120-0507/01 – European Regional Policy (ERP)
Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
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 the 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
Summary
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic theoretical and methodological backgrounds of regional development and regional policy, which are subsequently applied to the determinants and settings 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:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit - active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test.
Exam - oral exam (2 questions from the list of questions)
More detailed conditions for completing the course are specified in LMS Moodle.
E-learning
E-learning course in LMS Moodle
Other requirements
Other requirements are not required.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Regions and their classification - regionalism and regional integration, theory of region, classification of regions in the European Union and the Czech Republic (CR), Euroregions.
2. Regional disparities - basic concepts, systemic backgrounds regional disparities, basic indicators of the level of states and regions, indicators of growth strategies in the EU.
3. Regional disparities and their measurement - methods of regional disparities measurements, regional disparities in the European Union and the Czech Republic
4. Regional development theory and regional policy - regional development and factors in regional development, modern theory of regional development and contemporary approaches to regional policy, types and instruments of modern regional policy.
5. Regional policy of the selected European States (I) - Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany.
6. Regional policy of the selected European states (II) - Finland, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Portugal.
7. The development of regional policy in Europe - the main milestones in the development of the EU regional policy.
8. Legislative and institutional framework of the EU regional policy - legislative framework of EU regional policy, regional policy management at the EU level.
9. EU Regional policy Instruments - European structural and investment funds (ESIF), special support instruments, financial instruments, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.
10. EU regional policy in the programming period 2014-2020 - architecture of the EU regional policy 2014-2020, legislative framework, programming documents, financial framework.
11. Regional policy in the Czech Republic – backgrounds and formation of the regional policy in the Czech Republic, legislative framework, support of regional development in the Czech Republic, coordination of economic and social cohesion in the EU in the Czech Republic.
12. EU Regional policy in the Czech Republic (I) - European Union funds for the Czech Republic in the programming periods 2004-2006 and 2007-2013.
13. EU Regional policy in the Czech Republic (II) - European Union funds for the Czech Republic in the programming period 2014-2020.
14. The future of EU Regional policy after 2020 - basic documents focusing on regional policy for 2020+, preparation of the Czech Republic for the 2020+ programming period.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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