Z7105 Regional policy

Faculty of Science
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jakub Trojan, MSc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 19. 2. to Sun 26. 5. Thu 14:00–15:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z7105/01: Mon 19. 2. to Sun 26. 5. Thu 16:00–16:50 Z3,02045, O. Šerý, J. Trojan
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students the knowledge about regional policy in the European Union and the Czech Republic. This course follows the subject of Regional Policy and Regional Development, which is more focused on the theoretical level, while this course introduces the students to the development and current status of regional policy in practice. The second half of the course focuses on agriculture as one of the main aspects of EU regional policy.
Learning outcomes
Student completing the course will be able to:
- acquaint in European and national policy of regional development,
- acquaint in the European Structural and Investment Funds,
- identify the basic features of the Common Agricultural Policy
- create strategic documents at the local level,
- apply theoretical knowledge about regional development to practice.
Syllabus
  • 1) Regional policy of the European Union - development, current status, instruments
  • 2) European structural and investment funds with an emphasis on period 2014–2020
  • 3) Regional policy of the Czech Republic, Strategy of the Regional Development of the Czech Republic and other documents
  • 4) Territorial dimensions, integrated instruments (ITI, ITDP and CLLD)
  • 5) Strategic and development documents at local and regional level
  • 6) The process of creating strategic and development documents, an example of a specific procedure
  • 7) Relations between general and agricultural regional policy, EU regional policy in relation to agriculture - current status and perspectives
  • 8) Concept of agrarian policy of the Czech Republic before and after accession to the EU
  • 9) Agriculture and Rural Development Plan, EAFRD
  • 10) Definition and evaluation of agricultural regions through criteria in EU countries, in the Czech Republic, LFA regions
  • 11) Opportunities and conditions of regional development, support of non-productive functions
  • 12) Rural Development Programme of the Czech Republic for period 2007–2013, 2014–2020
  • 13) Evaluation of impacts of the EU CAP on agricultural and rural development of the Czech Republic
Literature
  • BLAŽEK, Jiří and David UHLÍŘ. Teorie regionálního rozvoje : nástin, kritika, implikace. Vyd. 2., přeprac. a rozš. V Praze: Karolinum, 2011, 342 s. ISBN 9788024619743. info
  • Territorial development, cohesion and spatial planning : knowledge and policy development in an enlarged EU. Edited by Neil Adams - Giancarlo Cotella - Richard Nunes. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2011, xxvii, 457. ISBN 9780203842973. info
  • Handbook of local and regional development. Edited by Andy Pike. New York: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 9780415548311. info
  • Regional convergence in the European Union : facts, prospects, and policies. Edited by Juan R. Cuadrado Roura - Martí Parellada. New York [N.Y.]: Springer, 2010, viii, 368. ISBN 9783642077500. info
  • BOHÁČKOVÁ, Ivana and Magdalena HRABÁNKOVÁ. Strukturální politika Evropské unie. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2009, xvii, 188. ISBN 9788074001116. info
  • WOKOUN, René. Regionální rozvoj : (východiska regionálního rozvoje, regionální politika, teorie, strategie a programování). Praha: Linde, 2008, 475 s. ISBN 9788072016990. info
  • HRABÁNKOVÁ, Magdalena. Přístupy k harmonizaci Evropského modelu zemědělství na podmínky regionů ČR. 1. vyd. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Ekonomická fakulta, 2008, 238 s. ISBN 9788073941338. info
  • WOODS, Michael. Rural geography : processes, respones and experiences in rural restructuring. London: Sage Publications, 2005, xiv, 330. ISBN 0761947604. info
  • HRABÁNKOVÁ, Magdalena, Cyrila MARKOVÁ and Jiří NĚMEC. Regionální politika v zemědělství. Praha: Výzkumný ústav zemědělské ekonomiky, 1994, 55 s. ISBN 8085898012. info
Teaching methods
Teaching course is created by two-hour lectures and one-hour exercises on which the knowledge and skills gained from the lectures are disseminated. Within exercises the emphasis is placed on students' discussion, respectively on active involvement in the process of the exercise in general. Students elaborate continuously on homework. They will be involved, among other things, in the creation of a particular strategic document.
Assessment methods
The course ends with an oral exam from findings learned during the lectures. To participate in the exam, students must have granted credit for exercise, which gets under appropriate attendance and consignet and recognized tasks (ie. work on own exercises and homework).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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