Self-Governmental Programmes for Protection of Monuments – Law, Practices, Lessons and Judicature, and NIK’s Findings

Mimo istniejącego od ponad 16 lat ustawowego obowiązku, wiele samo rządów terytorialnych nie opracowuje programów opieki nad zabytkami. W artykule przeanalizowano podstawy prawne ich tworzenia, relacje między programami, a prowadzoną przez gminę ewidencją zabytków, przed stawiono stanowisko doktryny i orzecznictwa, a także powiązano je z usta leniami wybranych kontroli NIK. Zaproponowano rozwiązania, których wprowadzenie mogłoby ułatwić samorządom wykonanie tych zadań.In his article, the author presents self-governmental programmes for monuments pro tection, which have been introduced to the Polish legal system in the Act on monuments protection and maintenance of 2003. The article attempts to combine an analysis of legal basis for monuments protection and maintenance programmes, comments on the respective literature and judicature, and the results of NIK’s audits. Adoption and, consequently, implementation of programmes for monuments protection, has also been entrusted (in addition to State bodies) to self-governmental units on two levels: regional and local (Polish: województwo, and gmina and powiat respectively). Their programmes should play an important role not only in the national heritage system, but in other self-governmental activities as well. The article presents the legal basis for local self-government units as regards monuments protection and maintenance, as well as legal regulations related to self-governmental programmes for monuments maintenance. As for the literature, judicature and NIK’s audit findings, the author of the article discusses, among other, the role of self-governmental programmes as stra tegic tools to integrate local communities, the issues related to the obligation to adopt such programmes and report on their implementation, as well as the relation of pro grammes to the local registers of monuments. The article also comprises NIK’s con clusions related to the programmes discussed