Implementation of the main objective and detailed objectives – priorities of the ROP.

The main objective and detailed objectives of the Regional Operational Programme will be implemented through execution of 11 priorities. Actions undertaken within specified priorities will also contribute to the implementation of the Development Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship.

The table below presents relations between ROP priorities, detailed objectives of the ROP and areas and objectives of the Development Strategy for the Lower Silesian Voivodship.

Priorities of the Regional Operational Programme

Detailed objectives of the Regional Operational

Programme

Area/objective of the Development Strategy for

the Lower Silesian Voivodship

1. Growth of competitiveness of the Lower Silesian

enterprises (“Enterprises and Innovation”)

I. Increase in economic activity based on knowledge and innovation

Area: Economic Objective: Creating a competitive and innovative economy in Lower Silesia 2. Development of

information society in Lower Silesia (“Information Society”) 3. Development of transport infrastructure in Lower Silesia (“Transport”) II. Development of

infrastructure facilitating the improvement in the quality of the environment, investment conditions and running business activity

Area: Spatial

Objective: Increasing spatial and infrastructural cohesion of the region and its

integration with the European growth areas

4. Improvement of the natural environment and

improvement of ecological and flood safety in Lower Silesia (“Natural

Environment and Ecological Safety”)

5. Environmentally friendly energy infrastructure in the region (“Energy”)

6. Exploitation and promotion of the Lower Silesian tourism and spa potential (“Tourism”) 7. Preservation and protection of the cultural heritage and development of culture in Lower Silesia (“Culture”)

III. Improvement of living conditions of inhabitants and growth of competitiveness of the region through

modernisation and development of social infrastructure

Area: Social

Objective: Developing social solidarity and creative and open citizen attitudes 8. Development and

modernisation of education infrastructure in Lower Silesia (“Education”)

Priorities of the Regional Operational Programme

Detailed objectives of the Regional Operational

Programme

Area/objective of the Development Strategy for

the Lower Silesian Voivodship

9. Modernisation of health infrastructure in Lower Silesia (“Health”) 10. Rehabilitation of degraded urban areas in Lower Silesia (“Towns”) 11. Technical Assistance

Priorities of the Regional Operational Programme complement one another and form a cohesive system responding to the needs identified in the scope of the development of the Lower Silesian region.

The achievement of the specified detailed objectives of the Regional Operational Programme, and in this way of the main objective, will be possible thanks to the implementation of actions included in each priority since each of the priorities is directly or indirectly connected with the hierarchical structure of the ROP objectives.

The growth of the economic activity based on knowledge and innovation will be facilitated by undertakings in the scope of the modernisation of production processes and implementation of new technologies (mainly in SME), the support for the increase in research and development activity and greater cooperation between scientific units, business environment institutions and entrepreneurs (the ROP priority: “Enterprises and Innovation”). This priority is aimed at reducing the noticeable distance between Lower Silesia and other EU regions in this respect. This detailed objective will be also obtained through activities aimed at undertakings in the scope of shaping and developing the information society (the “Information Society” priority). Innovation and the implementation of the results of the research and development works, considerable multi-field role of the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, high accessibility to different forms of information – all these will increase the economic activity and competitiveness of the region and its capacity to achieve success in the competition not only at the national level. Within the priorities implemented within this detailed objective it will be crucial to observe the rule of non-discrimination, mainly in the scope of sex and disability. Projects concerning the information society will also observe principles of technological neutrality and open access. In the scope of information society, special preference will be given to projects concerning rural areas and small towns.

Infrastructure is not only the basis of effective business activity and high investment activity but also the source of comprehensive progress in the scope of the environment. At present, more and more importance is attached to communication accessibility of the region and its individual settlement units. The improvement in the scope of communication connections will provide better possibilities of allocating capital, including the foreign one, which will also facilitate the development of the labour market in the region (the “Transport” priority). Undertakings in the scope of improving the condition of the environment will be also essential, especially those concerning the development of infrastructure carrying and treating sewage and the waste management. Activities in this scope as well as in the field of guaranteeing the ecological and flood safety and the environment monitoring (the 4th priority of the ROP) are directly inherent in the implementation of the part of the main ROP objective referring to sustainable development and indirectly in two remaining parts, i.e. improvement

in quality of life and an increase in the economic competitiveness of the region. The actions included in the ROP priority “Energy” will contribute to the implementation of the main objective in a similar way. The Lower Silesian tourism and spa potential belongs to one of the most attractive ones in the country. Its development, promotion and economic activation (the ROP priority: “Tourism”) will also facilitate the improvement of the competitiveness of the region and its position among other regions of the country and Europe. The preference within each priority implementing this detailed objective of the programme will be given to rural areas and small towns. In addition, the necessity of including in such projects the problems of the disabled have been emphasised within the broadly understood public communication. The implementation of the detailed ROP objective concerning the improvement in the scope of living conditions, which result from the conditions and the functioning of the social infrastructure, will be directly facilitated by the undertakings in the scope of development of cultural heritage and cultural institutions (the “Culture” priority), education (the “Education” priority) and healthcare (the “Health” priority). Results of the implementation of these priorities will contribute to the achievement of the main ROP objective in the scope of improving the living conditions of the region’s community and increasing the competitiveness of the region. The improvement in the quality of life of urban population in the Lower Silesian region and an increase in the economic activity in urban areas will be facilitated by the regeneration undertakings included in the “Towns” priority. Activities undertaken in this scope will improve the image of squalid urban areas and will make them more attractive to their inhabitants, tourists and investors. The issue which is particularly important in the scope of social infrastructure is its adapting to the needs of the disabled and the elderly as well as providing the equality of chances for women and men.

To sum up, the comprehensive implementation of activities within priorities of the Regional Operational Programme will contribute to an increase in the quality of life of region’s inhabitants, improvement of the condition of the environment, and growth of attractiveness in the scope of investment and economic competitiveness and thus to attainment of the main objective and detailed objectives of the ROP. In addition, it will reduce the distance between the society of the Lower Silesia and the society of other regions of Poland and the European Union as well as differences occurring within the region and between urban centres and rural areas.