in Poland. Particularly important for Polish political science was the organization of the World Congress of Political Science in July 2016. The Polish scientific journals, that have been strongly internalized in recent years, take an important place nowadays. Polish Political Science Association has to face many challenges and take new possibilities in further activities that encourage further development and promotion. ; Publikacja sfinansowana przez Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politologicznych UŁ.

Przedmiotem zaprezentowanej w artykule analizy jest samorząd korporacyjny, którego podstawę stanowi związek osób o przymusowym charakterze członkostwa. W tym kontekście kluczowe stało się scharakteryzowanie istoty i kierunków rozwoju samorządu terytorialnego jako fundamentu władzy lokalnej. Samorząd korporacyjny nie jest jednak pojęciem jednowymiarowym odnoszącym się wyłącznie do stosunków terytorialnych. Bardzo ważną rolę w systemie reprezentowania interesów określonych środowisk odgrywa także samorząd specjalny, który wyodrębnia się według innych kryteriów. W jego ramach wyróżnić możemy związki personalne, reprezentujące interesy osób wykonujących profesje zaufania publicznego oraz związki ekonomiczne, których zadaniem jest rzecznictwo interesów środowiska gospodarczego. Odpowiednio do zaprezentowanego powyżej podziału, w ramach samorządu specjalnego wyróżniamy samorząd zawodowy i gospodarczy. Warto zauważyć, że w kontekście takich procesów jak globalizacja, metropolizacja czy demokracja uczestnicząca na samorząd należy spojrzeć z nieco innej perspektywy, nie tylko przez pryzmat społeczności zorganizowanych terytorialnie, ale również z punktu widzenia przedsiębiorców oraz osób wykonujących profesje zaufania publicznego, a więc w kategoriach governance. Jest to szczególnie istotne ze względu na potrzebę poszukiwania nowych, efektywnych i równoprawnych form współpracy pomiędzy jednostkami samorządu terytorialnego a organizacjami samorządu specjalnego. ; The analysis presented in this paper concerns corporate self-regulatory associations (in Polish: samorząd korporacyjny) based on the principle of mandatory mem- bership of individuals. In this context, it was necessary to outline the nature and directions of development of local governments (in Polish: samorząd terytorialny) as the core of local authorities. A corporate self-regulatory association, however, is not a unidimensional term that exclusively concerns territorial relations. The system that represents the interests of certain circles also encompasses a highly significant type of special self-regulatory entities (in Polish: samorząd specjalny) identified by different criteria. This includes personal associations that express the interests of individuals representing professions of public trust and business associations whose task is to act in the name of different economic circles. This division is reflected by professional and business self-regulatory associations respectively (in Polish: samorząd zawodowy and samorząd gospodarczy). In the context of globalisation, metropolisation and participatory democracy, self-regulatory associations should be viewed from a slightly different perspective - not only through the prism of communities organised in terms of territories, but also from the point of view of persons who perform professions of public trust, that is in terms of governance. This is particularly important on account of the necessity to seek new, effective and equal forms of collaboration between local government units and the organisations of special self-regulatory associations.

The following publication presents the activities of the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Society of St. Zita, which in the first half of the 20th century occupied a significant place in the social life of the Lithuanian community in Vilnius. It ran a shelter for Lithuenian women seeking domestic servant work, mediated in finding a job, offered courses in reading, writing and religious studies. The Society organized meetings combined with reading, singing Lithuanian folk songs, stage plays and dances, as well as encouraged the members not to neglect religious matters. Apart from these positive aspects, some negative phenomena took place such as engaging the politically unprofessional members in political games and instilling the hostile attitude towards Polishness.

The following publication presents the activities of the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Society of St. Zita, which in the first half of the 20th century occupied a significant place in the social life of the Lithuanian community in Vilnius. It ran a shelter for Lithuenian women seeking domestic servant work, mediated in finding a job, offered courses in reading, writing and religious studies. The Society organized meetings combined with reading, singing Lithuanian folk songs, stage plays and dances, as well as encouraged the members not to neglect religious matters. Apart from these positive aspects, some negative phenomena took place such as engaging the politically unprofessional members in political games and instilling the hostile attitude towards Polishness.

The author examines Polish involvement in the process of Ukraine's integration with the European Union. Poland, along with Sweden, was the initiator of the Eastern Partnership, the aim of which was to bring Ukraine closer to the EU. There were many barriers along the way to the signing of an association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Poland has become a country that supports the Ukrainians in their European aspirations and helps them overcome the obstacles to integration into the EU. ; W artykule podjęto kwestię zaangażowania Polski w proces integracji Ukrainy z Unią Europejską. Polska i Szwecja zainicjowały Partnerstwo Wschodnie, którego celem było przybliżyć Ukrainę do UE. Z kolei na drodze do podpisania umowy stowarzyszeniowej między Unią a Ukrainą pojawiło się wiele barier. Polska stała się krajem, który wspiera Ukraińców w ich aspiracjach europejskich i pomaga pokonywać przeszkody na drodze integracji Ukrainy z UE.

