Poland

National Co-financing:

Polish Lead Partners of CENTRAL EUROPE Programme have the possibility to obtain up to 15 % of expenditures foreseen to spend in the year of 2010, from the state budget, what will allow them to cover the national co-financing. The text of the procedure together with all off necessary application annexes is available at
http://www.mrr.gov.pl/fundusze/rezerwa_celowa/rc_2010/Strony/Wnioskowanie_o_srodki_z_rezerwy_celowej_2010.aspx

First Level Control requirements:

Poland has set up a mixed First Level Control system depending on the status of the Polish partners:

A) Marshall Offices, Voivodes, Ministries and Central Offices

Marshal Offices, Voivodes, Ministries and Central Offices acting as Lead partners and partners have the possibility of using internal controllers, provided they are independent from project implementation and fulfil the requirements set at national level in terms of experience and qualification.

In this decentralised option, the controller proposed by the beneficiaries by means of a specific questionnaire must be authorised by the following body:

Ministry of Regional Development
Territorial Cooperation Department
ul. Wspólna 2/4
PL – 00 926 Warsaw 

Contact person: Mr. Marcin Łata 
Phone: + 48 22 501 51 05
Fax: + 48 22 501 51 56
Email (secretariat): dwt(at)mrr.gov.pl

Please notice that audit costs linked to this option are not eligible for ERDF co-financing. The above-mentioned partners may also use the services of the Implementing Authority for European Programmes described below.

The internal controller has to be officially authorised before first expenditure is reported and confirmed. If the authorisation is not granted, the project partner has to use services of the Implementing Authority for European Programmes.

B) Other organisations

In all other cases, a free of charge centralised First Level Control system applies.  Expenditure of Polish Lead partners and partners falling under this category will be checked and confirmed by the following body:

Implementing Authority for European Programmes
ul. Wspólna 2/4
PL – 00 926 Warsaw

Responsible person: Ms. Sylwia Tyszko – Director
Phone: + 48 22 458 23 37
Fax: + 48 22 458 23 29
Email: sylwia.tyszko(at)wwpe.gov.pl

Polish eligibility rules

applicable for expenditures incurred in CE can be found here