PL: #Polska – Official promotional website

#Polska- oficjalny portal promocyjny

http://www.polska.pl

1. Implementation procedure

Name of the institution running website/application:	Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych RP
Type of the institution running website/application:	an implementation execute by a government institution
Source of financing:	public resources - state budget
Year of launching the website/application:	2014
Service's/application's rating:

2. Implementation's characteristics

The Polska.pl portal has been designed for anyone wishing to visit Poland. The service has been developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and aims to promote the country, as well as to provide users with information on Poland’s history, famous individuals, cultures and sites particularly worth visiting. It also constitutes a rich source of tourist information related to, among others, available means of transport, public communication (links to the sites of service providers), accommodation (including youth hostels and camping sites browsers).

The service can be used by moving along the menu whose sections send a user to particular subpages in the form of thematic blocs of information or to the websites of the ministers or other institutions responsible for providing services in Poland. To make navigation more user-friendly, the service uses hashtags.

The service also features the “Plan your trip” application that brings together, on one itinerary, all destinations chosen by a given user. Besides, the application allows for publishing activity results in social media – for each trip plan you can generate a link with a detailed itinerary.

The Polska.pl website features links to social networking media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Out of these, the application offers dedicated accounts only on Facebook and Twotter. In other cases, users are redirected to the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. Finally, the Polska.pl portal enables the RSS subscription.

3. Detailed description categories

Type of the service's/application user:	G2C: citizens G2B: business
The application service's usage area:	informational role fulfilled by public institutions (“we inform”)
A communication - an indication of all the media and dissemination	Independent website dedicated to the application / solution eGov
Access to the full functionality of the service	Access to the service is not required to verify the identity of users / does not require registration of your account.
Tracking of user's activity:	without verification / automatic verification
The service's/application's usage areas	Promotional and informational activities carried out by public institutions
Forms of interaction with users:	RSS Channel Social networks (connected with Fb, Twitter, etc.) Search engine Interactive maps/maps integrated with Google Maps
Service's/Application's integration to social networking sites	Yes
Availability of service/application use instruction	None
Is the connection encrypted?	No