Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

EU Cohesion Policy

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	120-0537/05
Abbreviation	EUCP
Course title	EU Cohesion Policy
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator	Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Introduction to subject. Cohesion and the convergence in the European Union
3. Evaluation of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union
4. Programming framework of EU Structural Funds.
5. The general logic of programming Structural Funds` assistance in the EU
6. The general structure and content of programming documents for the EU Structural funds
7. Horizontal priorities in the programming documents of Structural Funds in the EU
8. Implementation system of Structural Funds` programming documents and their evaluation
9. EU Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2007–2013.
10. Cohesion Fund in the EU and the Czech Republic
11. EU Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2007–2013
12. Programming documents of EU Structural Funds in the Czech Republic: Programming period 2007–2013.
13. EU Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2014-2020.
14. Policy and programming of Rural Development in the EU and CR

Seminars:
1. Introduction. Creating of students working group for presentations.
2. Economic and social cohesion. Case studies and evaluation in the EU-28.
3. Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
4. Programming documents for Structural Funds in chosen EU country (except the Czech Republic) – Power Point presentation within working groups.
5. Specific documents of programming framework of structural aid in the Czech Republic – Power Point presentation within working groups.
6. Specific documents of programming framework of structural aid in the Czech Republic – Power Point presentation within working groups.
7. Online test (LMS Moodle).

E-learning

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.

Doporučená literatura

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. .
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.

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