Strukturální fondy Evropské unie a jejich využívání vyššími územně správními celky ČR

Abstract

This work deals with the European Union structural funds and their use in the territorial administrative units of the Czech Republic. It has to point out similarities and differences between regions and characterize the overall contribution of European subsidies for the development of individual regions. The first part deals with the history of EU regional policy, patterns of regional development and support tools and principles, such as it is applied. Below is an overview of each fund and their areas of use. The next section describes the utilization and use of structural funds by the regions with regard to particular programming periods. Only Ústí Region and Moravian-Silesian Region are compared in detail because the issue of the structural funds by the regions is very extensive. In conclusion, the territorial administrative units are assessed for aspects of the indicators achieved and the reasons that could affect the results are mentioned.