During his visit, the Secretary of State discussed a
range of issues, including the UK’s Industrial
Strategy, UK-Polish co-operation on climate-friendly
clean energy solutions, and science and innovation.
As part of the UK and Poland’s commitment to work
together more closely on developing competitive
economies, the UK announced that 2018 will be a
UK-Polish Year of Entrepreneurship, Science and
Innovation. This will include a UK-Poland Science Forum
in September 2018, a joint-research workshop series,
and developing the Warsaw-London Bridge start-up
collaboration programme to bring together start-ups and
potential investors in the UK and Poland.
After the visit, Business Secretary said:
Our ambitious Industrial Strategy puts research and
innovation at its heart and the 2018 UK-Polish Year
of Entrepreneurship, Science and Innovation will help
us build on our great strengths in this vital sector.
Poland is an important partner in building the
conditions for growth and innovation, and the
government is keen to strengthen our co-operation
both now and in the future. Working together on clean
energy solutions, science and entrepreneurship, we
will help to create prosperous, ambitious economies
in both Poland and the here in UK.
As part of his visit, the Business Secretary took the
opportunity to discuss the UK’s Industrial Strategy at
a round-table event involving several top business
representatives. The government’s ambitious vision for
the future, laying out how the UK plans to tackle the
productivity challenge, earn our way in the future and
improve living standards, was showcased to Polish NGOs,
CEOs of big businesses and heads of business
federations.
Further building on the growing links in science,
education and research, the UK and Poland agreed to a
Clean Growth Dialogue to develop climate-friendly clean
energy solutions. This dialogue will include:
- The development of nuclear technologies, with a
focus on potential joint funding for research and
development of high temperature nuclear reactors and
the launch of a workshop to coordinate Co-operation on
Small modular Reactors (SMRs) and a Nuclear Energy
Solutions Forum;
- Continued dialogue on EU Energy Policy to build on
the excellent co-operation already shared by the UK and
Poland; and
- Joint projects to develop Smart Energy and
strategies to tackle climate change in the run up to
COP24 next year, hosted by Poland.
