Summary:

Communal investments determine the economic development of region. Very often costs of this investments bears the commune. But the budgetary means are frequently not enough to cover the planned capital expenditure on infrastructure. Therefore, constantly growing investment needs are connected with necessity of reaching for alternative sources of sponsorship. The analysis of financing sources of infrastructural investments is the main purpose of this paper. Study concerns the rural commune Spytkowice and the period 2003-2007. There were analyzed tree basic infrastructural groups: social, environmental protection and roads. There was stated that the participation of alternative (outside) means in financing of infrastructural investments has amounted to 36%. The highest participation of outside means in financing investment was in the case of the road network. The investments connected with the social infrastructure were most expensive.