EN
Ecological funds are becoming an active stimulator and coordinator in the action taken to improve the natural environment and to develop proecological investments in Poland. They are also one of the fundamental sources of financing them. Their action creates the conditions furthering the proper investments in the scopc of national programs fог the benefit of ecology. In connection with the necessity of putting into effect the accession obligations, the role of the National Fund and of the province funds of environment protection must be changed from the hitherto passive realizer of the objectives of ecological policy of the state into the institution actively creating investment processes in Poland, further intensified development of the Polish system of financing the environment protection towards essential diversification of sources and forms of financing proecological investments is becoming indispensable. The greatest part can be played by the National Fund of Environment Protection and Water Management along with other ecological funds. Accession obligations require new system solutions of ecology on the part of financing institutions and Polish investors.