COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE

UEFA Head for Stadiums and Security Marc TIMMER spoke at the opening ceremony of the
conference

- Improvement of safety at Polish stadiums   is mainly associated with co-operation and dialogue. Cooperation with the football fans is an important element of the process.  Therefore the Minister   of Sport promotes the Polish Football Association joint project "Fans Together" - said Adam GIERSZ of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism   upon opening of the conference. Giersz also added that today's conference makes an important contribution to strengthening the positive security.

The Ministry's representative's speech was followed by   Marc TIMMER - UEFA Head for Stadiums and Security.    His presentation emphasized the fact that Poland has made enormous progress and Poles should be proud of this achievement. The   discussion opening ceremony was attended  by the Vice President of Targi Kielce Bozena Staniak and Commander in Chief of the Police Mark Działoszyński as well as the President of the Polish Football Association Zbigniew Boniek.

Since 2002 there has been a significant point in Targi Kielce's calendar of events; the National SAFE STADIUM Conference co-organized in conjunction with the Polish Football Association; the event brings together more than 400 participants. For a number of years the Conference was devoted to "UEFA EURO 2012 POLAND" preparations. The conference encompassed the key-importance issues of station and sports venues safety, audience sector monitoring and management as well as Poland’s sports infrastructure provision and development. The   annual conference encompasses the professionals' debates.