BPR_SPEU Structural Policy of the EU

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jaroslav Maryáš, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jaroslav Maryáš, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 12:00–12:45 P304
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BPR_SPEU/01: Tue 12:50–13:35 P304, J. Maryáš
BPR_SPEU/02: Tue 13:45–14:30 P304, J. Maryáš
Prerequisites
! PRSPEU Structural Policy of the EU
Students must complete the course EU and Laws.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A compulsory course for the programme Regional development and administration, developing knowledge gained in the lecture The European Union and Laws. It focuses on gaining further knowledge of the EU structural and regional policy. Special attention is drawn to the structural funds, and also to the regional division of the EU and its hierarchical structure (NUTS regions).
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- discuss the importance of the regional diferencies in the EU;
- judge significance and the contribution of cohesion policy;
- analyse tools for cohesion policy;
- compare regions NUTS II and their differentiation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Main principles of structural and regional policy of the EU, history of structural and regional policy in the EC.
  • 2. Structural funds and other funds and institutions financing structural and regional policy. Structural funds - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF); Cohesion Fund; European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and European Fisheries Fund (EFF); European Investment Bank.
  • 3. Legislative support of the structural and regional policy.
  • 4 – 5. Priorities of structural and regional policy of the EU. Objectives of the structural policy in the years 1989-99 (Obj. 1 - 6), in period 2000-2006 (Obj. 1 - 3) and 2007-2013. Regions supported by structural funds. Description of the selected projects.
  • 6. Community Iniciatives in the years 1989-99 and in period 2000-2006 with a view to iniciatives with regional dimension (without INTERREG program).
  • 7. Crossborder cooperation in the EU. Euroregions. Programs supported development of euroregions (INTERREG I - IV). Description of the selected projects.
  • 8-9. The Czech Republic and crossborder cooperation. Euroregions in the Czech Republic, history (programmes PHARE – CBC) and recent situation, problems of cooperation and perspective. Description of the selected projects.
  • 10 – 13. Regional division of the EU. NUTS regions of hierarchical level 1 and 2 per countries of the EU, their basic demographic and economic characteristics.
Literature
  • WOKOUN, René, Zdeněk LUKÁŠ and Jana KOUŘILOVÁ. Výkladový slovník regionální a strukturální politiky Evropské unie. Vyd. 1. Praha: IFEC, 2002, 165 s. ISBN 80-86412-18-0. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught as both lectures (2 hours per week) and seminars (2 hours per 2 weeks).
Assessment methods
Form of examination: written test. It is necessary to gain more than 60 % of overall assessment to pass the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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