2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions
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2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Lubelskie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie Final Report Part II 30 April 2014 DISCLAIMER: This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Sole responsibility for the views, interpretations or conclusions contained in this document lies with the authors. No representation or warranty express or implied will be made and no liability or responsibility is or will be accepted by the European Investment Bank or the European Commission in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this document and any such liability is expressly disclaimed. This document is provided for information only. Neither the European Investment Bank nor the European Commission gives any undertaking to provide any additional information or correct any inaccuracies in it. | P a g e 2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions 139 2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Lubelskie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie Part II Submitted to: European Investment Bank Date: 7 April 2014 Version: Final Report Report completed by: Regional Project Managers: Cezary Gołębiowski, Marta Mackiewicz, Jacek Goliszewski, and Jan Fido Report reviewed by: Agnieszka Gajewska, Project Team Leader and Lily Vyas, JESSICA Programme Manager Report approved by: Bob Green, Partner, Mazars ©Mazars LLP. All rights reserved April 2014. This document is expressly provided by Mazars LLP to and solely for the use of the EIB and must not be quoted from, referred to, used by or distributed to any other party without the prior consent of the EIB. Mazars LLP accepts no liability of whatsoever nature for any use by any other party. 140 | P a g e 2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions TABLE OF CONTENTS I. KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE ........................................................................................................................ 142 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 142 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDIES ANALYSIS .................................................................... 147 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONLUSIONS .............................................................................................. 154 II. ŁÓDZKIE.....................................................................................................................................................157 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 157 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 164 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONLUSIONS ............................................................................................... 171 III. LUBELSKIE ................................................................................................................................................ 174 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 174 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 179 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................ 185 IV. MAŁOPOLSKIE ......................................................................................................................................... 188 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 188 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 194 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................ 203 V. MAZOWIECKIE ........................................................................................................................................ 206 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 206 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 210 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................ 218 VI. ŚLĄSKIE .................................................................................................................................................... 221 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT ...............................................................................................................221 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDIES...................................................................................... 228 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................ 237 VII. ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE .............................................................................................................................. 240 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 240 2. FINANCIAL INTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 245 3. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................... 252 VIII. WIELKOPOLSKIE ................................................................................................................................. 255 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 255 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 261 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................... 269 IX. ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE..................................................................................................................... 272 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 272 2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS & CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 277 3. RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................... 284 141 | P a g e 2014-2020 JESSICA Evaluation Study for Nine Polish Regions I. KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE 1. REGIONAL POLICY CONTEXT 1.1. Analysis of the general conditions in Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region Area (ths km2) 17,971 Population (ths 2010) 2,098 Urbanisation ratio* 61.1 % Unemployment rate (2012) 16.6% Relative average salary** (2011) 84.5 Source: The Central Statistical Office * urban population as percentage of total population ** average monthly gross salary to the national average (Poland = 100) 1.1.1. General Presentation and Experience to Date Key features and challenges of Region’s city areas Situated in central Poland, the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region is primarily agricultural with 52 towns in the voivodeship inhabited by 61% of the total population. Its two major cities are the regional capitals of Bydgoszcz and Toruń, with 18% (356 ths inhabitants) and 10% (205 ths inhabitants) of the Region’s total population respectively, followed by Włocławek, Grudziądz and Inowrocław. Classified as sub-regional towns: Włocławek and Grudziądz, former industrial towns are developing their service sectors. The regional policy aims to focus on the economic development of the Bydgoszcz and Toruń Metropolitan Area. However, neither the Voivodeship Development Strategy nor the ROP for 2007-2013 Programming Period incorporated any provisions for a complex and coherent strategy for building a Metropolitan Area, as these types of documents are created at a certain level of generality. The key objectives of the current metropolitan policy are to reinforce the functions of supra-regional importance of both cities, whilst also integrating the public transportation systems, and protecting the environment against the adverse impact of development, and supporting the management system in the Bydgoszcz and Toruń Metropolitan Area1. Experience in using Financial Instruments To date, regeneration projects in Kujawsko-Pomorskie have only been financed by subsidies and grants (subsidies cover a financial support secured by the government agencies which may include grants, but also other forms of support as underwriting and guaranteeing fees and expenses, while grants are cash support, extended for a specific purpose). Financing has been granted to 32 towns in the current Programming Period 2007-2013. The funds were distributed on the basis of inter alia, the size of the towns and their income levels. Examples of projects funded by the ROP that received significant financial support include: The Bydgoszcz Water Node – regeneration