Operation Plan Development of Eastern Poland in the light of the regional policy of the European Union

Abstract

Since the beginning of the Polish membership in the European Union,
a remarkable diversity of absorption of funds in different regions has been
a distinctive feature of the income acquisition process of non-returnable foreign sources. The level of funds absorption has divided Poland into zones: eastern and western. Because of the above mentioned circumstances the Luxembourg presidency in 2005 suggested creating in the period 2007–2013 a special fund directed to five poorest regions of the European Union. These regions are so-called Polish eastern wall. The article presents the Operation Plan of the Development of Eastern Poland in the light of the regional policy of the European Union.