OPF:EKBPREP Regional Economy and Policy - Course Information

EKBPREP Regional Economy and Policy

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

The completion of the course does not require any conditions and subject can be registered independently of other subjects.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with basic terms of the regional economy and policy, factors of localisation and positioning and expressions of territorial spatial aspects in economics. Attention will be focused to setting goals and strategies of regional policy and identification tools used to ensure the goals. Part of this course is also devoted to interpretation of the regional economic strategy in Czech Republic, including prioritizing solutions in key sectors of today´s economics and ties of regional policy of the Czech Republic to the EU regional policy.

Syllabus

• 1. Basic concepts of region
  2. Region´s economic level
  3. Factors and motivation of regional differences
  4. Regional development and its determinants
  5. Theoretical foundations of regional economics
  6. Methodology of regional development
  7. Regional policy, principles and objectives
  8. Regional policy instruments
  9. Historical development of regional policy in the Czech Republic
  10. Regional policy and operational programs in the Czech Republic
  11. Management of regional development in the Czech Republic
  12. Regional policy of European Union
  13. Regional and municipal authorities

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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