Managing Authority
The Managing Authority, located within the structures of the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, is responsible for running the programme European Funds for Social Development 2021-2027. This authority ensures the efficient and correct implementation of the program, both on a broad scale and at the individual project level. It issues guidelines, recommendations, and manuals related to various aspects of the program's implementation and conducts information and promotional activities.
The Managing Authority's competencies are extensive, ranging from developing the program itself, selecting projects for funding, authorizing payments to beneficiaries, and verifying the correctness of their expenditures, to overall monitoring of program progress and verifying the achievement of goals.
According to the Act on the principles of implementing programs in the field of cohesion policy financed in the 2021-2027 financial perspective (Article 8, paragraph 2), the tasks of the Managing Authority include:
- preparing proposals for project selection criteria
- selecting projects for funding
- signing funding agreements with applicants or making decisions on project funding
- ordering payments and authorizing disbursements to beneficiaries
- ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of data used for monitoring program implementation
- carrying out tasks related to audit strategy
- conducting program implementation controls
- imposing financial corrections
- recovering amounts subject to reimbursement
- evaluating the program
- monitoring the progress of program implementation
- providing information about the program and promoting it
- publishing aggregate data on the program, as submitted to the European Commission, on the program’s website
- supporting the work of the Monitoring Committee.
Managing Authority of the programme European Funds for Social Development 2021-2027
Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
Department of European Social Fund
ul. Wspólna 2/4
00- 926 Warszawa
e-mail: fers2021@mfipr.gov.pl
Intermediate Bodies
The Managing Authority of the program may delegate some of its tasks to Intermediate Bodies. When these bodies are appointed, a portion of the tasks and the responsibility for their execution are transferred to them. However, the Managing Authority remains ultimately responsible for the implementation of the entire program.
Only public sector entities can serve as Intermediate Bodies. Their responsibilities are defined in agreements between the Intermediate Bodies and the Managing Authority. These tasks are related to managing and implementing specific parts of the program that align with the particular expertise of the respective institution.
Intermediate Bodies for the European Funds for Social Development Program 2021-2027:
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
al. Jerozolimskie 7
00-955 Warszawa
ph. (22) 475 75 75
e-mail: bgk@bgk.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I - Skills
III - Accessibility and services for people with disabilities
IV - Social cohesion and health
Center for European Projects
ul. Puławska 180
02-670 Warszawa
ph. (22) 378 31 00
e-mail: cpe@cpe.gov.pl
Regarding the priority:
I - Skills
Center of Projects for Digital Poland
ul. Spokojna 13a
01-044 Warszawa
ph. (22) 315 22 00
e-mail: cppc@cppc.gov.pl
Regarding Priority:
I - Skills
III - Accessibility and services for people with disabilities
Chancellery of the Prime Minister
al. Ujazdowskie 1/3
00-583 Warszawa
ph. (22) 625 26 37
e-mail: kontakt@kprm.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
IV - Social cohesion and health
Ministry of National Education
al. Jana Chrystiana Szucha 25
00-918 Warszawa
ph. (22) 222 500 120
e-mail: kancelaria@men.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I – Skills
Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
ul. Wspólna 2/4
00- 926 Warszawa
e-mail: kancelaria@mfipr.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
V - Social Innovation
Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
ul. Nowogrodzka 1/3/5
00‐513 Warszawa
ph. (22) 250 01 08
e-mail: info@mrips.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I - Skills
II - Childcare and work-life balance
III - Accessibility and services for people with disabilities
IV - Social cohesion and health
Ministry of Health
ul. Miodowa 15
00-952 Warszawa
ph. (22) 250 01 46
e-mail: kancelaria@mz.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I - Skills
III - Accessibility and services for people with disabilities
IV - Social cohesion and health
National Center for Research and Development
ul. Chmielna 69
00-801 Warszawa
ph. (22) 390 74 01
e-mail: sekretariat@ncbr.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I - Skills
III - Accessibility and services for people with disabilities
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
ul. Pańska 81/83
00-834 Warszawa
ph. (22) 432 80 80
e-mail: biuro@parp.gov.pl
Regarding priority:
I: Skills