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EU Regional and Economic Policy

Summary

To present the development trends of EU economic policies, their goals,
objectives and instruments with special focus to regional (cohesion) policy. To
explain the principles of Structural Funds and other instruments of the
regional policy and their application in the EU member states and to learn how
to use them in the framework of social and economic cohesion.

Literature

LEONARDI, R. Cohesion Policy in the European Union: The Building Europe.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 232 p. ISBN 1403949557.
PELKMANS, J. European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis. Harlow:
Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN-10: 0273694499 .

Advised literature

European Commission: A new partnership for cohesion. Third report on economic
and social cohesion. Luxembourg: European Communities, 2004.
European Commission: Growths and jobs (Lisbon strategy)
http://ec.europa.eu/growthandjobs/key/index_en.htm
Regional Policy Inforegio
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm


Language of instruction čeština, čeština
Code 222-0948
Abbreviation FAST
Course title EU Regional and Economic Policy
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.