Poland lacks a coherent vision of how to introduce the village to the economy based on knowledge, information society, not to mention creative economy, or emotional economy. There are very few action in this regard. Many politicians view the village from agricultural and industrial point of view. Additional activities connected with the introduction of tourism and other services to the village are treated as a supplement of agriculture. The majority of borough leaders and councilors see the development of the village through the prism of investment in technical infrastructure and formal education, which does not prepare well for the new times.
There is still a conviction that workplaces in the village should be created by external investors and that the major factor of development is money and if there is no money then little can be done. Solutions are sought in subsidies, social benefits, public work and finally in leaving the village for a town or city or leaving abroad. True, there are training courses, there is support for entrepreneurship but it is done towards individual people and applies to very few, because there are very few villagers with entrepreneurial spirit and sufficient personal assets.
The strategies (central, regional, local) of developing rural areas, created from the beginning of the nineties, often remain just on paper. The EU programs help equally little in changing the situation in a village. Leader+ is one example of such a program. As a part of this program strategies have been created so far, which do not always create authentic Local Partnerships
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