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Diagnoza strategiczna – analiza zagadnienia na przykładzie strategii rozwoju gminy
Strategic diagnosis – analysis of the issue on the example of a local development strategy

Author(s): Mateusz Kowalewski
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Law on Economics, Public Finances, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: local government law; strategic diagnosis; development policy

Summary/Abstract: The primary objective of strategic diagnosis is to identify the most important features, resources, potentials, local problems and its environment for the purpose of planning a long-term development policy. In 2020, legislative changes were introduced that regulated issues related to strategic diagnosis. Article 10a of the Act on the principles of conducting development policy provides that the entity developing the draft development strategy prepares a diagnosis of the social and economic situation and spatial, taking into account functional areas, including functional urban areas. The legislator does not leave the entities developing the draft development strategy free to choose the areas that should be diagnosed. In addition, in Article 10e(3) of the Act on Local Self-Government, the Legislator indicated that municipality’s development strategy contains conclusions from the diagnosis referred to in the above-mentioned Article 10a. The legislator did not specify how the diagnosis should proceed, nor did it specify the date within which it should be carried out. The article aims to determine: 1) what a strategic diagnosis is, 2) what is its significance when creating a commune development strategy, 3) whether the scope and layout of the diagnosis has been clearly defined.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 17-28
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish