Course: Regional Policy of EU

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Course title Regional Policy of EU
Course code USSV/PRPU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mandysová Ivana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The economic and social cohesion and its place among the other EU policies. The rules and principles, the reasons for the implementation of ESC policy at EU level. Institutional system of ESC policy in the European Union. Decision-making process. Stages of development ESC policy I (6 founding countries, Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece). Stages of developmentESC policy II (Austria, Sweden, Finland, enlargement 2004, 2007, 2013). The objectives of regional policy, their evolution, covered regions, the criteria for inclusion, territorial statistical units I. The objectives of regional policy, their evolution, covered regions, the criteria for inclusion II. Funding for regional policy, development, present situation, Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, the EU budget. Application of regional policy in the Czech Republic, organizational and administrative system.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the concept of regional policy of the European Union, to clarify application of the RP of the EU onto specific euroregions and acquaint with their regional development.
Student will well informed about Regional Policy Applied by European Union. He will understand conception of Policy of economic a social cohesion, Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund, Aims of the RP, NUTS and other special terms out of this terminology. Student will be skilled in regional policy methods and will be able to apply it in practice. For this purpose he will know how to select relevant data and choose relevant method for their assorting. Results and knowledge he will know to construe.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis

The assignment is granted upon completion of the following conditions: attendance at seminars, completion and presentation of the seminar paper. Examination granting is conditioned by passing the final written or oral test.
Recommended literature
  • Cihelková, I:. Nový regionlismus: teorie a případová studie (Evropská unie). Praha, 2007.
  • Cihelková, I.:. Regionilsums a multilateralismus: základy nového světového obchodního řádu?. Praha, 2010.
  • MANDYSOVÁ, I.:. Evropská integrace, Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta ekonomicko-správní, Pardubice, 2006.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Enterprise Management (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Enterprise Management (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional and Information Management (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional Development (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2016) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional Development (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2014) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional Development (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional and Information Management (2014) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Informatics in Public Administration (2014) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional Development (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Informatics in Public Administration (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Enterprise Management (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer