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Building the project base – working in partnership

Learn about Poland's regional challenges, government structures, key players, and partnership opportunities to stimulate project pipeline and foster sustainable development.

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Building the project base – working in partnership

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  1. Building the project base – working in partnership Michał Olszewski Deputy Director CSF Managing Authority Ministry of Regional Development

  2. Poland today. Short overview • 312 t sq km • 38,5 m inhabitants –population is declining due to negative natural growth rate and emigration • Member of the EU bordering with Russia, Ukraine and Belarus • Unitary country with 3 tiers of elected regional and local authorities • At regional level – elected and governmental representatives

  3. Poland today. The Diagnosis • Low level of GDP per capita in comparison with EU average • Poland average 52% of EU 25 GDP per capita in PPS (2005) • All 16 NUTS II regions below 75% threshold, 4 of them at the bottom of the European list • Growing disparities – important but.... • Mazowieckie (Warsaw region) one of the fastest growing regions in Europe (but no longer the fastest!) with a speed of 10 pp between 1997-2003 (72,8% in 2003), • Rural regions in danger of falling down - no convergence at all in 3 regions: Opolskie, Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, • Eastern part of Poland is further lagging behind: 33,2%-35,7% and no convergence at all!

  4. Administrative system Structures of regional policy – key players • Government – • Ministry of Regional Development – • Development of strategy for cohesion policy, • Co-ordination of implementation of cohesion policy • Evaluation of cohesion policy • Direct management of all sectoral programs co-funded by the EU • Supervision over regional programs • From 2007 in power to plan the state budget in area of development spendings • Spatial long-term strategy development (from former Governmental Centre for Strategic Studies) and forming a new system of coordination between spatial and regional policy

  5. Structures of regional policy – key players (cont.) • Government – • Other line ministries • Development of sectoral strategies • Implementation of priorities (not separate programs!) within development programs managed by the Ministry of Regional Development • Implementation of programs not fully incorporated to the system of regional policy • Ministry of Economy – Lisbon strategy development and coordination • Ministry of Finance • Overall supervision over public finance system • Paying authority for 2004-2006 but not certification body for 2007-2013 • National Audit body

  6. Structures of regional policy – key players (cont.) • Regions– • Marshal Offices – • Development of strategy for regional policy, • Implementation of their own programs and program coofunded by the state (contracts) and UE (currently one big program from 2007 on 16 Regional Operational Programs) • Coordination between different programs and strategies at regional programs • Evaluation • Voivodeship (governmental) offices • Supervision overregional and local authorities, • Paying and control function (from 2007 only control function)

  7. Structures of regional policy – key players (cont.) • Other players - beneficiaries • Big cities • Importance is growing thanks to money • Social and economic partners – • Weak so far but their importance is growing • Different territorial lobbies • Agriculture and rural areas lobby • Old traditional industry lobby (Coal) • Eastern Areas • Transport • Sustainable development and ecology

  8. Polish projects

  9. Focus on investments

  10. Main beneficiary – public sector

  11. Concentration of projects on big cities

  12. EU contribution per capita in złAverage per capita for Poland - 1277 zł

  13. Capacity of the municipalities

  14. How to stimulate project pipeline?

  15. Partnership possibilities • Municipalities Associations • Local infrastructure • Municipality – NGO • ESF projects • accessibility to external financing to enterprise • Municipality – Enterprise • PPP • R&D Unit – Enterprise • R&D Projects • Municipality – R&D Sector • Technological park,

  16. Polish best practices • Project pipeline – under Phare project • Training • Manuals • Advisors • Technical assistance • Advisors • Training • Model projects • Manual • Training • Pre-assessment • Partnership conferences

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