The Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment (OPI&E) is a response to the opportunities and challenges connected with the membership in the European Union.
The main objective of the Programme is: Increasing the investment attractiveness of Poland and its regions by developing technical infrastructure, and simultaneously protecting and improving the condition of the natural environment, health, preserving cultural identity and developing territorial cohesion.

The following 17 priority axes shall be implemented as part of the Programme:
1. The water and sewage management.
2. Waste management and the protection of earth.
3. Resource management and counteracting environmental risks.
4. Initiatives aimed at adjusting enterprises to the requirements of environment protection.
5. Environment protection and the promotion of ecological habits.
6. TEN-T road and air transport network.
7. Environment-friendly transport.
8. Transport safety and national transport networks.
9. Road infrastructure in Eastern Poland.
10. Environment-friendly energy infrastructure.
11. Energy security.
12. Culture and cultural heritage.
13. Health security and the improvement of the efficiency of the healthcare system.
14. Infrastructure of higher education.
15. Technical assistance - The European Regional Development Fund
16. Technical assistance - Cohesion Fund.
17. Competitiveness of regions