This document summarizes several significant events that have taken place in Wrocław, Poland over the last decade, including hosting UEFA Euro 2012, being named the European Capital of Culture in 2016, hosting The World Games in 2017, and hosting several international conferences. Specific events highlighted include UEFA Euro 2012 which brought over 500,000 fans to fan zones and 16,778 to the stadium, European Capital of Culture 2016 which included 2000 events and over 5 million participants, and The World Games 2017 which had 3500 competitors from 112 countries competing in 31 sports.

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2. • 16,778 people watched
games at Wrocław
Stadium
• 556,000 people watched
games in fan zones
• Over 250,000 visitors
from abroad
• 1200 flights served by
the new terminal
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
OF THE LAST DECADE
UEFA EURO 2012™ - fourteenth tournament
of the European Championship in men’s
soccer, organised together by Poland and
Ukraine. On 14th December 2009 at the
Mikhailovsky Square in Kiev, the logo
of Euro 2012 along with its slogan ‘Together
we Create the Future’ was officially
presented. Thanks to this event the city
of Wrocław had the opportunity to host
tourists and fans from around the world,
in addition Wrocław Stadium was built as
a new venue, what enriched the city’s
recreation and conference base.
EVENTS
UEFA EURO 2012™
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3. • 2000 single events
• 5,2 mln participants
• 170,000 people
involved in projects
• Over 100,000 ECOC's
publications and news in
Poland and in other
countries
• 2000 volunteers
The idea of European Capital of Culture is for
Europeans to get to know each other, bring
them closer together and to create possibility
of international dialogue. ECOC to city
of Wrocław was an 8 year long preparation,
in which thousands of people took part, what
resulted in around 400 projects and 1,000
cultural events related to eight fields of art:
architecture, film, literature, music, theatre,
opera, performance and visual arts. The most
important events were concerts of Pink Floyd
and David Gilmoura, at Plac Wolnosci, as well
as the concert of the biggest European music hits
at the Wrocław Stadium, entitled ‘Singing
Europe’.
EVENTS
ECOC 2016 IN
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4. • 240,000 event
participants
• 10 days of sports
competition
• 3500 competitors from
112 countries all around
the world
• 31 sports disciplines
and 24 sports arenas
• 1600 volunteers
The World Games 2017 - the decision to award
organisation of the event to the city of Wrocław
was announced by President of the International
World Games Association Ron Froehlich on 12th
January 2012 in Lausanne.
The World Games 2017 - a non-Olympic Sports
Games during which Wrocław hosted 3,500
competitors from over 112 countries. The
competitions in all sports disciplines were held
simultaneously at 24 venues. Also new
infrastructures were created - a roller-skating
park at Millenium Park and swimming pools
at Wejherowska Street, and those are currently
available to the city’s residents.
EVENTS
TWG 2017 IN
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THE WORLD GAMES WROCŁAW
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5. • Over 20,000
participants
• 400 accredited
journalist
• Over 800 volunteers
The Congress programme was based on four
main happenings: a meeting of European
Union Minister of Culture, meetings and
discussions of leading European intellectuals,
debates under the A Soul for Europe initiative
and artistic events.
The event mainly took place at the Centennial
Hall, where the most important events of the
congress were organised. Over 20,000
participants attended the Congress. Over 400
accredited journalists reported on its progress,
while over 800 volunteers helped with
organisational aspects of the whole event.
CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES
EVENT IN
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EUROPEAN CONGRESS
OF CULTURE 2011
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OF THE LAST DECADE

6. • 350 of the most
important political
decision-makers and
business leaders
• 43 Freedom Awards -
Atlantic Council Freedom
Awards
• 150-200 volunteers in
each edition
Wrocław was an annual host of international
conference - Wrocław Global Forum over the period
2010-2016. The conference is always organised
in one of the most dynamic cultural and
entrepreneurial centres of Central Europe and aims
to strengthen the voice of this part of Europe as
a strong partner in transatlantic community and
leader in global values. Transition of this region
is an evidence of the transformative integration
power of Euro-Atlantic integration and what can
be achieved through constructive cooperation
between USA and Europe. The Wrocław Global
Forum was also an ideal event to perform Atlantic
Council Freedom Awards, which honors
extraordinary individuals and organisations that
defend freedom around the world.
EVENT IN
NUMBERS
WROCŁAW GLOBAL FORUM
2010-2016
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OF THE LAST DECADE

7. • 3,000 librarians
from around the world
• Participants
representing over 130
countries
• Congress translated
to 7 foreign languages
International Federation of the Librarian
Associations and Institutions IFLA.
IFLA WLIC 2017 Wrocław is a congress lasting
all week and it brings together nearly 3,000
librarians from around the world in Wrocław.
It is the most important and the greater global
event related to library sciences
and information sciences. Public, national
and academic libraries as well as those for
kids and youth, library law, library collections,
reading culture and library facilities and their
equipment - those are only several of the
topics, that were discussed during World
Library and Information Congress of the
CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES
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IFLA WORLD LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION CONGRESS
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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
OF THE LAST DECADE