For hundreds years Africa was exploited, treated as a source of resources by the West. It has started to regain its dignity only today – said Ambassador Jean-Paul Carteron, president of Swiss Crans Montana Forum, while opening the South-South Cooperation Forum in Dakhla in the heart of Western Sahara. A three-day event was held under the patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco. It acted as a platform of dialogue and contact building between politicians, officials, opinion leaders and entrepreneurs from four continents. 

Country Report was published on 26 February. It assesses Poland's economy against the background of the Commission's Annual Growth Survey which recommends three main pillars for the EU's economic and social policy in 2015: investment, structural reforms, and fiscal responsibility. In line with the Investment Plan for Europe (so called "Juncker’s plan"), it also explores ways to maximize the impact of public resources and unlock private investment.

The situation of Polish families in Norway is inextricably linked with the situation of Poles on the Norwegian labour market. Polish migrants in Norway have difficulties with finding other jobs than in the following sectors of employment: construction, agriculture/fishing. Another problem is temporary and atypical legal employment. This may influence the situation of the Polish families in Norway – said prof. Krystyna Iglicka, CIR expert, who presented the preliminary findings of CIR in TRANSFAM project – Doing Family in a Transnational Context workshop. Apart from prof. Iglicka, dr Katarzyna Gmaj and Antoni Wierzejski from CIR also took part in the workshop.