Instrument „Łącząc Europę” w aktywizacji współpracy i osiąganiu celów społeczeństwa informacyjnego
The “Connecting Europe Facility” in the Activation of Cooperation and Achievement of the Information Society Goals

Summary/Abstract: For the new financial perspective (2014-2020) a new financial instrument was created from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and from Cohesion Fund (FS). The Connecting Europe Facility is supposed to support peripheral (disproportional) regions including regions of the cross-border cooperation which wholly fulfill the peripheral conditions. So this raises a question about its’ meaning in these regions and it’s influence on the desired convergence in the European Union.Due to the fact, that the Connecting Europe Facility assumes support in 3 areas i.e. digitization (in addition to transport and energy), one could conclude that this instrument supporting cross-border cooperation will also support building and the achievement of the goals of the information society. So this is also a main purpose of the study, which while presenting the Connecting Europe Facility describes its significance in cross-border cooperation and its influence on the realization of thefoundations of the information society which is the foundation of the knowledge-based economy. Authors described some conclusions from pilot research into the awareness of this instrument in polish regions at the NUTS II level.

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