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Building the project base – working in partnership

Michał OlszewskiDeputy Director

CSF Managing AuthorityMinistry of Regional Development

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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Polish projects

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Focus on investments

Agriculture and fisheries

7%

Grants for enterprises

4%

HRD8%

Social infrastructure5%

Information society7%

Environement infrastructure

27%

Others4%

Roads & railways38%

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Main beneficiary – public sector

jednostka samorządu terytorialnego

47%

administracja rządowa, państwowe agencje i jednostki budżetowe

32%

placówki oświatowe, jednostki naukowo-

badawcze2%

inne2%

rolnicy i rybacy5%

przedsiębiorstwa8%

NGOs3%

placówki ochrony zdrowia1%

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Concentration of projects on big cities

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EU contribution per capita in zł Average per capita for Poland - 1277 zł

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Capacity of the municipalitiesMunicipality Projects Inhabitants (in th.

- 2004)

Warszawa 20 1 700

Wrocław 19 633

Biskupiec 16 10

Bodzanów 16 8

Łódź 15 765

Toruń 13 208

Szczecin 13 411

Koszalin 12 105

Elbląg 12 127

Poznań 12 567

Morąg 12 14

Gdynia 11 252

Słupsk 11 99

Zamość 11 66

Strzegowo 11 8

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How to stimulate project pipeline?

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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,

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Polish best practices• Project pipeline – under Phare project

– Training– Manuals– Advisors

• Technical assistance– Advisors– Training

• Model projects– Manual

• Training• Pre-assessment• Partnership conferences