Complementarity and demarcation

Annex No. 2 to the ROP presents the complementarity and demarcation of the priority with other undertakings cofunded from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development within the Common Agricultural Policy and from the European Fisheries Fund within the Common Fisheries Policy as well as with undertakings cofunded within other ROP priorities.

Priority 2:

Development of information society in Lower Silesia (“Information Society”)

1. Objective of the priority

The main objective of the priority is the support for the competitiveness of the region through the development of broadly understood regional and local infrastructure of information society.

It will contribute to reduce a disparity in the access and use of the Internet and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) between the Lower Silesian society and other regions of the European Union. It is also important to reduce existing differences occurring within the region, in particular between urban centres and rural areas. Subsidised projects concerning rural areas and small towns will have at least 38% budget share for this priority.

2. Justification of the priority and its description

It is necessary to promote the use of information and communication technologies in order to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the region. The disparity between Poland and Lower Silesia and Member States of the “old” EU is enormous. According to the socio- economic analysis of the region, only 31% of households has a computer, of which access to the Internet is possible only for 17.1% (the EU – average of 43%). This situation is made worse by the fact that only 1/3 of households take advantage of a broadband Internet access located mainly in urban areas. The situation in enterprises and public administration is better in comparison with individual consumers, however, it is often insufficient to implement more complex systems and information services. It is estimated that the level of advancement of electronic public services (e-government, e-health, e-learning, e-business) equals less than 20% (in the EU Member States – 68%). Additionally, the level of full interactivity of public services (including the possibility of making the payments on-line) is poorly developed and hardly amounts to several percent while the EU average equals 40%. The disproportion in the development of information and communication technologies is especially evident in rural areas.

Such a situation necessitates the implementation of projects dealing with infrastructure in the scope of:

− creation and development of regional and local broadband and secure networks, especially in rural areas and small towns;

− development of secure data transmission systems with the use of the state-of-the-art technologies

− creation of public Internet access points as supplement to networks.

A common access to information will be improved through undertakings allowing for the development of public e-services on a regional and local scale. Projects implemented will deal with:

− constructing, restructuring and developing the information infrastructure of public administration, which will allow for efficient and secure access to data resources and information;

− creating new and improving existing services and applications allowing for efficient system for dealing with citizens and business entities (e.g. allowing for recognition of electronic signature, electronic document circulation, etc.);

− creating new and improving existing digital information resources and systems for electronic archiving of databases exploited by citizens and business entities (e.g. spatial information systems).

Within this type of projects it will be possible to obtain a financial support for training personnel implementing and operating information systems and technologies if this turns out to be necessary for achieving objectives formulated for projects (within cross-financing). Implemented projects should take into account rapid technological development and respect the principles of technological neutrality and open access.

A preference will be given to undertakings of translocal character aiming at integrating information systems at the regional and national level as well as to projects facilitating the development of “participation society”, e.g. improving the accessibility to information and communication technologies for the disabled and the elderly.

The implementation of the priority will ensure better accessibility to information and e-services for citizens and business entities in the region that in turn will facilitate socio- economic development.

3. Compliance of the priority with strategic documents

− Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion (CSG) – The priority complies with the guideline 1.2 “Improving knowledge and innovation for growth” through the implementation of Measure 1.2.3 “Promoting the information society for all”. Following activities are planned within this guideline: ensuring the use of ICT by enterprises and households and promoting the development through balanced support for supply and demand for goods and services in the scope of ICT, both public and private; in addition, this priority provides for ensuring an access to ICT infrastructure and related services at affordable prices and such degree of development which will enable their provision especially in peripheral and rural areas as well as in new Member States.

− National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) – This priority complies with the assumptions of the 4th NSRF objective, “Improving the competitiveness and innovation of enterprises, including in particular the manufacturing sector with high added value and the development of service sector” which includes the detailed objective of the development of information society. Assumptions within this objective include the implementation of modern services provided via electronic means, including the introduction of e-government services. Other implementations include electronic platforms of public services in the scope of social insurance, settlements with tax institutions or registration of business activity. All these will contribute to an increase in effectiveness of work, reduction of costs of running business activity, creation of new products and services and improvement of the quality of services.

− The 2020 Development Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship (DSLSV) - The implementation of the ROP priority will contribute to the execution of following priorities and actions of the Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship:

− In the social area of the Strategy: action “Ensuring common access to information and communication technologies” through supporting projects connected with the infrastructure ensuring an broadband Internet access for the public and the companies and the access to electronic services for citizens.

− In the economic area of the Strategy, the priority “Increasing the investment attractiveness of Lower Silesia”, through, among other things, information projects

and creation of Internet platforms aimed at better promotion of region’s advantages and an increase in possibilities to inform potential investors about investment incentives, and the priority “Creation of a knowledge-based economy”, through, among other things, projects connected with the development of information and communication technology.

4. Beneficiaries

The indicative list of main groups of beneficiaries that qualify for support within the Programme is included in Annex No. 1 to the ROP.

