scholarly journals EU REGIONAL POLICY SUPPORT FOR BIOENERGY SECTOR IN POLAND IN 2007-2013 (2015)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna RAKOWSKA ◽  
Jarosław GOŁĘBIEWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Financial Perspective ◽  
Central Statistical

The EU faces increasing climate, social and economic challenges resulting among others from the negative effects of using fossil fuels. Bioeconomy with its flagship bioenergy sub-sector is meant the key remedy for this situation. That is why the growth of bioenergy production has been promoted and supported in EU financial perspective of 2007-2013 by allocating regional policy funds to strengthen bioenergy sub-sector under operational programs in eligible member states. As Poland has increasing needs to develop bioenergy sector and has been the biggest beneficiary of EU regional policy funds the aim of the paper was to investigate on the main effects of investments in bioenergy sub-sector under operational programmes 2007-2013. The study was based on SIMIK data from the Ministry of Regional Development as of December 31, 2015 and Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office of Poland. Qualitative and quantitative analysis show that beneficiaries carried out 80 bioenergy projects of 1442,8 mln PLN total value, including 30,4% EU co-funding under Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment and 14 Regional Operational Programmes. These bioenergy investments resulted mainly in construction and modernization of biomass power plants, of which nearly 50% where agricultural ones as well as in constructing new and expanding already existing biomass-based heating systems in public institutions. Findings show big regional differentiation of the bioenergy investments: from none in mazovieckie (the biggest NUTS 2 in Poland) and opolskie to cumulation of nearly 33% of bioenergy projects under OPs 2007-2013 in warmińsko-mazurskie. EU co-funding for individual projects ranged from 15% to 85%, however for nearly half of them it was higher than 45%, conditioning realization of the projects fully. Concluding, EU funding was a significant source of financial support for bioenergy sub-sector in Poland, resulting in developing it especially in warmińsko-mazurskie voivodship.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL POLICY SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY IN RURAL AREAS OF THE MAZOVIAN VOIVODSHIP

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (1) ◽  
pp. 279-288
Author(s):  
Joanna Rakowska
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Impact

EU regional policy funding was said to be a significant source of co-financing renewable energy investments in Poland, however, what has not yet been investigated thus far is the impact of such financing in rural areas of the Mazovian Voivodship, the biggest in the country. Thus, the aim of the paper is to explore the main outcomes of using this funding for RE investments in rural areas of the Mazovian Voivodship and look into the relations between these outcomes and important factors determining them. The study is based on qualitative and quantitative data from the SIMIK 2007-2013 data base of the Ministry of Development, Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland, data from 3 classifications of communes and a questionnaire survey. Findings prove that RE investments in the rural Mazovian Voivodship differ from investments in other rural areas of Poland as they only used wind and solar RE, were carried out only by local self-governments and enterprises, and obtained EU co-funding only from regional operational programmes. The similarities between RE investments in the rural Mazovian Voivodship in other rural areas of the country indicate an insufficient adjustment of eligible costs to total costs and a lower than available share of EU funding in eligible costs, both significantly increasing the share of non-EU funding necessary to carry out projects. The shortage of funding was indicated by local authorities and the respondents of the survey as the main obstacle in supporting local development and was the reason for taking other than RE investment development priorities. The paper concludes with recommendations on an increase of RE investments in the rural Mazovian Voivodship.

scholarly journals DIFFERENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE LEVELS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS OF THE WIELKOPOLSKIE VOIVODESHIP

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Dolata ◽  
Magdalena Jaworska ◽  
Magdalena Jaworska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Local Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Basic Source ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this paper is to assess the leveland spatial differentiation of selected environmental governanceparameters in the context of implementing the sustainabledevelopment concept in rural areas of the Wielkopolskievoivodeship districts in 2005 and 2015. The research procedurewas made up of three steps: review of the relevant literatureand selection of indicators to describe the environmentalgovernance topics; analyzing the changes in, and spatial differentiationof, specific environmental governance components;and ranking the districts. The basic source of data wasthe online database delivered by the Central Statistical Officein Warsaw, the Local Data Bank. As shown by the results,there is considerable spatial differentiation of specific environmentalgovernance components; however, when analyzedglobally, environmental governance proves to be a relativelynon-diversified process. In 2015, the highest sustainabilitylevels were recorded in rural areas of the following districts:Złotów, Kępno and Jarocin. In turn, the lowest levels werefound in Września, Wągrowiec and Śrem districts.

Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Activity of Residential Development in Poland

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radosław Cellmer ◽  
Mirosław Bełej
Keyword(s):  
Data Bank ◽  
Spatiotemporal Analysis ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Regional Markets ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Construction Activity ◽  
Spatial Diversification ◽  
Economic Indices ◽  
The Individual

The objective of the study presented in the article is to determine the spatial diversification and determinants of construction activity in Poland between 2006 and 2015. Theoretical hypotheses and observations of behaviour of economic entities clearly show that their decisions depend both on the situation in local and regional markets, as well as distances from other regions or local markets. The number and the surface area of completed residential units, as well as the number of completed buildings and issued construction permits, were adopted as the measures of construction activity. The analysis also includes selected demographic, social and economic indices characterising the individual territorial units in Poland on the basis of the local data bank maintained by the Central Statistical Office. In the course of the study, spatial panel models were used, and as a result of the study, construction activity models were obtained, taking spatial interactions into account.

HEALTH AS THE MAIN STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON RURAL AREAS IN ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (3) ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Maria Klonowska-Matynia
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Health Capital ◽  
Local Data ◽  
The West ◽  
Synthetic Index ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Health Quality

The paper aimed to examine the level and asses the spatial distribution of human capital defined in the area of health quality in rural areas of the West Pomeranian province. The selected methods of multicriteria taxonomy to estimate the synthetic index HCSIh and agglomeration methods for grouping objects with a relatively homogeneous internal structure were used. It was assumed the correlation between the level of health capital HCSIh and the type of commune separated due to the component of the level of socio-economic development according to the MROW typology. The obtained results indicate uneven distribution of health capital, but they do not give grounds for accepting the verified hypothesis. The study covered rural areas of the West Pomeranian province, defined according to the CSO administrative criterion as rural and rural-urban communes. The Central Statistical Office Local Data Bank and the Monitoring of rural areas development data were the main source.

The financial independence of rural gminas in the Wielkopolskie voivodship

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kozera ◽  
Romana Głowicka-Wołoszyn ◽  
Feliks Wysocki
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Financial Independence ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Order Preference ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Topsis Technique

Financial independence is an important factor in socio-economic development, especially in rural areas. Rural gminas (communities), mainly located peripherally to larger urban centers, have significantly lower revenue potential. This also means a lower level of financial independence of rural gminas, which in turn can be a barrier in multifunctional rural development. This issue is a priority for the European Union. The main objective of this article is a synthetic assessment of the level of financial independence of rural gminas in the Wielkopolskie voivodship in 2013. The basis of information studies, using the method TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity is an Ideal Solution) to assess the financial condition of municipalities, were data from the Central Statistical Office (Local Data Bank — Public finances for 2013) and Ministry of Finance (Indicators for assessing the financial position of local government units in 2011—2013).

scholarly journals Spatial Autocorrelation of Communes’ Income Potential in Selected Metropolitan Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (330) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Bernadetta Kozera ◽  
Romana Głowicka-Wołoszyn
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Local Growth ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Economic Capacity

A commune’s own income potential, indicative of financial self‑sufficiency, underpins the ability of its government to foster local growth. Accurate recognition of the potential levels necessary for improvement of development policies requires that, apart from considering communes’ own potential, neighbouring communes’ potential should be taken into account, especially if the neighbours are large urban centres of substantial demographic and economic capacity. This article aims to examine spatial autocorrelation of income potential of metropolitan communes of Warsaw, Poznań, Wrocław, and Cracow metro areas in 2014. The study draws on data published by the Central Statistical Office in the Local Data Bank and uses the R programme packages, such as spdep, maptools, and shapefiles for calculations.

