President Karol Nawrocki signed the metropolitan law
.png)
On Thursday afternoon, just before 4:00 p.m., President Karol Nawrocki issued a statement via social media, announcing that he had signed the long-awaited metropolitan law for the Pomerania region. This historic moment was made possible by cooperation and dialogue. The voice of Pomerania – local government, scientists, residents – was united and unanimous. It is a systemic step towards a modern metropolis based on knowledge and innovation.
On Thursday afternoon, just before 4:00 p.m., President Karol Nawrocki issued a statement via social media, announcing that he had signed the long-awaited metropolitan law for the Pomerania region. This historic moment was made possible by cooperation and dialogue. The voice of Pomerania – local government, scientists, residents – was united and unanimous. It is a systemic step towards a modern metropolis based on knowledge and innovation.
I have decided to sign the metropolitan act. It is rare for the parliamentary majority to heed the substantive comments of the President of the Republic. I am pleased that this was achieved in the case of the Pomeranian metropolitan act. The dialogue between the President’s Office and the local government authorities from the Tricity area as well as the surrounding municipalities and counties led to significant changes in the project, emphasized President Karol Nawrocki.
President Karol Nawrocki's decision gives the green light to the creation of a metropolitan union in Pomerania.
The metropolitan union is intended to unite municipalities, cities, and counties. The enactment of the law grants the right to manage additional funds for implementing joint tasks such as investment planning, ensuring bus and rail connections, and promoting cities and municipalities as a single entity.
At the same time, the provisions of the law provide the possibility of allocating additional resources for scientific research, development work, and cooperation with universities. This creates a durable, systemic foundation for leveraging the research potential of Pomeranian universities to address the region's most important challenges, ranging from healthcare and mobility to energy and digital transformation, as well as economic development and public policies based on knowledge and scientific evidence.
Modern metropolises today compete not only with infrastructure but above all with talent, innovation, quality of research, and the ability to attract investments, emphasized Prof. Piotr Stepnowski, Chairman of the Assembly of the Association of Universities in Gdańsk named after Daniel Fahrenheit, Rector of the University of Gdańsk, during the meeting of the joint Senate committees at the ministry. Support for university federations in metropolises is not a cost or a "subsidy for science." It is a strategic investment by the state in economic development, technological security, and the competitiveness of regions.