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-la03157nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245008900055210006900144260001200213300001200225490000700237520247100244653000702715653001302722653002602735653001202761653001102773653002802784653002302812100002302835700001802858856003902876 2023 eng d a1680-904100aLos proyectos JESSICA como catalizadores del desarrollo urbano sostenible en Polonia0 aLos proyectos JESSICA como catalizadores del desarrollo urbano s c02/2023 a203-2220 v953 aUna de las consecuencias negativas de los procesos de desarrollo que han tenido lugar en la Unión Europea son las disparidades en el desarrollo de las ciudades y zonas urbanas, que afectan tanto a los ciudadanos como al nivel de actividad económica, lo que puede conducir a la degradación 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 relación con un proceso de regeneración. A fin de abordar este problema, la Comisión Europea decidió presentar la iniciativa de Ayuda Europea Conjunta en Apoyo de Inversiones Sostenibles en Zonas Urbanas (JESSICA), como parte de la política de cohesión ejecutada en el período 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 solución propuesta. El primer país en firmar el acuerdo fue Polonia, que implantó JESSICA en cinco regiones (Pomorskie, Mazowieckie, Śląskie, Wielkopolskie y Zachodniopomorskie). Este enfoque innovador entrañó numerosos desafíos para todas las partes interesadas (actores europeos, regionales y locales procedentes tanto del sectorpúblico como del privado) que participaron en la planificación y la implementación de la iniciativa. La metodología empleada se basa en el paradigma positivista, que examina las relaciones causales entre las intervenciones públicas (proyectos) y sus efectos. Se ha adoptado un enfoque realista en las técnicas de evaluación, así como en nuestra propia evaluación de todos los proyectos, realizada por expertos, que se han fundamentado a través de numerosas herramientas analíticas como el agrupamiento jerárquico y aglomerativo. De las principales conclusiones del estudio se desprende que los proyectos ejecutados en Polonia tan solo cumplen parcialmente los supuestos teóricos, 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 región destaca en cuanto a la calidad de los proyectos (Zachodniopomorskie). Los proyectos relacionados con el patrimonio histórico o cultural, seguidos de los que se centran en la reconversión de los terrenos industriales abandonados, son los que mejor reflejan la complejidad del desarrollo urbano sostenible10aEU10aEU funds10afinancial engineering10aJESSICA10aPoland10asustainable development10aurban regeneration1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr uhttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/4868502358nam a2200253 4500008004100000020001800041245011800059210006900177260003100246300001000277520154600287653002001833653000701853653001301860653002601873653001201899653001101911653002201922653001701944653002301961100001801984700002302002856007902025 2022 eng d a978311076219800aFinancial Engineering in Sustainable Funding of Urban Development in the EU Reflections on the JESSICA Initiative0 aFinancial Engineering in Sustainable Funding of Urban Developmen aBerlin/ BostonbDe Gruyter a1-2433 aThis theoretically rooted and research-based book provides insights on the JESSICA funding model which – unlike the traditional non-repayable aid – 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.10acohesion policy10aEU10aEU funds10afinancial engineering10aJESSICA10aPoland10aurban development10aurban policy10aurban regeneration1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110762198/html#overview01568nas 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.pdf01854nas a2200205 4500008004100000245010500041210006900146260001200215300001200227490000600239520117400245653002401419653003901443653001101482653001801493653002301511100001801534700002301552856007301575 2021 eng d00aUrban Regeneration as a Specific Type of Public Policy Response to Urban Decline. The Case of Poland0 aUrban Regeneration as a Specific Type of Public Policy Response  c08/2021 a204-2180 v43 a

The paper examines the issue of whether the process of policy formulation and implementation on urban regeneration in Poland is done pursuant to the rules of a cycle of public policy-making. This is carried out through the use of the functioning cycle of public policy in Poland proposed by Zybała (2015) that stresses the specificities of Polish conditions in the public policy-making. Hence, the aim of the study is to provide an overview of public policy-making on urban regeneration in the context of legislative and institutional-administrative practices. In the light of increasingly complex challenges faced by cities, there is a need for the necessary counter-balancing regeneration measures taking a form of state sponsored public policy. Therefore, the Act on Regeneration was adopted in 2015. The paper concludes that the adoption of this Act was dominated by the legislator which, with relatively little contribution from other stakeholders, resulted in a rather unambitious set of legal provisions on regeneration that have not substantially changed the instrumental approach of local authorities to urban regeneration.