INCOME POTENTIAL OF RURAL COMMUNES OF WIELKOPOLSKA PROVINCE IN 2005-2016

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romana Głowicka-Wołoszyn ◽  
Feliks Wysocki ◽  
Agata Wieczorek
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
The Other ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Per Capita

The aim of the study was to assess the income potential of rural communes and to compare it to other administrative types in Wielkopolska province in 2005-2016, with particular emphasis on the Metropolitan Area of Poznań (POM). The research drew on data from the Central Statistical Office (Local Data Bank) and found income potential of rural communes of the province to be the lowest of all types of communes, with low values of own income per capita and financial self-sufficiency index. On the other hand, POM rural communes had higher own income potential compared to rural communes outside of POM or to other types of communes inside POM. The analyzed period saw increased shares of PIT revenues in the budgets of rural and urban-rural communes, which by 2016 were the most important source of own income in all groups of surveyed communes.

scholarly journals SELF-GOVERNMENT BUDGETS AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN POLAND: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Halina Powęska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Territorial self-governments as structures operating on a regional and local basis are the main source for financing cultural expenditures in Poland. A total of around 70% of all cultural heritage expenses came from commune, county (powiat) and voivodship budgets. Consequently, a research question was asked whether and to what extent the financing of culture from the budgets of territorial self-governments is spatially diverse. The main purpose of this study is to determine the regional differentiation of spending on culture and cultural heritage from local government budgets. An attempt was also made to indicate the reasons for these differences. For statistical analyses the data of the Local Data Bank of the Statistics Poland (Główny Urząd Statystyczny) were used. Regional differentiation was demonstrated regarding the share of culture in the expenditure from local government budgets. The spatial distribution of the phenomenon is the result of the interaction of three factors: the level of socio-economic development, cultural potential, and cultural policy of the voivodship self-governments.

scholarly journals DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF PRO-POOR GROWTH

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-280
Author(s):  
Maria Piotrowska
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Poor Growth ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Mediation Models

Balancing sustainable growth requires poverty to be reduced. The paper is aimed at determining under which conditions growth can be considered pro-poor. Own approaching to the definition of pro-poor growth is suggested. It allows identifying the growth factors, which directly reduce poverty. Furthermore, it analyses two transmission mechanisms through which growth can reduce poverty; a labor market and local redistribution. It reveals barriers in poverty reduction thus pointing at necessary state intervention. It also helps to evaluate if the sectors of strongest foreign direct investments contribute to poverty reduction. The hypotheses suggested in the paper are verified on a base of data from two sources: the Polish Household Budget Surveys and Local Data Bank offered by the Central Statistical Office of Poland for a period of 2005-2011. To identify the direct effects of growth on poverty reduction through labor market and local redistribution, we apply mediation models. Estimations of panel data models are used to assess dependence of poverty on economic growth and its factors, and relationships in the mediation models.

scholarly journals THE DEGREE OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY AT A LOCAL LEVEL: EVIDENCE FROM MAZOVIAN COUNTIES IN POLAND

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (4) ◽  
pp. 421-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Siudek
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Distance Analysis ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

he aim of this study was to determine the sustainability degree of local development for counties of the Mazowieckie (Mazovian) Voivodship in the years 2006-2015. Research was conducted on a population of 42 counties (territorial units at NUTS 4 level), including 5 town counties (towns possessing county status) and 37 land counties. Basing on data from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office, three dimensions of development were investigated: economic, social and ecological (environmental). The author’s conceptual approach, incorporating dimensional indexes of development and Euclidean distance analysis, was applied to capture the interactions between and balance across the three pillars of sustainability. Through the results of the study, it is observed that the highest degree of local development sustainability was achieved by counties located up to 50 kilometres from Poland’s capital city Warsaw (i.e. grodziski, grójecki, nowodworski, otwocki, sochaczewski, wołomiński and żyrardowski), while the lowest by towns with a county status (Ostrołęka, Płock and Warsaw) and by peripheral counties of the east and south part of the Mazovian Voivodship (siedlecki, przysuski, lipski and zwoleński). In the 2015 ranking, according to the sustainability degree of counties, the first three spots were taken by ciechanowski, przasnyski and sochaczewski counties. The following town counties took the last three positions: Ostrołęka, Płock and Warsaw.

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