THE USE OF EU FUNDS FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (0) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
Ryszard Rolbiecki ◽  
Dorota Książkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Capital Spending ◽  
Cohesion Fund ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
The Eu

Significant backlog of transport infrastructure development in Poland is to a great extent a consequence of small capital spending on transport development. Since Poland entered the EU, European funds are an important source of support to infrastructure investments in transport sector. Financial support from the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund optained by Poland in years 2004–2006 and 2007–2013, allowed for a substantial increase in investment expenditure on transport infrastructure and as a result, allowed for accelerating infrastructure modernization. Also in the current budgetary perspective of 2014– 2020 there are no delays in the use of the structural funds and the Cohesion Fund. The processes of signing funding agreements and the submission of applications for refund are smoothly covered.

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (0) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Ryszard Rolbiecki
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Technical Specification ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Energetic Efficiency ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
National Framework ◽  
The Eu

An increase of the energetic efficiency of the economy is one of the priority goals of EU policy. In all the sectors of the EU-28 countries this goal has been achieved. However, in the transport sector, which is especially dependent on the supplies of crude oil, the energy consumption continues to increase. This is why, a wider use of alternative fuels is one of the ways of increasing the transport energy efficiency and decrease the dependency on crude oil. In transportation, there is a chance to increase the use of electricity and natural gas. However, the use of these energy sources in transport depends on the development of appropriate infrastructure. The requirements regarding the technical specification of the alternative fuel infrastructure and the time horizon for the construction of these facilities have been described in the European Parliament and Council Directive of 22.10.2014 on the development of alternative fuels infrastructure. In Poland, the development directions regarding the use of alternative fuels in transport and the goals of the transport infrastructure development have been set out in the year 2016 in the national framework for the policy of alternative fuels infrastructure development.

scholarly journals Distributing the European structural and investment funds from a conflicting claims approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-José Solís-Baltodano ◽  
José-Manuel Giménez-Gómez ◽  
Josep E. Peris
Keyword(s):  
Investment Funds ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Allocation Process ◽  
Claims Problem ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
The Eu

AbstractIn order to support economic development across all European Union regions, €351.8 billion –almost a third of the total EU budget– has been set aside for the Cohesion Policy during the 2014–2020 period. The distribution of this budget is made through five main structural and investment funds, after long and difficult negotiations among the EU member states. This paper analyzes the problem of allocating the limited resources of the European Regional Development Fund as a conflicting claims problem. Specifically, we attempt to show how the conflicting claims approach fits this actual problem, and we propose alternative ways of distributing the budget via (i) claims solutions or (ii) the imposition of bounds (guarantees) to each of the regions. By applying this approach we also show that there is a claims solution that performs better than the others by reducing inequality and promoting convergence to a greater degree. It is clear that political bargaining will always be part of the allocation process. However, having an intuitive initial proposal may help politicians to find the best agreement. To that effect, we propose the use of a claims solution as a way to find an initial proposal for future policy changes concerning the allocations of the EU structural funds.

scholarly journals The main achievements of the EU structural funds 2007–2013 in the EU member states: efficiency analysis of transport sector

Equilibrium ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukáš Melecký
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

Research background: The European Union currently provides financial support to the Member States through various financial tools from European Structural and Investment Funds 2014–2020, and previously from the EU Structural Funds. In both terminologies, the funds represent the main instrument of EU Cohesion Policy to sustain territorial development, to increase competitiveness and to eliminate regional disparities. The overall impact of EU Funds depends on the structure of funding and absorption capacity of the country. Purpose of the article: The efficiency of funding across the EU Member States is a fundamental issue for EU development as a whole. The Author considers deter-mining the efficiency of EU Funds as an issue of high importance, and therefore this paper provides a contribution to the debate on the role of EU Cohesion Policy in the Member States. The paper focuses on territorial effects of relevant EU Funds in programming period 2007–2013 in infrastructure through efficiency analysis. Methods: Efficiency analysis is based on data at the country level, originating from ex-post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007–2013 and representing the input and output variables to analyse whether the goal of fostering growth in the target countries have been achieved with the funds provided, and whether or not more resources generated stronger growth effects in transport accessibility. The paper deals with comparative cross-country analysis, descriptive analysis of dataset and multiple-criteria approach of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the form of output-oriented BCC VRS model of efficiency and output-oriented APM VRS subsequently model of super-efficiency. Findings & Value added: The paper aims to test the factors of two inputs and five outputs, trying to elucidate the differences obtained by the Member States in effective use of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund in the transport sector. The paper determines if the countries have been more efficient in increasing their levels of competitive advantages linked with transport. Preliminary results reveal that most countries with a lower amount of funding achieve higher efficiency, especially countries in a group of so-called “old EU Member States”, i.e. group EU15.

