The graduation thesis attends to the problems concerning the financing of the development of human resources from the Structural funds of EU. In the first part it concentrated on the European Union Structural policy and Operational programme Human resource development. In the next part it described the monitoring system for Measures 3.2 Support for tertiary education, research and development (based on my own experience at Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports). The main object of the paper was to analyse effectiveness of the finances allocated by the programme through the Questionnaire research which was oriented on the applicants, both successful and unsuccessful ones. The result of this analysis is set of thesis about benefits, problems of clerical staff and experiences from the first drawing from the Structural funds of EU.

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. The objective of the thesis is to compile a summary of institutions concerned with business support in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic and compare certain types of business support in both countries. The first chapter clarifies the basic terms, shows definitions of micro, small and medium-sized companies according to different institutions and explains how small and medium-sized companies contribute to the economy of Czech Republic. The second chapter deals with institutions that are concerned with business support and support programmes financed from a state budget in Czech Republic and in Slovak Republic. Particular institutions provide enterprises with informational, material and financial support and are focused differently according to the purpose of their foundation, specific business segment they deal with or activities they perform or services that they provide. The third chapter is focused on business support from the European Union. The most important business support programme in Czech Republic is Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation and in Slovak Republic Operational Programme Competitiveness and Economic Growth so the greatest attention is oriented on these two programmes. The fourth chapter deals with certain types of business support and compares their focus and results in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. The comparison is made between particular types of support (e. g. indirect support, microloans), between specific groups of entrepreneurs (e. g. businesswomen, starting entrepreneurs) and particular business activities (e. g. export, business presentation). The conclusion reviews the results of the thesis and gives an advice which country has more favourable conditions for starting a business.

My thesis - "Stuctural Funds of EU focused on the region NUTS 2 South-East" aimes in its theoretical part, at definitions of the terms of regional policy and history, its implementation and goals in the Czech republic, structural funds and characteristics of operational programmes in the period of 2007-2013. The practical part contains analyses and characteristics of 3 projects. These projects have been realized with the help of structural funds in the region Hodonin. The overall impact of these projects is highly positive not only for the villages or towns but also for the whole region and tourist industry.

The diploma thesis deals with the structural funds of European Union in the past (2007 - 2013) and current programming period 2014 - 2020. The main objective of the work is to compare the possibilities of drawing EU funds for tourism developmenet in the two periods. Work also aims to evaluate the effectiveness of fund implementation in the previos programming period on the example of specific project. The work is divided into three main chapters. The first one deals with the theoretical aspects in the realation between Czech republic and European Union. The second one is focused on the regional policy in Czech republic and its implementation through operational programs. The most important part of the chapter discusses tourism support the two periods. The last chapter analyses the effectivnes of project in tourism funded by structural funds and its contribution to increase the competitivness of tourism industry in Czech republic.

The thesis examines regional differentiation in Spain in the context of the use of EU funds. First part depicts general and economic characteristics of Spain including a description of the current economic situation and the situation on the labor market which both are essential for the given topic. This thesis also presents EU regional policy and focuses in more detail on its application in selected regions in Spain (Basque Country, Andalusia) since Spain´s entry into the EC until present. The last part examines regional differences in Spain and their development over time with the use of economic and other indicators. The analysis of a coefficient of variation (CV) is also used for a better evaluation of real convergence of Spanish regions.

The diploma thesis concentrates on the area of Structural funds of the European Union and their applications in the field of support in research and innovation in the Czech Republic. The main objective of this thesis is to provide the reader with a complex view of support in the field of research and innovation from the EU Structural funds in the programming period of 2007--2013 and also in the future period of 2014--2020. Partial objective is to evaluate the application of EU Structural funds on the basis of a specific operational programme supporting field of research and innovation. The research question is defined as the meaningfulness of settings of the operational programmes in the field of research and innovation and the evaluation of their effectiveness and sustainability. The first chapter introduces firstly the regional policy of European Union and its main instrument, the EU Structural funds and then concentrates shortly on the field of research and innovation in the Czech Republic. The second chapter focuses on the specific operational programmes which are supporting the field of research and innovation for both programming periods and furthermore evaluates the drawing of EU Structural funds in the Czech Republic. Lastly, the third chapter offers a practical application of the Structural funds of EU on the base of a specific operational programme, the Operational Programme Research and Development for innovation (OP R & DI). The main concentration is devoted to evaluating the sustainability of research and development centers supported by the OP R & DI.

The purpose of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of structural funds of the European Union in water protection in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the research is whether public resources are used cost-effectively and whether they are not being wasted. The theoretical basis of the subsidy's issue as a tool of public policy, are discussed in the first part of the thesis. As a consequence the effectiveness and efficiency of subsidies as a main tool of European Regional Policy are also discussed. General conclusions are demonstrated on specific statistical water protection data of the Czech Republic in the second part of this thesis. Several patterns which show problems decreasing efficiency and effectiveness of expended resources were used in the research. Analysis showed that investments into water protection are necessary and needed from social point of view, but the way the subsidies are provided is controversial. Finally, the thesis attempts to discuss alternative tools which could gain the same results with lower costs.

Diploma thesis The Impact of Public Subsidies on Development of Enterprises in the Czech Republic examines the real impact on profit, revenues and debts. Counterfactual impact evaluation method is used on companies subsidised from structural funds. These indicators were examined by difference-in-difference method based on the selective research of 1738 companies subsidised from OP Entrepreneurship and Innovation and control group of the same size. The impact of public support on the profit of subsidised companies was quantified as 608 -- 5 547 ths. CZK and the impact on sales as 14 713 -- 42 511 ths. CZK. 1 CZK used for subsidies increased the profit of supported companies by 0.05 -- 0.44 CZK and sales by 1.16 -- 3.35 CZK. Hypothesis that the growth of supported firms increased their debt has not been proved. Also a slight positive effect of support on growth in return on equity was identified.

This thesis explores the question of the decentralization processes between institutions and other parties involved in auditing and monitoring of the structural funds of the EU. I evaluate the present functional relations of these subjects using document analysis. The thesis follows two levels of analysis, which are compared in the end. The first level concerns the general setting of the systems of relations between union bodies and member states. The second one presents specific situations in the operational program Prague Competitiveness. The thesis disproves the initial hypothesis and claim that the relations on the supranational level tend to be more deconcentrated than decentralized, whereas the system at the national level shows more decentralization characteristics in this specific case.

This Final paper describes the goals of the structural funds and the conditions of their use.It also deals with their applicability in practise and suggests the project on tourist trade for the town Poprad.