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Investment co-financed by the ERDF and Cohesion Fund for the EUSBSR



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Investment co-financed by the ERDF and Cohesion Fund for the EUSBSR


The rate of contribution differs among programmes: from 35% within OP Human Capital (co-financed by the ESF) to nearly 100% in the case of the South Baltic programme (ETC).

Cohesion policy in Poland

General information

The whole area of Poland belongs to the convergence objective of the EU cohesion policy. During the 2007–13 period, Poland is implementing 20 Operational Programmes (OP) financed by the ERDF and Cohesion Fund: four national programmes (managed by central administration) and 16 regional programmes (managed by regional administration). National programmes finance major investment aimed at development of infrastructure in the areas of transport, energy and environment, culture and health (OP Infrastructure and Environment) or research and development and innovation (OP Innovative Economy). While OP Innovative Economy and OP Infrastructure and Environment cover the whole country, OP Development of Eastern Poland is focused on five regions in Poland with the lowest GDP per capita (Warnińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Podkarpackie). OP Technical assistance (not described in this report) is aimed at building administrative capacity. 16 regional programmes – one programme per region – support complementary investments, both infrastructural and aimed at the knowledge-based economy (business environment; direct support for SMEs; loan and guarantee funds). Territorial cooperation programmes facilitate international cooperation. In the context of the EUSBSR, the OP South Baltic plays a special role. Apart from the ERDF and Cohesion Fund programmes, there is also the ESF-financed OP Human Capital.



Allocation

Over the period 2007–13, Poland will receive €67.3 billion or 19.4% of the total €347.4 billion allocation for regional policy. Out of this, €22 billion goes to the Cohesion Fund, €9.7 billion to the ESF, €34 billion to the ERDF and €1.3 billion to the performance reserve. Poland will receive another €13.2 billion under rural development policy (EAFRD) and €734 million under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF). At the end of 2011, an allocation of additional resources (€1 billion for the performance reserve and €0.6 billion for technical adjustment) will be available for Polish programmes.





Availability of funds

By March 2011, the value of contracts signed amounted to nearly €34.8 billion (EU co-financing) or 62.3% of CF and ERDF allocations (€55.5 billion). In terms of contracts signed, regional programmes with 74% of allocations were more advanced than national OPs (58% contracted). However, taking into account applications approved for financing, the estimated use of allocation reaches 77%. In fact – taking additionally into account applications submitted in ongoing calls for proposals and key projects approved – the resources available would be much lower. The allocation of the performance reserve will add additional funding.


Estimated availability of funding

Operational Programme

Allocation
2007-13
(€)


Applications approved for financing

Grant agreements

Estimated EU contribution (€)

Use of allocation

EU contribution (€)

Use of allocation

Amount remaining*

 

1

2

3

4

5

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Innovative Economy

8 254 885 280

7 141 884 304

86.52%

5 720 021 364

68.87%

2 534 863 916

Infrastructure and Environment

27 913 683 774

19 198 578 457

68.78%

15 497 677 860

55.31%

12 416 005 914

Human Capital

9 707 176 000

8 342 268 964

85.94%

5 793 540 372

59.06%

3 913 635 628

Technical Assistance

516 700 000

263 586 823

51.01%

294 009 613

56.23%

222 690 387

Development of Eastern Poland

2 273 793 750

1 527 945 040

67.20%

1 339 165 016

58.49%

934 628 734

Territorial Cooperation

406 998 795

239 435 196

58.83%

145 382 624

42.43%

261 616 171

Total: national programmes

49 073 237 599

36 582 024 519

74.55%

28 789 796 849

58.41%

20 283 440 750

Regional OP for Dolnośląskie

1 213 144 879

1 031 947 371

85.06%

821 811 618

67.22%

391 333 261

Regional OP for Kujawsko-Pomorskie

951 003 820

790 483 017

83.12%

716 411 454

74.74%

234 592 366

Regional OP for Lubelskie

1 155 854 549

846 320 066

73.22%

730 187 871

62.84%

425 666 678

Regional OP for Lubuskie

439 173 096

449 748 865

102.41%

375 837 982

84.35%

63 335 114

Regional OP for Łódzkie

1 006 380 910

857 068 849

85.16%

776 011 623

76.44%

230 369 287

Regional OP for Małopolskie

1 290 274 402

1 151 005 347

89.21%

1 036 082 858

79.64%

254 191 544

Regional OP for Mazowieckie

1 831 496 698

1 272 985 791

69.51%

1 077 217 227

58.44%

754 279 471

Regional OP for Opolskie

427 144 813

476 746 449

111.61%

412 003 832

94.68%

15 140 981

Regional OP for Podkarpackie

1 136 307 823

1 004 961 485

88.44%

853 652 983

74.59%

282 654 840

Regional OP for Podlaskie

636 207 883

582 386 698

91.54%

501 440 883

78.08%

134 767 000

Regional OP for Pomorskie

885 065 763

999 393 564

112.92%

843 606 775

94.42%

41 458 988

Regional OP for Śląskie

1 712 980 303

1 386 843 726

80.96%

1 112 022 933

64.54%

600 957 370

Regional OP for Świętokrzyskie

725 807 266

541 146 015

74.56%

472 353 383

64.50%

253 453 883

Regional OP for Warmińsko-Mazurskie

1 036 542 041

854 641 458

82.45%

760 725 731

72.89%

275 816 310

Regional OP for Wielkopolskie

1 272 792 644

1 297 606 758

101.95%

1 258 367 632

97.78%

14 425 012

Regional OP for Zachodniopomorskie

835 437 299

640 428 235

76.66%

588 907 394

69.89%

246 529 905

Total_for_Regional_OPs__16_555_614_189__14_172_386_804'>Total for Regional OPs

16 555 614 189

14 172 386 804

85.60%

12 336 642 179

73.91%

4 218 972 010

TOTAL NSRF

65 628 851 788

50 624 738 424

77.14%

41 126 439 027

62.33%

24 502 412 761

*The amount takes into account only grant agreements signed (and not applications approved for realisation or projects under appraisal).

Actions to improve implementation of the EUSBSR undertaken by Polish OPs

Managing Authorities for Polish national and regional programmes undertook several actions aimed at improving the realisation of the Strategy.

National programmes reported:


  • participation in meetings devoted to monitoring the EUSBSR realisation by Operational Programmes and setting up the monitoring system;

  • representatives of OP Human Capital participating in the Baltic States Cooperation network devoted to international cooperation projects in the Baltic Sea Region;

  • discussions during monitoring committees and information and promotion actions aimed at raising awareness of beneficiaries of OP South Baltic;

  • implementation system;

  • modification of selection criteria promoting international cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region within OP Human Capital;

  • OP South Baltic introduced several actions including consultations for beneficiaries provided by employees of information points on a project's impact on the Strategy, amendments to the Programme's manual and application form, introduction of the strategic criterion on compliance with the Strategy and a possibility of imposing conditionality (related to the Strategy) on beneficiaries by a steering committee.

Regional programmes declared:

  • participation in meetings devoted to the Strategy (regions: Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Mazowieckie, Zachodniopomorskie);

  • active participation in conferences dedicated to the Strategy in Riga and Tallinn (regions: Pomorskie, Zachodiopomorskie);

  • presentation of the Strategy at the Monitoring Committee meeting of the OP (regions: Lubelskie, Podlaskie, Zachodniopomorskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Pomorskie); in Pomorskie the Strategy was presented by counterparts from other countries;

  • preparation of recommendations for Operational Programmes ('Guidance note – EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. Practical suggestions for the Operational Programmes');

  • modification of the Operational Programmes by adding reference to the EUSBSR within the midterm review in 2011 (regions: Małopolskie, Zachodiopomorskie, Pomorskie, Podlaskie);

  • modification of the application form (region: Podlaskie);

  • strategic assessment of the compliance of projects with the EUSBSR (region: Warmińsko-Mazurskie);

  • involvement in the international initiatives in the region (region: Zachodniopomorskie in BSSSC) or networks aimed at improved realisation of the EUSBSR (region: Mazowieckie in the network dedicated to financial issues).

