Uwarunkowania rozwoju regionalnego w świetle założeń europejskiej polityki spójności na lata 2014-2020

The article discuss the objectives of European cohesion policy for the period 2014- 2020. The article next presents the trends which are required in terms of stimulating the development of polish regions in the future. Regional policy in Poland is dominated by European cohesion policy. Most of the funds which finance investment projects in the regions come from the EU budget, despite the fact that European cohesion policy is supposed to be complementary, and not dominant, in relation to national policies. The challenge of Polish regional policy is to develop the kind of operating model in which participation of the country and regional governments in decision-making and financial matters is dominant.