Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz - Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz was appointed Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy in December 2023. Previously, she served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2012-14) and as Poland’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2014-16). She was Director of the Forum of Ideas think tank and led the Strategies 2050 Institute from 2020 to 2023. A graduate in sociology from the University of Warsaw, she earned her Ph.D. at the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1999 with a thesis on political participation in Poland. She has extensive experience in international relations, having worked at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) in Warsaw and Brussels, where she coordinated research with the French Institute of International Relations. She speaks English and Russian fluently.

Power in partnership: How Poland is implementing multi-level governance 

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2023 subnational governments across the OECD countries spent USD 13 trillion. But to get best value from this spending it needs to be aligned with the efforts of government and public agencies. A multilevel governance (MLG) approach seeks to achieve that. What lessons can countries learn from Poland’s experience?

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