@article {4370,
	title = {Los proyectos JESSICA como catalizadores del desarrollo urbano sostenible en Polonia},
	journal = {CEPAL Serie Seminarion y Conferencias "Los desaf{\'\i}os de la planificaci{\'o}n para el desarrollo en Am{\'e}rica Latina y el Caribe: algoritmos, metodolog{\'\i}as y experiencias"},
	volume = {95},
	year = {2023},
	month = {02/2023},
	pages = {203-222},
	chapter = {203},
	abstract = {Una de las consecuencias negativas de los procesos de desarrollo que han tenido lugar en la Uni{\'o}n Europea son las disparidades en el desarrollo de las ciudades y zonas urbanas, que afectan tanto a los ciudadanos como al nivel de actividad econ{\'o}mica, lo que puede conducir a la degradaci{\'o}n del propio espacio. Las disparidades pueden entenderse como el resultado de un fallo del mercado. Por lo tanto, es preciso llevar a cabo intervenciones que guarden relaci{\'o}n con un proceso de regeneraci{\'o}n. A fin de abordar este problema, la Comisi{\'o}n Europea decidi{\'o} presentar la iniciativa de Ayuda Europea Conjunta en Apoyo de Inversiones Sostenibles en Zonas Urbanas (JESSICA), como parte de la pol{\'\i}tica de cohesi{\'o}n ejecutada en el per{\'\i}odo comprendido entre 2007 y 2013. JESSICA es un instrumento financiero rotatorio que se centra en el desarrollo sostenible de las ciudades, y 11 Estados miembros decidieron poner a prueba la soluci{\'o}n propuesta. El primer pa{\'\i}s en firmar el acuerdo fue Polonia, que implant{\'o} JESSICA en cinco regiones (Pomorskie, Mazowieckie, {\'S}l{\k a}skie, Wielkopolskie y Zachodniopomorskie). Este enfoque innovador entra{\~n}{\'o} numerosos desaf{\'\i}os para todas las partes interesadas (actores europeos, regionales y locales procedentes tanto del sectorp{\'u}blico como del privado) que participaron en la planificaci{\'o}n y la implementaci{\'o}n de la iniciativa. La metodolog{\'\i}a empleada se basa en el paradigma positivista, que examina las relaciones causales entre las intervenciones p{\'u}blicas (proyectos) y sus efectos. Se ha adoptado un enfoque realista en las t{\'e}cnicas de evaluaci{\'o}n, as{\'\i} como en nuestra propia evaluaci{\'o}n de todos los proyectos, realizada por expertos, que se han fundamentado a trav{\'e}s de numerosas herramientas anal{\'\i}ticas como el agrupamiento jer{\'a}rquico y aglomerativo. De las principales conclusiones del estudio se desprende que los proyectos ejecutados en Polonia tan solo cumplen parcialmente los supuestos te{\'o}ricos, y que las imensiones social y horizontal del desarrollo sostenible han estado infrarrepresentadas. Se observan ciertas divergencias a nivel regional en lo que respecta al enfoque modelo, y una regi{\'o}n destaca en cuanto a la calidad de los proyectos (Zachodniopomorskie). Los proyectos relacionados con el patrimonio hist{\'o}rico o cultural, seguidos de los que se centran en la reconversi{\'o}n de los terrenos industriales abandonados, son los que mejor reflejan la complejidad del desarrollo urbano sostenible},
	keywords = {EU, EU funds, financial engineering, JESSICA, Poland, sustainable development, urban regeneration},
	issn = {1680-9041},
	url = {https://hdl.handle.net/11362/48685},
	author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and 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}
}
@book {4280,
	title = {Successes \& Failures in EU Cohesion Policy: An Introduction to EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {208},
	publisher = {De Gruyter},
	organization = {De Gruyter},
	address = {Berlin/Warsaw},
	abstract = {Regions in the EU{\textquoteright}s Eastern and Southern peripheries tend to perform badly across many rankings from economic development, to quality of government,social justice and innovation potential, despite the fact that the vast majorityof EU structural funding has been spent in these countries. However, these countries followed different development trajectories and reacted differently to the economic crisis. Some of them still struggle, others thrive, others, afteryears of structural transformation, are stuck in a middle-income trap.Successes and failures as a result of EU cohesion implementation are avaluable source of feedback for future plans. Southern part of the EU, and Central and Eastern Europe provide an excellent opportunity to evaluatethem, The whole implementation exercise is