Abstract:

Wałbrzych Subregion was based on the coal industry until 1991 when the last mine was closed. The area still faced the consequences of unfinished transformation: a low level of social-economic development, infrastructure degradation and a small endogenic potential insufficient to support long-term development. Negative effects of transformation can be observed in social and economic indicators. Just Transition Mechanism of European Union leads toward new possibilities for small local units with post-coal legacy. The aim of this paper is to analyse undertaken action towards new local development activators in Wałbrzyski Subregion based on Just Transition Mechanism.