Where Do Cohesion Policy Funds Flow and Do They Have any Impact? The Polish Lesson

Churski, Paweł; Perdał, Robert

doi:10.56583/br.489

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“…suggest that the positive effect of cohesion funds on FDI has been present in the peripheral regions . Churski and Perdał (2016) concur and add that within peripheral regions EU funds concentrate in privileged high-performance-regions .…”

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confidence: 82%

The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and EU Funding During the 2007–2013 Programming Period

Cywiński¹

2018

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The review of economic literature indicates that the 2007–2013 programming period has not yet been completely analyzed in terms of the EU funds and stock of FDI. Moreover, previous studies omitted most of the EU funds because they focused mainly on structural funds and cohesion funds. The main question of this paper is organized around whether there is a positive relationship between the stock of FDI and specific EU funds. We use a panel of 27 EU countries to analyze fifty policy variables from the 2007–2013 programming period with panel linear regression models. In contrast to analysis of previous programming periods, the results did not indicate that there was a statistically significant relationship between structural or cohesion funds and the stock of FDI. The results indicate instead that ceteris paribus FDI stock is influenced by EU funds for preservation and management of natural resources and the media 2007 programme. And more specifically that EUR 100 million increase of funds for preservation and management of natural resources increased FDI stock by 1,01%–2,02%. A one million increase of funds for media 2007 related programs increased FDI stock by 3,36%–4,29%. Additionally, the results indicate that there is an interaction between GDP per capita and funds for the preservation of animal and plant health, and GDP per capita with funds for solidarity and management of migration flows. This research is a pilot study. According to the author’s knowledge this is the first analysis that takes into account all EU policy variables, and not just a selected few as well as the first study that analyses FDI and all EU funds during the 2007–2013 programming period.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 82%

The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and EU Funding During the 2007–2013 Programming Period

Cywiński¹

2018

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“…The analysis presented refers to a broad trend in research on the significance of Cohesion Policy for regional development (Farole et al 2011;Churski, Perdał 2016;Fratesi, Wishlade 2017;Komornicki et al 2018). This study provides an input into the discussion on the concrete issue, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cohesion Policy and environmental protection: The attitude of Polish public organisations

Herodowicz

2023

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The quality of public organisations, which is highly dependent on the institutional quality, is one of the fundamental factors determining policy effectiveness and socio-economic growth trajectories in a long-term perspective. The article provides an insight into the topic of the informal institutions characterising Polish public organisations by paying special attention to informal institutions referring to the awareness of the need for sustainability and an attitude towards Cohesion Policy implementation in the field of environmental protection. Therefore, the main research goal was to verify the following hypothesis: “The staff of Polish public organisations are characterised by the awareness of the need for sustainability and a positive attitude towards Cohesion Policy implementation in the field of environmental protection”. To this end, a direct research technique (e-questionnaire) involving representatives of organisations responsible for Cohesion Policy implementation and for natural environment protection was applied. This made it possible to gather unique data and to elaborate the structure indicators describing the beliefs of staff employed in public organisations. Overall, their positive attitude towards the directions and assumptions of Cohesion Policy in the field of environmental protection was proved. The examined groups of organisations were characterised by a similar way of thinking about Cohesion Policy funds as an environmental protection factor, which seems to be an important institutional building block affecting Cohesion Policy effectiveness. Some of the respondents demonstrated critical thinking, and they developed their own ideas regarding the most important environmental protection factors including mainly both formal and informal institutional elements, such as legal regulations or ecological education.

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“…Excessive disproportion between the capitals of states and other cities in the V4 countries may be constrained by the funds flowing in over the last dozen or so years, under the EU cohesion policy, intended to narrow the gap between average-developed and the least-developed regions of the European Community [87,[152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160]. In this case, regional capitals must find their own resources or funds from other operational programs, allocated specifically for the implementation of Smart and Sustainable City strategies [161].…”

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confidence: 99%

How Smart Are V4 Cities? Evidence from the Multidimensional Analysis

Janusz

Kowalczyk

2022

Sustainability

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The article presents findings from the multidimensional comparative study focusing on the implementation of the Smart City concept in selected cities of the Visegrad Group (V4). V4 has been established by its member states (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary) in a joint effort to break from the communist past and develop the common democratic values of the European Community. Aforementioned efforts involved meeting other important goals, such as socio-economic convergence processes including reaching better living conditions for V4 citizens. At present, strategies that aim to improve the wellbeing of citizens are manifested by Smart City concepts and are being implemented in V4 cities. The main research task in this article is to answer the question regarding regional (state) divergence in Smart City implementation in selected cities. The results of the study show that the best Smart City implementation scores are shared by Czech Republic towns. Polish cities (Kielce, Rzeszów, Lublin) located in the eastern regions of the country (which are also eastern border regions of the European Union) have the worst Smart City implementation scores, according to the value of the synthetic measure.

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Where Do Cohesion Policy Funds Flow and Do They Have any Impact? The Polish Lesson

Cited by 12 publications

References 61 publications

The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and EU Funding During the 2007–2013 Programming Period

The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and EU Funding During the 2007–2013 Programming Period

Cohesion Policy and environmental protection: The attitude of Polish public organisations

How Smart Are V4 Cities? Evidence from the Multidimensional Analysis

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