Event reports Dual-use projects and building resilience of the railroad system with European funding – expert workshop
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09 June 2026 03:24End
09 June 2026 03:24We invite you to a workshop entitled. “Dual-use projects and building the resilience of the railroad system with the participation of European funds”. The organizers of the event are: Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, Center for EU Transport Projects and ProKolej Foundation. The meeting will focus on the development of dual-use (civil-military) transport infrastructure and new models for financing railroad investments.
The purpose of the meeting is to present prospects for financing dual-use projects under the next EU perspective, including the EFICE, EFEP, and CEF programs, and to discuss building the railroad system’s resilience in both infrastructural and operational dimensions. The program includes keynote speeches and three panel discussions with representatives of public administration, the military, European institutions, entrepreneurs and industry experts.
Among the topics will be:
- Identification of common military-civilian goals in the area of transportation
- The role of rail infrastructure in logistics and state security
- Alternative sources of financing for infrastructure projects
- The shared responsibility of the state and business for the development of critical infrastructure
- Power supply and energy storage as part of ensuring continuity of railroad operations.
Organizational information
Registration
Opening session
- Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz*, Minister of Funds and Regional Policy
- Prof. Dr Marta Postuła, First Vice President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
- Sylwia Cieślak-Wilk, deputy director, Center for EU Transport Projects
- dr Jakub Majewski, President of ProKolej Foundation
Introducion
- Dual-purpose infrastructure investments in the 2021-2027 programs and the CEF Military Mobility instrument – building resilience in the infrastructural
andoperational dimensions – Sylwia Cieślak-Wilk, CEUTP - The role of EU funds in addressing defense needs – investment priorities in the new financial perspective – Jaroslaw Orlinski, Director of the Department of Infrastructure Programs, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
Coffee Break
Panel discussion
Identification of military-civilian transport needs in the context of EU support programming for 2028-2034. Dual-use transport infrastructure and military logistics vs. EU funding opportunities.
Panelists:
- Dr. Maciej Kaczorek* – Member of the Management Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A.
- Dr. Pawel Wontorski* – vice president of the board of directors, Metroprojekt Sp. z o.o.
- representative* – General Staff of the Polish Army
- representative* – Port Poland, Central Communication Port
- Jan Szymanski – director of the Department of Regional Programs, Marshal’s Office of Pomorskie Voivodeship.
Panel discussion
Shared responsibility for the development and resilience of critical infrastructure. The role of international institutions and external funding (including the EU), the role of the state and business
- Sylwia Cieślak-Wilk*, CEUTP
- Dr. Stefan Akira Jarecki, Prof. PW, Warsaw University of Technology; Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
- Dionizy Smoleń*, partner, PwC Poland
Coffee Break
Expert panel of the ProKolej Foundation
Innovations and solutions in the service of security and resilience building – projects and implementations
- Łukasz Boroń, CEO, CARGOUNIT Ltd.
- Tomasz Prejs*, CEO, Siemens Mobility Ltd.
- Jaroslaw Zurawski, CEO, Polski Tabor Szynowy – Wagon Sp. z o.o.
- representative*, Military University of Technology
- representative*, PGE Energetyka Kolejowa S.A.
Summary and conclusion
Lunch
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the agenda.
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