This review was prepared by the OECD’s Directorate of Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV), with the support and co-operation of the Polish Ministry of Regional Development (MRD). The OECD Secretariat would like to thank public officials in the MRD’s Department of Structural Policy Co-ordination: Piotr ¯uber (Director), Renata Calak (Deputy Director), Daniel Baliñski (Head of Regional Dimension Unit), Magdalena Skwarska (Counsellor to the Minister), Anna Baucz (Senior Specialist), Aleksandra Kisielewska (Head of Future of Cohesion Policy Unit).