I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Building the project base – working in partnership Michał Olszewski Deputy Director CSF Managing Authority Ministry of Regional Development

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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 (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!

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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 but not certification body for National Audit body

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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)

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Polish projects

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Focus on investments

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Main beneficiary – public sector

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Concentration of projects on big cities

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A EU contribution per capita in zł Average per capita for Poland zł

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Capacity of the municipalities MunicipalityProjectsInhabitants (in th ) Warszawa Wrocław19633 Biskupiec1610 Bodzanów168 Łódź15765 Toruń13208 Szczecin13411 Koszalin12105 Elbląg12127 Poznań12567 Morąg1214 Gdynia11252 Słupsk1199 Zamość1166 Strzegowo118

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A How to stimulate project pipeline?

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A 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,

I N S T R U M E N T E S T R U C T U R A L E I N R O M A N I A Polish best practices Project pipeline – under Phare project –Training –Manuals –Advisors Technical assistance –Advisors –Training Model projects –Manual Training Pre-assessment Partnership conferences