In Lublin, on 27–28 May 2026, the 3Seas Local Government Congress and Economic Forum was held, organised by the Local Government of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. This year’s edition attracted a record number of participants. The programme included an expanded Science Forum as a separate part of the agenda. Once again, the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ISP PAN) was one of the Congress’s partners.
The panel entitled “Croatia’s Presidency of the Three Seas Initiative: Multilevel Diplomacy” featured the following participants:
- Moderator: Prof. Magdalena Bainczyk, Ignatianum University in Kraków; Chief Analyst at the Institute for Wersten Affairs (IZ)
- Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, Member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm), Chair of the Parliamentary Group on the Three Seas Initiative
- Prof. Agnieszka Orzelska-Stączek, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (ISP PAN)
- Dr Sandro Knezović, Analyst at the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb (Institut za razvoj i međunarodne odnose, IRMO)
- Paweł Nierada, Co-founder of the Three Seas Business Council (TSBC)
- Dr Łukasz Lewkowicz, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
We encourage you to learn more about the Congress on its official website: https://congress.lubelskie.pl and on its Facebook profile.
