Torun Business Review (Dec 2011)
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.