01955nas a2200217   4500008004100000245012200041210006900163260001200232300000900244490000700253520118700260653002001447653003801467653002301505653001101528653005001539653002501589100002301614700001801637856008201655       2025                        eng d00aContributing to territorial cohesion by EU cohesion policy financial instrument? The JESSICA implementation in Poland0 aContributing to territorial cohesion by EU cohesion policy finan  c09/2025  a10230 v333 aThe paper examines the territorial distribution of the JESSICA funding support (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas), a financial engineering instrument of EU Cohesion Policy among Polish cities. It addresses an existing gap in the literature and provides an analysis of a spatial distribution of repayable assistance, which is absent in CP studies. The study i) provides a comprehensive overview of the spatial distribution of the JESSICA funding across cities within particular regions, focusing on smaller cities regarded as secondary territorial cohesion cities (ScTCC) that should play an important role in territorialized development policy; (ii) assesses to what extent the JESSICA projects in SCTCC fit in with spatial-functional arrangements laid down in the regional spatial management plans; (iii) determines factors of the attractiveness of ScTCC as the JESSICA beneficiaries. Results confirm that ScTCC have enough capacities to implement revolving instrument projects, outperformed the capital cities in implementing the JESSICA projects, and are important but under-researched and under-represented actors of the urban and cohesion policy.10acohesion policy10afinancial engineering instruments10aJESSICA initiative10aPoland10asecondary territorial cohesion cities (ScTCC)10aterritorial cohesion1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2025.2550988?src=exp-la01568nas a2200217   4500008004100000245013500041210006900176260001200245300000900257520082200266653001101088653002001099653002301119653001101142653003301153653002501186100001801211700001801229700002301247856008001270       2021                        eng d00aSpatial Distribution of JESSICA  Funding Across Polish Municipalities. Perspective of Territorial Dimension  of EU Cohesion Policy0 aSpatial Distribution of JESSICA Funding Across Polish Municipali  c10/2021  a7-203 aThe JESSICA initiative was set up to provide a more sustainable and efficient response to the needs of urban areas, as compared to non-repayable grants. Anchored in the literature on place-based policy and territorial cohesion, this paper addresses the question how the JESSICA funds were allocated among Polish cities – whether, intuitively, only to key urban centres, or to smaller cities as well. The results illustrate that the repayable assistance of JESSICA was dispersed throughout the regions, although the degree of dispersion remains mixed across them. Almost half of the JESSICA funds was transferred to small and medium-sized cities. It was also found that the bulk of the assistance went to the projects that were implemented in cities situated within metropolitan areas of the regional capital cities.10acities10acohesion policy10aJESSICA initiative10aPoland10astandard deviational ellipse10aterritorial cohesion1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMrozik, Karol1 aMusiałkowska, Ida  uhttps://studreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_sril_files/1746/2021_3_idczak_mrozik.pdf01982nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245013700055210006900192300001200261490000600273520122500279653002501504653003201529653002301561653002901584653002301613100001801636700002301654700001801677856006901695       2019                        eng d  a0867-889800aEcosystem services in the appraisal of the economic performance of urban regeneration projects exemplified by the JESSICA initiative0 aEcosystem services in the appraisal of the economic performance   a214-2290 v33 aThe purpose of this paper is to indicate the valuation importance of externalities derived from the urban ecosystem services (UES) in terms of their applicability in the appraisal process of urban regeneration projects co-financed from European funds. Specifically, it examines the impact of UES on the project's economic performance, and thereby on human quality of life. Using the discounted cash flow method, this paper estimates the project's economic performance indicators including the identified UES upon their prior valuation. The valuation was carried out on the basis of the benefit analysis, contingent valuation method-"willingness to pay" and benefit transfer method, as recommended by Bernaciak, Wojcieszak (2014) and Zawojska et al. (2016). Results show that urban projects including UES are characterised by the higher values of the economic performance indicators and they should be assessed higher than projects with little or no UES because of their stronger contribution to the sustainable development of urban areas. In spite of the fact that there are limitations due to the UES valuation techniques used in the study, the presented approach could be an important tool for the project's appraisal.10aeconomic performance10aenvironmental externalities10aJESSICA initiative10aurban ecosystem services10aurban regeneration1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aMrozik, Karol  uhttp://ekonomiaisrodowisko.pl/uploads/Ei%C5%9A70/08%20idczak.pdf01633nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245008200055210007300137260001200210300001200222490001200234520092200246653003801168653002301206653001701229653003401246100001801280700002301298700001801321856007601339       2019                        eng d  a0079-349300aZdolność projektów JESSICA do oddziaływania na procesy rynkowe w miastach0 aZdolność projektów JESSICA do oddziaływania na procesy rynkowe w  c10/2019  a202-2220 v273/2743 a<p style="text-align: justify;">JESSICA initiative as a financial engineering instrument was introduced to enhance and accelerate investments in disadvantaged urban areas. The novel aspect of JESSICA is that this instrument should not only support and promote sustainable urban development but also provide incentives that lower risk capital investments and consequently allow to overcome existing market failures. Thus, the paper aims to identify whether JESSICA projects have contributed to generating positive market effects, as well as to indicate the factors that were most responsible for the occurrence of these phenomena. The results show that 75% out of all projects generated positive market effects in form of new jobs, services or products. The generation of revenues by particular project was the most influential factor determining the capacity of a given project to create positive markets effects.</p>10afinancial engineering instruments10aJESSICA initiative10aregeneration10asustainable urban development1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aMrozik, Karol  uhttp://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/131028/edition/114442/content