Regional Development

Teaching results

The aim of the course is to point out the growing regional differences in Slovakia as well as in the EU and to identify tools that would mitigate the impact of these regional differences. The key disparities will be presented, as well as the main factors in the development of individual regions of the Slovak Republic and the possibilities of increasing the competitiveness and attractiveness of the most backward.

Knowledge:
At the theoretical level, the student will gain knowledge that will enable him to understand the issue of increasing regional differences in Slovakia and the laws of use of structural funds of the European Union in the programming period 2021 - 2027 in order to mitigate them. The student will gain knowledge about the National Strategic Reference Framework of the Slovak Republic, as a starting document for drawing funds from the Structural Funds in the Slovak Republic and the possibilities of financing specific projects from these sources, as well as the European Union strategy called Europe 2030.
Competence:
By completing the course, students will acquire competencies in the field of critical thinking in working with information on regional development and in generating relevant outputs of analysis and presentation of results. Students will also gain the ability to identify barriers to regional development and reveal the possibilities of their elimination and to suggest the possibility of their removal or solution.
Skill:
At the practical level, the student will gain skills on how to develop and finance a strategic document for the development of a selected city / municipality in Slovakia in order to ensure regional development. They will also acquire the ability to work with information on regional development - to search for it, select it, analyze it and synthesize it with an orientation towards the creation of development projects and the ability to predict further development.