POMORSKIE REGIONAL operational programme
The Pomorskie Regional Operational Programme is one of the INSTRUMENTS of the European Union's National Strategic Reference Framework 2007- 2013. As set out in the NSRF, the Managing Authority for the Pomorskie (Poland) ROP is the Pomorskie Regional Board, who is also responsible for the content of the Pomorskie ROP.
Developed in accordance with Article 32 paragraph 1 of Council Regulation 1083/20062 the Pomorskie ROP is designed to take advantage of the European Regional Development Fund under the Convergence Objective of the European Union’s cohesion policy. Work on the Pomorskie Regional Operational Programme for the years 2007-2013 (Pomorskie ROP) began in June 2005. The Pomorskie ROP takes account of:
- conclusions from the regional public consultation exercise;
- recommendations from the environmental impact assessment procedure;
- recommendations from the ex-ante (estimated) evaluation;
- the results of inter-ministerial consultation and decisions of the standing committee of the Council of Ministers;
- results of Pomorskie ROP negotiations with the European Commission.
The Pomorskie ROP complies with:
- Pomorskie Regional Development Strategy;
- National Strategic Reference Framework;
- Community Strategic Guidelines on cohesion.
The Pomorskie ROP is the region’s first ever large-scale, coordinated, multi-annual and financially stable programme of development measures. Its strategic goal is to improve the region’s competitiveness, social cohesion and accessibility and realise its unique economic and cultural potential and ensure a sustainable use of its environment. Consequently, the Pomorskie ROP will become the region’s important instrument for making the structural changes happen. It will also be an important tool for the delivery of the revised Lisbon Strategy. The Lisbon objectives allocation in the Programme is more than 47% of its total budget.
Programme Strategy
The Strategic Goal of the Pomorskie Operational Programme for the years 2007-2013 has links with, first of all:
- The strategic goal of the National Strategic Reference Framework for the period 2007-2013,
which is: To improve the competitiveness of Poland’s knowledge-based and enterprise-led economy providing more jobs and increasing the level of social, economic and spatial cohesion.
- The region’s vision stated in the Pomorskie Regional Development Strategy is:
Pomorskie 2020 is a major partner in the Baltic Sea Region – a region of clean environment; high quality of life; growth based on the knowledge, skills, activity and openness of the communities; a strong and diversified economy; partnership; attractive and cohesive space; and cultivating its multi-cultural heritage, maritime and freedom traditions. Fitting in with the above objectives, based on the diagnosis and SWOT analysis, is the Strategic Objective of the Pomorskie Regional Development Programme for the period 2007-2013: To improve the region’s competitiveness, social cohesion and accessibility and realise its unique economic and cultural potential and ensure a sustainable use of its environment.
Priority Axes
The total estimated value of European Regional Development Fund money (ERDF) available under the Programme will be EUR 885.1 m. Nearly 44% of the funds will be allocated for the delivery of the Lisbon Strategy objectives (earmarking). The indicative division of ERDF into the Priority Axes was determined on the basis of the following assumptions: − conclusions from the experience from the current EU programming period (2004-2006), including the experience from implementing the Integrated Regional Development Programme. − conclusions from the Programme’s public consultation; − conclusions from cooperation with Poviat Taskforces in financial needs assessment for the region’s major development projects; − conclusions from the Programme’s ex-ante evaluation; − conclusions from the analysis of the expected macroeconomic effects of the Programme.
The Table below sets out the indicative ERDF allocations to Programme Priority Axes.
Priority Axe |
% allocations ERDF |
Allocation (mln €) |
|---|---|---|
PA 1 SME development and innovation |
21% |
185 863 810 |
PA 2 Knowledge society |
7% |
61 954 603 |
PA 3 Urban and metropolitan functions |
12% |
106 207 892 |
PA 4 Regional transport system |
23% |
203 565 125 |
PA 5 The environment and environment friendly energy |
7% |
61 954 604 |
PA 6 Tourism and cultural heritage |
5% |
44 253 288 |
PA 7 Health protection and rescue service system |
4% |
35 402 630 |
PA 8 Local basic infrastructure |
14% |
123 909 207 |
PA 9 Local social infrastructure and civil initiatives |
4% |
35 402 630 |
PA 10 Technical assistance |
3% |
26 551 973 |