Trwałość projektów współfinansowanych z funduszy strukturalnych – realizacja regionalnych programów operacyjnych

In their article, the authors discuss the findings of the audit on how the obligation to provide for sustainability of projects is fulfilled in three Polish regions: Lubuskie, Małopolskie and Śląskie. The article presents the principles related to project sustainability, set forth in Regulation (EU) No 1083/2006 of the Council, and the most important problems and irregularities in their application. A need has been observed to clarify the requirements in contracts concluded in the new financial perspective (2014−2020), related to archiving and marking documents, rooms and devices, and, in the first place, to clear defining of indicators for project impact, implementation of tasks and maintaining sustainability of effects.