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Since 2002, the Visegrad Summer School has become a unique cultural and educational programme catering for students, graduates, young researchers and professionals from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, as well as other Central and Eastern European countries. Given its international, macro-regional, and regional dimensions, the initiative proved successful in promoting a positive image of the region on an international scale, alongside the promotion of the intellectual and cultural heritage of the Visegrad Group and other European countries.

Kraków has been included in the latest ranking of the “50 Best Cities in the World for 2026”, prepared by the British magazine Time Out. As the only city from Poland in the list, the capital of the Małopolska Region ranked an impressive 16th place globally.

How to design engagement within organisations? What do employees really need? What is the role of leaders in creating sustainable CSR projects in companies? These are just some of the topics related to corporate social responsibility discussed during the CSR Poland 2026 conference, whose opening was attended by the Mayor of Kraków, Aleksander Miszalski. The event, organised by the Poland Business Run Foundation, took place on 12–13 March in Kraków.

Global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie has opened a new office in Kraków. The facility will serve as a shared services centre for finance and human resources. The investment marks the next stage of the company’s development in Poland, particularly in the capital of the Małopolska Region, where AbbVie has already been present for over ten years.

The Call for Proposals for the OIDP 2026 Conference is now open. The conference will take place on September 21–23, 2026.

On 4 March 2026, a group of young people from the Welsh town of Llanelli visited the Wielopolski Palace – the seat of the authorities of the City of Kraków. The meeting was an opportunity to learn about the functioning of Kraków’s local government and marked the first step towards building cooperation between young residents of the two cities.

This is to remind you that all vehicles entering the Low Emission Zone in Kraków (SCT) are subject to specific requirements. Particular attention should be paid to vehicles registered outside Poland — they must be entered in the system regardless of whether they meet the required exhaust emission standards.