Budoucnost politiky soudržnosti EU v programovém období 2014 - 2020

Abstract

The main task of the EU Cohesion Policy is to reduce disparities among the EU regions and to promote their development. Implementation of this policy is carried out in seven-year cycles and each new period is accompanied by certain changes to respond to the problems of its regions. This diploma thesis deals with the form of the EU Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2014 – 2020. Its aim is to present the future functioning of the EU Cohesion Policy at European, national and regional level. Another objective is to compare the current and future cohesion policy and assess the consequences of these changes for the Czech Republic and the Moravia-Silesia region. Based on the comparison of different programming periods of the EU Cohesion Policy, it can be confirmed that its future form should be simpler, more efficient, more transparent, more focused on specific objectives to support cohesion and competitiveness of the European regions and it should introduce new tools and approaches at all territorial levels in the EU.