The Absorption of the European Funds Granted to Poland for the Period 2007-2013 – Examples of Projects and Evaluation
The Absorption of the European Funds Granted to Poland for the Period 2007-2013 – Examples of Projects and Evaluation

Summary/Abstract: Poland was granted over € 67.3 billion as the European aid for the years2007-2013. It comprised almost 20% of the total amount earmarked for the cohesion policy ofthe European Union for the years 2007-2013. The funds were utilized by Polish enterprises,local governments, non-governmental institutions, farmers and other entities. The main aim ofthis article is to present the evaluation of use of the EU funds in Poland for the period 2007-2013. The analysis was based upon the statistics data published in Poland by the Ministry ofInfrastructure and Development, Eurostat and the European Commission. The analysis of thesources on the subject as well as observations of the business practices allowed forming athesis that Poland competently utilised the European funds for the years 2007-2013 andthereby benefited considerably. Nonetheless, despite the significant influence of the fundsonto the GDP growth dynamics and the increase in the standard of living, in the overall viewPolish economy has not gained much in the innovation aspect due to the fact that the financialresources acquired by the Polish companies from the subsidies were largely earmarked topurchase the already existing western technologies, thus, making them dependent upon theknow-how of the huge western conglomerates – which must be disapprovingly assessed.

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