SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING HOUSE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS OF SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2019 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SERIES NO. 138 1 SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBER 2 MUNICIPALITIES METROPOLIS GZM WITH APPLICATION 3 OF THE METROPOLITAN SOLIDARITY FUND 4 Anna MUSIOŁ-URBAŃCZYK1*, Barbara SORYCHTA-WOJSCZYK2 5 1 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management, Zabrze; 6
[email protected]; ORCID: 0000-0002-4109-1063 7 2 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management, Zabrze; 8
[email protected], ORCID: 0000-0002-5237-8908 9 * Correspondence author 10 Abstract: In order to reduce the differences in the level of socio-economic development of 11 municipalities, Metropolis GZM, which is an association of 41 member municipalities, has put 12 in place the "Metropolitan Solidarity Fund" Program. The purpose of this Program is to provide 13 financial support in the form of a targeted subsidy for weaker member municipalities to 14 implement their own tasks of great importance for the development of the metropolitan area. 15 The article analyzes and evaluates the amount of support in the form of targeted subsidies for 16 individual member municipalities from the Metropolitan Solidarity Fund Program. 17 Keywords: local, regional development, metropolis. 18 1. Introduction 19 Metropolis GZM was created by the ordinance of the Council of Ministers of June 26, 2017 20 and it is an association of 41 municipalities. The main goal of GZM is to make use of the 21 potential of member municipalities, stimulate the creativity of residents and inspire changes 22 that will accelerate social and economic processes.