Artykuł recenzowany / Peer-reviewed article ; Liczba użytkowników Facebooka na świecie jest szacowana obecnie na ponad 600 mln osób. To najpopularniejszy serwis społecznościowy, a jego użytkownicy określani są mianem społeczności Facebooka. To miejsce, w którym także coraz częściej dochodzi do komunikacji politycznej jako procesu, w którym politycy mają szansę na bezpośrednie docieranie z informacją do wyborców, kreację debaty publicznej oraz zabiegania o poparcie projektów politycznych. Takie procesy komunikacji mają istotne znaczenie zwłaszcza w społecznościach lokalnych, w których debata ma szczególnie istotne znaczenie. W artykule zaprezentowano właśnie lokalną perspektywę wykorzystania Facebooka w procesach komunikacji politycznej. ; The total number of Facebook users worldwide is now estimated at more than 600 million people. It is the most popular social network service in the world and its users are called the Facebook society. This is a platform, where political communication occurs more and more frequently, as a process in which politicians have the possibility to directly access voters, create public debate and strive for support of their political projects. Such communication processes are particularly important in local communities, where the role of debate has significant meaning. This local perspective of using Facebook in processes of political communication is discussed in the article herein presented.

Participation of unincorporated associations in court and administrative proceedings is a tool of public participation which is a part of basic principles of performance of a democratic country and a civil society. By means of abiding by those principles administrative bodies and courts respect the rule of law and it becomes a standard. The rule of public participation can be as well treated as a part of the basic civil rights stipulated in the Constitution. By respecting the right of unincorporated associations to participate in court and administrative proceedings in environmental protection-related cases the goals and functions of environmental protection law can be accomplished. ; Participation of unincorporated associations in court and administrative proceedings is a tool of public participation which is a part of basic principles of performance of a democratic country and a civil society. By means of abiding by those principles administrative bodies and courts respect the rule of law and it becomes a standard. The rule of public participation can be as well treated as a part of the basic civil rights stipulated in the Constitution. By respecting the right of unincorporated associations to participate in court and administrative proceedings in environmental protection-related cases the goals and functions of environmental protection law can be accomplished.

Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publication ; Na podstawie art. 8 TUE Unia Europejska ma budować przestrzeń dobrobytu i dobrego sąsiedztwa. Instrumentem realizacji tego zamierzania jest umowa stowarzyszeniowa. Umowa tego rodzaju obowiązuje tymczasowo również w relacjach UE-Ukraina. Jej istotnym elementem jest budowa przestrzeni wolności, bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości (Tytuł III umowy stowarzyszeniowej). Przestrzeń ta skonstruowana została, analogicznie do unijnej polityki PWBS (art. 67 TFUE), wokół swobody przepływu osób, uwarunkowanej współpracą Ukrainy w zakresie zarządzania granicami, migracji, azylu, a także zwalczania i zapobiegania przestępczości. Współpraca ta w grudniu 2015 r. została pozytywnie oceniona przez Komisję Europejską, a efektem tej pozytywnej oceny jest przedłożona w kwietniu 2016 r. inicjatywa prawodawcza Komisji w sprawie zniesienia wiz dla obywateli Ukrainy. Jeśli inicjatywa ta zostanie uchwalona przez Parlament Europejski, a na to wskazują pozytywne raporty komisji parlamentarnych, oraz przyjęta przez Radę, wówczas zniesiony zostanie obowiązek posiadania wiz, jeśli chodzi o pobyty krótkie, tj. do 90 dni. Należy jednak pamiętać, iż zmiana ta nie została powiązania w żaden sposób z prawem do podejmowania pracy przez obywateli Ukrainy w państwach członkowskich UE. Zgodnie z art. 18 umowy stowarzyszeniowej zagadnienie podejmowania pracy jest przedmiotem umów dwustronnych między państwem członkowskim a Ukrainą i prawa krajowego państw członkowskich. Zniesienie wiz dla obywateli Ukrainy stanowi jednocześnie, w świetle statystyk Komisji Europejskiej, największe wyzwanie organizacyjne dla polskich organów władzy państwowej odpowiedzialnych za kontrolę granic oraz imigrację – granica polsko-ukraińska jest najczęściej przekraczanym odcinkiem lądowej granicy wschodniej UE. Tylko w pierwszej połowie 2015 r. została przekroczona 4,7 mln razy. ; In accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty on the European Union the EU shall establish an area of prosperity and good neighbourhood. An association agreement is one of instruments used to achieve this goal. Such an agreement is applied provisionally in relation between the EU and Ukraine. The area of freedom, security and justice (Title II of the Association Agreement) is an important part of this agreement. The area is constructed in the same way like the European Union policy based on the Article 67 of the Treaty on functioning of the European Union, to establish the free movement of persons but in conjunction with the cooperation between the EU and Ukraine with respect to external border controls, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime. The European Commission gave a positive assessment of the cooperation in December 2015, confirming that Ukraine successfully met all benchmarks under the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan from 2010. In April 2016 the European Commission proposed to the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to lift visa requirements for the citizens of Ukraine. The above mentioned amendment does not mean that the citizens of Ukraine will have the right to work in the EU. In accordance with Article 18 of the Association Agreement the mobility of workers is a subject to the legislation in the Member. The Visa Liberalisation will also mean a great challenge for the Polish border and migration administration. The Polish-Ukrainian border section remained by far the busiest section of the EU eastern land border, with an increase of 15.5% during January–June 2015 compared with the first half of 2014.

