N_PSE Cross-border cooperation and Euroregions

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. René Wokoun, CSc.
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Franců
Prerequisites
Th
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Graduate of this course: to be able to specify the problems of peripheral border regions and explain their historical and contemporary causes, get an overview of the forms and the importance of cross-border cooperation, particularly Euroregions, will be able to navigate the system Euroregions in the Czech Republic and derive the relationship of these bodies to the administrative division of the state and the EU , and get an overview of the grant policy on cross-border cooperation and the process of its implementation in the regions.
Learning outcomes
Student is able after graduation - Specify the issue of peripheral border regions and define the role of cross-border cooperation in addressing them; - define the basic principles and forms of cross-border cooperation and its definition in international and transnational law; - to evaluate the state of cross-border cooperation in the Czech Republic (legal framework, creation and current status of Euroregions, their structure) - analyze forms of grant support for cross-border cooperation (history, present, effectiveness) - evaluate the role of Euroregions in the sustainable development of border regions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the subject matter.
  • 2. Edges, cross-border and cross-border regions.
  • 3. Specific problems of border regions.
  • 4. Importance of cross-border cooperation and its forms.
  • 5. Madrid Declaration, the importance of cross-border cooperation.
  • 6. Euro-regions: the history and organizational structure.
  • 7. The legislative framework establishing Euroregions.
  • 8. Euro-regions in the Czech Republic.
  • 9. European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation.
  • 10.Grant promoting cross-border cooperation - Past and Present.
  • 11. Types of cross border cooperation projects and their focus.
  • 12th Euroregiony and public administration.
Literature
    required literature
  • NETOLICKÝ, Václav. Euroregiony:Úvod do problematiky. Praha: VŠFS, 2007. 75 s. ISBN 978-80-86754-78-9.
    recommended literature
  • BRANDA, Pavel. Evropské seskupení pro územní spolupráci. Praha: Oeconomica, 2008. 20 s. ISBN 978-80-245-1425-3.
  • WOKOUN, René, Pavel MATES a Jaroslava KADEŘÁBKOVÁ. Základy regionálních věd a veřejné správy. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2011, 474 s. Monografie (Aleš Čeněk). ISBN 978-807-3803-049.
  • MATES, Pavel, Jaroslava KADEŘÁBKOVÁ and R. WOKOUN. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. 2nd ed. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 455 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-086-4. info
  • WAACK, Christoph, Stefan GARSZTECKI a Ilona SCHERM, eds. Regionální identita a transnacionální prostory ve středovýchodní Evropě. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2012. 221 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-408-4.
  • ZICH, František. Přeshraniční vlivy působící na místní společenství pohraničí ČR. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, 2005, 143 pp. ISBN 80-7044-721-4. info
  • ZICH, František. Přeshraniční vlivy působící na místní společenství pohraničí ČR, 2. díl. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2005, 206 pp. ISBN 80-7044-722-2. info
  • ZICH, František. Přeshraniční vlivy v českém pohraničí. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2007, 282 pp. ISBN 978-80-7044-931-8. info
Teaching methods
In this academic year teaching this course does not take place in a combined form. in full-time education: theoretical training - lectures, study concrete documentation of the Euroregion and specific projects, visit the seat of the Euroregion. The minimum mandatory attendance at seminars / workshops in the & nbsp; full-time study is 75%.
Assessment methods
The course is completed a credit and an oral examination. The DSO is used for continuous self-assessment tests. From these files will be generated questions for the final test, the successful management of a condition for the granting of credit. Another condition is the development of high-quality pot. To close the course is subject to successful completion of the oral examination. The full form of study is a prerequisite for obtaining credit successful passing of a test, exam - oral form. In this academic year, classes will be held only in the full form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
Teacher's information
https://is.vsfs.cz/auth/predmety/sylaby_plneni.pl?fakulta=6410#prubul4
Students of the Study Center of Most have at their disposal a sufficient number of copies of the Infopress magazine published by the Euroregion Erzgebirge, and they have the opportunity to take advantage of the possibility of staying in the office of this Euroregion.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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