Partners without Partnership? Application of the Partnership Principle in the Process of Implementing Regional Operational Programmes in Poland in the 2014–2020 Financial Perspective Cover Image

Partnerzy bez partnerstwa? Realizacja zasady partnerstwa w procesie wdrażania regionalnych programów operacyjnych w Polsce w perspektywie finansowej 2014–2020
Partners without Partnership? Application of the Partnership Principle in the Process of Implementing Regional Operational Programmes in Poland in the 2014–2020 Financial Perspective

Author(s): Michał Niebylski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: partnership rule; horizontal policies; regional operational programmes; Monitoring Committee

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to examine the level of application of the partnership rule in the process of implementing regional operational programmes (ROP) in Poland in 2014–2019. It has been assumed that the Monitoring Committees (MC) operate as the institutional manifestation of the partnership principle. The scope of comparative analysis includes practical aspects of the functioning of MCs within ROPs in three voivodships: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lubuskie and Świętokrzyskie. The analysis focused on five institutional factors: number of Committee meetings in the financial perspective 2014–2020, number of circular voting events, percentage of socio-economic partners in the total number of Committee members, number of working groups within the MCs, as well as the number of meetings of working groups. The research hypothesis adopted in this article assumes that the regulatory activities expressed in the preparation of guidelines for the application of the partnership principle under the regional operational programs in the 2014–2020 financial perspective turned out to be insufficient for disseminating developed partnerships under ROPs.

  • Issue Year: 23/2021
  • Issue No: 84
  • Page Range: 58-74
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Polish
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