On 7-9 September this year, during the 21st Economic Forum in Krynica, a series of meetings devoted to cooperation between the Carpathian countries and regions under the title of Europe of the Carpathians will be held. They will be held within the framework of the parliamentary dimension of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The coordinator of these meetings on behalf of the Sejm and the Senate is Deputy Speaker Marek Kuchciński.

Below you will find program and organizational information as well as an article by Marek Kuchciński and Krzysztof Szczerski (former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) presenting the idea of the Carpathian Europe. Anyone interested in participating in the conference is requested to contact the Sejm Office for International Affairs, Ms. Barbara Wronska, 00-902 Warsaw, 4/6/8 Wiejska Street, Tel/fax: 22 6941952, e-mail: [email protected] And a link to register: http://www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl/registration/konferencja_karpacka.php?lang=pl.