120-0307/07 – European Regional Policy (ERP)

Gurantor department	Department of International Economic Relations	Credits	3
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	3	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2009/2010	Year of cancellation	2010/2011
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
MEL24	Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.
POL481	Ing. Eva Poledníková, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Examination	2+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1. To describe the development and the state of the art of EU regional policy, its mechanisms, and tools. 2. To explain the methodology and options of the use of EU Funds and other instruments in regional development and their application under the condition of the Czech Republic. 3. To apply the knowledge gained for the solution of issues of EU social and economic cohesion.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The aim of the course is to introduce students with the basic theoretical and methodological backgrounds of regional development and regional policy, which are subsequently applied to the determinants and setting of regional policy in the selected EU Member States (eg. Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands) and the European Union as a whole. Upon completion of the course, the students are prepared to solve practical problems in the field of the EU Cohesion Policy in the follow-up Master's degree.

Compulsory literature:

BACHTLER, J., J. OLIVEIRA-MARTINS, P. WOSTNER and P. ŻUBER. Towards cohesion policy 4.0: structural transformation and inclusive growth. Abingdon (Oxon): Taylor & Francis, 2019. 80 p. ISBN 978-0-367-24367-8. CHURSKI, P., T. HERODOWICZ, B. KONECKA-SZYDŁOWSKA and R. PERDAL. European Regional Development. Contemporary Regional and Local Perspectives of Socio-Economic and Socio-Political Changes. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Nature, 2021. 201 p. ISBN 978-3-030-84659-6. THILO Lang and Franziska GÖRMAR, eds. Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation. Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe. Gateway East (Singapore): Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. 382 p. ISBN 978-981-13-1189-5.

Recommended literature:

BRAUN, Julie, A. Regional Policies and European Integration: From Policy to Identity. Cham (ZH): Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 226 p. ISBN 978-3-319-67761-3. KRISTENSEN, I., A. DUBOIS and J. TERÄS, eds. Strategic approaches to regional development: smart experimentation in less-favoured regions. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. 134 p. ISBN 978-1-138-08435-3. MOLEMA Marijin and Sara SVENSSON. Regional Economic Development and History. London, New York: Routledge, 2020. 198 p. ISBN 978-1-138-33413-7.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Corresponding tasks

E-learning

Other requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1.Introduction to the subject. 2.The theory of regions and their classification. Definition of the regions. Approaches to the regions. Characteristics of the regions. Classification of the regions in the European Union.. 3.Regional disparities and their measurement. The theory of regional disparities. Classification of regional disparities. Indicators of regional disparities. Structural indicators of the European Union. 4.Regional development and regional policy. The theory of regional development. Factors of regional development. Theory of regional policy. The objectives and instruments of regional policy. The approaches to regional policy. 5.Development of regional policy in the European Union. The development of regional policy in selected EU members’ states (Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany…). 6.EU Regional Policy. The aim and objectives of EU Regional Policy. Principles of EU regional policy. Development of EU regional and structural policy. 7.Legislative and Institutional framework of EU Regional Policy. EU primary and secondary legislation of EU Regional Policy. Institutions of EU Regional Policy. 8.Instruments of EU Regional Policy. Classification of instruments and programming documents of EU Regional Policy. EU Structural Funds. Cohesion Funds. Community Innitiatives. Solidarity Fund. 9.EU Regional Policy in the programming period 2000 – 2006. The reform of EU regional policy after 1999. The objectives of EU Regional Policy. Instruments of EU regional Policy. Financial framework. 10.Programming documents for EU Structural funds. The programming framework of structural aid in the European Union. National Development Plan. National Strategic Reference Framework. Operational Programme. 11.EU cohesion policy in the programming period 2007 - 2013. Reform of the regional (cohesion) policy after 2006. New architecture of cohesion policy in the programming period 2007 – 2013. Legislative framework of the EU cohesion policy. The structure of programming documents. Community Strategic Guidelines for cohesion policy. EU financial perspectives for the period 2007 – 2013. 12.Regional Policy of the Czech Republic. The development of regional policy in the Czech Republic. The strategy and objectives of the regional policy in the Czech Republic. Legislative and institutional framework of the regional policy in the Czech Republic.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2008/2009 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Examination	Examination	100	51	3

Mandatory attendence participation:

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty
2010/2011	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202R040) Regional Development			P	Czech	Ostrava	3			Compulsory	study plan
2009/2010	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202R040) Regional Development			P	Czech	Ostrava	3			Compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

Assessment of instruction

2009/2010 Winter