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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

EU Regional Policy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0310/04
Abbreviation RPEU
Course title EU Regional Policy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.Introduction to the subject.
2.The theory of regions and their classification. Definition of the regions. Approaches to the regions. Characteristics of the regions. Classification of the regions in the European Union..
3.Regional disparities and their measurement. The theory of regional disparities. Classification of regional disparities. Indicators of regional disparities. Structural indicators of the European Union.
4.Regional development and regional policy. The theory of regional development. Factors of regional development. Theory of regional policy. The objectives and instruments of regional policy. The approaches to regional policy.
5.Development of regional policy in the European Union. The development of regional policy in selected EU members’ states (Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany…).
6.EU Regional Policy. The aim and objectives of EU Regional Policy. Principles of EU regional policy. Development of EU regional and structural policy.
7.Legislative and Institutional framework of EU Regional Policy. EU primary and secondary legislation of EU Regional Policy. Institutions of EU Regional Policy.
8.Instruments of EU Regional Policy. Classification of instruments and programming documents of EU Regional Policy. EU Structural Funds. Cohesion Funds. Community Innitiatives. Solidarity Fund.
9.EU Regional Policy in the programming period 2000 – 2006. The reform of EU regional policy after 1999. The objectives of EU Regional Policy. Instruments of EU regional Policy. Financial framework.
10.Programming documents for EU Structural funds. The programming framework of structural aid in the European Union. National Development Plan. National Strategic Reference Framework. Operational Programme.
11.EU cohesion policy in the programming period 2007 - 2013. Reform of the regional (cohesion) policy after 2006. New architecture of cohesion policy in the programming period 2007 – 2013. Legislative framework of the EU cohesion policy. The structure of programming documents. Community Strategic Guidelines for cohesion policy. EU financial perspectives for the period 2007 – 2013.
12.Regional Policy of the Czech Republic. The development of regional policy in the Czech Republic. The strategy and objectives of the regional policy in the Czech Republic. Legislative and institutional framework of the regional policy in the Czech Republic.

Literature

1. ARTOBOLEVSKIY, S. S. Regional Policy in Europe. Oxon: Routledge, 2012. 192 p. ISBN 1-85302-308-6.
2. BACHTLER, John and Ivan TUROK. The Coherence of EU Regional Policy: Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds. Gateshead: Athenaeum Press, 2013. 416 p. ISBN 1-85302-396-5.
3. BREUER, Christian B. The Regional Puzzle. How Regions and Encompassed Actors are Involved in EU Regional Policy. Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2012. 385 p. ISBN 978-3-643-90094-4.
4. CINI, Michelle and N. Péréz-Solórzano BORRAGÁN. European Union Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 485 p. ISBN 978-0-19-9548637.
5. RICHARDSON, Harry W., Chang-Hee Christine BAE and Sang-Chuel CHOE. Reshaping Regional Policy. Cheltenham: Edvard Elgar Publishing, 2011. 384 p. ISBN 978-1-84980-280-2.

Advised literature

1. ADAMS, N., G. COTELLA and R. NUNES. Territorial Development, Cohesion and Spatial Planning: Knowledge and Policy Development in an Enlarged EU. Oxon: Routledge, 2011. 457 p. ISBN 978-0-415-55194-6.
2. ARMSTRONG, Harvey and Jim TAYLOR. Regional Economics and Policy. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. 437 p. ISBN 978-0-631-21713-8.
3. EUROPEAN COMMISION. Cohesion Policy 2007 – 13. Commentaries and official texts. Guide. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007. 160 p. ISBN 92-79-03805-2 .
4. McCORMICK, John. The European Union. Politics and Policies. 4th edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2008. 417
5. OLEJNICZAK, K., S. BIENIAS and M. KOZAK. Evaluating the Effects of Regional Interventions. A Look Beyond Current Structural Funds` Practice. Warsaw: Ministry of Regional Development, 2012. 312 p. ISBN 978-83-7610-350-1 .
p. ISBN 978-0-8133-4376-1.
6. STRUBELT, Wendelin and Grzegorz GORZELAK. City and Region: Papers in Honour of Jiri Musil. Opladen: Budrich UniPress, 2008. 367 p. ISBN 978-3-940755-07-0.