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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

EU Regional and Economic Policy

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 222-0948/02
Abbreviation FAST
Course title EU Regional and Economic Policy
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st European integration. A brief historical overview and the main trends in the 21
century.
2nd EU institutions and policies.
Third of the Lisbon strategy for growth and its renewal after 2005 - focus on growth
and employment.
4th EU competitiveness and growth of its tools. The importance of innovation, science and
research for competitiveness.
Fifth structural and regional policy and economic, social and territorial
cohesion.
Use of the 6th EU Structural Funds in the period 2004-2006 and development programs in the country.
7th Structural Funds in 2007-2013 - the principles and objectives of the structural
policy and its importance for regional development-
8th Use of EU structural funds in the development of the Czech Republic 2007-2013.

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