Judyta Kabus 162 DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH SUPPORT OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENTS, ON THE EXAMPLE OF BELCHATOW COUNTY Judyta Kabus Czestochowa University of Technology Faculty of Management Abstract: Every country aiming for the highest level of economic competitiveness, thereby providing a better standard of living for citizens and increasing theirs personal satisfaction, should support activities of businessmen and people, who want to rise the level of national economy with means of introduced innovations. The smallest national unit supporting the entrepreneurship is municipality. Activities of municipality have indirect or direct influence on local companies. It is particularly seen, that the chances for development of entrepreneurship in particular areas of country and creating regional development based on the entrepreneurship should be searched in the respectively leaded policy of local and regional government, particularly in relation to small and medium companies. Purpose of this thesis is characterization of entrepreneurship in Belachatow county, as well as initiatives of the county’s government are being stipulated, in order to support the establishment of new companies and development of existing companies. Keywords: local self-government, county, company, management DOI: 10.17512/znpcz.2017.3.1.14 Introduction Entrepreneurship is generally an active, creative and innovative activity of human being in the economic and other than economic zone. Every country aiming for the highest level of economic competitiveness, thereby providing a better standard of living for citizens and increasing theirs personal satisfaction, should support the activities of businessmen and people, who want to rise the level of national economy with means of the introduced innovations (Sopińska, Wachowiak 2016). Thus, economic affairs are more increasingly a key item in a strategy pursued on local and regional level (Skowron- -Grabowska, Nowakowska-Grunt 2017, p. 97-98). Development of entrepreneurship particularly influences on the economic growth. Thus, the activities oriented on its stimulation and development are required. Entrepreneurship requires the respective stimulation with the established conditions enforcing eagerness for a business activity, what subsequently leads to starting and running a business activity (Lemańska-Majdzik 2012, p. 115-117). The smallest national unit supporting the entrepreneurship is a municipality. Activities of municipality have indirect or direct influence on local companies. An increasing role of local self-government in the development of local entrepreneurship Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej Zarządzanie Nr 27 t. 1 (2017) s. 162–171 dostępne na: http://www.zim.pcz.pl/znwz