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Thanks to the subsidies from the Ministry
of Sport and Tourism, the complex at Kolna
Street was created, including a mountain
kayaking course, a multi-function sports
hall, a swimming pool and a sports dormitory.
Renovations of the building of the “Korona”
Sports Club at Kalwaryjska Street were also
conducted, and 14 “Orlik” pitches were con-
structed in 12 districts of Krakow. In recent
years a newly-built National Rugby 7 Centre
at the Lubocza housing estate was opened
for use, a sports hall was built using so-called
“passive technology” at the Secondary School
Complex No. 3 at the Wysokie housing es-
tate, several school pitches and sports facili-
ties of the Interschool Sports Centre in Nowa
Huta district and the “Prądniczanka” Sports
Club were modernised. The construction of
a swimming pool with a movable bottom
at the Secondary School Complex No. 1 at
the Handlowe housing estate is ongoing. As
part of the ministerial subsidy programme
of strategic investments for the development
of Polish Sports, the Sports Infrastructure
Management Board of Krakow is currently
carrying out three tasks: the construction of
the Centennial Hall of “Cracovia” Sports Club
along with a Sports Centre for the Disabled
Athletes, modernisation of the stadium and
thermal modernisation of theWKS “Wawel”
hall, as well as the construction of a sports hall
with a facilities at the Sports Championship
Secondary School Complex at Grochowska
Street in Krakow. The current and at the same
extremely original mission is the revitalisation
and adaptation to recreational and sports
goals of the historic wooden building of the
former garrison shooting range in Wola Jus-
towska, where the ongoing work is supported
by funds from the Social Committee for the
Restoration of Monuments in Krakow.
Among the infrastructure projects co-fi-
nanced fromEU Funds, it is worth mentioning
the “Tourist inland boating route on the Vistula
River in Krakow”, which brought about the
creation of infrastructure covering 8 tourist
passenger transit stops on the Vistula, located
on the section from the Monastery in Tyniec
to the Kotlarski Bridge in Krakow, as well as 10
moorings located on the Vistula Boulevards.
The current stream of projects aimed at
reducing the so-called low gas and particle
emissions in Krakow includes the projects “In-
stallation of solar panels in sports facilities”
(2009-2012), thanks to which 10 sports clubs
have been equipped with complete devices
and installations used to heat tap water and
swimming pools, and in another four centres,
solar lighting was installed, and “Renewable
energy sources in sports facilities in Krakow”
(2012-2014), thanks to which 5 municipality
sports facilities have gained collectors and
hybrid lighting. Work is also ongoing on
smaller thermo-modernisation projects with
funding from the Regional Fund for Environ-
mental Protection and Water Management.
Additionally further efforts are being made
to raise funds to projects using renewable en-
ergy sources under the Regional Operational
Programme for the Małopolska Voivodeship
for 2014-2020.
As part of the Małopolska Regional Op-
erational Programme for 2007-2013, two
projects of promotional and educational
character were completed: “Krakow is not
just monuments. Creating an image and
promoting Małopolska in the international
arena through the most interesting sports
events” and the “PPP new perspectives –
creating an international network of coopera-
tion to promote public-private partnerships
for Krakow”. As part of the first project, an
international campaign was conducted with
the use of diverse communication channels.
Its innovation lay in the use of the hereto-
fore neglected marketing and visual potential
of city sporting events in the promotion of
Krakow. The next program called “PPP new
perspectives”, in addition to the promotion
of public-private partnerships as a new form
of providing public service, also contributed
to employees of the Municipality of Krakow
gaining experience and specific knowledge in
the field of PPP. The results of the program
were also the preparation of documentation
and analysis, as well as the announcing the
tender for the selection of a private partner
for the common implementation of the pro-
ject entitled “Sports and Leisure Centre at
Eisenberga Street in Krakow”.
Public-private partnership is not the only
formof participation for the economic sector in
the financing of public tasks carried out by the
Sports Infrastructure Management Board of
Krakow. The sporting events organised by the
ZIS enjoy considerable popularity and a good
brand, which means that an increasing num-
ber of companies are deciding to use their
potential to promote and sell their own prod-
ucts and services. Significant opportunities for
cooperation between private entities and ZIS
are also opened through the commercialisa-
tion of the city sports infrastructure.
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The Sports InfrastructureManagement Board of Krakow
is a budgetary unit of the
Municipality of Krakow; however, from the very beginning, external sources have
played an important role in the financing of its operations. Within the available public
funds, these are both national subsidies as well as EU funds.
Financing
of the unit’s activity
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