This study presents a new firm- and project-level dataset containing data on over two million projects co-funded by the EU structural and cohesion funds in 25 EU member states during the programming period 2007-2013. Information on individual beneficiary firms and institutions is linked with business data of Bureau van Dijk's ORBIS database. Moreover, text mining techniques are applied to categorise the EU cohesion policy projects into fifteen thematic categories. Stylised facts reveal substantial regional heterogeneity in the distribution of funds to certain projects and beneficiaries (with respect to their size or industry). Furthermore, regional funds distribution differs across less developed and higher-income as well as urban and rural regions. In an econometric analysis, we control for project and firm characteristics that we expect to determine the single project's value, which is confirmed by the results. Nevertheless, there remains unexplained variation in individual project volumes, which differs systematically across countries.

Ši magistro baigiamojo darbo tema pasirinkta todėl, kad ji yra mažai nagrinėta Lietuvoje. Europos Sąjungos parama Lietuvai, jos reikšme šalies ekonomikai, lėšų įsisavinimo eiga ir rezultatai nėra pakankamai analizuojami. Europos Sąjungos struktūrinių fondų parama Lietuvai ženkliai prisideda prie spartaus šalies ekonomikos augimo, tačiau paramos panaudojimo procese susiduriama su daugeliu efektyvumą mažinančių problemų, t.y. žemas paramos įsisavinimo lygis kai kuriose srityse yra dėl administruojančių institucijų mažo dėmesio į dalykinius ir turinio aspektus, tuo pačiu sureikšminant biurokratizmo aspektus Darbo tikslas - išanalizuoti Europos Sąjungos paramos įsisavinimo rodiklius Lietuvoje, jų įtaką Lietuvos ekonomikai, iškelti ir palyginti žemo įsisavinimo lygio priežastis ir problemas, ir pateikti jų sprendimo būdus. Darbo tikslui pasiekti ir pradinius duomenis analizei surinkti buvo naudotasi mokslinės literatūros, Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių monografijomis, moksliniais straipsniais dokumentų ir paramą administruojančių institucijų statistinių duomenų ir lyginimo metodais. Pirmoje darbo dalyje apžvelgta Europos Sąjungos struktūrinių fondų vaidmuo įgyvendinant Lietuvos strateginius tikslus, antroje dalyje atlikta paramos įsisavinimo pagal BPD, BPD II-ąjį prioritetą analizė, nustatytos ES struktūrinės paramos įsisavinimo problemos. Trečioje darbo dalyje analizuojama užsienio šalių patirtis įgyvendinant jaunimo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This theme of master’s finishing work is chosen, because it is not much examined in Lithuania. European Union support for Lithuania, its significance to country’s economics, course and results of resources assimilation are analyzed insufficiently. The support of European Union specifically contributed to rapid growth of country’s economics, however, during the process of support usage there is being faced with many problems, which reduce effectiveness, i.e., low level of support assimilation in some areas is over too little attention of administering institutions on matter-of-fact and content aspects, at the same time giving prominence to aspects of bureaucracy. The purpose of work is to analyze indicators of assimilation of European Union structural funds in Lithuania, its influence on Lithuanian economics, to suggest and compare causes and problems of low level of assimilation, and provide solutions. In order to achieve the purpose of work and to collect initial data for analysis, it was used scientific literature, monographs of Lithuanian and foreign authors, scientific articles, and statistical data and comparison methods of documents and institutions, which administer the support. In the first part of work there was reviewed the role of European Union structural funds, while realizing strategic purposes of Lithuania, in the second part there was performed the analysis of support assimilation, according to GPD, GPD II... [to full text]

This dissertation examines how new European Union (EU) member states manage and implement European Cohesion Policy (CP). It assess the administrative and political factors that might explain the variation in the financial absorption of Structural Funds (SF), with a specific focus on two homogeneous cases from Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs). Whilst there is a dense literature on the potential socio-economic impact of CP in the EU, less attention has been paid to the factors affecting CP and SF governance at the national domestic level. Questions of financial absorption, delivery effectiveness and quality of the spending remain open and are puzzling for both academics and practitioners. Subsequently, one of the main aims of this thesis has been to provide an in-depth investigation of, on the one hand, the structural administrative capacity employed by states to manage this policy and, on the on the other hand, the political factors and dynamics that influence its delivery of SF in new member states. The study carries out an archaeology of the capacity of the specialised institutions involved in the different stages of the absorption process with the general aim of explaining some of the determinants of absorption performance, particularly in the countries assessed. It proposes an absorption capacity model in order to assess these claims and the original empirical evidence collected. The thesis fills in several empirical and theoretical lacunae in knowledge. Empirically, the study draws on multiple comparative case studies from Bulgaria and Romania, two problematic yet diverging cases in terms of absorption performance, during the 2007-2013 implementation period. These countries first experience in managing and implementing SF provides empirically rich insights. Theoretically, this thesis offers a more nuanced account of the governance of CP and SF in CEECs. It builds and refines the concept of administrative capacity as well as several political factors (stability, support and clientelism) in order to examine the complexity and problematic issues surrounding SF absorption. Insights on CP governance, administrative capacity-building and the impact of politicisation at the national and local level are outlined and discussed. The main argument put forward in this thesis is that the variation in absorption performance is generated by the interplay between administrative and political conditions. In other words, the way in which administrative and political factors have interacted has shaped the ability of the two countries to govern EU Cohesion Policy and influenced their performance in absorbing EU funding. This argument is developed in line with several key findings. First, administrative capacity is a necessary but not sufficient condition for countries to deliver effectively CP. Second, political conditions can facilitate or hinder the development of national administrative capacities and have often influenced the different stages of the absorption policy process. The thesis highlights the need to critically reflect on the overall dynamics between structural administrative arrangements and domestic political conditions, in order to advance our understanding of how EU policies are governed and implemented at the national level. Finally, the thesis formulates several recommendations, for the different stakeholders involved, on how to facilitate the delivery of SF in order to improve cohesion and development in Europe.

