Poland Welcomes a Second Study Visit of the Romanian Officials on Financial Management and Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects

The event was organized under the Project Romania “Services of Specialised Training for the Development of Technical and General Competences of the Personnel within the Management Authority, Intermediate Bodies and Beneficiary Institutions of the Regional Operational Programme”.
The Project aims at supporting the staff engaged in the phases of evaluation, selection and implementation of projects co-funded by the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013, through the provision of specialised training and the organisation of study visits and best practices identified in other European Union countries. The project leader is Lattanzio e Associati, while Formez as the associated partner has been given the task of organizing eight study visits under the project to be carried out on specific topics chosen by the Romanian Ministry in various European countries by 31 March 2011.
The functionaries from the Romanian Ministry for Regional Development and Tourism, the Intermediary Bodies and some Regional Development Agencies took part in the study tour. In particular, the Operational Programme “Technical Assistance” and the Operational Programme “Development of Eastern Poland” in the City of Warsaw, as well the Regional Operational Programme “Malopolska” in the City of Krakow, one of the 16 Polish regional operational programmes, were examined. The study visit has been organized in collaboration with the Department of Aid and Technical Assistance Programmes of the Polish Ministry for Regional Development and alternated classroom lessons with visits to infrastructure projects.
With particular reference to Krakow, two projects realized under the Regional Operational Programme “Malopolska” were seen, namely the Bernatka Footbridge, a bike/pedestrian bridge which liases two relevant districts of the cities of  Kazimierz and Podgórze and the Aviation Cultural Park, including the main building of the Polish Museum of Aviation. The Bernatka Footbridge has been co-funded by the European Fund of Regional Development under Priority 6.1.A. "Intra-regional Cohesion, Development of Cities and Projects on Urban Revitalization" for a total amount of 8,686,169.18 euros. The Aviation Cultural Park and the annexed museum have been co-financed under Priority 5.2 “Development of Metropolitan Functions of the City of Krakow” for a total amount of 16,651,038.00 euros.