sometimes challenging to accomplish, as both the public and private sectors have low absorption capacity. In contrast, positive experiences also emerged. Regions in Central and Eastern European countries witnessed improvements in the form of change in GDP per capita, benchmarked against the EU average during theyears 2008-2015, while Southern Europe improved similarly between 2000-2008. In this volume, the authors cover a variety of aforementioned problems and experiences of either all member states, with special attention to peripheral countries, or to sectoral or regional problems in selected countries. The book begins with an overview of the issues of economic convergence and quality of life in all member states. It also addresses political aspects of EU cohesion policy, including involvement of civil society into this public policy, as well as relationships between cohesion policy support and EU identification. The final section discusses an important novelty in the framework of EU cohesion policy, namely the JESSICA initiative, that is, an instrument offering repayable and recyclable funding targeted at economically-viable and sustainable urban development projects. Authors are engaged in research on EU cohesion policy and represent severaldisciplines: economics, political and social sciences.},
	keywords = {Central and Eastern Europe, cohesion policy, convergence, EU funds, European Union, regeneration, Southern Europe},
	issn = {978-83-957204-4-4},
	doi = {10.1515/9788395720451},
	url = {https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/580682?language=en},
	author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak and Oto Potluka}
}
@inbook {3924,
	title = {The use of repayable financial instruments in the process of regeneration of degraded urban areas on the example of the JESSICA initiative},
	booktitle = {Changes and Challenges in the Modern World Economy},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {115-136},
	publisher = {PUEB Press},
	organization = {PUEB Press},
	edition = {1},
	address = {Pozna{\'n}},
	keywords = {EU funds, financial instruments, JESSICA, Poland, regeneration, urban areas, Wielkopolskie},
	isbn = {978-83-7417-918-8},
	url = {https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/12083},
	author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak}
}
@article {2879,
	title = {Assessment of the System of Project Selection under the Cohesion Policy "The Case of the Wielkopolska Region"},
	journal = {Evalua{\v c}n{\'\i} teorie a praxe},
	volume = {2014},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {69-98},
	chapter = {69},
	abstract = {<p>The current year 2014 allows/has allowed for the first attempts to evaluate the operations, organization and implementation of the Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. The authors have analysed one of the elements that might have an impact on the results obtained under the regional operational programme in the Wielkopolska region in Poland, namely the modes of\&nbsp;the\&nbsp;selection of projects. This element of the whole cycle of projects is an\&nbsp;under-researched subject of scientific analyses even though the project selection itself has been deeply examined by (various) control institutions (the European Court of Auditors, Supreme Audit Offices etc.). The authors use evaluation concepts and a strategic management lens, and formulate five research questions on: the conditions necessary for the transparency of project selection, the main factors determining the choice of the adopted selection mode, the impact of the selection mode on the results, the quality of the work of experts, and the efficiency of the appeal procedures for\&nbsp;beneficiaries {\textendash} trying to answer all these questions in the subsequent sections of the article. The methods used comprise analyses of legislation, reports, primary data and in-depth-interviews with the stakeholders. The\&nbsp;research has also practical implications and can be a valuable case-study for policy-makers.</p>},
	keywords = {cohesion policy, EU funds, evaluation, Poland, selection of projects, Wielkopolska region, Wielkopolska Regional Operational Programme},
	issn = {2336-114X},
	url = {https://www.evaltep.cz/inpage/assessment-wielkopolska/},
	author = {Piotr Idczak and Ida Musia{\l}kowska}
}