10aAct on Regeneration10afunctioning cycle of public policy10aPoland10apublic policy10aurban regeneration1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/openps-2021-0019/html01642nas a2200169 4500008004100000022001400041245008000055210006900135260001200204300001200216520100400228653007201232653001101304100002301315700001801338856011601356 2018 eng d a2392-004100aIs the JESSICA initiative truly repayable instrument? The Polish case study0 aJESSICA initiative truly repayable instrument The Polish case st c04/2019 a142-1513 aThe JESSICA initiative introduced under the EU Cohesion Policy as revolving instrument, aimed at the regeneration processes and sustainable development of the cities. One of its main assumptions was to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the projects supported by JESSICA. The paper aims to identify whether all the projects implemented in Poland in the years 2007-2015 bring revenue and whether there is a relationship between the amount of the JESSICA loans/projects and the legal form of beneficiaries. The Polish case study based on the analysis of all the projects implemented in the five regions reveals that not all the projects bring revenues from their main operations. The legal form of a beneficiary plays also an important role with regard to the size of the loan/the value of the projects and determines a type of the results (economic, social) achieved by the projects. Thus, the recommendations for policy-makers responsible for the implementation of JESSICA 2 can be formulated.10aJESSICA; regeneration; revenue-generating projects; Cohesion Policy10aPoland1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr uhttps://www.dbc.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication/109385/edition/61927/content?ref=L2NvbGxlY3Rpb25kZXNjcmlwdGlvbi8yNTQ01295nas a2200217 4500008004100000020002200041022002200063245015200085210006900237250003300306260003400339300001200373520052600385653002900911653001000940653000700950653001100957653002000968100002300988856006601011 2018 eng d a978-981-10-5921-6 a978-981-10-5920-900aSubnational Development Policy as the Area of Common Interest Under the One Belt, One Road Initiative? The Case of Regional Policy-Making in Poland0 aSubnational Development Policy as the Area of Common Interest Un aCheng Y., Song L., Huang L.  aSingaporebPalgrave MacMillan a141-1613 aThis chapter provides an evaluation of the evolution of regional policy-making (at subnational level) in Poland, one of the 28 EU Member States, in the period from just before Poland’s entry into this organization in 2004 to the present. Areas of possible cooperation are discussed, with emphasis on decentralized cooperation and regional policy-making under the new One Belt, One Road strategy. The methods comprise analyses of legal acts, strategic documents, and evaluation reports and our own research in the field.10abelt and road initiative10aChina10aEU10aPoland10aregional policy1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-5921-6_901648nas a2200193 4500008004100000020002200041022002200063245005100085210005100136250003100187260002300218300001200241520101100253653002301264653001901287653001101306100002301317856011401340 2017 eng d a978-3-8487-4208-0 a978-3-8452-8477-400aImplementation of European Union law in Poland0 aImplementation of European Union law in Poland aWeronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz  aBaden-BadenbNomos a179-1923 aPoland is one of the countries with relatively high implementation rates of secondary EU law. According to Ulrich Sedelmeier, rates of implementation and compliance are higher in the ‘new member states’ than amongst the ‘EU-15’. This is due to their relatively good preparation of the public administration in the pre-accession period, institutional capacity building, socialization and institutional learning bound by pre-accession conditionality and monitoring requirement of the process. Nevertheless, in some of the most sensitive areas, transition periods were agreed by Poland and the European Union and to this day, a part of the EU law is yet to be implemented. Especially in the areas of particular economic or societal interest, the transposition might be formal and the implementation not substantial. This means that, in the first instance, Polish law rather than the implemented directive is taken into account, e.g. for laws on renewable sources of energy, or in the climate sector.10aEuropean Union law10aimplementation10aPoland1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttps://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783845284774-179/implementation-of-european-union-law-in-poland?page=103039nas a2200289 4500008004100000022001500041245008600056210006900142260001200211300001200223490000700235520219400242653003102436653001902467653001202486653001502498653002202513653002002535653002902555653001102584653001302595100001702608700001802625700002302643700001802666856006502684 2017 eng d a1470-9325 00aNon-profit leadership at local level: Reflections from Central and Eastern Europe0 aNonprofit leadership at local level Reflections from Central and c06/2017 a297-3150 v323 aSuccessful leadership in local development requires not only a vision, but good communication skills, stakeholder involvement, strategic planning and coordination and popular support via public participation. Our empirical study contributes to filling the gap in the literature about the role of non-profit leadership in urban and regional development. We study the characteristics of politicians in civil society and that of civil society’s leaders in politics as a prerequisite for successful local development. For this, we draw on the survey data of 374 local politicians from four large cities in Central Europe: Prague, Bratislava, Budapest and Poznań. The research affirms that non-profit non-governmental organisations do play an important role in local development and reveals similarities in all analysed cities, though with some variance. Local political elites are identified as engaging significantly in civil society organisations, despite low levels of general trust in these countries. About two-thirds of the local politicians who took part in the survey participate actively in civil society organisations in their respective cities but not coming from a previous non-profit non-governmental organisation employment. Not only are they active, but many of them also have positions as managers or directors, or as members of the board of directors in these organisations. Although neither membership nor leadership in non-profit non-governmental organisations appears to increase a local politician’s chance of being elected, except when those are engaged in local development or environmental issues. As spatial leadership plays an important role in the construction of new agendas and identities we have also investigated the views of local politicians on decentralisation, government service provision efficiency and the importance of several local policy topics, and found some puzzling differences across our V4 cities that possibly reflect cultural differences. Non-profit leadership in urban development is a neglected topic so far in the literature, our study adds empirical results from Central and Eastern Europe, yet there is ample room for future research.10aCentral and Eastern Europe10aCzech Republic10aHungary10aleadership10alocal development10alocal elections10anon-profit organizations10aPoland10aSlovakia1 aPotluka, Oto1 aKalman, Judit1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr uhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/026909421770728100768nas a2200241 4500008004100000020002200041245014300063210006900206250000600275260002400281300001200305490000600317653001300323653002600336653001200362653001100374653001700385653001600402653001800418100002300436700001800459856004900477 2016 eng d a978-83-7417-918-800aThe use of repayable financial instruments in the process of regeneration of degraded urban areas on the example of the JESSICA initiative0 ause of repayable financial instruments in the process of regener a1 aPoznańbPUEB Press a115-1360 v110aEU funds10afinancial instruments10aJESSICA10aPoland10aregeneration10aurban areas10aWielkopolskie1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aIdczak, Piotr uhttps://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/1208302118nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001400041245011400055210006900169300001000238490000900248520137400257653002001631653001301651653001501664653001101679653002601690653002401716653004801740100001801788700002301806856005901829 2014 eng d a2336-114X00aAssessment of the System of Project Selection under the Cohesion Policy "The Case of the Wielkopolska Region"0 aAssessment of the System of Project Selection under the Cohesion a69-980 v20143 a