5. Indicators

Indicator Indicator name Unit of _measurement

Value of indicator in the base year Assumed value of indicator in the target year Source of data (its verification) Frequency of measurement Output indicators Number of projects executed within information society, including the number of projects concerning e-services project project 0 0 70 36 MA MA annually annually Result indicators

Number of new access nodes owned by the public administration

project _{0 300} MA annually

6. Categorisation of Funds assistance for 2007-2013

The following categories will be applicable within the “Information Society” priority: 10,11,13.

7. Cross-financing

The “Information Society” priority provides for applying cross-financing specified in point 2, Justification of the priority and its description, to achieve assumed objectives of the projects.

8. Complementarity and demarcation

Annex No. 2 to the ROP presents the complementarity and demarcation of the priority with other undertakings funded from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development within the Common Agricultural Policy and from the European Fisheries Fund within the Common Fisheries Policy as well as with undertakings funded within other ROP priorities.

Priority 3:

Development of transport infrastructure in Lower Silesia (“Transport”)

1. Objective of the priority

The main objective of the priority is the modernisation and development of existing transport infrastructure to modernise transport network with neighbouring regions and domestic connections, which will contribute to the development of areas of economic and tourism activity. The above will ensure the connection of the regional road network with the national and international transport system. Actions aimed at developing and improving the mass transport, reducing its adverse effect on the environment, and overcoming barriers faced by the disabled are equally important. Subsidised projects concerning rural areas and small towns will have at least 38% budget share for this priority.

2. Justification of the priority and its description

The area of the region comprises extensive road network, which includes roads of international importance (motorways A-4 and A-18). The density ratio for network of hard surface roads is above the national average by 9.5 km/100 km², which gives the Lower Silesian Voivodship the fourth place in Poland in this respect. The extensive road network is connected with large number of engineering structures. However, the above mentioned strong points are accompanied by a number of weaknesses. The main disadvantage is low technical and functional standard of majority of roads and progressive deterioration of the condition of existing network, which results mainly from presence of heavy transit traffic on public roads not adjusted to it. High traffic intensity that sometimes exceeds the required level of volume of traffic, is onerous as well, in particular on urban roads due to lack of the ring roads for many cities and localities. In addition to all these, the situation is made worse due to the condition of associated road infrastructure (i.e. parking lots, facilities for travellers, etc.), the infrastructure connected with traffic safety and management, and insufficient number of bridges, mainly over the River Odra. The fact that the region is a transit area and the number of cars will surely increase in the future may lead to the paralysis of traffic between regional centres and other areas, which will have adverse effect on the economic development of the voivodship and the condition of the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to undertake activities, which will counteract this negative tendency and facilitate the implementation of strategic vision of the development of Lower Silesia aimed at making this region a communication hub.

Therefore, following projects will be implemented within this priority:

− aimed at improving the quality of connections between voivodship, poviat and gmina roads (in particular, roads of high traffic intensity) and national roads,

− aimed at constructing ring roads for cities and localities and improving transit connections through the cities, in which the traffic intensity is high,

− aimed at improving the accessibility of economic development centres of regional importance (e.g. special economic zones, technology parks, industrial parks) and of local economic activity centres including in particular the areas with high unemployment rate. It is also crucial to improve roads leading to attractive tourist areas,

− aimed at modernising and constructing the engineering structures increasing, among other things, the number of bridges over the River Odra in order to improve the transport accessibility of many cities/towns.

All above mentioned undertakings should take into account, in justified cases, the necessity to adjust roads to the axle load of 115 kN/axle. While constructing and redeveloping the roads, it is recommended to execute, simultaneously, the associated infrastructure as well as the infrastructure connected with traffic safety and management. It is also possible to execute the investment comprising only in construction of associated infrastructure as well as the infrastructure connected with traffic safety and management (without modernising communications routes) but only for projects at the regional level.

In spite of the fact that the length of railway lines in operation in Lower Silesia has been shortened by about 276 km in recent years, about 8.9% of total length of railway lines in Poland is exploited in this region. As far as the density of railway lines is concerned, the voivodship is considerably above the national average. However, majority of railway lines is characterized by low technical parameters what is one of the reasons for suspending and closing many rail connections. One of the deficiencies of the regional rail communications is obsolete rolling stock for passenger transportation and low standard of railway stations and stops, which is very onerous for travellers. Bearing in mind that there are many visitors to the voivodship, this situation is no good mark of the region. Because of a limited budget for the programme and its regional character, activities undertaken within this priority concerning rail transport will be focused on:

− improving the condition of rolling stock for passenger transportation used in regional transport in the area of Lower Silesia;

− removing limitations (bottlenecks) resulting from lack of or bad condition of rail infrastructure (exclusively projects of high importance for the region); − exploiting the potential of rail communication to facilitate the service of

passenger traffic in cities/towns.

According to the socio-economic analysis of the Lower Silesian Voivodship, urban and suburban mass transport, in spite of relatively dense network of connections and extensive network of stops and stations, is far from satisfactory due to lack of modern and environmentally friendly means of transport (the ones used at present are very obsolete), high emission of pollutants into atmosphere within built-up areas, and exceeded acoustic standards. As far as the organisation of mass transport is concerned, the integration of means of transport of urban and suburban system is insufficient.

