Program Council of European Forum for New Ideas met on 29th January to discuss next meeting in Sopot which will take place on 26-29 September. Center for International Relations will be once again partner of this event. The European Forum for New Ideas is international discussion meeting of business circles on the future of Europe and its economy in broader, global context. It has been organized since 2011 by the Lewiatan Confederation, City of Sopot, and Polish and international companies and institutions.

At the time of today’s crisis, which affects us both internally and externally, it is worth looking at the world from a wider perspective - said Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, adviser to companies and financial institutions and former Prime Minister during the briefing Warsaw-Davos, which was organized by the Centre for International Relations and THINKTANK to discuss topics connected with World Economic Forum, which takes place every year in Davos (Switzerland). The panelists were: Wojciech Kostrzewa (President and General Director of ITI group), Eugeniusz Smolar (Member of Council and expert at Center for International Relations) and Paweł Kowal (assistant professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science). 

The data indicate the number of foreign students in Poland will grow, which means the increase in demand for the place in dormitories. Today we have only 30 dormitories in Poland, while there are 400 universities. “Students housing” is a niche market in our country: both for developers and investors. Its improvement will positively affect an offer that Polish universities have for foreign students. “How to manage this market” was the main topic of the conference organized by Metropolitan Investments. It took place on 25th January at Boutique Hotel in Warsaw. There were present official representatives of media, leading consulting companies, universities, developers and investment companies. One of the panelists was Małgorzata Bonikowska Ph. D. (Director of the CIR and THINKTANK).