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                                    <article-title>The Evolution of EU Regional Policy and its Funding</article-title>
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                            <name>
                                <surname>Sowiński</surname>
                                <given-names>Tomasz</given-names>
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                        <institution>Katedra Prawa Finansowego, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Uniwersytet Gdański</institution>
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                                    <corresp id="cor-1">Correspondence to: Tomasz Sowiński <email>sowinski@prawo.ug.edu.pl</email></corresp>
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                            <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2016-03-07">
                    <day>07</day>
                    <month>03</month>
                    <year>2016</year>
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            <volume>Issue 1 (1)/2016</volume>
            <issue>2016</issue>
                        <fpage>53</fpage>
                                    <lpage>66</lpage>
            
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                <copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2016</copyright-statement>
                                    <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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        &lt;p&gt;Regional policy in the European Union becomes more and more important every year, especially in the last few years. As the experiences of the European Union show, structural programs or other forms of support are most effective when realized in the regions, for the regions and through the regions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The role and position of the regions in the EU strengthens every year. In the following years, regions will work and participate in the EU budget even more intensively. Therefore, there will be more and more programs and grants to be realized in the regions and through the regions.&lt;/p&gt;
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