On 15^th of April 2013 Minister of the Environment Marcin Korolec appointed Prof. Jerzy Nawrocki to the post of Director of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute. Prof. Jerzy Nawrocki is re-appointed to that post to a second term of four years, running from the year 2013 to 2017.

Sylwia Iwańczuk
Head of Human Resources Department
Translation: Wojciech Brochwicz-Lewiński

The Polish Geological Institute joins the Shale Gas Information Platform (SHIP), a project run by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The stake is here the possibility to work out a common position in regard to technical and environmental issues related to shale gas exploration and production for presentation at the international forum and a new look at the question of shale gas resources.

The talks with the Mongolian delegation opened up new opportunities to strengthen contacts in the field of geology. Representatives of that country declared readiness and willingness to launch cooperation between the geological surveys of Mongolia and Poland.

Dr hab. Szymon Uścinowicz, working in the Marine Geology section of the Polish Geological Institute, was elected as a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).