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On December 7, 2021, the „Polish Day” will take place at the World Exhibition Expo 2020 in Dubai. It will be the culmination of our presence at this six-month long, world’s largest economic and promotional event. Which due to, the coronavirus pandemic was postponed till 01/10/2021–31/03/2022. „Polish Day” will fall on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Polish embassy in Abu Dhabi, and at the same time during the celebration of the” Golden Jubilee Week”, i.e. the 50th anniversary of the unification of the United Arab Emirates.

Polish hospitality, the dynamics of strategic sectors of the Polish economy, a combination of our design, art and technological achievements – this is how we will introduce Poland at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The main idea of our participation will be the motto: „Poland. Creativity inspired by nature.” Expo 2020 Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic will start in exactly one year’s time – October 1, 2021. The ideas behind the Polish presentation, were developed as part of extensive cooperation between ministries, public administration institutions and the culture and science sector.

How does the pandemic affect the organization of Expo 2020 Dubai – one of the first events, on a global scale to actually take place in the new reality? How to combine traditional messages with the digital world? Delegates from over 190 countries, members of the UAE government, representatives of the Bureau of World Exhibitions (BIE), and trade partners discussed the new challenges, just over a year before the opening of the World Exhibition, during the first fully virtual meeting of the official participants of Expo 2020 Dubai (International Participants meeting).

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency would like to announce a competition for the restaurant operator in the Poland Pavilion at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. The winner of the competition will be given the opportunity to run a commercial catering business for half a year, from October 2021 to March 2022. The deadline for submission of offers expires on 30 September 2020.

December 7, 2021, has been planned as Polish Day at the World Exhibition EXPO 2020 in Dubai. This will be the culmination of our presence at this six-month, world’s largest economic and promotional event. The new date for Polish Day falls on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Polish Embassy in the United Arab Emirates, and its celebration will be accompanied by a meeting of representatives of the highest state authorities of both countries, as well as economic and cultural events.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency has concluded an agreement with the consortium of Science Now, Stellar Fireworks and Tellart for Content management: the concept and production of multimedia material in the Poland Pavilion at the EXPO Dubai 2020 World Exhibition. The joint project includes, creating a narrative concept, creating the experience and implementing the multimedia content in the Poland Pavilion. The consortium was selected by PAIH in a competition conducted under the public procurement law procedure.

Poland’s Council of Ministers appointed a new Commissioner General for the Polish section of the World Exhibition EXPO 2020 in Dubai. The position was accepted by Adrian Malinowski, previously the Director of the Department of Trade and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Development.

What is the preparation status for EXPO 2020 in Dubai at less than 11 months before the gates open? What will be the contribution of countries and organizations towards this world’s largest global platform for exchanging ideas, solutions and plans? Last weekend, almost 1,000 participants from almost 200 countries took part in the annual meeting of official EXPO 2020 Dubai participants. Poland was represented by the delegates of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, who are preparing our country’s participation in next year’s World Exhibition.

The EXPO 2020 Dubai Team in the Polish Investment and Trade Agency invites all to take part in the market consultations before the opening of the tendering procedure for „Communication activities supporting Poland’s presence at EXPO 2020 Dubai in 2020–2021”. The goal of the consultations is to become familiar with the expectations of prospective contractors as to the performance of the contract, which is of key importance for the entire project, as well as providing more details for the tender documentation, in particular the description of the object of the contract, terms and conditions of participation, evaluation criteria and schedule. Market research is carried out in the form of pre-procurement engagement. Applications to take part in the consultations will be accepted until 31 October.

The EXPO 2020 Dubai Team in the Polish Investment and Trade Agency invites all to take part in the competition to develop multimedia materials for the Poland Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai. It is a unique opportunity to contribute to creating a narrative and message about Poland at the largest promotional and economic event in the world! The competition winners will be awarded with financial prizes and the first-place winner will be invited to negotiations as part of the single-source procurement procedure for the contract “Content management: providing details of the content concept and developing multimedia materials in the Poland Pavilion at the EXPO Dubai 2020 World Exhibition”. Competition applications will be accepted until 29 October and competition entries until 15 November.

For the first time in the history of Poland’s participation in the World Exhibitions, our national pavilion will come back home. Once EXPO 2020 Dubai comes to an end, the pavilion will be transferred to the campus of the Białystok University of Technology, becoming the showpiece of an educational centre for knowledge about wood. The enterprise will be carried out under an agreement concluded during the Eastern Economic Congress in Białystok between the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Polish Agency of Investment and Trade, Białystok University of Technology and Podlasie Voivodeship.

The works for the construction of the Poland Pavilion at the EXPO 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai are due to start soon. The task of creating our country’s architectural showpiece has once again been entrusted to a consortium of Polish companies – Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie together with FM Aldentro. The Poland Pavilion will be the main arena for the presentation of Poland during the EXPO 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai. The leading themes of the exhibition recommended by the organisers – sustainability and mobility – are elaborated by Poland in three subject areas: technology, international cooperation and nature. The theme of the Poland Pavilion is Creativity inspired by nature.