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Zintegrowane inwestycje terytorialne jako eksperyment
Integrated Territorial Investments as an experiment

Author(s): Marek W. Kozak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: Poland; ITI; planning factors; development process; potential implementation threats

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to analyze the reasons of development of the Integrated Territorial Investments in the new 2014-2020 period in the context of EU reforms, and to describe the creation process and the threats this experimental approach may encounter in Poland. The Author’s main thesis is that the experimental ITI concept causes additional conflicts between management authorities and beneficiaries who are used to the fact that declared and implemented intervention aims are different. The Author also assumes that there exist important factors that could potentially hinder the radical reforms and re-establish the status quo (or “domesticate” the policy). The main methods (desk research and involvement in preparatory works as a Ministry expert) determine the structure of the sources used. The paper offers some conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 50-69
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English, Polish