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FAST-NVA071Acad. year: 2024/2025
The subject develops the students’ knowledge about the European Union. It focuses on the deepening of their knowledge of the regional and structural policies of the EU, the structural funds of the EU, the regional division of the EU and its hierarchy (NUTS regions). Attention is also paid to the priority aims of structural policies and so-called community initiatives. Another subject of interest is the problematics of euroregions (the INTERREG programme).
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Assessment of acquired knowledge is in the form of a written test. The assessment of skills is in the exercises, namely the attendance and presentation of a case study of a selected topic from the EU area.
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Basic literature
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Classification of course in study plans
specialization ARP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Syllabus
1. Principles of the structural and regional policy of the EU – development.
2. Structural funds and other funds and institutions financing structural and regional policies – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF), European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGR), European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG); Cohesion Fund, European Investment Bank.
3. Legislative support of structural and regional policies – basic documents in the field of primary and secondary legislation; Committee of the regions.
4. – 5. Priorities of the structural and regional policy of the EU – aims of the structural policy in the individual programming periods, regions which are receiving help from structural funds, description of chosen projects.
6. The initiatives of the European Community – initiatives of the European Community with a focus on initiatives with a regional dimension.
7. Cross-border cooperation in the EU – euroregions, programmes supporting the development of euroregions (INTERREG), description of selected projects.
8. – 9. The Czech Republic and cross-border cooperation – euroregions in the Czech Republic, development (PHARE-CBC programmes) and the current state, problems of cooperation and future prospects, description of selected projects with a focus on successful projects.
10.- 13. Regional division of the EU - NUTS units of hierarchical levels 1 and 2 according to the individual countries of the EU, their basic demographic and economic characteristics.
Exercise
1. Basic information about the European Union
2. Publications and external relations of the European Union
3. Documents of the European Union
4. The European Union bodies
5. The European Union institutions
6. Budget of the European Union
7. Policies of the European Union
8. Policy of economic, social and territorial cohesion
9. Programs financed from the European Union
10. Particular kinds of financed programs
11. Successful realized projects
12. Examples of successfully realized projects