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 the selection of projects. This element of the whole cycle of projects is an 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 beneficiaries – 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 research has also practical implications and can be a valuable case-study for policy-makers.

10acohesion policy10aEU funds10aevaluation10aPoland10aselection of projects10aWielkopolska region10aWielkopolska Regional Operational Programme1 aIdczak, Piotr1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttps://www.evaltep.cz/inpage/assessment-wielkopolska/03111nas a2200229 4500008004100000020002200041022000800063245010200071210006900173260004000242520229400282653001402576653003902590653001702629653001302646653001102659653002702670653001102697100002302708700001902731856013102750 2013 eng d a978-80-89013-68-5 ayes00aLEGAL ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EU FUNDS 2007-2013 IN POLAND – PRACTICE AND CHALLENGES0 aLEGAL ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EU FUNDS 20072013 IN POLA aBelgrade, SerbiabNISPAceec09/20133 a

Poland, since the pre-accession period, has been dealing with the European Union financial and technical assistance. However, current financial perspective of the EU gave Poland opportunity to be involved in the whole programming period and participate in each phase of the Cohesion Policy cycle. The responsibility of the implementation of this policy is shared between the European Commission and the Member States of the EU. Therefore, one of the key elements of the use of EU funds is the regulatory environment and legal acts adoption that enable proper use of the EU budgetary allocations. Besides, the strong impact of the European Union has been visible on the processes of governance and law creation on both central and regional levels of administration. It has resulted in appearance of multilevel governance and creation of  multilayered legal system in terms of the use of EU funds. One of the main aims of the article is to present Polish experiences with the implementation and creation of legal acts referring to the area of Cohesion Policy in the years 2007-2013 (including strengths and weaknesses). From comparison made to previous period 2004-2006 changes in the process of adoption and implementation of legal acts are noticeable. Moreover, some shifts towards stronger coordination in the phase of programming of the policy are visible. Challenges and remedies to weaknesses with reference to legal and management aspects of Cohesion Policy would be also discussed in concluding section of the paper. The methodology of the paper bases on the analysis of types of legal acts, legal and administrative procedures comprising EU regulations, Polish legal acts, Ministry of Regional Development regulations and guidelines, regional/local law, confronted with the consequences for system of EU funding and for potential beneficiaries. The results of the analysis can help to formulate recommendations for improvement in the forthcoming years 2014-2020 that can be useful not only in the Polish case. This particular experience can serve as in-depth case study for countries preparing themselves to join the EU and also provide some lessons for inter-regional co-operation in the area of regional development and consequences of multilayered law creation. 

