Appointment of the Government Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science

Policy development
Regulation/Legislation
Poland
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Timeline
  • 2022Approved/Agreed
  • 2023Implementation
  • 2024Discontinued
ID number
44975

Background

A brief overview of the context and rationale of the policy development, explaining why it is implemented or why it is important.

The State has an interest in ensuring the proper implementation of tasks at national and international levels in scientific activity conducted in higher education and science. It also supports activities undertaken for the development and internationalisation of education, hence it is reasonable to appoint a plenipotentiary.

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

To provide support to the Minister of Education and Science in the area of internationalisation of education and science.

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

In April 2022 the Government Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science was appointed by the Council of Ministers. The plenipotentiary is the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Science. His/her tasks in the area of education include: undertaking activities for the development and internationalisation of education; analysis and assessment of activities undertaken for the development and maintenance of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with foreign countries in education, and proposals for priority directions of international cooperation in education; analysis of applicable laws and existing solutions regarding the internationalisation of education, identifying problems in this area and formulating conclusions.

2022
Approved/Agreed

The regulation of the Council of Ministers of 27 April 2022 on the appointment of the Government Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science Government Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science entered into force on 3 May 2022.

2023
Implementation

The Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science was operating in 2023.

2024
Discontinued

The Plenipotentiary ceased to function following the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 16 May 2024 on the abolition of certain Government Plenipotentiaries.

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Science (from 2021 until 2024)
  • Ministry of National Education

Target groups

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Policy makers

Thematic categories

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Governance of VET and lifelong learning

This thematic category looks at existing legal frameworks providing for strategic, operational – including quality assurance – and financing arrangements for VET and lifelong learning (LLL). It examines how VET and LLL-related policies are placed in broad national socioeconomic contexts and coordinate with other strategies and policies, such as economic, social and employment, growth and innovation, recovery and resilience.

This thematic category covers partnerships and collaboration networks of VET stakeholders – especially the social partners – to shape and implement VET in a country, including looking at how their roles and responsibilities for VET at national, regional and local levels are shared and distributed, ensuring an appropriate degree of autonomy for VET providers to adapt their offer.

The thematic category also includes efforts to create national, regional and sectoral skills intelligence systems (skills anticipation and graduate tracking) and using skills intelligence for making decisions about VET and LLL on quality, inclusiveness and flexibility.

Coordinating VET and other policies

This thematic sub-category refers to the integration of VET into economic, industrial, innovation, social and employment strategies, including those linked to recovery, green and digital transitions, and where VET is seen as a driver for innovation and growth. It includes national, regional, sectoral strategic documents or initiatives that make VET an integral part of broader policies, or applying a mix of policies to address an issue VET is part of, e.g. in addressing youth unemployment measures through VET, social and active labour market policies that are implemented in combination. National skill strategies aiming at quality and inclusive lifelong learning also fall into this sub-category.

Subsystem

Part of the vocational education and training and lifelong learning systems the policy development applies to.
IVET
CVET

Country

Poland

Type of development

Policy developments are divided into three types: strategy/action plan; regulation/legislation; and practical measure/initiative.
Regulation/Legislation
Cite as

Cedefop, & ReferNet. (2025). Appointment of the Government Plenipotentiary for Development and Internationalisation of Education and Science: Poland. In Cedefop, & ReferNet. (2025). Timeline of VET policies in Europe (2024 update) [Online tool].

https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/timeline-vet-policies-europe/search/44975