@inbook {4396, title = {Financial engineering instruments for urban investments}, booktitle = {EU Cohesion Policy}, year = {2024}, pages = {145{\textendash}160}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, organization = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham}, abstract = {
Financial instruments under Cohesion Policy (CP) are increasingly identified as a more efficient and sustainable alternative to complement traditional grant-based financial support. They are essential in triggering investments characterised by revenue-generating and cost-saving activities. The chapter presents the use of financial instruments for sustainable urban development. In the face of increasing urban needs and budgetary constraints, any measures which maximise private investments, coupled with limited public spending, while contributing to the achievement of the CP objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion were widely welcomed. Using the Joint European Support for Investments in City Areas (JESSICA) initiative, the chapter outlines a regulatory framework for allocating CP funds to urban development funds. It describes the institutional and administrative system of JESSICA and discusses the experience gained through the implementation of this initiative, paying attention to both significant opportunities and some shortcomings.
}, keywords = {Financial instruments; JESSICA initiative; Sustainable urban development; Holding fund; Revolving mechanism; Managing authorities}, issn = {978 1 80220 939 6}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209402.00021}, url = {https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781802209402/book-part-9781802209402-21.xml}, author = {Piotr Idczak} } @book {4353, title = {Financial Engineering in Sustainable Funding of Urban Development in the EU Reflections on the JESSICA Initiative}, year = {2022}, pages = {1-243}, publisher = {De Gruyter}, organization = {De Gruyter}, address = {Berlin/ Boston}, abstract = {This theoretically rooted and research-based book provides insights on the JESSICA funding model which {\textendash} unlike the traditional non-repayable aid {\textendash} focuses on supporting sustainable urban development projects in a repayable and recyclable way. Looking through the lens of the JESSICA financial engineering mechanism used in urban transformation, it examines the functioning and performance thereof and formulates policy recommendations for the future. The aim of this volume is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the JESSICA sustainable funding model by exploring its repayable assistance mechanism to support sustainable urban development projects. The authors make several noteworthy contributions to the literature on EU cohesion policy and shed light on the use of the repayable instruments within public interventions, while providing, for the first time, a critical analysis of the JESSICA sustainable funding model from the holistic perspective which is especially relevant for supporting sustainable urban development. Financial Engineering in Sustainable Funding of Urban Development in the EU provides policy-significant findings that are important for EU cohesion policy in the field of repayable assistance to be reinvested in the long term in urban and regional transformation. Includes an in-depth exploration of the particular aspects of EU cohesion policy Provides theoretical discussion and empirics illustrated by figures and maps. Contributors are experts, representing policy-oriented and academic research.}, keywords = {cohesion policy, EU, EU funds, financial engineering, JESSICA, Poland, urban development, urban policy, urban regeneration}, isbn = {9783110762198}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110762198}, url = {https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110762198/html$\#$overview}, author = {Piotr Idczak and Ida Musia{\l}kowska} } @inbook {4290, title = {Fair Trade Movement and Market Development for Decent Work and Economic Growth}, booktitle = {Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Springer}, organization = {Springer}, keywords = {alternative business model, alternative trade, Alternative Trade Organizations, alternative trading model, development of Fair Trade market, Fair Trade, Fair Trade certification, Fair Trade Movements and Markets, Fair Trade Organizations, Fair Trade product, Fair Trade product labels, history of Fair Trade movement, mainstreaming of Fair Trade, origins of Fair Trade, poverty reduction, World Shops}, author = {Magdalena {\'S}liwi{\'n}ska} } @article {4288, title = {Fair Trade phenomenon - limits of neoclassical and chances of heterodox economics}, journal = {Studia z Polityki Publicznej}, volume = {3}, year = {2019}, pages = {11-37}, abstract = {Between 6 and 8 October 2014, the 12th European Week of Regions and Cities {\textendash} OPEN DAYS {\textendash} hosted an early career Master Class for the second time, aiming to improve understanding of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy and its research potential. Organized by the European Commission{\textquoteright}s DG for Regional and Urban Policy (DGREGIO), the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Regional Studies Association (RSA), the Master Class brought together 29 doctoral students and early career researchers from 15 EU member states and three non-EU countries.
The evaluation of the Master Class by participants and lecturers revealed a high level of satisfaction with the networking opportunities provided. The World Caf{\'e} session coordinated by John Bachtler from the Strathclyde University received the highest appreciation. As a result of the latter, participants of the Master Class summarized their views on different aspects in the five subsequent articles. Marius Guderjan, Alba Smeriglio and Myrto Tourtouri look into the policy and research challenges for EU Cohesion Policy for the years to come. Neculai-Cristian Surubaru, Koen Salemink, Piotr Idczak and Christian Kj{\ae}r Monsson discuss the components of administrative capacity, the elements that affect it and instruments that may help improve it. Also with regard to administrative capacity-building for the management of the EU Structural and Investment Funds, Hunor Bajtalan, Chiara Garau, Mariana Soultanova and Alessia Usai propose a stronger research focus on possibilities to reduce political intervention in public administrations and on the role civil society organizations can play in this respect. Finally, two articles focus on research challenges concerning the {\textquoteleft}European Territorial Cooperation{\textquoteright} objective of EU Cohesion Policy, also known as {\textquoteleft}Interreg{\textquoteright}. Eduardo Medeiros, Tomasz Szulc and Marco Trienes suggest concentrating on the development of typologies of border regions, the need for a longer-term cross-border planning process, and the use of territorial impact assessment instruments, while Annika Jaansoo, Emily Lange, G{\"o}khan Yalcin, Gordon Modro and Jean-Marc Venineaux develop a list of issues reflecting on {\textquoteleft}capacity and governance{\textquoteright}
}, issn = {2168-1376 (Online)}, doi = {10.1080/21681376.2015.1013151}, url = {http://rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21681376.2015.1013151}, author = {Wolfgang Petzold and Marius Guderjan and Alba Smeriglio and Myrto Tourtouri and Neculai- Cristian Surubaru and Koen Salemink and Piotr Idczak and Christian Kj{\ae}r Monsson and Hunor Bajtalan and Chiara Garau and Mariana Soultanova and Alessia Usai and Eduardo Medeiros and Tomasz Szulc and Marco Trienes and Annika Jaansoo and Emily Lange and G{\"o}khan Yalcin and Gordon Modro and Jean-Marc Venineaux} } @article {670, title = {Formalizacja i przenikalno{\'s}{\'c} granicy pa{\'n}stwowej a poziom rozwoju obszar{\'o}w przygranicznych na przyk{\l}adzie wojew{\'o}dztwa dolno{\'s}l{\k a}skiego i podlaskiego}, journal = {Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne}, volume = {7, No. 1}, year = {2014}, month = {08/2014}, pages = {5-23}, chapter = {5}, keywords = {granica zewn{\k e}trzna i wewn{\k e}trzna Unii Europejskiej, region przygraniczny, rozw{\'o}j regionalny, strefa Schengen}, author = {{\L}ukasz Wr{\'o}blewski} } @proceedings {441, title = {Financing of Cultural Activities by the Public Authorities. Case of Poland.}, year = {2012}, pages = {107-116}, publisher = {Universitat Internacional de Catalunya}, edition = {Enrique Banus, Cristina Branea}, address = {Barcelona, Spain}, keywords = {culture, financial instruments, Poland, public authorities}, isbn = {978-84-695-0576-2}, url = {http://www.uic.es/progs/obj.uic?id=500e99f41b8b4}, author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Joanna Przybylska} }