scholarly journals 10. Contemplative Studies of the 'Natural' World

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-192
Author(s):  
Francesco Prota ◽  
Gianfranco Viesti ◽  
Mauro Bux
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Cohesion Fund ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Funds Allocation ◽  
Eastern European Countries

As mentioned, the Cohesion Policy is the EU’s main investment policy and — in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund became the major sources of finance for investment in many countries. Francesco Prota, Gianfranco Viesti and Mauro Bux, in chapter 10, review how this policy has evolved over time in terms of financial size and geographical coverage. Firstly, in the programming period 2000–2006, the centre of gravity in Structural Funds allocation shifted from the Southern regions too the Eastern regions of Europe. What is interesting is that, looking at the expenditure composition by types, ‘transport infrastructure’ and ‘environmental infrastructure’ are the main expenditure items. The investments in transport infrastructure financed by the Cohesion Policy have changed the accessibility of EU regions. In particular, many regions in Eastern Europe have significantly benefitted from the Cohesion Policy financed transport infrastructure investments in terms of improved accessibility. Also, as result of the 2008 crisis, the Cohesion Policy has been the major source of finance for public investment for many Member States of the European Union. In 2015–2017 it represents around 14% of the total; this figure is larger than 50% in some small Central and Eastern European countries, in Portugal and Croatia; larger than 40% in Poland; larger than 30% in most of the other Central and Eastern European countries. In the EU-15, the figure is lower in most Member States (7% for Spain, 4.4% for Italy and 2.5 % for Germany). However, it has reached 20% of total capital expenditures in Convergence regions in Spain, 15% in Italy and 10% in Germany.

scholarly journals A Clash between the Business and Political Climates in Sweden – Gender in the European Structural Fund Partnerships

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Hedfeldt ◽  
Gun Hedlund
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Structural Fund ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional ◽  
Gain Access ◽  
The Eu

In this paper we highlight and discuss a Swedish equality paradox in two different spheres: entrepreneurship and politics. We focus on the EU Structural Funds and women entrepreneurs' access to resources through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Combining human geography and political science, we draw upon network and partnership theory posing questions concerning the room for manoeuvre for women entrepreneurs to gain access to relevant networks, to create new networks in order to establish relations with EU related partnerships, and to gain access to the process of allocating EU structural fund financial resources.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of EU Regional Policy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Finland

REGION ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ville Vehkasalo
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Postal Code ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Postal Code Area ◽  
European Regional ◽  
The Eu

European Union regional policy is implemented through structural funds, such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which support investment in peripheral regions of the EU. We studied the effects of EU regional policy on key economic variables using a rare natural experiment setting. In 2007, parts of regions that were previously covered by the ERDF programme for Western Finland were reallocated to the ERDF programme for Northern Finland, with higher support intensity per capita. This area reallocation was caused by the newly adopted EU legislation regulating the classification of regional statistical areas. With a detailed postal code area dataset and a difference-in-differences estimator, we discovered desirable regional policy effects on unemployment and the number of jobs.

scholarly journals СТАН ДЕРЖАВНОГО РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ТРАНСПОРТНОЇ ІНФРАСТРУКТУРИ ТА ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ЇЇ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ

2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Оксана І. Дмитрієва
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Analytical Instruments ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Regulation Of Transport ◽  
Development Regulation

