EU Cohesion Policy

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Aims: To provide students with comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge on cohesion policy of the European Union
As already enshrined in the founding documents, the main objectives of the functioning of the EU include the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. This cohesion is a manifestation of solidarity between the Member States and the regions of the EU ensured through the so-called cohesion policy. The basic task of development support is to solve problems or. meeting the needs of the population living in the territory. Each area is characterized by unique characteristics and development preconditions, which ultimately result in regional disparities within the addressed area. The content of the course is the correct setting of the policy, policy implementation and institutional framework, discussions on the shortcomings of the functioning of the policy, enormous waste, low use of available resources. A significant problem is the lack of interest of political authorities in the results and impacts of support measures.
1. Evolution of cohesion policy. Basic framework.
2. Institutions and process aspects, programming
3. Economic theory of cohesion policy
4. Multilevel Governance and democracy
5. Europeanization, concentration and conditionality
6. Reform of cohesion policy
7. Cohesion policy in the Slovak Republic
8. Cohesion policy and Member States
9. Rural development, social dimension
10. Intelligent specialization, green economy
11. Euroregions and European groupings for territorial cooperation
12. Criticism and impact assessment of EU cohesion policy: theoretical and empirical problems
13. Convergence? The future of cohesion policy