The Team on National Minorities was established on February 6, 2002 as an advisory body of Prime Minister. It continues the work of Interministerial Team on National Minorities that worked in the period 1997 – 2001.
The Team on National Minorities is composed of the representatives of ministries responsible for: interior affairs and administration, finance, education, labour and social support, justice, foreign affairs, the Central Statistical Office, Council for the Protection of Memory of Struggle and Martyrdom, the European Integration Committee and Chairman of the Foreigners and Repatriates Office. The chairman of the Team is a vice-minister of the Interior and Administration, the vice-chairman is a vice-minister in the Ministry of Culture, and the secretary is the clerk in a Ministry of the Interior and Administration. National Minorities Division attends the Team. Within the Team was established: Sub-Team on Education of National Minorities (in 2001) and Sub-team for Roma Issues (in 2002).

The Team’s main responsibilities are:

• to develop government measures to be taken with a view to creating adequate conditions for national minorities;

• to coordinate activities pursued by the government administration bodies dealing with national minority issues;

• to assess and propose solutions aimed at ensuring the rights and satisfying the needs of national minorities;

• to prevent any infringement of national minority rights;

• to prepare studies on the situation of national minorities in Poland;

• to publish and promote national minority issues and problems among the Polish public opinion.

Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Department of Denominations and National Minorities
National Minorities Division

Address for correspondence: ul. Batorego 5, 02-591 Warszawa
Office: ul. Domaniewska 36/38, Warszawa
tel.: + 48 22 60 115 39, 60 119 75, 60 143 52,
fax.: + 48 22 60 115 38,
e-mail: wmn.dw@mswia.gov.pl