Encouragement of Entrepreneurship Spirit in Community Environment for the Local Development

Abstract

Small communities coexisted with global processes seems to be more and more important in „new economy”. Challenges  to  territorial socio-economic systems provide a context  for  the development of entrepreneurship and require from local governments and other local and regional organisations to change their attitude and the way they operate. To adjust to a fast-changing economy, local government managers must adopt entrepreneurial and pro-efficiency attitudes, and at the same time inspire social initiative in the community. Efficient functioning of spatial units and their ability to build modern local structures that can use endogenous resources in an effective way improves their competitiveness. But in order to build such competitiveness, local governments must be able . and be eager . to stimulate entrepreneurship in their communities.  This can be done in the context of economic diversification, like in the example of Polkowice municipality, where economic changes have been anticipated and necessary actions taken to develop a service economy, including tourism and recreation sector.