ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE VOIVODESHIP REGIONAL PARLIAMENT ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE VOIVODESHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Szczecin, June 2010 1 Marshall Władysław Husejko – Chairman of the Department responsible for updates to the "Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Development Strategy up to 2020” Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Development Strategy was prepared by the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Marshall’s Office Regional Policy Department staff. Head of Department: Jacek Baraniecki Hanna Galewska Katarzyna Kici ńska Dorota Pawłowska Sławomir Doburzy ński Marek Niewiarowski Rafał Niewiarowski Jerzy Ruszała Paweł Szeremet Experts: Małgorzata Kołodziej-Nowakowska Dariusz Zarzecki 2 Table of contents ——————————————————————————————— TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Basis, scope, execution and mode of updates ........................................................................ 5 2. Diagnosis of the socio-ecenomic situation............................................................................. 7 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Environmental Conditions................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Demography................................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Social capital .................................................................................................................. 13 2.4. Local government........................................................................................................... 17 2.5. Health Care ................................................................................................................... 20 2.6. Culture............................................................................................................................ 22 2.7. Education ...................................................................................................................... 25 2.8. Labour market .............................................................................................................. 32 2.9 Economy.......................................................................................................................... 36 2.9.1. Industry................................................................................................................... 39 2.9.2. Trade and services.................................................................................................. 42 3.9.3. Construction ........................................................................................................... 44 2.9.4. Agriculture ............................................................................................................. 47 2.9.5. Forestry................................................................................................................... 50 2.9.6 Tourism ................................................................................................................... 52 2.9.7. Maritime economy ................................................................................................. 56 2.10. Innovativeness ............................................................................................................. 60 2.11. Science ......................................................................................................................... 63 2.12. Information society .................................................................................................... 65 2.13. Transport ...................................................................................................................... 69 2.13.1. Road infrastructure ............................................................................................ 69 2.13.2. Railway infrastructure ....................................................................................... 70 2.13.3. Air transport ....................................................................................................... 71 2.13.4. Water transport .................................................................................................. 72 2.1.4 Energy .......................................................................................................................... 74 2.14.1 Generation of electricity and heat. ........................................................................ 74 2.14.2. Gas network.......................................................................................................... 75 2.14.3 Renewable energy sources .................................................................................... 75 2.15.2. Air pollution ......................................................................................................... 80 2.15.3. Waste.................................................................................................................... 80 2.16. Municipal economy...................................................................................................... 82 2.16.1. Water supply ........................................................................................................ 82 2.16.2. Sewage ................................................................................................................. 82 2.16.3. Waste management .............................................................................................. 83 2.19. Regional balance and the wealth of inhabitants........................................................... 92 2.20. Horizontal Perspectives ............................................................................................. 96 2.20.1. The Cross-border Dimension ............................................................................ 96 2.20.2. International Cooperation..................................................................................... 97 2.20.3. Metropolitan Dimension and the Role of Conurbation .................................. 99 2.20.4. Rural Areas......................................................................................................... 100 2.20.5 Public spaces and revitalization .......................................................................... 101 2.21 Synthetic indicator of communes development .......................................................... 104 3. Vision and mission of Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship ............................................ 105 3.1. Key challenges ............................................................................................................. 107 3 Table of contents ——————————————————————————————— 4. Strategic and directional objectives as well as types of actions......................................... 108 5. Implementing and monitoring the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Development Strategy ................................................................................................................................. 147 5.1. Instruments used to implement the Strategy ................................................................ 147 5.1.1. Strategies and viovodeship’s programmes........................................................... 147 5.1.2. Regional Operational Programme of Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship ........... 148 5.1.3. Long-term Investment Programme ...................................................................... 149 5.1.4. Territorial contract................................................................................................ 150 5.2. Cohesion of Development Strategy of Voivodeship with national strategic documents. ................................................................................................................ 150 5.3. Strategy and area development plan of the voivodeship.............................................. 152 5.4. Financial sources of the Strategy.................................................................................. 153 5.5. Institutions responsible for accomplishment of Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Development Strategy................................................................................................ 154 5.6. Time frames of the Strategy accomplishment ......................................................... 154 5.7 Strategy monitoring....................................................................................................... 155 4 Basis, scope, execution and mode of updates ——————————————————————————————— 1. Basis, scope, execution and mode of updates The Board of the Voivodeship is responsible for establishing the regional development policy. The basis for its creation constitutes the voivodeship's development strategy - a long term document defining the policy direction and objectives, which are to be achieved within a given time frame. The currently binding Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship Development Strategy up to 2020 together with the environmental impact Forecast was accepted by the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship regional parliament ( Sejmik ) by Resolution No. XXVI/303/05 of 19 December 2005. The necessity to update to the Strategy stems from the Resolution of 6 December 2006 on the principles of development strategy implementation (consolidated text Dz. U. ( Journal of Laws) No. 84 item 712 of 2009), as well as the permanently changing external and internal conditions for the development of the voivodeship. During the