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JESSICA Holding Fund
in Wielkopolska
Radosław Krawczykowski
Director of Department
Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region
1. Wielkopolska Region
• Second biggest region in Poland in
terms of surface - 29 826 km2
(9,53%)
• Third biggest region in Poland in
terms of population - 3360 thou.
(8,8%)
• 57,5% of population live in cities
• 108 cities and 226 communes
• Poznań – capital of Wielkopolska
(580 thou. inhabitants)
POZNAŃ
2. Context of revitalization in Poland
• In the years 2004 – 2006 the resources available for revitalisation activities were very limited
• In the programming period 2007 - 2013 the total amount devoted to revitalisation activities is more significant but still insufficient
• JESSICA initiative is implemented under 2 Measures of Wielkopolska Regional Operational Programme:
- Measure 1.4 “Support for the Investments linked to Regional Strategy for Innovation”, Scheme III: ”Investment in support of business environment institutions in urban areas”.
- Measure 4.1 ”Revitalisation of urban areas”
• Total allocation for JESSICA – 66 264 706 euro out of which 50 875 000 euro come from ERDF and 15 389 706 is state budget contribution
3. EIB as the Manager of JESSICA HF
• EIB is indicated in Regulation no. 1083/2006:
”When such operations are organised through holding funds,(…) theMember State or the managing authority shall implement them through one or more of the following forms:(…)
c) the award of a contract directly to the EIB or the EIF”
• Memorandum of Understanding between EIB and the Managing Authority – October 2008
• Long-lasting negotiations – October 2008 – April 2009
• Funding Agreement – April 2009
4. Main activities of the Manager of JESSICA HF
• Identification of urban projects in Wielkopolska in cooperation with PWC – a list of potential projects shall be ready until the end of 2009
• State aid programme - cooperation between EIB, MA and the Ministry for Regional Development
- first draft submitted to the EC in September 2009
- directly based on the Treaty
- proportional intervention
- net present value of projects with JESSICA funding and without it
- conditions for funding investments under JESSICA shall be better than market conditions
- final beneficiaries shall be able to repay loans over longer priods of time
- notifation expected in April 2010
4. Main activities of the Manager of JESSICA HF
• Selection criteria for UDFs – to be presented by EIB during the next meeting of the Investment Board
• Preparation of selection procedures
• Selection of 2-3 Urban Development Funds until the end of 2009
• Agreements with UDFs and transfer of resources to the chosen UDFs
• Development and adoption of the criteria for selection of Urban Projects – March 2010
• Announcement of selection for urban projects – April 2010
• First agreements on carrying out urban projects – until the end of 2010
5. Revitalisation programmes
• Requirement for developing revitalisation programmes - according to art. 43 of the Commission Regulation (EC) no. 1828/2006 the JESSICA Initiative funds investments in public and private partnerships as well as other urban projects included in Integrated Development Plan for Urban Areas
• Guidelines regarding the rules of developing revitalisation programmesenabling to apply for support within the framework of the JESSICA Initiative –Managing Authority (September 2009)
• Ways of recognizing dysfunctional areas:- The choice of dysfunctional areas based on at least three of the criteria applicable within the framework of Integrated Regional Operational Programme;- The choice of dysfunctional areas based on at least three of the criteria applicable within the framework of URBAN II community initiative; - The identification of dysfunctional areas based on the criteria of the support for actions related to housing;- A detailed description indicating reasons for which the areas should be subject to revitalization measures
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POZNAŃ – DYSFUNCTIONAL AREAS
6. Potential urban projects
Old Gasworks – neglected, partly devastated post-industrial area in the very
centre of Poznań of high architectural value (built in XIX century)
• 3 different owners (gas, sewage treatment and water supply companies)
• Huge need for revitalisation investments
• Stages of implementation:
- feasibility study
- creation of company into which 3 presently located in this area companies will contribute land
- gaining financial resources
- carrying out the project (cultural center, not dependent on municipal budget) until the end of this programming period
- total value – about 40 million euro
6. Potential urban project - Old Gasworks in Poznań
6. Potential urban project - Old Gasworks in Poznań