VILLAGE FUND IN POLAND - SELECTED LEGAL ISSUES
VILLAGE FUND IN POLAND - SELECTED LEGAL ISSUES

Summary/Abstract: The village fund, a form of participatory budget, was introduced to the Polish legal system in 2009. These are financial resources allocated in the community budget, which are guaranteed for villages to carry out projects aimed at improving their living conditions. The aim of the village fund is to support villages in implementing local initiatives by enabling residents to co-decide on the allocation of financial resources for specific projects and activities. Thanks to the village fund, residents (through voting during a village meeting) can choose tasks for implementation that are a response to their specific needs and priorities, and which could be omitted in the broader planning of the community budget. The mechanism that is to encourage community authorities to allocate funds from the budget is a partial return of funds from the state budget amounting to 20% or 30% or 40%. The amount of the return depends on the wealth of the community.

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