MPV_PVVS Public Projects

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. David Póč (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: PhDr. Ing. Pavla Hradecká
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MPV_PVVS/01: each odd Wednesday 16:00–19:50 MT205, except Wed 29. 3., D. Póč, J. Soukopová
Prerequisites
Basic orientation in European funds, basic orientation in the public finanaces area, basic orientation in the mathematic/stastics methods.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is intended to introduce student to the main methods and issues within the public projects’ area with stress put on the skills needed to prepare the public projects, i.e. main project frames and concepts used within the public administration. Projects are being tackled through the so-called project life cycle optics. Special attention will be paid to the practical aspects issues of the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) projects connected with the specific phases of the project cycle including the public projects’ evaluation methods. Students will be lead to learn how to link the overall strategic goals to the public projects system.

After the successful course a student will be able to:
- create project drafts and applications in connection with identification of specific issue that should be tackled,
- apply relevant instruments on preparation of content as well as budget,
- identify potential risks,
- use basic methods for the public projects’ evaluation – especially Cost-Benefit Analysis
- identify overall impacts of the project on the organization’s activities.
Learning outcomes
After the fulfillment of the course requirements, student will be to:
- identify key elements in the particular grant schemes from the EU structural funds area with stress being put on the non-investment projects in the public sector;
- describe basic issues of the project forms’ applications within the EU structural funds schemes;
- identify basic options within the different types of the financial support of the topics connected with the public sector;
- use of the basic public projects' evalution methods including economical analysis methods;
- analyze the tools of the project management for successful realization of the non-investment projects within the public sector;
Syllabus
  • Seminars will be taught as practically oriented classes with aim to develop the project management’s skills including the relevant students soft-skills (especially team work).
  • The course structure is as follows:
  • 1. Introduction to the course – institutional base of the projects with the public administration, governance in the CZ and EU, project as a tool for strategic management,
  • 2. Public projects and their characterization with stress put on the ESIF use,
  • 3. Preparation of the project (ex-ante phase),
  • 4. + 5. Methods of the ex-ante public projects' evaluation, methods of the financial analysis, discounting and general financial methods of investment appraisal (NPV, IRR, Ri, PB) and cost minimisation analysis (CMA),
  • 6. + 7.Methods of economic analysis (cost-output methods) and their use in various segments of the public sector (CEA, CUA, CBA) including methods of evaluation of non-market goods and services,
  • 8 . Project application form – content,
  • 9. Project application form – budget,
  • 10. Project realization,
  • 11. Finalization of the project,
  • 12. Colloquium, and evaluation of the students' projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • ROSENAU, Milton D. Řízení projektů. 3. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2007, 344 pp. ISBN 978-80-251-1506-0. info
  • NĚMEC, Vladimír. Projektový management. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002, 182 s. ISBN 8024703920. info
    recommended literature
  • SVOZILOVÁ, Alena. Projektový management. 2., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 380 s. ISBN 9788024736112. info
  • SOUKOPOVÁ, Jana. Metody oceňování environmentálních nákladů a jejich použití při hodnocení projektů. In Ekonomické a sociální souvislosti udržitelného rozvoje - Aplikace environmentálního účetnictví na mikro a makro úrovni. 2006th ed. Brno: Univerzita Pardubice, 2006, p. 105-112. ISBN 80-7194-790-3. info
  • FOTR, J. Podnikatelský záměr a investiční rozhodování. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005, 356 pp. ISBN 80-247-0939-2. info
  • OCHRANA, František. Hodnocení veřejných projektů a zakázek. 3., přeprac. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2004, 195 s. ISBN 8073570335. info
  • DOLANSKÝ, Václav, Vladimír MĚKOTA and Vladimír NĚMEC. Projektový management. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1996, 372 s. ISBN 8071692875. info
Teaching methods
The course is being taught via combination of lectures and seminars with dominant role of seminars. This method was selected because of the concordance with overall aim of the course – to develop the students’ practical and knowledge based skills. Important part of the course is also the team work based on the model project evaluation that each team will be creating on the selected public administration topic. These project's evaluation will be discussed at the end of semester during the colloquium when the presentation of the project form the side of the tam will take place including simulated information from the side of the evaluators. Within the course relevant case studies will be used.
Assessment methods
The course finishes via colloquium. Prerequisite is the drafting of the project in the form of the public sector model project's evaluation. Semestral work in the form of the evaluation of the project is the part of the colloquium. Second prerequisite for colloquium is the written mid-term test with minimum 60% score.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Within the course, in addition to the recommended literature, it is necessary for the student to work with current legislation, especially the Act on Financial Control in Public Administration including the relevant implementing decrees and the Act on Public Procurement.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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