Final Report: Case Study Świętokrzyskie Region, Poland Work Package 9: Rural Development Ex post evaluation of Cohesion policy programmes 2000-2006 co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (Objective 1 and 2) Core team: Herta Tödtling-Schönhofer (Project Director, metis) Erich Dallhammer (Project Leader, ÖIR) Isabel Naylon (metis) Bernd Schuh (ÖIR) metis GmbH (former ÖIR-Managementdienste GmbH) A-1220 Wien, Donau-City-Straße 6 Tel.: +43 1 997 15 70, Fax: +43 1 997 15 70-66 │ http://www.metis-vienna.eu National expert for Poland: Janusz Dabrowski Adresse ul. Witolinska 6/47 04-185 Warsaw, Poland E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: +48602723229 Vienna, May 2009 Commissioned by: EURpean Commission, DG Regional Policy Final Report: Case Study Świętokrzyskie Region, Poland Work Package 9: Rural Development Ex post evaluation of Cohesion policy programmes 2000-2006 co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (Objective 1 and 2) WP 9: Rural Development – Final Report Content 1 Profile of the Objective 1 Świętokrzyskie Region.............................................. 5 1.1 European and national context of the region........................................................................5 1.2 Population development and settlement patterns ................................................................7 1.3 Rural areas in Świętokrzyskie ..............................................................................................9 2 The role of EU Funds in rural development in the Świętokrzyskie Region ..................................................................................................................10