Financial management of territorial units of the functional urban area of Krakow facing new challenges

Abstract

The subject of the article is to assess the financial condition of the territorial units included in the Krakow Functional Urban Area (FUA of Krakow) and identify opportunities arising from the financial perspective 2014–2020. FUA of Krakow was identified in the Regional Operational Programme of Malopolska (2014–2020) as the delimitation of intervention in the formula of the Integrated Territorial Investment. This approach aims to use the specific territorial potentials and elimination of barriers to the development of a FUA of Krakow. The article consists of two parts. The first presents the general characteristics of FUA of Krakow. The second part solves the problem of the development of the title. In this part it were been analyzed budget revenues of 15 municipalities forming FAU of Krakow, income from foreign sources and assesses the financial condition of all territorial units belonging to the study area for 2007– 2014. This is followed by the Indicative Financing Plan for the Małopolska Voivodship – eligible expenditure for 2014–2020, which takes into account spending on ITI in the region.