The article seeks to explore the state of government regulation of transport infrastructure and to reveal its specifics in ensuring this sector efficiency in the context of economic globalization. The study suggests that the framework of legislative and strategic documents in the area of transport industry and its infrastructure development regulation should be considered at the international, national and the regional levels. The paper also provides insights to the key challenges hindering the innovative development of the transport infrastructure in Ukraine. The research findings have revealed the major gaps in the system of government regulation of the Ukrainian transport infrastructure which refer to: the absence of a single public regulatory authority in the transport sector which is empowered to perform regulatory, monitoring and the control functions; fundamental imbalances in transport infrastructure development (as to different transport categories); the lack of tax incentives for investors in infrastructure facilities; the lack of a balancing mechanism to regulate the number of operators in various transport market sectors through licensing procedures; the absence of an effective mechanism for designing appropriate pricing (tariff) policies in the transport sector focusing on the need to prevent monopolization while promoting competition in adjacent markets etc. It is argued that a strategy to eliminate the above shortcomings in government regulation practices in the area of transport infrastructure should be built through searching a balance between deregulation (decentralization) and excessive centralization in the specified sector. With the purpose of consolidating and structuring the information to ensure the efficiency of transport infrastructure development based on government intervention, the study has identified the following components of a basic government regulation toolkit which involves a wide range of organizational, regulatory, social, economic, innovative, market-based, informational and analytical instruments.

Connecting Europe Facility in the system of joint financing of the EU critical infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Robert BALAKIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
Financing Infrastructure ◽  
The Eu

The study shows components of financial support for the formation and development of critical infrastructure entities in the European Union. The sustainable functioning of critical infrastructure is aimed at the observance of common Union interests, given the existence of differences in the economic policy in different EU Member States. It was found that the development of Trans-European infrastructure programs is carried out within the framework of the EU Cohesion Policy. The Connecting Europe Facility is a key special tool for funding critical infrastructure in the EU transport, energy and digital services sectors. The Fund is mainly used to finance entities aimed at achieving the goals of the European Green Deal. Recommendations for Ukraine to take into account the experience of financial support regulation for the development of the EU critical infrastructure are substantiated. Based on the experience of the EU, the criteria for determining the priority of the project for financing critical infrastructure are highlighted. Based on the analysis of the formation and use of the Connecting Europe Facility as the main common instrument for financing the EU critical infrastructure, a conclusion was made on the feasibility of establishing a critical infrastructure development fund of Ukraine to support financing of key projects in transport, digital and energy infrastructure. Special rules for determining the eligible costs incurred for financing infrastructure projects at the expense of the critical infrastructure development fund of Ukraine are disclosed.

scholarly journals Investment Risk Management and Economic Aspects of Transport Infrastructure Development

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
Gintautas Labanauskas ◽  
Ramūnas Palšaitis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Investment Risk ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Railway Network ◽  
Multiple Indicators

Investment Risk Management and Economic Aspects of Transport Infrastructure Development The major causes of investment riskiness into transport infrastructure relate to international economy instability, lack of clearly defined and accurate information on the overall processes of international intermodal transportation, absence of objective information due to inconsequent market research as regards interpretation of economic, political and other aspects. Assessment of objective integrated investments into public transport sector as a very specific branch of economy should necessarily be evaluated as multiple indicators affecting different spheres of community, and the final solution should be drawn when all multi-criteria indicators are well appraised. Economy based grounding of the optimal choice from all possible variants when solving specific tasks of the transport sector, depends on the economic expediency of the constructed subject. The main factors of effective usage of investments become apparent in the process of solving the task of road or railway network development optimisation.

scholarly journals LIMITS AND RISK OF DEVELOPING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN POLAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1/2017) ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
Stanislaw Miecznikowski
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Bond Yields ◽  
Financial Perspective ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Barriers To Growth ◽  
The Eu

Low investment and other mistakes made in the process of transport development has led to the situation where even the infrastructure of the most developed transport branches does not correspond to European standards. Underdevelopment of transport infrastructure in Poland has become one of the main barriers to growth and modernization of the country. Well-developed transport infrastructure is an important determinant of socio-economic development. Over 25 years after the start of the economic transformation in Poland, the condition of transport infrastructure in this country remains unsatisfactory. However, since the accession to the European Union, the development of transport infrastructure in Poland has improved significantly. Funds from the EU have contributed significantly to this progress. The current financial perspective may be the last chance for Poland to get EU funding for transport infrastructure development in such a large scale. Therefore, it is particularly important that the allocated funds are fully absorbed. For this to happen, project beneficiaries should be able to obtain funds for their own contributions. The increase in bond yields related to rating downgrade, weakening banks or shifting funds from investment to consumption may weaken Poland’s ability to take advantage of opportunities arising from EU funds.

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