Roman Rudnicki

Możliwości kształtowania kapitału społecznego na obszarach wiejskich województwa kujawsko-pomorskiego w oparciu o środki z Unii Europejskiej

The article discusses the problem of the possibilities of shaping social capital in kujawsko-pomorskie voivodeship, by absorbing funds from UE – Rural Development Program, in the financial perspective 2007 – 2013. Among all of 22 priorities from RDP only 8 of them were chosen – those which may have the biggest influence for the social capital growth in voivodeship area. The data form Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA), for all gminas of kujawsko-pomorskie were used in this paper. The payment value indicator for all priorities per capita in PLN was created. Furthermore the gminas classification was prepared by using the Ward ’ s hierarchical cluster analysis. The priorities for economic activity differentiation in rural areas and micro-enterprises development were highly correlated. They were mainly used in gminas with the highest level of UE funds for young farmers absorbing. Also the level of absorbing the UE funds from all of LEADER axis priorities was high and they were all correlated. The biggest influence of the level of RDP program funds absorbtion for social capital creation of rural areas was observed in gminas of zninski and inowroclawski poviats and also in the NE part of kujawsko-pomorskie vovivodeship (gminas of golubsko-dobrzynski, wąbrzeski, grudziądzki and brodnicki poviats). The spatial distribution of the value of UE payment indicator per 1 person depends on the age of farm managers. In addition, it refers to the historical-ethnographic regions in the kujawsko-pomorskie voivodeship.

Odnowa wsi jako czynnik aktywizacji społeczności lokalnych = Village renewal as a factor activating local communities

Zarys treści: Głównym celem artykułu jest przybliżenie poziomu realizacji, zróżnicowania przestrzennego oraz efektów działania „Odnowa i rozwój wsi” wdrażanego poprzez Program Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich 2007–2013 (PROW). Skala środków zaangażowana w realizację programu powoduje, iż był to jeden z najsilniej oddziaływujących instrumentów w zakresie poprawy jakości życia na wsi. Ponadto działanie to stanowiło impuls aktywizujący wewnętrzny potencjał poszczególnych jednostek terytorialnych, w tym pobudzenie do działania społeczności lokalnych. W celu możliwie pełnego rozpoznania znaczenia i skali oddziaływania programu odnowy wsi, analizę przeprowadzono w różnych skalach przestrzennych, tj. krajowej oraz regionalnej (na przykładzie województwa kujawsko-pomorskiego) i lokalnej – przykłady inwestycji w wybranych gminach/miejscowościach. W analizie wykorzystano wskaźniki charakteryzujące wybrane elementy kapitału społecznego stanowiące tło oceny poziomu absorpcji środków i aktywności mieszkańców w aplikowaniu o środki z programu odnowy wsi.

Demographic Determinants of the Activity of Farms in Poland in the Acquisition of European Union Funds in the Years 2004-2006

Demographic Determinants of the Activity of Farms in Poland in the Acquisition of European Union Funds in the Years 2004-2006 Out of the several assistance measures of the European Union orientated towards the development of agriculture, there are two in which demographic criteria have been set for the beneficiaries, viz. support for young farmers (applications can be submitted by farmers up to 40 years old) and structural pensions (eligible farmers are of pre-retirement age: from 55 to the start of retirement age). The number of applications processed under those measures in the years 2004-2006 (the actual absorption level) as against the total number of young farmers and those of pre-retirement age (the potential absorption level) was adopted as a basis for a spatial analysis and assessment of the use of the EU funds in those fields. Indices constructed on the basis of the number of applications per 1,000 farm operators, both young and of pre-retirement age, showed there to be wide spatial differences. It was shown that the lowest activity of farms in this respect was characteristic of those in south-eastern Poland. In turn, the measures determined by the demographic structure of farmers were the most popular in the voivodeships of Kujavia-Pomerania and Wielkopolska. Such a spatial distribution contributes to a further deepening of regional disparities in Polish agriculture.