The state-municipal cooperation towards revitalization of E70 International Waterway, summary of the execution of operations in 2016, and the plan for 2017 in terms of the execution of the E70 International Waterway agreements were the main subjects discussed at the meeting of the E70 International Waterway Committee held on December 19th, 2016, in Torun. The Committee was joined by Lukasz Pieron, a representative of the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, who presented the status of the execution of plans for the development of inland navigation in Poland, and the ministry's plans for Polish waterways revitalization in the upcoming years.

One of the Ministry's key operations lately was the organization of the first session of the Steering Committee for Inland Waterway Investments, at which the members adopted a statute, discussed the results of the stock-taking and the department's operations related to restoration of navigability on the waterways, and appointed a working group of the Steering Committee. The next meeting of the working group of the Steering Committee has been scheduled for January 2017. The representative of Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation announced that the Sejm adopted the law ratifying the AGN Convention which would go to the Senate. Currently, changes to the existing Water Law and preparation to draw up a feasibility study for the planned development of waterways in Poland.

The Pomerania Province summarized the operations conducted in 2016 on the basis of the financial means provided by the signatories of the interprovincial agreements, including Lubuskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Wielkopolskie, and Warminsko-Mazurskie Province for revitalization of the waterway connecting the Oder and the Vistula with the Vistula Lagoon. Plans for the upcoming joint informational and promotional activities concerning the Polish section of the E70 International Waterway were discussed: the E70 International Waterway offer at the water tourism trade fairs in Warsaw, Poznan, Katowice, Szczecin, Nadarzyn, and Berlin. Moreover, a range of common activities related to the continuation of the promotional campaign of the Polish section of the E70 International Waterway in terms of organization of conferences, rallies, promotional materials and other publications printing, as well as of activities related to the involvement of the provinces in the revitalization of the transportation of the planned E70 International Waterway in the Polish section.