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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

EU Cohesion Policy

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 120-0537/02
Abbreviation EUCP
Course title EU Cohesion Policy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1.Introduction. Cohesion policy and the convergence in the European Union.
2.Evaluation of economic and social cohesion in the EU – Cohesions Reports.
3.Programming framework of the EU structural aid.
4.The general logic of programming Structural Funds` assistance in the EU.
5.The general structure and content of programming documents for the EU Structural funds.
6.Horizontal priorities in the programming documents of Structural Funds in the EU.
EU Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2007 - 2013.
7.Cohesion Fund in the EU and the Czech Republic.
8.Implementation and evaluation system of programming documents for the EU Structural funds in programming period 2007 – 2013.
9.Programming documents for the EU Structural Funds in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2004 – 2006. Use and evaluation of the EU structural aid in the Czech Republic.
10.EU Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2007 – 2013.Strategic programming documents for the EU Structural Funds in the Czech Republic.
11.Strategic and operational programmes for the EU Structural Funds in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2007 – 2013.
12.Policy and programming of Rural Development in the EU and CR.

Seminars:
1.Introduction. Creating of students working group for presentations.
2.Topics for corresponding tasks (presentations) and their specification. The selection of topics by student working groups.
3.Economic and social cohesion. Case studies and evaluation in the EU-27.
4.Analysis of cohesion reports - tables, charts, case study. The future of Cohesion policy after 2013.
5.Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
6.Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
7.Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
8.Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
9.Specific documents of programming framework of structural aid in the Czech Republic – Power Point presentation within working groups.
10.Specific documents of programming framework of structural aid in the Czech Republic – Power Point presentation within working groups.
11.Specific documents of programming framework of structural aid in the Czech Republic – Power Point presentation within working groups.
12.Online test (LMS Moodle).

E-learning

yes, e-learning course in LMS Moodle

Literature

BACHTLER, J., P. BERKOWITZ, S. HARDY and T. MURAVSKA. EU Cohesion Policy. Reassessing Performance and Direction. New York: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-22464.
BACHTLER, J., J. OLIVEIRA-MARTINS, P. WOSTNER and P. ŻUBER. Towards cohesion policy 4.0: structural transformation and inclusive growth. Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis, 2019. Regional studies policy impact books, volume 1 (2019). ISBN 978-0-367-24367-8.
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.

Advised literature

EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Cohesion in Europe towards 2050. Eighth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2022. 353 p. ISBN 978-92-76-46649-9 .
EUROPEAN COMMISSION. European Structural and Investment Funds 2022 Summary report of the programme annual implementation reports covering implementation in 2014-2020. COM(2023) 39 final. Brussels, 2023.
KRISTENSEN, Iryna, A. DUBOIS and J. TERÄS, ed. Strategic approaches to regional development: smart experimentation in less-favoured regions. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. Regions and cities, 134. ISBN 978-1-138-08435-3.