Investors of projects co-financed from EU funds

Abstract

Poland has been granted financial support which amounts to nearly 67.3 bln for the period 2007-2013. That amount is designated for various tasks that deal with regional policies and coherence programs. The purpose of this article is to verify a thesis which states that EU fund offer varies considerably depending on the investor criteria and that a major beneficiary of means allocated for regional operational programs are individual departments of territorial government. The first chapter of the article includes a definition of the investor, which has been determined based on the particular features of the investment. Next chapter describes basic groups of investors which utilize EU funding (excluding financial investments). The third chapter provides a general overview of the EU fund offers that are available, as well as describes the principles of granting financial aid. The fourth chapter possesses an analytical character. According to current data pertaining to signing of contracts for financing of the Silesian Voivodship the share of individual groups of investors has been determined according the amount of subsidies that have been granted. Based on the performed research the author attempts to conduct an analysis and evaluation of the diversity of EU fund offers within the auspices of this particular program. It should be mentioned that both analysis and evaluation are performed according to the investor criterion.