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The Impact of European Integration on the Development of Old Industrial Regions (the Experience of Lower Silesia for the Dnipropetrovsk Region)

Viacheslav Ivanovych Liashenko
Dr. of Economics, Prof.
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-0605
e-mail: slaval.aenu@gmail.com,
Oksana Anatoliivna Borodina
Candidate of Public Administration, Senior Researcher
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-9529
e-mail: borodinaoksana1306@gmail.com,
Institute of Industrial Economics, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv.

Citation Format
Lіashenko, V. I., Borodina, O. A. (2025). The Impact of European Integration on the Development of Old Industrial Regions (the Experience of Lower Silesia for the Dnipropetrovsk Region). Vіsnyk ekonomіchnoі nauky Ukraіny, 1 (48), рр. 193-208. https://doi.org/10.37405/1729-7206.2025.1(48).193-208

Language
 Ukrainian

Resume
The research conducted in this article is devoted to examining the current state of socio-economic development in regions of Ukraine and Poland that correlate according to certain indicators (Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). An analysis of the most successful cases of regional and local development in Poland is carried out with the aim of potentially utilising the opportunities of neighbouring countries and international interest in the relevant regions of Ukraine to accelerate their own development, which will be extremely relevant in the post-war period and in conditions of extreme shortage of own resources and financial opportunities. The analysis was carried out by comparing similar local administrative units in Poland (gmina and powiat) based on an assessment of their financial condition and local budget execution. A correlation analysis with the Dnipropetrovsk region allowed us to identify the most effective budget balancing tools. Separate consideration was given to current trends in the development of nearshoring in Poland, taking into account European interest, as well as cluster projects in gminas and powiats of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, primarily energy cluster models.
As a practical tool, proposals were made to use Polish experience in mechanisms for co-financing regional budget deficits, as well as in the organisation and functioning of cluster cases of energy self-sufficiency at the community level. The possibility and feasibility of applying these tools and methods at the regional level, for example, at the level of industrial macro-regions or regions of Ukraine, is justified.

Keywords
macro-regions, local self-government, nearshoring, clusters, communities, regional level.

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Received: 08.04.2025
Accepted: 30.04.2025
Published: 19.06.2025