Regeneration of inner city areas in conjunction with the development of public open spaces is a complex enterprise in Poland in terms of the managerial, financial and legal aspects of this process. Public spaces are not of prime importance for private sector actors. Due to limited funding available, Polish municipal governments are often unable to finance large public space projects on their own. One of the available tools, enabling them to implement regeneration projects is the Public Private Partnership Act of 28th June 2005. In the context of public space design PPP can be considered a hybrid between the public tasks and private capital that operates in the domain traditionally associated with public sector. Therefore in the Polish context PPP can be considered an excellent development mechanism for difficult inner city regeneration projects. The paper focuses on two recent case studies presenting the use of PPP in inner city regeneration projects in Poland. Projects in Sopot and Bielsko-Biala will illustrate the benefits and drawbacks associated with use of this tool. The paper will also focus on differences between the Polish PPP's more normative character as opposed to the more functional approaches defined by other definitions (European Commission, EBI, Standard & Poor, etc).
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