Artykuł jest próbą pokazania ewolucji i stanu społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce w ćwierć wieku po transformacji ustrojowej na podstawie najważniejszych badań zastanych oraz badań i obserwacji własnych. Nawiązuje też do obecnej w polskim dyskursie od połowy XIX w. do dziś tezy o trudnościach w budowie polskiego społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Z przeprowadzonej analizy wynika, że Polacy rzeczywiście rzadziej stowarzyszają się nie tylko w porównaniu z obywatelami Europy Zachodniej, ale nawet w porównaniu z obywatelami innych krajów postkomunistycznych. Polską specyfiką jest wreszcie z jednej strony wielość rozmaitych stowarzyszeń, w tym także reprezentujących tzw. nowe ruchy społeczne, z drugiej zaś – ich kadrowy charakter. Przynależność do stowarzyszeń nie jest w Polsce masowa, nie jest elementem kultury politycznej społeczeństwa, lecz ma charakter elitarny. Media społecznościowe mogą ułatwić komunikowanie się i współdziałanie w sprawach publicznych, ale na razie rolę tę pełnią w niewielkim stopniu. ; This paper is an attempt to present the evolution and the condition of the civil society in Poland 25 years after the transformation of the political regime. The analysis is based on the existing results of earlier research and on the author's own studies and observations. It also refers to the discourse that has been going on in Poland since the middle of the nineteenth century on the difficulties in building a Polish civil society. As the analysis shows, Poles do indeed, affiliate much less frequently than citizens in West European states, or, even in comparison with citizens of other post-communist states. Another Polish specificity is that although there is a variety of organisations and associations, also representing followers of new social movements, most of them are elite in character. Membership in organisations does not have a mass character in Poland, nor is an element of political culture. Social networks may, eventually, facilitate communication and collaboration in social matters. Their role today, however, is negligible.

Contacts between academic societies in the lands of partitioned Poland – status of and need for research (Summary)The article describes contacts between academic societies operating in the lands of partitioned Poland. Its purpose is to present the current status of research on this very wide topic and to indicate the need for research that arises in this respect. A comprehensive view of these contacts shows that the topic has not been acknowledged to-date. Therefore, it has not been properly reflected in the professional literature. Where the topic has been recognized by authors, it has often not been properly interpreted. The most frequent mistake that has been made by researchers is perceiving the issue from an exclusively ethnic angle, which – particularly in respect of the lands of partitioned Poland – is related to the conflicts arising in such conditions. Seen against the background of the contacts between the various academic institutions operating in the three partitions, it is clearly visible how complicated the matter was and how different factors played a role in forming and discontinuing relationships. ; Contacts between academic societies in the lands of partitioned Poland – status of and need for research (Summary)The article describes contacts between academic societies operating in the lands of partitioned Poland. Its purpose is to present the current status of research on this very wide topic and to indicate the need for research that arises in this respect. A comprehensive view of these contacts shows that the topic has not been acknowledged to-date. Therefore, it has not been properly reflected in the professional literature. Where the topic has been recognized by authors, it has often not been properly interpreted. The most frequent mistake that has been made by researchers is perceiving the issue from an exclusively ethnic angle, which – particularly in respect of the lands of partitioned Poland – is related to the conflicts arising in such conditions. Seen against the background of the contacts between the various academic institutions operating in the three partitions, it is clearly visible how complicated the matter was and how different factors played a role in forming and discontinuing relationships.

