The paper discusses solutions adopted in the new provisions on the co-ordination of social security schemes, namely Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, which entered into force on 1 May 2010. It presents the founding principles of the new regulations, their personal and material scope as well as their relations and cross-dependencies with other EU regulations.

Public health - strongly connected to both environmental conditions and economic development - has been chosen as one of the seven priorities in the EU Strategy for Sustainable Development. The article reviews the indicators used to monitor public health priority and trends visible there in this field in the EU27, with particular attention paid to Poland. EU citizens leading increasingly long lives in good health proves that progress is being made in the area of both health and implementing sustainable development paradigm. Nevertheless, new and even bigger challenges in this field continually appear.

Compared to other EU countries, Poland has one of the lowest employment rates of women with children aged 0-5 years, in particular, mothers with low and medium level of education. As shown by the results of research and experience of other countries, the conditions that favor the growth of professional activity and employment of this group of women, and which in Poland are not met, are the following: 1) popularity of flexible forms, notably "good quality" part-time work and opportunities for flexible working arrangements, 2) access to relatively cheap care services for children, 3) not too long maternity and paternal leave and 4) individual taxation. In the conclusion, the author considers the strengths and weaknesses of selected solutions that can help to overcome barriers to economic activity of young mothers in Poland.

The paper aims at determining changes in housing resources and housing conditions in the towns with the rights of a county of warminsko-mazurskie voivodship. The indicators characterizing these towns were collected and compared with Poland and voivodship as a whole. The studies showed various situation in two towns. Hosing resources in Olsztyn and Elbląg are bigger than national and voivodship average, but the dynamic and structure is not the same. Olsztyn is characterized by favourable changes, which have a positive impact of population living standards. Elbląg's indicators are situated below the average and its dwellings completed are smaller than citizens demand.

This publication explains provision of Agreement between Poland and Canada on social security in the scope of pensions. It describes the significant meaning of a specified principles included in Agreement like aggregation of periods, assimilation of facts and equal treatment in reference with awarding pensions according to the Polish legislation under the common pension system. The author shows advantages of the Agreement and the way o establishing the Polish pension entitlements under the Agreement. He also explains the procedure of awarding benefits, especially which institutions play the rule of a competent institution and liaison institution under the Administrative arrangement to the Agreement.

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CO-ORDINATION SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF PERSONS. NEW EU REGULATIONS - Gertruda Uścińska
PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE LIGHT OF THE EU SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY MONITORING INDICATORS - Małgorzata Sulmicka
BARRIERS TO THE ACTIVITY OF YOUNG MOTHERS AT THE LABOR MARKET IN POLAND - Anna Kurowska

HOUSING SITUATION IN THE TOWNS WITH THE RIGHTS OF A COUNTY IN WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE VOIVODSHIP IN 2005-2008 - Marcin Janusz

SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS UNDER POLISH-CANADIAN AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY - Andrzej Szybkie

CONTEMPORARY WORLD - MISCELLANEA

IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF YOUTH IN THE LABOUR MARKET. CONFERENCE IN DOBIESZKÓW - Beata Kaczyńska
CHALLENGES OF ACTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL POLICY VERSUS EDUCATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN POLAND AND SLOVAKIA. CONFERENCE IN TORUŃ - Marek Osowski, Agata Wesołowska
INCLUSION OF WORK. MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS AND REGIONAL. CONFERENCE IN AUGUSTÓW - Beata Kaczyńska
ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF SOCIAL SECURITY DATA - Tomasz Holecki, Agata Bocionek