THE USE OF STAKEHOLDER CONCEPT IN PROJECT PRACTICE

Abstract

The article presents the conclusions drawn from the analysis of one of the recently completed and largest public-sector merger projects in Poland – the liquidation of the Agricultural Market Agency and the Agricultural Property Agency and the assumption of their tasks by the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture and the National Center for Agricultural Support. The project aim was to reduce the number of institutions, limiting the costs of their operation and improving the quality of services for beneficiaries and contractors. The project ended on September 1, 2017, involving thousands of employees on each agency’s side, requiring changes to the organization’s off-site organization across the country, and involved several hundred accredited processes that had to be continued to meet the European Commission’s requirements. Since September 1, 2017 the Agency forRestructuring and Modernization of Agriculture has become the sole paying agency for the EU Common Agricultural Policy in Poland and the largest agency of its kind in Europe. The article attempts to evaluate the implementation of the project from the perspective of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture, in the context of proper relations with stakeholders and their appropriate involvement in the project.