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Country Development Strategy on
duty of Information Society on the
post and pre-accession stage
Monika Walczak
I Secretary
Department of the European Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
EU Enlargement
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2004: 10 new member states /incl. Poland/
2007: Bulgaria and Romania
Candidate countries: Croatia and Turkey
Potential candidate countries: other Western Balkan
states, Eastern European countries.
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Support levels for the Accession of
Balkans countries
Serbia
&Mo.
Albania
Turkey
61
60
59
51
57
55
55
48
42
63
62
61
56
54
Date
Croatia
04/2006
70
63
11/2005
70
06/2005
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Macedonia Bosnia&H.
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Transitional arrangements for new
members
• ‘Transitional arrangements’ as an exclusion
from full participation in certain policies for a
number of years;
• In the interest of the old members or a new
members?
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COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
/case of Poland/
• EXTERNAL
SOURCES:
• European Regional
Development Fund
• European
Agricultural Fund for
Rural Development
• others
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• INTERNAL
SOURCES:
• National budget
• Municipality & Rural
• PPP
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EU Financial Assistance
• Post-accession
assistance:
• EDIS /Extended
Decentralized
Implementation
System/
• Transition Facility
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• Pre-accession
assistance:
• IPA /Instrument for
pre-accession
assistance/
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Components of IPA
• Cross border co-operation;
• Regional development;
• Transition assistance and institutional
building;
• Rural development;
• Human resources development.
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Implementing the renewed Lisbon strategy
/Polish National Reform Programme/
• In order to boost R&D and innovation, pursue
the reform of the public research sector and
introduce policies to better attract and
maximize the benefits of medium and hightech foreign direct investment;
• Increasing the quantity and quality of R&D
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What measures Poland proposes?
• More comprehensive strategy for attracting
foreign direct investment in medium and
high-tech industries;
• Reform of public procurement rules to
stimulate innovative products and services;
• Pilot projects on clusters and technology
start-ups to introduce on a much larger
scale;
• Law amendments and tax exemption.
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