Administrative Capacities for ESIF

  • Credits: 4
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2P + 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice

Teachers

Included in study programs

Corporate Financial Management

Teaching results

The aim of the course is to provide students with the latest knowledge in the field of European Structural and Investment Funds – ESIF management, ESIF monitoring, ESIF evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint handling, control and audit ESIF. To enable the acquisition of skills in the processing and implementation of projects financed from ESIF.

Knowledge: Theoretical and especially practical knowledge and understanding of knowledge related to the issues of European Structural and Investment Funds, their importance, development and implementation in specific conditions, understand the application of European Structural and Investment Funds.

Competence: Ability to work with information - search for it, select, analyze and synthesize with a focus on its use in the management and implementation of European Structural and Investment Funds.

Skill: Ability to apply the instrumentation of the European Structural and Investment Funds to a specific project, critically evaluate the situation, propose solutions to the problems of the European Structural and Investment Funds at a tactical and strategic level.

Indicative content

Lectures:
1. The essence, goals, meaning and tasks of ESI Funds, relevant legislation in the EU and in the Slovak Republic.
2. Basic definitions and terms used in ESI Funds.
3. Project cycle in ESIF.
4. Possibilities of support for entrepreneurs from ESI Funds.
5. ITMS 2014+. Introductory parts of the call in the ESI Funds system.
6. Call in the ESIF system.
7. Method of obtaining support from ESI Funds. Implementation of support from ESIF.
8. Public procurement within ESI Funds projects. Non - repayable financial contribution agreement.
9. Introductory parts from the use of financial analysis in ESI Funds.
10. Use of financial analysis in ESI Funds.
11. ESI Funds Management. ESI Funds monitoring.
12. Evaluation of ESIF. Project control in ESIF. Information and communication. Networking. Complaints handling, control and audit of ESI Funds.
13. New trends in the field of ESIF. New programming periods.

Seminars:
1. ESIF - legislation, search for information sources and preparation of documents for ESIF.
2. Basic definitions and terms used in ESI Funds - application to the conditions of a specific call / company.
3. Project cycle in ESI Funds - application to the conditions of a specific call / company.
4. Possibilities of support for entrepreneurs from ESI Funds - finding a suitable activity and application to the conditions of a specific call / company.
5. ITMS 2014+ - work in the system, searching for information in the ITMS 2014+ system
6. Basic information from the call and their application to the conditions of a particular company.
7. Preparation of the formal page of the project in connection with the information from a specific call and their application to the conditions of a specific company.
8. Preparation of the content page of the project in connection with the information from a specific call and their application to the conditions of a specific company.
9. Obtaining support from ESI Funds and implementing the project from ESI Funds. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company.
10. Public procurement within ESI Funds projects. Non - repayable financial contribution agreement. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company.
11. Use of financial analysis in ESI Funds. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company.
12. Presentations of projects from ESI Funds of specific business entities.
13. Presentations of projects from ESI Funds of specific business entities. Ongoing evaluation.

Support literature

Elementary literature:
PAUHOFOVÁ, I. - STANĚK, P. - STEHLÍKOVÁ, B.: SMART regióny v Slovenskej republike - možnosti a realita. Praha : Wolters Kluwer, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7598-418-0
TOMÁŠEK, M. a spol.: Právo Evropské unie. Praha : Leges, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7502-491-6
SLOSARČÍK, I.: Právní a politický rámec Evropské unie. Praha : Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-624-5
HAGEMANN, CH.: EU Funds in the New Member States: Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession. 2019. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3030020910
OECD: OECD Public Governance Reviews Tackling Fraud and Corruption Risks in the Slovak Republic A Strategy with Key Actions for the European Structural and Investment Funds. 2019. Paris: OECD. ISBN 978-9264568167
OECD: OECD Multi-level Governance Studies Strengthening Governance of EU Funds under Cohesion Policy Administrative Capacity Building Roadmaps. 2020. Paris: OECD. ISBN 978-9264621831
STEPHENSON, P. - SÁNCHEZ-BARRUECO, M. – ADEN, H.: Financial Accountability in the European Union: Institutions, Policy and Practice. 1st Edition, 2020. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0367321093

Syllabus

Lectures: 1. The essence, goals, meaning and tasks of ESI Funds, relevant legislation in the EU and in the Slovak Republic. 2. Basic definitions and terms used in ESI Funds. 3. Project cycle in ESIF. 4. Possibilities of support for entrepreneurs from ESI Funds. 5. ITMS 2014+. Introductory parts of the call in the ESI Funds system. 6. Call in the ESIF system. 7. Method of obtaining support from ESI Funds. Implementation of support from ESIF. 8. Public procurement within ESI Funds projects. Non - repayable financial contribution agreement. 9. Introductory parts from the use of financial analysis in ESI Funds. 10. Use of financial analysis in ESI Funds. 11. ESI Funds Management. ESI Funds monitoring. 12. Evaluation of ESIF. Project control in ESIF. Information and communication. Networking. Complaints handling, control and audit of ESI Funds. 13. New trends in the field of ESIF. New programming periods. Seminars: 1. ESIF - legislation, search for information sources and preparation of documents for ESIF. 2. Basic definitions and terms used in ESI Funds - application to the conditions of a specific call / company. 3. Project cycle in ESI Funds - application to the conditions of a specific call / company. 4. Possibilities of support for entrepreneurs from ESI Funds - finding a suitable activity and application to the conditions of a specific call / company. 5. ITMS 2014+ - work in the system, searching for information in the ITMS 2014+ system 6. Basic information from the call and their application to the conditions of a particular company. 7. Preparation of the formal page of the project in connection with the information from a specific call and their application to the conditions of a specific company. 8. Preparation of the content page of the project in connection with the information from a specific call and their application to the conditions of a specific company. 9. Obtaining support from ESI Funds and implementing the project from ESI Funds. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company. 10. Public procurement within ESI Funds projects. Non - repayable financial contribution agreement. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company. 11. Use of financial analysis in ESI Funds. Application to the conditions of a specific challenge and a specific company. 12. Presentations of projects from ESI Funds of specific business entities. 13. Presentations of projects from ESI Funds of specific business entities. Ongoing evaluation.

Requirements to complete the course

Ongoing evaluation::
Continuous assessment of activity in seminars40%
Final written assessment (written exam): 60%

Student workload

104 hours in total, of which:
26 hours participation in lectures
26 hours participation in exercises
52 hours exam preparation

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak

Date of approval: 16.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 14.12.2022