Rural Renewal in Poland: Reflections after 25 years
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Odnowa wsi w Polsce – refleksje po 25 latach realizacji programu
Rural Renewal in Poland: Reflections after 25 years of the Programme Implementation

Author(s): Ryszard Kamiński
Subject(s): Agriculture, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: rural renewal; rural development; social capital in rural areas; bottom-up rural development programmes; quality of life in rural areas;

Summary/Abstract: Recalling the 25 years of the Rural Renewal programme in Poland, it was worthmaking some summaries, recalling its inspirations and actions undertaken in variousplaces in Poland. This was the purpose of the conference held in Gogolin in 2022. Peopleinvolved in various ways in the rural renewal in Poland met there. This article summarisesthe author’s thoughts and conclusions. The article contains reflections from the perspectiveof a participant in the rural renewal process, a trainer disseminating this programme,a leader inspiring its activities in the countryside where he lives and a researcher trying tocapture the elements of social change that take place on this occasion. Besides the reviewof these perspectives, there is also a reference to the inclusion of rural renewal as a subsidyprogramme financed from European funds and the resulting complications, but also positiveeffects.

  • Issue Year: 200/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 99-113
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish