Urban dimension in the Polish Operational Programmes

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Urban dimension in the Polish Operational
Programmes

• Anna Baucz
• Department of Structural Policy Coordination
• 18-19 March 2009
• Prague

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16 Polish Regions
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Poland as an experimental field of the reformed
Cohesion Policy
Success of Polish NSRF success of 2007-13
Cohesion Policy

• The biggest allocation for Poland for 2007-2013
  period
• More than 67 bln EUR 20 of the Cohesion
  Policy budget
• OP Infrastructure and Environment the biggest
  operational programme in the history of Cohesion
  Policy 27,9 bln EUR
• OP Human Capital the biggest operational
  programme from the ESF 9,7 bln EUR from ESF

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Polish Operational Programmes

• 20 OPs for ERDF/CF 16 Regional OP 4 centrally
  managed OPs
• 16 Regional Operational Programmes
• OP Development of Eastern Poland
• OP Innovative Economy
• OP Infrastructure and Environment
• OP Technical Assistance
• 1 OP for ESF - OP Human Capital (ESF)

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Distribution of the EU resources in the
Operational Programmes
NSRF 67.3 billion EUR
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Strategic Programming System in Poland 2007-2013
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National Development Strategy 2007 - 2015 Goals
and Priorities
Raising the level and quality of life of Polish
inhabitants individual citizens and families
1. Growth of competitiveness and innovativeness
of the economy 2. Improvement of the condition of
the technical and social infrastructure 3.
Growth of employment and raising its quality 4.
Building an integrated social community and its
safety 5. Development of rural areas 6. Regional
development and raising the territorial cohesion
Priorities 2 and 6 will have a direct impact on
city development
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National Strategic Reference Framework Objectives
Strategic objective of NSRFCreation of
conditions for the growth of competitiveness of
knowledge and entrepreneurship based economy
assuring the increase in employment and in the
level of social, economic and territorial cohesion
Objective 5Increase of the competitiveness of
Polish regions and countering their social,
economic and territorial marginalisation
Objective 1 Improving the functioning standard
of public institutions and development of
partnership mechanisms
Objective 4Improving the competitiveness and
innovativeness of enterprises, including in
particular the manufacturing sector with high
added value and development of the services sector
Objective 3Establishment and modernization of
technical and social infrastructure crucial for
better competitiveness of Poland
Objective 2Improving the quality of human
capital and enhancing social cohesion

• Objective 6Balancing development opporunities
  and supporting structural changes on rural areas

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National Strategic Reference Framework

• According to the NSRF urban dimension will be
  realised within 3 areas of activity
• Using the potential of the largest urban centres
  as a driver of regional development
• Strengthening the relationship between metropolis
  and urbanised areas and surrounding areas
• Promoting internal cohesion of urban areas, in
  order to reduce a high concentration of
  economic, environmental and social problems
  within major urban centres

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Urban issues within OP

• Urban issues within Polish Operational
  Programmes
• 16 Regional Operational Programmes
• OP Infrastructure and Environment
• OP Development of Eastern Poland
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• OP URBACT II

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Regional Operational Programmes (1)

• Urban dimension is implemented mainly through 16
  Regional OP
• Regions recognize economic renewal and
  revitalization of cities as an important stimulus
  for regional development processes. Hence the
  important role of cities in the programming of EU
  funds
• The policy towards cities is differently placed
  depending on ROP
• A vast majority of regions dedicates relevant
  priority axes to urban projects
• Some regions want support cities or some of their
  functions but consider these activities as
  elements of ROP complementary priorities e.g. in
  such areas as economic infrastructure or local
  development

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ROP for Silesia Region

• Priorytety Cele szczególowe RPO WSL

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Priority 6 of the ROP for Silesia Region
Improving of the competitiveness of the urban
areas of the region
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Regional Operational Programmes (2)

• Revitalisation
• Types of revitalisation projects
• restoring the value of public and economic uses
  of degraded areas (including post-industrial and
  post-army areas)
• the development of city centres and deprived
  areas
• the development of local infrastructure, creating
  conditions to enhance investment attractiveness
  of deprived arreas
• housing renewal
• EUR 1,176 million of the total amount allocated
  to ROPs, i.e. 7 of the total ERDF (this includes
  funding for housing)

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Detailed expenditure breakdown under intervention
category 61 urban/rural renewal by regions
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Regional Operational Programmes (3)

• Housing
• Housing investments projects are supported at
  regional level (ROP)
• Expenditures must not exceed 3 of the total ERDF
  allocation for given OP
• Possible investments
• Renovation of common parts of multifamily
  residential buildings
• Adaptation of existing buildings for social
  housing for those in need

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Detailed breakdown of expenditure in Intervention
Category 78 Housing infrastructure, by regions
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OP Infrastructure and Environment

• Urban dimension will be realized mainly through
  3 Priority Axes
• VII Environment friendly transport,12 062 mln
  EUR (including 7 676 mln EUR from the CF)
• XI Culture and cultural heritage,576,4 mln EUR
  (including 490mln EUR from the ERDF)
• XIII Infrastructure of higher education588,2
  mln EUR (including 500mln EUR from the ERDF)

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OP Infrastructure and Environment

• VII Environment-friendly transport
• increasing a proportion of environmentally
  friendly public transport in metropolitan areas,
• clean urban transport system
• extension of the railway network
• priority will be given to projects that integrate
  various transport sub-systems

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OP Infrastructure and Environment

• XI Culture and cultural heritage
• construction, extension and reconstruction of
  cultural institutions located in the city centre
• The project foreseen here are considered as
  crucial for their key role played in achieving
  the goals in the cultural sector
• Investments in culture increase location
  attractiveness for investors and citizens,
  determine development of tourism and co-determine
  the metropolitan function of cities

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OP Infrastructure and Environment

• XIV Infrastructure of higher education
• construction and reconstruction of
  infrastructural objects
• Aim develop modern academic centres in leading
  universities in Poland

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Development of Eastern Poland OP

• Specific objective Development of selected
  metropolitan functions of voivodship cities
• 1) Priority Axis III Voivodship growth centres -
  forseen activities
• Collective municipal transport system (support
  for environment friendly transport projects)
• Infrastructure of congres and fair travel
  (construction and modernization of infrastructure
  for fairs, congresses and conferences)
• Additionaly Priority Axis Modern Economy and
  Transport Infrasturcture will contirbute to
  implementing urban policy (here modernization of
  infrastructure of universities, supporting
  innovativeness, industrial parks, innovation
  centres)

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URBACT II

• URBACT 2002-2006
• Polish cities participate in URBACT projects
  since May 2004
• 21 Polish cities have been actively involved in
  URBACT 2002-2006
• URBACT II
• Polish cities show great interest in
  participation in the URBACT II projects, this
  indicates a strong demand for the knowledge about
  the integrated urban development within the
  Polish cities
• Currently the Polish partners participate in 19
  out of 25 URBACT II projects (which makes the
  second place regarding the number of partners)

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Conclusions

• Ministry for Regional Development will commission
  the Ex-ante evaluation of the urban dimension of
  the Polish OP
• Urban dimension within the Polish OP is
  significant but not quite coordinated
• In the new financial perspective one should
  consider the possibility to support functional
  areas as the metropolitan areas or cities with
  their surrounding the coordination of support
  for these areas at the Community level may have
  considerable added value

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Thank you for your attention

• Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnegoul. Wspólna
  2/4www.mrr.gov.pl
• Anna.Baucz_at_mrr.gov.pl