120-0537/01 – EU Cohesion Policy (EUCP)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of International Economic RelationsCredits8
Subject guarantorIng. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2007/2008Year of cancellation2008/2009
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
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MEL24 Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+1

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

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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:

BACHTLER, J., P. BERKOWITZ, S. HARDY and T. MURAVSKA. EU Cohesion Policy. Reassessing Performance and Direction. New York: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-22464. 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. Regional studies policy impact books, volume 1 (2019). ISBN 978-0-367-24367-8. LUX, Gábor a Gyula HORVÁTH, ed. The Routledge Handbook to regional development in Central and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. Routledge handbooks. ISBN 978-1-4724-8571-7.

Recommended literature:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Cohesion in Europe towards 2050. Eighth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2022. 353 p. ISBN 978-92-76-46649-9. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. European Structural and Investment Funds 2022 Summary report of the programme annual implementation reports covering implementation in 2014-2020. COM(2023) 39 final. Brussels, 2023. KRISTENSEN, Iryna, A. DUBOIS and J. TERÄS, ed. Strategic approaches to regional development: smart experimentation in less-favoured regions. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. Regions and cities, 134. ISBN 978-1-138-08435-3.

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

Full-time form (validity from: 1960/1961 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51 3
        Exercises evaluation Credit 35 (35) 0 3
                Project Project 20  0 3
                Written exam Written test 10  0 3
                Other task type Other task type 5  0 3
        Examination Examination 65 (65) 0 3
                Written examination Written examination 45  0 3
                Oral Oral examination 20  0 3
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Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2007/2008 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210T004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan

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