Municipal policy in the new European financial framework  2021–2027: evolution or revolution in supporting cities development? Cover Image

Polityka miejska w nowej perspektywie finansowej Unii Europejskiej 2021-2027 – ewolucja czy rewolucja we wspieraniu miast?
Municipal policy in the new European financial framework 2021–2027: evolution or revolution in supporting cities development?

Author(s): Marcin Wajda
Subject(s): Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: urban policy; European Union; cohesion policy; integrated approach; EU URBAN Community Initiative

Summary/Abstract: Cohesion policy has a significant influence on the form of investments in cities. This re-fers, in particular, to states that participate in cohesion policy and those that do not have a significant own development policy. The paper presents the results of the analysis of the possibilities to support towns and cities and their functional areas in the 2021–2027 fi-nancial framework in the context of the previous approach of the European Union to the development of urban areas and solving their problems. It is worth noting that the Euro-pean Union has wide experience in this area, dating back to the URBAN Pilot Projects and URBAN initiatives. The author also analyses the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on the potential support for cities in the 2021–2027 perspective. The proposed conditions and instruments were also referred to the needs of towns and cities and the challenges that they are currently facing.

  • Issue Year: 10/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-27
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish