Próba oceny programów europejskiej współpracy terytorialnej w Polsce w kontekście wspólnotowej polityki spójności – wnioski z badania

Nowadays Poland is one of the biggest beneficiaries of EU Cohesion Policy. One of its aims is European Territorial Cooperation although the share of Polish beneficiaries in the European Territorial Cooperation Programmes is insufficient, especially in transnational and interregional projects. The goal of the article is the evaluation of the role of the European Territorial Cooperation Programmes in Poland in the light of financial perspectives 2007-2013 and the next programming period. The first part of this article is devoted to the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation Programmes. The second part deals with the research methodology. The research involved beneficiaries and the institutions of the European Territorial Cooperation Programmes. The third part presents research results. In the final part of this article the authors point at the main conclusions and recommendations following the research.