Sofia, 5th June 2012

1. Poland’s new regional policy: preparation and implementation of National Strategy of Regional Development 2010-2020 Andrzej Brzozowy Ministry of Regional Development Poland Sofia, 5th June 2012

2. Poland – general information

3. Phases of regional policy in Poland • 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] development • Period 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]. 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 3

4. Poland as the beneficiary of the EU Cohesion Policy EU 94% • 2004-2006 • 12.8 billion Euro within the framework of structural assistance[6% of the total EU assistance in that period] Poland6% 2007-2013 • 67.3 billion Euro for the cohesion policy [almost 1/5 of the total EU financing!!] EU 80.7% Poland 19.3%

5. Rationale behind the NSRD 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; 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 yearsof 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. 5

6. Long-term national development strategy • Medium-term national development strategy National Strategy of Regional Development Transport Development Strategy Strategy of Innovation and Economic Efficiency National Security Strategy of the Republic of Poland Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural areas and Agriculture Energy Safety and Environment Human Resources Development Strategy Social Capital Development Strategy Efficient State Target system of strategic documents - national level National Spatial Development Concept (NSDC) 9 integrated strategies with a strong territorial dimension

7. National Strategy of Regional Development NEW QUALITY • 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;

9. Objective 1 Objective 2 Competitiveness Cohesion Objective 3 Efficiency Strategic Objective NSRD 2010-2020 Regional policy objectives • Objectives of NSRD reflect the main areas of intervention of the strategy until 2020 • They create the „triad”: competitiveness – cohesion – efficiency Strategic 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. 9

10. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 1 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. Directions of measures Fostering the metropolitan functionsof the voivodship capitals and integration of their functional areas; 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]; Creating basis for competitiveness of voivodships– thematic measures [horizontal]. 10

11. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 1 New model of regional policy Concentration of development processeson basicurbannetwork [voivodshipcities] accompanied by… Spreadingthe development processesfromtheabovementionedareas to other [outsidethefunctionalareas of voivodship,sub-regional and localcentres] Concentration and diffusion – the way we see it diffusion 11

12. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 2 Establishment of territorial cohesion and preventing marginalization of problem areas • Objective onlycovers selected areas, which are endangered withexclusion; • Areas too distant from main urban centres or the scale of problem is too big fordiffusion; • 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 servicesfollowing 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. 12

13. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 2 • Average GDP per capita in NUTS II and NUTS III in 2004-2007 towards national average 13

14. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 2 • Transport accesibility to voivodeship centres with the lowest accesibility Strenghtening cohesion in national dimension • Difficulties in border areas, especially along the external EU borders Rural areas with the lowest level of access to the goods and services Cities and other areas losing previous socio-economic functions 14

15. NSRD 2010-2020 - Objective 3 Establishment of conditions for efficient, effective and partnership implementation of development measures targeted at territories • 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. • Directions of measures • Strengthening the strategic dimension of regional policy • National Territorial Forum [instrument of strategic discussion] + 16 regional forums; • Reconstruction and reinforcement of coordination in the multi-level governance system • New type of contractual instrument [territorial contract]. • 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 systemswithin various sectoral policies; • 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 15

16. New approach to development policy - summary In order to maximize the development effect: • 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: • Objective-oriented • Conditionality • Partnership principle • Effective monitoring system • Regional policy’s response to financial crisis • thematic and geographical concentration • smart growth • integrated approach

17. Thank you for your attention Ministry of Regional Development polityka.regionalna@mrr.gov.pl