The International Energy Agency (IEA) has conducted energy policy reviews of its member countries since 1976. This peer review process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange of international best practices. By seeing what has worked – or not – in the real world, these reviews help to identify policies that deliver concrete results. Poland has been a strong and active supporter of the IEA since becoming a member in 2008. I would like to thank the Polish government for its leadership in several critical roles that have strengthened the Agency’s work. These include chairing the IEA Long-Term Financial Health Group and the 2019 IEA Ministerial Meeting, which led to the adoption of the first communiqué to be issued from an IEA Ministerial Meeting in over ten years.