Contacts between academic societies in the lands of partitioned Poland – status of and need for research (Summary)The article describes contacts between academic societies operating in the lands of partitioned Poland. Its purpose is to present the current status of research on this very wide topic and to indicate the need for research that arises in this respect. A comprehensive view of these contacts shows that the topic has not been acknowledged to-date. Therefore, it has not been properly reflected in the professional literature. Where the topic has been recognized by authors, it has often not been properly interpreted. The most frequent mistake that has been made by researchers is perceiving the issue from an exclusively ethnic angle, which – particularly in respect of the lands of partitioned Poland – is related to the conflicts arising in such conditions. Seen against the background of the contacts between the various academic institutions operating in the three partitions, it is clearly visible how complicated the matter was and how different factors played a role in forming and discontinuing relationships. ; Contacts between academic societies in the lands of partitioned Poland – status of and need for research (Summary)The article describes contacts between academic societies operating in the lands of partitioned Poland. Its purpose is to present the current status of research on this very wide topic and to indicate the need for research that arises in this respect. A comprehensive view of these contacts shows that the topic has not been acknowledged to-date. Therefore, it has not been properly reflected in the professional literature. Where the topic has been recognized by authors, it has often not been properly interpreted. The most frequent mistake that has been made by researchers is perceiving the issue from an exclusively ethnic angle, which – particularly in respect of the lands of partitioned Poland – is related to the conflicts arising in such conditions. Seen against the background of the contacts between the various academic institutions operating in the three partitions, it is clearly visible how complicated the matter was and how different factors played a role in forming and discontinuing relationships.

Slovenia is one of the European Union Member States which disproportionately restricted political rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the new government of Prime Minister Janez Janša came to power in March 2020, the anti-government and anti-lockdown protests have been taking place across the country. The pandemic-related restrictions have been introduced by government's ordinances. They have greatly limited political rights of citizens, in particular the right to public assembly and association. Citizens' dissatisfaction with the government's policies and inadequate handling of the epidemic, resulting in undue restrictions on liberty and other fundamental rights, led to the filing of petitions to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court, resolving the dispute between citizens and the government, ruled that government regulations implementing restrictions on fundamental rights, particularly the rights to public assembly and association, were unconstitutional in several cases. ; Elżbieta Kużelewska - e.kuzelewska@uwb.edu.pl ; Małgorzata Podolak - Malgorzata.Podolak@umcs.lublin.pl ; Elżbieta Kużelewska – University Professor at the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Systems, Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok, Poland, where since October 2019 she holds a position of Vice-Dean for Science. She is a Chair of the Centre for Direct Democracy Studies (CDDS) at the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of European Integration and Democracy Series, published by Intersentia: Cambridge-Antwerp-Chicago. ; Małgorzata Podolak – University Professor at the Department of Political Systems and Human Rights, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland. Author of papers on direct democracy, environmental policy and political systems of European states. ; Elżbieta Kużelewska: University of Białystok, Poland ; Małgorzata Podolak: Maria Curie-Skłodowska Univiersity, Poland ; Bardutzky S., Limits in Times of Crisis: on Limitations ...

"The priorities of external cooperation of voivodeship" is a special resolution of sejmik, that includes targets of cooperation, their geographical direction, and statements regarding the accession to international associations of regions. This document is the basis for foreign initiatives undertaken by the voivodeships to cooperate with regions in other countries. The article, based on a comparative analysis of the first resolutions adopted in 1999–2000 and those enacted after 2004, verifies the assumption that Polish accession to the European Union resulted in at least modifying, and in many cases reorienting, both the goals and the direction of cooperation as well as plans to join international associations. ; "Priorytety współpracy zagranicznej województwa" to specjalna uchwała sejmiku zawierająca cele tej współpracy, jej kierunki geograficzne oraz deklaracje co do przystępowania do międzynarodowych zrzeszeń regionalnych. Dokument ten jest podstawą podejmowanych przez województwo inicjatyw zagranicznych i prowadzenia współpracy z regionami innych państw. Artykuł, w oparciu o analizę porównawczą pierwszych uchwał przyjętych w latach 1999–2000 i tych uchwalonych już po 2004 roku, weryfikuje hipotezę, że przystąpienie Polski do Unii Europejskiej spowodowało przynajmniej modyfikację, a w wielu przypadkach także przeorientowanie zarówno celów, jak i kierunków współpracy, a także zamierzeń co do przystępowania do stowarzyszeń międzynarodowych.

This paper concerns the institutional and organizational structure of the Euroregion. It is multi-level and affects the functioning of the Euroregions, including, but not limited to, organized approach to the use of structural aid under the regional policy of the European Union (EU). The highest level of the organization is the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), which lobbies for Euro-regions within the EU and provides professional services for broadly understood regional action. In turn, the Euroregion itself is also organized by having institutions. This allows for an orderly performing of tasks at the local level while showing a "different" approach to management, which can take many forms.