Government divides up resources between voivodships

Last week the government approved a document which provides details on the distribution of structural funds for 2007-2013. The total pool of resources available consists of €60bn from the EU budget and €25bn in domestic funds and contributions from private businesses.

Last week the government approved a document which provides details on the distribution of structural funds for 2007-2013. The total pool of resources available consists of €60bn from the EU budget and €25bn in domestic funds and contributions from private businesses.

Most of the cash will be parcelled out based on the number of inhabitants in each voivodship. The other 20% will be assigned exclusively to voivodships where GDP per capita does not exceed 80% of the national average and where unemployment is 50% above the national average. As a result, in 2007-2013 most aid from the EU budget in per capita terms (€900-1,200) will be dished out to the following voivodships: Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Swietokrzyskie and Warminsko-Mazurskie. On the other hand, the country’s most developed regions – Lodzkie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Slaskie and Wielkopolskie – will receive less than €500 per head. The country’s six other voivodships will be granted aid equal to €500-650 per inhabitant.

Distribution of EU resources for 2007-2013 by voivodship (€m)

Mazowieckie - 2,508.1

Slaskie - 2,121.0

Lubelskie - 2,017.2

Podkarpackie - 1,918.3

Warminsko-Mazurskie - 1,698.1

Malopolskie - 1,588.3

Wielkopolskie - 1,582.2

Dolnoslaskie - 1,575.2

Swietokrzyskie - 1,320.8

Kujawsko-Pomorskie - 1,249.7

Lodzkie - 1,239.8

Podlaskie - 1,201.4

Pomorskie - 1,165.2

Zachodniopomorskie - 1,064.0

Lubuskie - 572.5

Opolskie - 557.2

Source: Ministry of Regional Development