ESF:MPV_PVVS Public Projects - Course Information

MPV_PVVS Public Projects

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. David Póč (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. David Póč (seminar tutor)
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, 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

Prerequisites

none

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

• Public Administration (programme ESF, N-MFTAP)
• Public Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

lic money should be spent in many cases on the base of the project approach. For this, understanding of project appraisal, project management methods and public procurement is crucial.

The subject introduces the student to the main methods and problem areas of projects in public administration with an emphasis on deepening the skills associated with the preparation of projects, or the main project frameworks used within public administration.

The objective of the course is to introduce the specifics of public projects, their design and evaluation. Specific attention is given to the practical aspects of the implementation of projects from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in the individual phases of the so-called project cycle, the method of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as well as the issue of value for money (value for money) and the public procurement and its legal framework and issues in the Czech Republic.ic 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

At the end of the course, students are expected to:

• understand principles of project management and project evaluation/appraisal
• 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,
• be able to prepare simple public projects and CBA analysis,
• use of the basic public projects' evalution methods including economical analysis methods and nonmarket valuation methods,
• understand and interpret the Czech legal framework on public procurement,
• improve their teamwork skills.

Syllabus

• 1. Public projects and their design - the introduction, the executive in the Czech Republic and the EU, the project as a tool for the implementation of strategic management in public administration.
• 2. Public projects preparation and realisation with an emphasis on the use of ESIF.
• 3. + 4. Ex-ante evaluation methods, financial analysis methods, discounting and general financial investment evaluation methods (NPV, IRR, Ri, PB) and economic analysis methods (cost-output methods) and their use in various segments of the public sector (CEA, CUA, CMA).
• 5. + 6. Cost Benefit Analysis
• 7. Reading week
• 8. Non-market valuation methods and their use in CBA.
• 9. Consultation of the upcoming project and CBA.
• 10. Project implementation, public procurements - functions and principles, current problems.
• 11. The process of awarding and evaluating public procurements - the legal framework in the Czech Republic and its further perspective.
• 12. Public procurements evaluation.
• 13. Colloquium, and evaluation of the students' projects - Presentation of the project, CBA and the assignment of a public procurement in groups

Literature

required literature
• Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects https://poseur.portugal2020.pt/media/40474/guide-to-cost-benefit-analysis-of-investment-projects.pdf
• GATTI, Stefano. Project finance in theory and practice : designing, structuring, and financing private and public projects. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2012, xxx, 464. ISBN 9780123919465. info
• FOTR, Jiří and Ivan SOUČEK. Investiční rozhodování a řízení projektů : jak připravovat, financovat a hodnotit projekty, řídit jejich riziko a vytvářet portfolio projektů. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011, 408 stran. ISBN 9788024732930. URL info
• ROSENAU, Milton D. Řízení projektů. 3. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2007, 344 pp. ISBN 978-80-251-1506-0. info

recommended literature
• SVOZILOVÁ, Alena. Projektový management. 2., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 380 s. ISBN 9788024736112. info
• BOARDMAN, Anthony E. Cost-benefit analysis : concepts and practice. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, xv, 560. ISBN 0131435833. 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
• NĚMEC, Vladimír. Projektový management. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002, 182 s. ISBN 8024703920. 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.

The lectures explain the basic topics of creation, implementation and evaluation of public projects, and methods of evaluation of public projects and public contracts are presented. These are further discussed and practiced at seminars.

The seminars will be conceived as practically oriented teaching aimed at developing skills in the field of project management, including the development of relevant soft-skills of students (primarily the area of teamwork).

Part of the seminars and last lecture are presentations of projects, CBAs and procurement documentation for public procurement by students, where students will present their own project in groups, prepared CBA and the assignment of a public procurement of the given project.

Assessment methods

The course finishes via colloquium.

Prerequisite is the drafting of the proposal of the public project, the cost benefit analyiss and the assignment of a public procurement of the selected project. The defense, in the form of a discussion about the draft of the completed project, budget, CBA and the assignment of a public procurement is part of the colloquium.

Second prerequisite for colloquium is the for admission to the colloquium is obtaining a minimum number of 60 points from ongoing activities.

Students earn points for processing the project plan, discussion forums, presentation and processing of the project proposal, including CBA and the proposal for the assignment of a public procurement, and for activity in lectures and seminars. The teacher has the right to award "bonus" points for activity in lectures and seminars (see the interactive course outline).

Students who completed a similar course or part of a course abroad (ERASMUS, etc.) can apply for recognition of a course or the whole course. These requests will be assessed individually by the course guarantor.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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.

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