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sWESTERN:

SPOLAND!

The NSRD clearly indicates the location of supra-regional strategies between the national and regional level of development management. This document specifies that on the one hand, the scope of supra-regional strategies goes beyond a single voivodeship, and on the other hand, that the strategies cover strategie intervention areas identified in the NDS, i.e. areas below the national level of intervention.

The challenges for Western Poland resulting from the NSRD emphasise the need for making the most of the proximity to the German market to effectively strengthen the competitive position of the macro-region. The SDWP development objectives relating to the supra-regional potentials associated with an attractive economic offer and scientific research potential of the macro-region correspond mainly with the first objective of the NSRD directed to inerease in competitiveness of regions. In tum, the objective of inereasing spatial and functional integration of the macro-region is consistent with the provisions of the second objective of the NSRD to the extent in which the objective relates to the development of territorial cohesion. The supra-regional naturę of the SDWP, which promotes multidimensional cooperation and partnership as a condition of its success, is part of the third objective of the NSRD for creating conditions for efficient, effective and partnership implementation of territorially-focused development activities.

An important national strategie document that determines the shape of the SDWP is also the National Spatial Development Concept 2030 (NSDC) adopted by the Council of Ministers on 13 December 2011, which clearly indicates the need for a coordinated supportto developmentthrough the preparation at national level of a macro-regionalstrategy. This document creates a frameworkfortheterritorialisation of public intervention and indirectly determines its materiał scope. The NSDC diagnosisindicated part of Western Poland (including the western partof Pomorskie Voivodeship, Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship, Lubuskie Voivodeship and western part of Dolnośląskie Voivodeship) as an area characterised by insufficient territorial cohesion¹⁶¹.

Important conclusions for the SDWP also arise from the provisions of the third objective of the NSDC, which is to improve the territorial accessibility of the country in different spatial scales through the development of transport and telecommunications infrastructure. They assume a substantial improvement in the quality of railway and road communication between voivodeship centres of Western Poland and the Capital of the country.

¹⁶¹ The document lists Szczecin, Zielona Góra, Gorzów Wielkopolski and Koszalin as cities that do not use the potential resulting from the functional proximity to Berlin, the cities of Scandinavia and the national centres-Gdańsk, Warsaw, Kraków. It pays much attention to overcoming the remoteness of the western border areas.