Sborník 2009 díl 2. - Fakulta informatiky a managementu - Univerzita ...

Joanna Szymańska IMPROVEMENT IN SANITARY CONDITIONS IN LOWER SILESIA
AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF REGIONAL POLICY FOR 2004-2006 – SELECTED PROBLEMS
On the other hand, multidirectional variations in the value of funds expended on
investments in the scope of water management in 2004-2006 in the Lower Silesian
Voivodeship (decreases/increases) were caused by similar variations in one of their
components, namely the resources expended on the investments defined as “Water
intakes and supply”, whereas, the amount of the financial resources expended in total on
the investments defined as “Other investments” were decreasing year-by-year.
When analysing the structure of total capital expenditures spent on environmental
protection and water management in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in 2004-2006 it
should be stated that with respect to:
• Environmental protection: the highest, although varying share in these funds had
capital expenditures connected with sewage management and water protection:
45.9; 61.8 and 57.1% respectively; the lowest share, in total, had “Other
directions”; the share of expenditures spent on financing the investments
connected with protection of atmospheric air and climate decreased over twice
(from 29.8 to 13.4%), while the share in the “Waste management, protection and
restoration of the utility value of soils and surface and underground waters”
direction increased (from 13.8 to 20.8%).
• Water management: financial resources expended on “Other directions” had the
highest, but systematically decreasing share in the analysed expenditures, and
they amounted to 66,6; 59 and 52.3% respectively, while the remaining
percentage fell to funding the “Water intakes and supply” investments, the
financing of which was becoming more and more important because, in overall
capital expenditures on water management, the share of the funds expended on
this direction kept increasing (from 33.45% in 2004, through 41% in 2005, to
47.7% in 2006).
These relations reflect the increasing significance of investments on environmental
protection, and they strictly correspond with the priorities of Lower Silesian regional
policy.
Possibilities of supporting the development of regions from EU funds
After Poland’s accession to the European Union, all regions of our country were
covered by assistance from the European Community within the structural policy.
Instruments of this policy include structural funds, Cohesion Fund, and the funds of the
European Investment Bank (EIB). Covering all the regions (Voivodeships) of Poland
with the assistance from the Community within the structural funds resulted from the
value of GDP per capita. The regions of the European Union, where the value of GDP
per capita did not exceed 75% of the average EU value, could use such funds. In this
period, on the average, the aforesaid indicator for Poland constituted 38.9% of the
average EU value (EU-15). In 2007, according to Eurostat’s data, in Poland, this
indicator increased up to 54.6% of GDP per capita (as compared with the average value
for EU-27) and amounted to EUR 13.5 thousand. “The Gross Domestic Product
adequately reflects economic convergence of regions, however, it is not sufficient for
measuring the social or territorial convergence. Some less developed regions show a
good economic growth, but the level of employment in such regions decreases, which
has a disturbing effect on their demographic development. It is necessary to use other
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