Deputy Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy Konrad Wojnarowski opened the first in a series of information meetings for medium-sized towns that intend to apply for support from the Polish-Swiss Programme for Development of Towna.
139 medium-sized Polish towns that are at risk of losing their social and economic functions will be able to apply for support from Polish-Swiss Programme for Development of Towns (DoT). The call for proposals is open since March 7 and will last until December 16, 2024.
The programme includes 12 thematic areas. Based on local development strategies, medium-sized towns will prepare projects that will accelerate their development.
"The funds of the DoT programme amount to PLN 1.4 billion, which will allow for more effective solutions to the structural challenges of medium-sized towns and their immediate surroundings. We will invest this money, among others, in energy efficiency, entrepreneurship and vocational education, social integration, public transport" - said deputy minister Konrad Wojnarowski during opening of the first meeting.
Deputy Minister Konrad Wojnarowski delivering a speech at an first information meeting for medium-sized towns
The series of meetinga is organized by the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the Association of Polish Cities. Information about the dates of meetings in other voivodeships is available in the calendar on the website wsparciemiast.pl (Polish website of the DoT programme run by the Association of Polish Cities).
The call of proposals announced under the DoT programme is the first one within the second edition of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Program (SPCP). The next calls for proposals will concern research and innovation.
The first edition of the SPCP made it possible to finance over 58 large and 1,700 smaller projects in areas related to environmental protection, health care and regional development. In the first edition of SPCP, the invested funds supported regional entrepreneurs and local governments. They allowed us to take care of, among other things:
- transport infrastructure,
- energy infrastructure,
- environmental protection,
- health care.
They also contributed to better implementation of the objectives of cohesion policy in less developed regions of Poland.