중동부유럽

This paper examines the impact of the accession of Poland and Hungary against the backdrop in which the EU has made strenuous efforts to achieve a harmonious regional development. In particular, this paper delves into the ways in which and the extent to which civil societies have actively participated in the decision-making process of the regional policy, as well as its implementation process, in order for the extent to which the principles of programing and partnership have been fulfilled. However, this paper finds out that the roles of such subnational actors as civil societies have fallen short of expectation when the first cohesion fund program ended in 2006. The major reason is that the short-term goal of economic growth has been prioritized over the dececentralization and regionlization, which may help civil societies to work more actively, while meeting the principles of programing and partnership.