Meet our speaker - Blanka Romanowska

Blanka Romanowska

Blanka Romanowska

Metropolia GZM

Blanka Romanowska

Metropolia GZM

  

BIO

Director, Department of Infrastructure and Environment

Blanka heads the Infrastructure and Environment Department in the first Metropolis in Poland – the Metropolis GZM. In this regard, GZM has ambitious plans to integrate environmental areas
on topics such as integrated municipal waste management, metropolitan green spaces, blue infrastructure, improvement of air quality, as well as the pursuit of energy self-sufficiency by 2050. All activities have the overarching goal of preventing climate change.

Blanka has many years of experience in the implementation of projects in the field of environmental protection, including active participation in the creation of an anti-smog resolution for the Śląskie Voivodeship, as well as the implementation of waste management systems in the commune. At the Marshal's Office of the Śląskie Voivodeship, she headed the team responsible for the development of planning documents in the area of ​​the environmental policy of the region.

A graduate of the Agricultural University in Wrocław in the field of environmental protection and the University of Economics in Katowice in the postgraduate field of company management.