- Office of Electronic Communications

Call for Candidates for Membership on the National Council for Digital Services

The President of the Office of Electronic Communications, in his capacity as the Digital Services Coordinator, announces a call for candidates for membership on the National Council for Digital Services (First Term).

The National Council for Digital Services is an advisory body to the coordinator for digital services on matters related to ensuring the secure, predictable, and trustworthy functioning of the digital services market.

The Council’s tasks include:

• submitting proposals for improving the functioning of certified out-of-court dispute settlement bodies and trusted flaggers, as well as recommendations regarding their operation,
• submitting proposals and motions regarding the implementation of the right of access to data for vetted researchers,
• issuing opinions on the fulfilment of obligations by intermediary service providers under the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council,
• issuing opinions on other matters related to the functioning of the digital services market.

The National Council for Digital Services consists of 15 to 18 members, including the Council Chair and the Vice Chair. The eight members of the Council are appointed by: the President of the Republic of Poland, the Sejm, the Senate, the Commissioner for Human Rights, the Ombudsman for Children, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council. As part of the recruitment process, the President of UKE will appoint between 7 and 10 members of the Council from among the candidates nominated by eligible entities.

Who can nominate a candidate?

Candidates may be nominated by:

• certified out-of-court dispute settlement bodies,
• trusted flaggers,
• higher education institutions and other entities within the higher education and science system (listed in Article 7(1)(1), (2), (4)–(6b), (7), and (8) of the Act on Higher Education and Science),
• civil society organizations related to the digital services market,
• business organizations related to the digital services market.

Deadline and Procedure for Submitting Applications

The full text of the “Announcement on the Recruitment of Candidates for Members of the National Council for Digital Services for the First Term” is available on the UKE’s Bulletin of Public Information website (in polish).

Applications must be submitted by 20 November 2026. The date of receipt of the application by UKE determines whether the deadline has been met. The application form (available below along with a template for the candidate’s statement) must be submitted in one of the following forms:

1. in electronic form—the form must be signed with a qualified electronic signature or a trusted signature and sent to:
   • E-Delivery Address: AE:PL-82868-41464-GIBAT-25 or
   • ePUAP mailbox /r9rm745qkz/SkrytkaESP

with the note: “Recruitment for the National Council for Digital Services (First term)”

or

2. in paper form—the form must be signed by hand and mailed or submitted to the following address: Office of Electronic Communications, ul. Giełdowa 7/9, 01-211 Warsaw.

 with the note: “Recruitment for the National Council for Digital Services (First term)”

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Mateusz Krupa, Acting Head of the Digital Services Unit in the Department of Digital Services and Consumers:

• Email: mateusz.krupa@uke.gov.pl
• Phone: +48 22 534 94 78