The Role of Environmental Funds in Poland during the Transition Period

The aim of this article is to clarify that Polish environmental policies and administra tion in the term of transition and EU accession period after 1989 have been pro moted by policy •gcontinuation•h from socialist regime and policy •ginnovation•h in the transition period. In other words, among many huge problems on the transition, this article points out that the Polish environmental administrational system as •gcontinu ation•h from socialist regime interact with policy •ginnovation•h in the transition period, and such environmental policies and administration have contributed to improvement of environmental quality in Poland. It is necessary for consideration for environmental policies to examine three ele ments; policies, system and implementation. In this article, the Polish environmental funds system as the most important system that provides financial resources for envi ronmental improvements is focused on. This funds system has shared quite high ratio in environmental investment in Poland, and has spurred increase of this kind of