Therefore, projects implemented in the scope of urban and suburban mass transport will be aimed at:

− purchasing new, environmentally friendly means of mass transport operating within existing and planned tram and bus routes,

− constructing, developing and redeveloping the infrastructure necessary to launch new routes;

− constructing, developing and redeveloping the appropriate associated infrastructure, e.g. transfer nodes, depots, central traffic management systems, ticket distribution systems, information and safety monitoring systems, power generators for tram system.

All activities undertaken within the priority will take into account the European Union horizontal policies, in particular dealing with adjusting the means of transport and infrastructure to the needs of persons with impaired physical abilities, including the disabled.

3. Compliance of the priority with strategic documents

− Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion (CSG) – The guideline 1.1.1 of this document, i.e. “Expanding and improving transport infrastructure”, states that

efficient, flexible and safe transport infrastructure can be regarded as a necessary precondition for economic development as it facilitates the movement of people and goods and thus boosts productivity and the development prospects of regions. Moreover, the provisions of this document necessitate the adaptation of infrastructure investment to the specific needs and level of economic development of the regions and countries concerned.

− National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) – The SWOT analysis enumerates such weaknesses as e.g. low quality of transport connections between main centres of economic activity, lack of integrated public transport systems, and low availability and quality of transport services. The NSRF objectives of the cohesion policy in Poland supporting economic growth and employment include, as the third one, the construction and modernisation of the technical infrastructure which is of basic importance for growth of competitiveness of Poland and its regions.

− The 2020 Development Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship (DSLSV) – This priority complies with Measure 2.1.4 of the Development Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship, i.e. “Shaping communication systems favourable for sustainable socio-economic development of the region”. This measure encompasses activities aimed at comprehensive modernisation and redevelopment of existing communication systems to ensure the most efficient dissemination of socio-economic development impulses generated in growth centres as well as at shaping of these phenomena in such a way that allows for observing principles of sustainable development and constant increasing the level of safety.

4. Beneficiaries

The indicative list of the main groups of beneficiaries that qualify for support within the Programme is included in Annex No. 1 to the ROP.

5. Indicators

Indicator Indicator name

Unit of measu rement Value of indicator in the base year Assumed value of indicator in the target year (2015) Source of data (its verificatio n) Frequen cy of measure ment Output indicators Number of projects executed within the priority project 0 44 MA annually Length of new roads km 0 30 MA annually Length of reconstructed roads km 0 100 MA annually Amount of purchased means of city transport unit 0 60 MA annually

Indicator Indicator name Unit of measu rement Value of indicator in the base year Assumed value of indicator in the target year (2015) Source of data (its verificatio n) Frequen cy of measure ment Amount of purchased

rolling stock unit 0 17 MA annually

Length of reconstructed railway lines km 0 8 MA annually Result indicators Number of passengers using public transport supported within the programme millio n of people 0 11.2 MA annually Saving of time expressed in EUR /when using new and reconstructed roads/ in passenger and goods transportation millio n of EUR 0 to be determined in 2008 MA annually Saving of time expressed in EUR /when using new and modernised railway lines/ in passenger and goods transportation millio n of EUR 0 to be determined in 2008 MA annually

6. Categorisation of Funds assistance for 2007-2013

The following categories will be applicable within the “Transport” priority: 16, 18, 23, 52.

7. Cross-financing

The “Transport” priority does not provide for applying cross-financing.

8. Complementarity and demarcation

Annex No. 2 to the ROP presents the complementarity and demarcation of the priority with other undertakings funded from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development within the Common Agricultural Policy and from the European Fisheries Fund within the Common Fisheries Policy as well as with undertakings funded within other ROP priorities.

Priority 4:

Improvement of the natural environment and improvement of the ecological and flood safety in Lower Silesia

(“Natural Environment and Ecological Safety”) 1. Objective of the priority

The main objective of the priority is the improvement of the condition of the environment, prevention of its degradation, and conservation of biodiversity and natural assets of Lower Silesia as well as the improvement of safety in the region through counteracting natural and technological risks and eliminating their effects as well as through supporting the rescue services operating in this scope. The subsidised projects concerning rural areas and small towns will have at least 38% share in the budget for this priority.

2. Justification of the priority and its description

A many-year infrastructural lag in environmental protection requires immediate undertakings aimed at removing the existing threats to the quality of the natural environment as well as to the protection and rational use of existing natural values and resources. The main assumptions of the priority can be obtained through undertaking diverse actions aimed at preventing the degradation and improving the condition of the environment.

A major weakness of the region is the quality of surface water (contaminated mainly due to household and economic activities) and insufficient protection of underground water. According to the socio-economic analysis of the programme, the region, mainly in urban centres, is well equipped with water supply systems and sewage systems but a lot of deficiencies is evident in rural areas, especially in the area of sewage systems (only slightly