World Bank will support development of Poland’s “lagging regions”
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The World Bank is beginning work on a new project, aimed at supporting the poorer regions of Poland by better utilizing European Union funds made available to the country through the European Union Financial Framework 2014-2020, the World Bank informed.
Representatives from Podkarpackie and Świętokrzyskie, the two regions selected for this work, will cooperate with experts from the World Bank, the Ministry of Development, and the European Commission during this project. Within the framework of this project, World Bank experts will focus on activities fostering the development of cooperation between science and business, supporting vocational education and training, developing local entrepreneurship, and facilitating the starting of a business.
Recommendations based on this work will be made available in the middle of next year. Experts from the World Bank will then support the local governments in Podkarpackie and Świętokrzyskie in jointly implementing those recommendations and guidelines. Working groups, comprising representatives of the local administration, businesses, the NGO sector, and World Bank experts, are already in place for each area covered by this project.
