Course Details

Structural Policy of the EU

Academic Year 2023/24

NVA071 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-ARS / ARP Summer Semester 1st year

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).

Course Guarantor

Ing. Lucie Vaňková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Structural Economics and Management

Objective

The aim of the subject is to deepen students’ knowledge of regional policies in the EU and of the system of nomenclature of units for territorial statistics (NUTS). Regional policies of the EU will be introduced in a complex way – starting from the legislative provisions and tools for the enforcement of this policy within a territory, up to a selection of successful projects. Special attention will also be paid to the hierarchical structure of NUTS and local administrative units (LAU).

Knowledge

Deepening of students’ knowledge of the regional policy of the EU and the system of nomenclature of units for territorial statistics (NUTS), starting with the legislative support and the tools for the enforcement of this policy in the region, including selected successful projects.

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. and 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. and 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.

Prerequisites

General knowledge within the scope of the bachelor’s level of architectural studies.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/271104

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

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

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

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