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Introduction
Thecontemporaryparadigmoflocaldevelopmentassumestheactiveinvolvement
ofpublicauthorities,inparticularthecommunalones,initscreation.Thisis
contemporarilyreferredtoaslocaldevelopmentgovernanceandapproachedasan
abundantandstillevolvingsetofmethodsandtechniquesappliedinlocalscale
developmentcreation,aswellastheaccompanyingassessmentcriteria.Theroleof
suchfactorsisemphasisedinthediscussedinvolvementas:localcommunitylife
quality,non-materialfactors,socialparticipationandpartnership.Equallyimportant
inthismatterarealsothediversificationofsociallyacceptedvaluesthrough
traditionaleconomicvaluesenrichmentbynewsocial,environmentalandother
values.Therefore,itisbeyondanydoubtthattheideaoflocaldevelopment
governanceisdirectlyrelatedtointegrateddevelopmentconcepts.
Forthisreason,bothinPolandandinmanyothercountries,especiallyinthe
dynamicallydeveloping,localdevelopmentgovernanceismoreandmorefrequently
referredtoasthecausativefactorunderlyingnotonlylocaldevelopmentprocesses,
butalsoregional,nationalorevenglobaldevelopmentones.Insuchsituations,
theresearchfocusedontheoreticalandpracticalproblems,relatedtotheabove
processes’success,isofparticularsignificance.Inspiteofthegrowingnumberof
publicationsdiscussingthisparticularsubjectmatter,thereisstillhighdemandboth
intermsofitstheorymodellinganditspracticalverification.Therefore,theneed
arisestoextendnotonlytheobjectiveknowledgeresourceswithintheframework
ofthisgovernance,butalsotheunderlyingsubjectiveknowledgelayersofferedby
scientists,localandsupra-localauthorities.
Oneoftheresponsestothisdemandisthescientificconference,organized
annuallybytheDepartmentofRegionalEconomyoftheWrocławUniversityof
Economics,entitled“Localandregionaleconomyintheoryandpractice”.In
its20thjubileeedition-recordbreakingintermsofinterestandparticipation-
over100scientiststookpartfromPoland,theCzechRepublic,UkraineandItaly,
aswellasseveraldozenPolishlocalauthoritiesrepresentatives,doctoralcourses
participantsandstudentsfromalloverthecountry.Thispublicationrepresentsone
ofacollectionofsevenwhichincluderesearchresultsconductedandpresentedby
theconferenceparticipants.Itofferspapersdiscussingdifferentproblemsoflocal
developmentcreationinPolandandabroadwhicharecoveredwithinthecategory
oflocaldevelopmentgovernance.Wehavethepleasureandhonourtoofferitto
itsfuturereadershopingthatitscontentwillbecomeusefulinthecourseofboth
scientificresearchandlocalgovernmentpractice.
RyszardBrol,AndrzejSztando