120-0537/01 – EU Cohesion Policy (EUCP)
Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 8 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2008/2009 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To identify and describe the major determinants of EU cohesion policy, programming process and development of programming documents for EU Structural funds in economic development of the regions in the European Union.
2. To explain the methodology and the system of programming documents for regional development management, types of the EU Funds interventions and methodology of programming logics and their validation on the practical issues.
3. To apply the knowledge gained for the solution of issues of the EU Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic during programming period 2021-2027.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the major determinants and principles of EU Cohesion Policy, the programming process of structural aid in the economic development of the regions in the European Union. The main focus will be laid on the system and content of programming documents for regional development management with using of EU Funds, on the methodology of preparation of regional and local development programming documents from the viewpoint of theory, and verification on practical examples and case studies. Emphasis is placed on specific EU Funds programming documents in the Czech Republic in the current programming period and procedures for claiming financial assistance for projects co-financed by EU Funds.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1.Introduction. Cohesion policy and the convergence in the European Union.
2.Evaluation of economic and social cohesion in the EU – Cohesions Reports.
3.Programming framework of the EU structural aid.
4.The general logic of programming Structural Funds`assistance in the EU.
5.The general structure and content of programming documents for the EU
Structural funds.
6.Horizontal priorities in the programming documents of Structural Funds in
the EU.
7.Use of the EU structural aid in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2004 –
2006
8.Implementation and evaluation system of programming documents for the EU
Structural funds.
9.Cohesion Fund in the EU and the Czech Republic.
10.Community Initiative Programmes of the EU.
11.EU cohesion policy in programming period 2007 - 2013.
11.The framework of EU Cohesion policy in the Czech Republic: Programming
period 2007 – 2013.Strategic programming documents for the EU Structural Funds
in the Czech Republic.
13.Structure and content of Operational programmes in the Czech Republic:
Programming period 2007 – 2013. Convergence objective, Regional
competitiveness and employment objective, European territorial cooperation
objective.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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