New EU financial perspective for 2021–2027 – visit of the EU commissioner at Gdańsk Tech | Gdańsk University of Technology

On Thursday, 9 February, the authorities of Gdańsk University of Technology hosted a delegation of the European Union and representatives of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The presence of the EU Commissioner at our university was part of her visit to Warsaw and Gdańsk, related to the granting of new European funds to Poland for the years 2021-2027 in the amount of EUR 76 billion.

Poland will be the biggest beneficiary of the cohesion policy among all EU countries. Our country will receive a total of EUR 76 billion. On Wednesday, 8 February, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, a ceremony was held related to the inauguration of the new EU financial perspective. It was attended by Elise Ferreira, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

On Thursday, 9 February, the EU commissioner visited Gdańsk and Gdańsk University of Technology. Among the guests of the university were also Mieczysław Struk, Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Jan Szymański, Director of the Department of EU Programs of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Wioletta Dunin-Majewska, member of the cabinet of the EU Commissioner, Magdalena Horodyska from the Directorate General for Regional and Municipal Policy of the European Commission, Isabel Arriaga E Cunha, Assistant Commissioner for Communication, Bartłomiej Balcerzyk, Head of the Information and Social Communication Department of the Representation in Poland of the European Commission.

The delegation was received by prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, prof. Henryk Krawczyk, rector of the university in 2008-2016, and currently the director of CI TASK, and Mariusz Miler, Gdańsk Tech chancellor. The most important investment projects of our university were presented during the visit - the STOS Competence Center and the Eco-innovation Center, which are financed from EU funds.

– The STOS Competence Center and its supercomputer and the Eco-innovation Center are currently the two largest and most important investments of Gdańsk University of Technology. They would not be possible without the support of the Marshal and the EU funds - said prof. Krzysztof Wilde, Rector of Gdańsk Tech. – The developmental leap that our university has made, both at the technological and infrastructural level, was possible thanks to Poland's membership in the European Union and many programs that support us. Thanks to them, we can compete with the best universities on the continent.

– Poland is one of the most dynamically developing countries in the European Union, and science is a key element of development – said Elise Ferreira, European Union Commissioner for Regional Policy during her visit – Looking at the most important investments of the university, we see that European Union funds are well used here. It is very important to create opportunities to expand knowledge and conduct research.

Unveiling of the plaque at CK STOS PG

The guests had the opportunity to visit the STOS GUT Competence Center, which is at an advanced stage of construction, and its server room, where the new supercomputer will be placed. On the wall of one of the buildings of the center there is a plaque informing about the co-financing of the investment from the European Union funds, which was symbolically unveiled during the visit.

CK STOS PG was established on the campus of Gdańsk University of Technology at Traugutta Street. The facility will be the new seat of the IT Center of the Tri-City Academic Computer Network of Gdańsk Tech. The key element of the complex is a server room hidden underground, containing seven chambers. Supercomputers of various sizes and computing power placed in them will allow to conduct complex research work in many fields of science. The base cost of the investment is nearly PLN 160 million, of which over PLN 90 million comes from the EU subsidy, obtained thanks to the involvement of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and its subordinate Pomerania Development Agency. After equipping the building with further elements of the supercomputer, the value of the investment will increase over time to over PLN 250 million.

European Funds for Pomerania

After the ceremony at Gdańsk University of Technology, the EU Commissioner visited the European Solidarity Centre, where she took part in a conference on the regional program ‘European Funds for Pomerania 2021-2027’ organized by the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.