After an hour of 15.00 participants from all over Europe were greeted by the hosts of this year's meeting. On behalf of the residents of Nowy Sacz his word gave the mayor - Bozena Jawor. The audience was greatened also by Tomasz Bratek from the Foundation for the Development of the Education System.
In contrast, Jacek Krupa, Deputy Marshal of the Malopolska asked about the place of young people in contemporary society.
Anna Moskwa, President of the European Meeting Centre - Nowy Staw Foundation, journalists questioned the difference between Sacz and Krynica Forum, She draw attention to the particular importance of young people. It also explains what distinguishes this year's edition of the meeting.
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Next topic in the program’s agenda was the presentation report lead by Michał Południok. The main goal of this presentation was to describe the results of research about the 10th anniversary of Poland’s membership in European Union. The respondents of this research were the citizens of Lublin and surrounding area. The general conclusion is that respondents have a positive opinion about our membership in UE. The main profits according to them are: open boarders and free traveling throughout the Member Countries (71%) and also opportunities associated with European funds and investments (sequentially 50% and 47%). The negative aspects according to respondents are: migration of Poles to other countries (48%) and growth of prices of goods and services (41%).

First panel discussion was focused on the topic „Europe – unsolved problems, New challenges. Seeking for a leader of change”, which concerned a meaning of leadership and problems which future leaders will have to face with. Guests of 9th Economic Forum of Young Leaders tried to convince participants not to be afraid of proposing changes, to be active because there are plenty of problems which have to be solved.
Another challenge for future European elites is strengthen of the external policy and EU security policy because it’s still on the stage of planning. Panelists paid a lot of attention on an issue of European integration, which is often underestimated. In their mind we should focus on deepening and spreading that value because in times of competition with giants like China or India, Europe need to be integrated.
Problem of Ukrainian-Russian conflict also was mentioned. Participants provided questions about solutions.

The FAKRO company produces and sells roof windows. The company started its activity in Nowy Sącz. The main topic of Ryszard Florek presentation was the problem of deficiency of appropriate climate for business development in Poland. Based on his own experience in cooperation with entrepreneurs of different nations he noticed that Poles the most often think about themselves at first and in the second place about good of the community. And according to him this is the biggest obstacle of economic development of our country. The next problem which he was talking about were the negative relationships among people based very often of feeling of envy. This thing obstructs many times human potential and development. Very often the entrepreneurs are perceived in negative way by the society. Unfortunately this kind of situation takes place in Poland and it should be changed.