This report was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurships, SMES, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, within the series of OECD Regional Studies as part of the Programme of Work and Budget of the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). The project was made possible through the financial and technical support of the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to extend warm thanks to Renata Calak, Director of the Department of Development Strategy; and to the co-ordinating local team led by Wiktoria Saganowska, Deputy Director of the Department of Development Strategy, with the excellent support and day-to day co-ordination from Małgorzata Urbańska and Ewa Malik-Kapler. In addition, the Secretariat would like to thank Bartosz Barański, Joanna Held, Justyna Lewandowska, Monika Mackiewicz-Ostroga, Emilia Malak-Pętlicka, Magdalena Puzio, Daniel Wąsik, and Marta Zimny from the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy for their support.
Special thanks go to the team of the Institute for Rural Development and Agriculture at the Polish Academy of Science who shared perspectives with the OECD team throughout the policy dialogue that included two fact-finding missions. In particular, the Secretariat is grateful to Prof. Paweł Chmieliński (PhD), Prof. Adam Czarnecki, Piotr Fogel (PhD), Łukasz Komorowski, Aleksandra Pawłowska (PhD), Prof. Monika Stanny, Prof. Barbara Wieliczko (PhD), Prof. Jerzy Wilkin, and Dominika Zwęglińska-Gałecka. The OECD team would like to thank to Joanna Krukowska (PhD) from the Warsaw University for her extensive comments on different versions of the report.
The report benefited greatly from the engagement, expertise and input provided by the local team in Warsaw, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Central Statistical Office, the Polish Academy of Science, the Association of Polish Cities, the Warsaw University, the Territorial Development Institute in Wroclaw, the Institute of Cities and Regions, the Union of Polish Metropolises, the Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland, and the Association of Polish Poviats.
The report was strongly enriched by the inputs and involvement of representatives of three Polish regions used as case studies for the report: Dolnosląskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Lubelskie. The Secretariat would like to thank in particular: Artur Kowalik, Director of the Department of Economy in the Marshal's Office of Dolnoslaskie Voivodeship; Mirosława Przyczyna-Pietras, Department of Economy in the Marshal's Office of Dolnoslaskie Voivodeship; Adam Stańczyk, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Economic Development in the Marshal's Office of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship; Agnieszka Imiela, Department of Strategic Planning and Economic Development at the Marshal's Office of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship; Bogdan Kawałko, Director of the Department of Strategy and Development in the Marshal's Office of Lubelskie Voivodeship; and Paulina Mirowska, Department of Strategy and Development in the Marshal's Office of Lubelskie Voivodeship.
The Secretariat is also grateful for the contributions and know-how of the numerous representatives from the national, regional and municipal governments and institutions, in particular: Łukasz Krupa, Izabela Szczesik-Zobek (Metropolia Bydgoszcz), Dorota Stanek, Agnieszka, Heftowicz (Partnerstwo dla Krajny i Pałuk, Powiat Nakielski), Ewa Niewiadomska-Roman, Damian Zakierski (Urząd Miejski w Grudziądzu), Piotr Guzek (Wrocławski Obszar Funkcjonalny), Agnieszka Wałęga (Instytut Rozwoju Terytorialnego we Wrocławiu), Bożena Dróżdż (Instytucja Pośrednicząca Aglomeracji Wałbrzyskiej), Radosław Guz, Magdalena Niewiarowska, Bernadetta Krzysztofik (Urząd Miasta Lublin), Tomasz Kossowski (Urząd Miasta Zamość), Krzysztof Kołtyś, Mayor of Janów Lubelski, Katarzyna Dzadz (Urząd Miejski Janów Lubelski), Iwona Drozd (Stowarzyszenie Gmin Uzdrowiskowych RP), Renata Kwiatek, Barbara Olszewska (Urząd Miasta Jelenia Góra).
The report was co-ordinated by Oscar Huerta Melchor and drafted by a team composed of Stefano Barbieri, David Burgalassi, Oscar Huerta Melchor, and Andrés Sanabria, under the supervision of Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division; Enrique Garcilazo, Deputy Head of the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division, and Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Head of the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division (CFE). The review benefitted from the engagement of an international peer reviewer, whose insights are gratefully acknowledged: Burak Yardimci, Ministry of Development of Turkey. Valuable comments were provided by Betty-Ann Bryce, Rene Hohmann and Tadashi Matsumoto (CFE). Yaroslav Kholodov (ITF-OECD) provided valuable assistance and comments on data. Special thanks are due to Laura Nardelli, Lucie Amour and Duniya Dedeyn for their excellent administrative and logistical support. The report was edited by Marion S. Davis and formatted by Eleonore Morena. It received editorial input from Pilar Philip who prepared the manuscript for publication.