The subject of this study is an analysis of the resolution (compulsory restructuring) support mechanism in the institutional protection scheme (IPS). One of the objectives of the institutional protection scheme, apart from ensuring the liquidity and solvency of its participants, is to support resolution proceedings. The study presents the rules for creating the resolution support mechanism, as well as the rules for providing support to an entity taking over a cooperative bank. The study aims to prove that the recovery and resolution support mechanism promotes the security of the activities carried out by banks forming the institutional protection scheme. The objective of recovery and resolution – expressed as taking the necessary measures to ensure the security of deposits held by participants in the protection scheme – is pursued by the Bank Guarantee Fund and supported by the protection scheme management entity. Full protection of deposits held in cooperative banks is therefore possible thanks to the cooperation between the resolution authority and the entity managing the protection scheme.