Cooperation agreement with PTE Branch in Gdansk

On September 9, 2020, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdansk and the Gdansk Branch of the Polish Economic Society.

On the part of the University of Gdansk, the contract was signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdansk, dr hab. Monika Bąk, professor at the University of Gdansk, and on the part of the Polish Economic Society - the President of PTE Gdansk Branch, prof. Danuta Rucińska and vice-president of PTE Gdansk Branch, dr hab. Beata Majecka, professor at the University of Gdansk.

The meeting concerning the signing of the agreement was also attended by: the director of PTE Gdansk Branch, Elżbieta Kutnik and the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics for Internationalization and Development, dr Magdalena Markiewicz.

The Polish Economic Society is an independent, professional, nationwide association of economists associating both practitioners and theoreticians. It was established in reference to the traditions of professional movements of economists in Poland in the 19th century and the Warsaw Association of Economists and Statisticians, as well as Economic Societies operating in Kraków, Poznan and Lviv in the interwar period. The statutory goals include: popularizing economic knowledge in Poland, opinion-forming activity, raising qualifications, as well as integrating the community of economists. The Polish Economic Society has the status of a public benefit organization.

Close cooperation of the Faculty of Economics with the Polish Economic Society has been active for many years, both at the national and regional level (through the Gdansk Branch) in the field of publishing activities, co-organization of conferences and events popularizing science. An example is the pre-congress conference of the Polish Economic Society, Branch in Gdansk with the participation of the Baltic Sea and Space Cluster, president of PTE prof. Elżbieta Mączyńska, EC lecturers and business practitioners, which took place on September 25, 2019 at the Faculty of Economics. Research and teaching staff of the Faculty of Economics are also involved in works related to the Olympiad of Economic Knowledge, and many graduates of the Faculty of Economics take part in competitions for the best bachelor's and master's theses organized by the Gdansk branch of PTE (Lucjan Hofman Master's Thesis Competition and Witold Andruszkiewicz Bachelor's Thesis Competition).