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Poland’s new regional policy: preparation and implementation
of National Strategy of Regional Development 2010-2020
Sofia, 5th June 2012 Sofia, 5th June 2012
Andrzej BrzozowyMinistry of Regional Development
Poland
Andrzej BrzozowyMinistry of Regional Development
Poland
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Period from 1989 to 1999 – a giant leap forward: • Lack of policy or very soft activities limited to coordination and monitoring of sectoral
instruments, • A few pilot programmes financed by the EU-Phare and national sources, • Territorially different instruments of sectoral policies• The reform of territorial structure – decentralization of public authorities
Period from 1999 to 2004– establishing the legal framework: • Legislative bases of regional policy,• First programming documents on national and regional level,• More pilot programmes financed by the national sources and the World Bank [Silesia, rural areas],• More EU funds for regional development, entrepreneurship, rural areas [SAPARD] and infrastructure [ISPA] developmentPeriod from 2004 to 2010 – the “largest beneficiary”: • Increased role of regional Policy = EU cohesion policy• More complex approach [regulations on development policy],• Development of a set of strategic programming documents for EU funds,• Decentralization of the EU fund management [since 2007].
Current period from 2010 – towards a new paradigm: • System of strategic development management [National Development Strategy, new
model strategies in different fields],• Multi-level and inter-sectoral mechanisms of coordination,• Decentralization of the EU fund management [since 2007].
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2004-2006
12.8 billion Euro within the framework of structural assistance [6% of the total EU assistance in that period]
Poland6%
EU
94%
Poland19.3%
EU80.7%
2007-2013
67.3 billion Euro for the cohesion policy [almost 1/5 of the total EU financing!!]
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National determinants Introduction of a new system of development management; Works on the National Spatial Planning Concept BUT lack of a document concerning
regional policy; Review of 10 years of territorial self-government functioning; New actors – metropolises. Discussions on a new multi-level system of development
management; Use of experiences connected with the EU funds.
External determinants Debate on the future of cohesion Policy:
Discussions on the theme of regions’ role versus states; Discussion on efficiency versus convergence; Territorial cohesion as a new dimension for the future of cohesion policy.
New European and global challenges, for example globalization, demography, energy, crisis;
Debate on a role of territorially oriented public policies in socio-economic growth and regional policy;
6National Strategy of Regional Development
Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural areas and Agriculture
National Security Strategy of the Republic
of Poland
Efficient State
Energy Safety and Environment
Transport Development Strategy
Human Resources Development Strategy
Strategy of Innovation and Economic Efficiency
Social Capital Development Strategy
Medium-term national development strategy
Long-term national development strategyNational Spatial
Development Concept (NSDC)
9 integrated strategies
with a strong territorial
dimension
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Regional policy perceived broader than before – as a public intervention aimed to achieve development goals, through territorialy oriented measures, where regional level is a main level of planning and implementation;
Regional policy is an integrated element of development policy contributing to achieving national objectives through involving territorial resources.
As a consequence:
Defines objectives and strategy of activities of public entities in reference to territories, to achieve strategic development objectives on national level;
Reforms the way of planning and implementing the regional policy, including public policies with territorial influence [managing these policies, cooperation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation];
Includes the proposals of a new role of voivodship self-government and other public entities in the implementation of regional policy;
NEW QUALITY
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Objectives of NSRD reflect the main areas of intervention of the strategy until 2020 They create the „triad”: competitiveness – cohesion – efficiency
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tive 1
Objec
tive 2
Objec
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Competitiveness
Cohesion
EfficiencyStrategic
ObjectiveStrategic objective of regional policy:Efficient utilisation of specific regional and other territorial development potentials for the purpose of achieving the national development objectives – growth, employment and cohesion – in a long term perspective.‑
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Supporting growth of competitiveness of regions
The objective covers the whole area of Poland.
Focus on:
making use of development potentials of growth poles [voivodships centers];
creating conditions for supporting the diffusion and absorption mechanisms on European, national and regional level.
1. Fostering the metropolitan functions of the voivodship capitals and integration of their functional areas;
2. Creating conditions for diffusion of development processes from voivodship capitals and their absorption in non-voivodship cities [transport accessibility, creating conditions for investments in sub-regional cities and rural areas and stimulating the urbanization process];
3. Creating basis for competitiveness of voivodships – thematic measures [horizontal].
Directions of measures
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Concentration and diffusion – the way we see it
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Objective only covers selected areas, which are endangered with exclusion; Areas too distant from main urban centres or the scale of problem is too big for
diffusion; These areas are so called problematic areas;
Five directions of measures: Strengthening cohesion in national dimension; Support to rural areas with the lowest level of inhabitants access to the goods and
services following from the development possibilities; Restructurisation and revitalisation of cities and other areas losing their previously
fulfilled socio-economic functions; Overcoming the difficulties related to the situation of the border areas, especially
along the external EU borders; Increasing transport accessibility to voivodship centers situated within
the areas with the lowest accessibility.
Establishment of territorial cohesion and preventing marginalization of problem areas
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Average GDP per capita in NUTS II and NUTS III in 2004-2007 towards national average
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Rural areas with the lowest level of access to the goods and services
Cities and other areas losing previous socio-economic functions
Difficulties in border areas, especially along the external EU borders
Transport accesibility to voivodeship centres with the lowest accesibility
Strenghtening cohesion in national dimension
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2. Reconstruction and reinforcement of coordination in the multi-level governance system
New type of contractual instrument [territorial contract].
Directions of measures1. Strengthening the strategic dimension of regional policy
National Territorial Forum [instrument of strategic discussion] + 16 regional forums;
Horizontal - covers all institutions in the implementation of spatially oriented, public policies; Increasing the role of voivodships – more decisions and coordination on regional level; More EFFECT oriented approach.
Establishment of conditions for efficient, effective and partnership implementation of development measures targeted at territories
3. Improving the quality of managing public policies, including proper territorial orientation
Including regional policy in the national system of strategic development; Connection of planning and implementation systems within various sectoral policies;
4. Support to the construction of social capital for the regional development on the basis of network of cooperation between various actors of regional policy Strenghtening and creating new partnership mechanisms, strenghtening the visibility and
accountability of public enitities’ work
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Use of territorial potentials of endogenous growth
Coordination of territorialy oriented sectoral policies
Delivery mechanism that proved its worth in 2004-2006 and first years of 2007-2013 period - has everything what is required of effective policy:
Effective monitoring system
Conditionality Partnership principle
Regional policy’s response to financial crisis
thematic and geographical concentration
smart growth
integrated approach
Objective-oriented
In order to maximize the development effect:
