The Importance and Effects of the Support of the PHARE Institution Building Programme in the Period of Poland's Pre-accession Preparation for the Membership in the European Union (1998-2003) Cover Image

Znaczenie oraz efekty wsparcia programu PHARE Institution Building w okresie bezpośrednich przygotowań Polski do członkostwa w Unii Europejskiej (1998-2003)
The Importance and Effects of the Support of the PHARE Institution Building Programme in the Period of Poland's Pre-accession Preparation for the Membership in the European Union (1998-2003)

Author(s): Artur Jan Kukuła
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: PHARE Programme; New orientations for PHARE Programme; PHARE Institution Building; European Union; Accession Partnership; accession preparations

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important initiatives supporting democratic changes in Central and Eastern Europe and the political and economic transformation of countries in the region was a PHARE programme of non-refundable financial aid dedicated primarily to countries most advanced in the reforms, i.e. Hungary and Poland (Poland and Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring their Economies). It was aimed not only at the immediate support for the crisis-ridden Eastern European countries, but also at building stable structures of democratic, free-market rule of law in them. The author of the study focuses on the support that Poland received at the stage of proper preparations for membership in the EU in 1998-2003 as part of the institutional support of the PHARE IB (Institution Building) programme. The author of the study wants to show the importance and results of support projects of the PHARE IB programme at the final stage of Poland’s preparations for the membership in the EU.

  • Issue Year: 45/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-24
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish