ESF:BPR_ITRD Impacts of the Transformation - Course Information

BPR_ITRD Impacts of the Transformation on the Regional Development

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Andrea Holešinská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Halámek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eva Výrostová, PhD. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Kateřina Důbravová (assistant)
Ing. Filip Emmer (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D.
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

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 140 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/140, only registered: 36/140, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 7/140

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies (programme ESF, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Economics and Administration (programme CST, KOS)

Course objectives

The subject provides the students with the information about a wide context of the transformation period in post-communist countries. The questions of social, demographic, geographical, territorial and economic development are explained on the example of the Czech Republic. The students gain the knowledge necessary to understand the transformation process and its influence on the territorial (regional) development.

The goal of this course is to introduce socio-economic changes in post-communist countries to students.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- identify the causes of regional disparities
- explain the essential obvious impacts of the transformation on a region's economy
- demonstrate the effects of the application of regional policy tools
- interpret the role of individual parts (segments) of economy in the regional development
- estimate the possible further development of CR regions

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to:
- identify the causes of regional disparities
- explain the essential obvious impacts of the transformation on a region's economy
- demonstrate the effects of the application of regional policy tools
- interpret the role of individual parts (segments) of economy in the regional development
- estimate the possible further development of CR regions

Syllabus

• Introduction to regional development, fundamental terms, CZ-NUTS classification of Czech regions.
• Regional policy in the process of transformation, reasons for regional differentiation, development of the regions, Czech regional policy (tools, institutions, policies).
• Programmes implementation I - Strategy of the Regional Development in the Czech Republic, Czech X European regional policy, implementation of the Structural funds.
• Programmes implementation II - institutions building, political support, cross border cooperation.
• Regional Development Agency - goals of the RDA, ČARA / EURADA, activities of the Regional Development Agency of Southern Moravia.
• Territorial public administration, instruments of financial management at the local and regional level - budgets of municipalities and regions, budgetary outlooks.
• Foreign Direct Investment - investment opportunities in the Czech Republic, inflow of FDI, investment incentives, influence of the FDI on the regional development.
• The business environment in the Czech Republic, strengths and weaknesses of the Czech business environment.
• Support of small and medium-sized enterprises, what the SMEs are, how they are supported (forms of support and programmes) and which institutions support them in the CR.
• Labour market and employment policy, unemployment in Czech regions and its development, efficiency of labour market policy.
• Tourism, brief history of tourism and basic tourism characteristics, external and internal impacts of tourism.
• Tourism Management (government involvement, tourism administration structure (national, regional level), public-private cooperation etc.) and Tourism Marketing.
• Czech regions in international comparison, its present and future, indicators of measuring and evaluation of regional standards.

Literature

required literature
• 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.
• MCCANN, Philip. Modern urban and regional economics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxiii, 408. ISBN 9780199582006.

recommended literature
• The transfer of power :decentralization in Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by Jonathan D. Kimball. Budapest: Local Government and Public Services Reform Initiative, 1999, x, 149 s. ISBN 963-03-5083-1. info
• Report on the Quality of Life in European Cities, 2020. Luxembourg: European Commission, 2020. 106 s. ISBN 978-92-76-22444-0. doi:10.2776/600407.

Teaching methods

Lessons take form of lectures predominantly.

Assessment methods

Written exam: multiple choice test. 30 points can be usually obtained in total; to pass the exam student needs 18 points (60 %).
There are no attendance requirements for students who are on an Erasmus stay abroad. They can take the exam directly.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PRDOTR.

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