Conclusions, recommendations, next steps:

National programmes:



  • prepare evaluations dedicated to realisation of the Strategy by OP Innovative Economy and OP Infrastructure and Environment;

  • information campaign for beneficiaries of OP Innovative Economy.

Regional programmes:

  • information and promotion campaigns;

  • allocation of additional funds from the National Performance Reserve and Technical adjustment for measures/priorities meeting the objectives of the EUSBSR and organisation of calls for proposals in these areas;

  • enforcing cooperation with Priority Area Coordinators;

  • participation in meetings, conferences and networks related to realisation of the Strategy;

  • identification of projects/initiatives in the area of the EUSBSR (a/a innovation, energy, transport);

  • adding reference to the Strategy within the midterm review.

Examples of projects realising the EUSBSR supported by cohesion policy

Cohesion policy has actively supported implementation of the Baltic Sea Strategy. Behind the numbers, one can observe numerous projects pursuing the objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, which were financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and European Social Fund, at national and regional level, by mainstream and territorial cooperation programmes.

Smart growth means creative use of resources for the sake of the innovative economy. The projects strived to develop modern sectors like nanotechnologies (a research centre of the Technical University of Gdańsk, OP Infrastructure and Environment), pharmaceuticals (implementation of research in chemistry, OP Innovative Economy) or biotechnologies (South Baltic programme) as well as revive the potential of traditional sectors like the woodworking and paper industry by patents (regional programme in Lubelskie) or cooperative networks (South Baltic programme). Several projects were aimed at improving the business environment infrastructure, like a technological park in Szczecin and Elbląg, developing an aviation cluster in Rzeszów, and an incubator of entrepreneurship in Białystok. Some developed cooperation between R&D centres and SMEs in the field of industrial design (Innovative Economy or regional programme of Ślaskie). A number of projects improved the touristic and cultural attractiveness of regions by creating integrated sailing infrastructure in the regions of Pomorskie, Zachodniopomorskie and Podlaskie and common tourist route signs within the Poland – Brandenburg programme.

Investment in the environmental sector meant promotion of green and sustainable growth. Numerous water and sewerage infrastructure projects in both small towns (Mońki) and big agglomerations (Trójmiasto-Sopot) improved the quality of water protection in the basins of the Wisła and Odra Rivers within the Baltic Sea catchment area. Initiatives aimed at biodiversity and environmental protection (information system for monitoring the Baltic Sea, Innovative Economy; promotion of Natura 2000 in the Wielkopolskie region; a project of the WWF concerning Baltic mammal migration) were realised. Several projects concerned renewable energies: a biogas heat and power plant in Zachodniopomorskie and the Baltic eco-energy cluster in Pomorskie.

Investment in transport infrastructure included development of TEN-T road and railway connections (sections of motorways A1 or railway E65), development of port infrastructure (Gdynia or Stępnica) and regional and urban transport systems (Hel-Trójmiasto, Kielce).

The OP Human Capital enhanced inclusive growth by realisation of projects supporting apprenticeships and exchanges of employees between R&D centres and companies, creation of cooperation networks, development of Innovation Strategies and reorientation of employees of declining industries (examples from Zachodniopomorskie).


Programme: Innovative Economy
Priorities of the programme and allocated funding

Priority

Community contribution

(€)

National contribution

(€)

Total

(€)

Research and development of new technologies

1 117 130 000

197 140 588

1 314 270 588

R&D infrastructure

1 117 130 000

197 140 588

1 314 270 588

Capital for innovation

289 000 000

51 000 000

340 000 000

Investments in innovative undertakings

2 813 254 000

496 456 588

3 309 710 588

Diffusion of innovation

339 148 000

59 849 647

398 997 647

Polish economy on the international market

349 038 080

61 594 955

410 633 035

Information society establishment and development

1 949 985 200

344 115 035

2 294 100 235

Technical assistance

280 200 000

49 447 059

329 647 059

Total

8 254 885 280

1 456 744 460

9 711 629


Programme contribution to EUSBSR by area of support





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