Aim of this thesis is to create analyze business plan of guest house named Třináctka, which will be built in southern Moravia with support of EU funds. The thesis is divided into 2 parts, theoretical and applicative. There is described meaning of business plan and EU structural funds in the first, theoretical part. There is also defined structure of business plan and all items of this plan are described. Specialized literature and author´s knowledge gained during studies at University of Economics in Prague were used as a source of this theoretical part. Applicative part consist of business plan and process how to get subsidy from EU structural fund and how this subsidy will influence comprehensive impact on the guesthouse Třináctka. At the end of the thesis there is a conclusion about potential success of the project with regards the business plan in applicative part.

The main purpose of this diploma thesis is development of the economy of Ireland and its position in EU. The work is divided into three main parts. First chapter describes the development of irish economy in the past until half of the 90's. Second part includes period of great economic growth, which is called the period of "Celtic Tiger." It concerns with main economic indicators and also with grounds for this fast economic growth, this in connection with EU as well. Third part includes period of economic crisis in the irish economy, main causes of this crisis and changes in an attitude of the Irish towards the membership in EU and also position among the rest of member states. Ireland still belongs to great supportes of EU. Irish economy's joined the most mature and the fastest growing economies of EU. The global crisis has hit irish economy as the first state of eurozone and its impacts were very hard. The duration of this crisis is not known, even it is possible, that period of great economic growth was only excaption.

The goal of the thesis is to analyse the reasons for the low level of drawing of the EU structural funds in Slovakia and provide closer insight onto possibilities for change. Furthermore, it aims to examine structure of resource implementation in Slovakia from the perspective of operational programmes, amount of the funds allocated and objectives of convergence policy of the EU with the consequence to Slovak policy. Likewise the research is expected to provide statistics of drawing of the resources and its influence on Slovakia from a number of perspectives. Suggested changes may also moderate hitherto daunting impact on Slovak economy and regions. The paper is divided into three parts in which regional policy is evaluated and the main focus is on the development of regions.

This master thesis deals with the issue of project funding from the Structural Funds of the EU. At first are defined theoretical ways out of the municipality, project and project management. The next part analyzes contemporary state of the town Kunovice. Subsequently, the prepared concrete proposals for funding from EU structural funds and other alternative financing. The conclusion is evaluating the possibility of financing the project.

The master´s thesis focuses on the investment project design using project management tools. Specifically, it describes the project design to build a 3D classroom in the Technical school Sokolská, which will be financed from EU structural funds. The first part deals with theoretical solutions which are then applied in practice in the actual design of the project.

Why should a legal scholar be interested in development plans? The present work begins and evolves with such question in mind. In order to provide an answer, the research focuses on certain major epiphanies of modern development planning and tries to isolate their legal characters. Therefore, the first issue to be addressed is the identification of “legal models” of development planning. The legal nature and legal effects of planning acts is still not clear and moves along fuzzy borders between traditional categories of mid-twentieth century planning (socialist and nonsocialist) and modern soft law planning documents and guidelines. In the first place, the research will try to assess the notion of planning in a legal perspective as well as the legal features of the planning acts/planning norms. The objective of this phase is to decide whether or not, and to which extent, socio-economic development planning may be thought of legally. In order to do so, I will carry out an analysis from the perspective of legal anthropology. In the second place, the research will focus on the definition of the legal features of modern development planning in the People’s Republic of China, through the analysis of the relevant legal formants, with the purpose of determining whether or not the identification of a Chinese “development planning law” is logically feasible. In the third place, I will question and verify the existence of development planning acts and norms in European Law. The purpose of the phase is on one hand to reconstruct and define the legal value of the regulatory framework for the functioning of European development policies. On the other hand, at this stage certain categories and practical solutions verified on the “Chinese front” may be applied to the European context. In the fourth place, i.e. in the conclusive chapter, I will try to draw some results of the comparative analysis carried out, as well as to trace an evolutionary pattern, determining how legal models of development planning affect, on a global scale, the changes in the role of the state in its relationship with the market.

Žemės ūkio subjektų konsultavimas siekia didinti ūkininkų ir kitų kaimo gyventojų gebėjimą įvertinti situaciją ir lūkesčius, suvokti problemų esmę, pasirinkti tinkamą sprendimą dėl ūkio plėtros, investicijų bei dalyvavimo ES struktūrinių fondų paramos programose. Konsultavimo metu žemdirbiams teikiama informacija, galinti padėti nustatyti realią ūkio situaciją, suvokti problemų esmę, pasirinkti tinkamą sprendimą dėl ūkio plėtros, investicijų, dalyvavimo paramos programose, aplinkosaugos, gyvūnų gerovės ir kitų reikalavimų įgyvendinimo. Konsultuojant ugdomi naudos gavėjų įgūdžiai efektyvesnei veiklai vykdyti, konsultacijos padeda laikytis nustatytų ūkininkavimo standartų žemės, maisto ir miškų ūkyje. / Agricultural entities consulting aims to increase farmers and other rural residents the ability to assess a situation and expectations, to understand the essence of the problem, choose the right solution for economic development, investment and participation in EU Structural Funds programs. During counseling, the farmers provide information that may assist with the actual economic situation, the understanding of the essence to choose the right solution for economic development, investment, participation in support programs, the environment, animal welfare and other requirements of the implementation. Counseling beneficiaries trained skills for more effective activities, counseling helps to adhere to the standards of farming land, food and forestry.