Background information

In July the Chair of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK), the national auditor, announced the Chamber was planning to launch a complex auditing campaign of the public aid granted under anti-crisis shields and financial shields by the Polish Development Fund (PFR)

• [PL-2020-14/526] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-14_526.html);
• [PL-2020-14/1148] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-14_1148.html);
• [PL-2020-14/662] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-14_662.html);
• [PL-2020-10/1951] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-10_1951.html);
• [PL-2021-27/1950] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2021-27_1950.html);
• [PL-2021-27/1949 (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2021-27_1949.html);
• [PL-2021-27/1873] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2021-27_1873.html);
• [PL-2020-44/1344] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-44_1344.html);
• [PL-2020-20/806] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-20_806.html);
• [PL-2020-14/805] (https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PL-2020-14_805.html);
• PL-2020-14/804 .

Growing concerns about the state of public finances, especially in the context of increasing concealed public debt (driven by increasing public spending channeled outside of the state budget) are named a the key motivation for making such a move.

Content of measure

The Supreme Audit Office (NIK), being the national auditing body has the authority to control all public expenditure. As the Chair of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) stresses out, the critical stance of NIK does not concern the providing aid, as the pandemic has forced governments all over the world to take extraordinary actions. However, it should be directed at improving operations and the survival of companies in a difficult period. "We will be able to say more about the results of this aid only after carrying out proper inspections, which we have planned for next year" - the Chair of NIK says, as quoted by the Bankier portal .

Use of measure

Not available.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Other businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Unknown
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No involvement of social partners.

Views and reactions

No views recorded.

Sources

• 09 July 2021: Next year, detailed audits of anti-crisis shields (www.bankier.pl)