The results of the call for proposals for the "Local Development" Program were announced by Waldemar Buda, Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy. Support from the Program will be granted to 29 cities from all over Poland.

Przemyśl is another city on the list of winners of the "Local Development" Program. The funds from the Program will be allocated mainly for the development of the tourist and recreational potential. The city has a plan for increasing accessibility to the historic part of the city and for actions connected with adaptation to climate change.

The "Local Development" Program provides comprehensive support for the development of small and medium-sized towns. The submitted projects include long-term, integrated and multi-thematic concepts of city development. They are to improve the quality of life of all inhabitants - said Deputy Minister Waldemar Buda.

The "Local Development" program supports investments in the environment, economic and social development, efficiency of local public administration, thus improving living standards for all residents of small and medium-sized towns. Its objective is to strengthen the social and economic cohesion of the country.

Support under the Program will be available for activities that improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of small and medium-sized towns and cities through, among other things, projects aimed at improving air quality (switching to renewable energy sources or low-emission public transport), limiting unemployment, economic migration to large cities, supporting entrepreneurship and strengthening the local labour market. It is also an opportunity to implement projects that are part of the local housing policy. The Program also puts emphasis on strengthening and improving the functioning of local administration.

The projects prepared during the competition financed from the Norwegian and EEA Funds will contribute to the creation of a comprehensive plan for environmental, social, economic and institutional development of the winning cities.

Money for the development of Polish cities comes from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (the so-called Norwegian and EEA Funds). This is a form of non-refundable foreign aid granted by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to several countries of Central and Southern Europe and the Baltic states.
A full list of funded cities will be released July 9 at www.eog.gov.pl under the Local Development Program tab.

source: https://www.gov.pl