Projekty bliźniacze jako narzędzie dostosowania instytucjonalnego Polski do integracji z Unią Europejską

The accession of Poland to the European Union requires creating adequate institutional conditions. The strengthening of institutional and administrative capacity of Poland (and other candidate countries) is also in the interest of EU - hence its help with creating and strengthening administrative structures in those countries. The main source of this help is PHARE. One of its components - Institution Building - allows financing the strengthening of administrative capacity. One of the mechanisms of support of institution building is twinning. It is the agreement between an institution in the candidate country and its equivalent in one or more member states. The aim of twinning is to deliver specific and guaranteed results, agreed between the parties in advance and fulfilling the goals set out in the Accession Partnerships. The parties sing the "Twinning Covenant" in which they agree on detailed work plan and means to achieve the result. It is the new form of co-operation of candidates and member states of EU. The article touches on the meaning of twinning projects and the commitment of member states in their implementation.