10a2007-201310aadoption of operational programmes10acoordination10aEU funds10aEU law10aoperational programmes10aPoland1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aTalaga, Robert uhttps://www.academia.edu/3578342/Legal_aspects_of_the_implementation_of_EU_funds_2007-2013_in_Poland_-_practice_and_challenges00685nas a2200193 4500008004100000020002200041245008000063210006900143250003500212260006100247300001200308653001200320653002600332653001100358653002300369100002300392700002300415856005300438 2012 eng d a978-84-695-0576-200aFinancing of Cultural Activities by the Public Authorities. Case of Poland.0 aFinancing of Cultural Activities by the Public Authorities Case  aEnrique Banus, Cristina Branea aBarcelona, SpainbUniversitat Internacional de Catalunya a107-11610aculture10afinancial instruments10aPoland10apublic authorities1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aPrzybylska, Joanna uhttp://www.uic.es/progs/obj.uic?id=500e99f41b8b402254nas a2200313 4500008004100000020002200041245012700063210007100190260001200261300001200273490001300285520129100298653002601589653001601615653001201631653000701643653001301650653002001663653001301683653001501696653000801711653001101719653001101730653002601741653000701767100002301774700001901797856012401816 2011 eng d a978-83-89693-19-100aKontrola wydatkowania środków z funduszy strukturalnych jako element zarządzania procesem rozwoju regionalnego w Polsce0 aKontrola wydatkowania środków z funduszy strukturalnych jako ele c01/2012 a297-3110 v140/20113 a

The EU Cohesion Policy has had a great impact on many processes and changes in policy-making in Poland. In the area of regional development and development policy new instruments and creation of the systems of management and control had to be introduced in the Member States (MS) which is a derivative of the EU regulations. The MS however have autonomy in shaping the systems. Those two elements contribute to increasing complexity, multi-level governance and needs strong coordination of many elements. In the article the authors decided to analyse different types of external control of the use of EU Structural Funds and relate this to the phases of the project cycle management. The authors modify definition of external control and include also  control of the system by the stakeholders of the Cohesion Policy (social control) with the focus on administrative proceedings application. Therefore, multidimensional overview on proper functioning of the systems of the SF management and control in Poland is introduced by the authors. This approach is innovative and at the same time the article gives an opportunity to gather dispersed information on control present in the literature. The methodology  is based on legal acts analysis.

10aadministrative courts10aakty prawne10acontrol10aEU10aEU funds10afundusze unijne10akontrola10alegal acts10aPCM10aPoland10aPolska10asądy administracyjne10aUE1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aTalaga, Robert uhttp://skpzk.czasopisma.pan.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=245:no-140-2011&catid=84:wydania&Itemid=21000574nas a2200157 4500008004100000245009500041210006900136300000900205490001600214653001900230653002100249653001100270653002900281100002300310856008300333 2009 eng d00aEvolution of Priorities in Higher Education and R&D in the European Union. Case of Poland 0 aEvolution of Priorities in Higher Education and RD in the Europe a1-200 vSummer 200810aEuropean Union10ahigher education10aPoland10aresearch and development1 aMusiałkowska, Ida uhttp://forumonpublicpolicy.com/summer08papers/archivesummer08/musialkowska.pdf00835nas a2200193 4500008004100000245011900041210006900160300001200229490000600241653002600247653002000273653001500293653001100308653001900319653001600338100002300354700002300377856024100400 2009 eng d00aIdentyfying training needs of employees as a part of human recources management - cultural institutions case study0 aIdentyfying training needs of employees as a part of human recou a125-1310 v410acultural institutions10ahuman resources10amanagement10aPoland10atraining needs10aWielkoplska1 aMusiałkowska, Ida1 aPrzybylska, Joanna uhttp://www.google.pl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wzieu.pl%2Ffiles%2Fsm%2FSm4%2FSM4%2520spis_mumer.doc&ei=3LjJUoP-Lq6X7QaphICwBA&usg=AFQjCNFMQ8Rmp5lKH4vFAYUGRO_RsMDjTg&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZGUno socket