Thesis is focused on the use of the European Regional Development Fund for Growth potential for development in the region Benešov. At the beginning of the thesis is summarized the development of regional policy from its inception until now. The other part descripes structural funds, greater detail is compiled by the European Regional Development Fund. In the practical part of this thesis is processing evaluation of regional development and there are possible proposed projects that should be implemented in future to help development of the region.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The changes brought by environmental concerns underpin a new paradigm in which change regional development processes in relation to tourist locations. Currently, in order to a change perspective, a tourist area aims the new global context, such as: the economic issue, which requires an articulation in favor of corporate interests, the social and environmental factors, that in a special shape allow to meet the aspirations of the contemporary regional development. These contemporary articulation factors enable regional development is based on different models that address sustainability, and provide study about the institutions as state, organizations and society. In this scenario, which involves the perspective of the new paradigm, the sustainable regional development (SRD), is that this study may suggest studying cities of Gramado, Canela and Nova Petrópolis, exponents of the tourism sector in the Region of Hortênsias/ RS. This study aims to verify the impact of environmental, economic and social variables, from the perception of the representatives of the state, society and organizations in the process of sustainable regional development in tourist cities of the Region of Hortênsias in Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, we sought to implement a quantitative, descriptive and survey research, since this method includes a significance of identifying and analyzing the social, economic and environmental variables contained in the Chow and Chen (2011) model that was adapted to this study. The model allows data collection involving effective public servants, commissioned positions, government secretaries and undersecretaries (state representatives), teachers (society representatives) and employers and/or managers (organizations representatives). The survey instrument is configured in the form of structured questionnaires, and aims to assess how the target audience satisfaction regarding the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable regional development in the Region of Hortênsias. As a result it was found that the economic, social and environmental model adapted from Chow and Chen (2011) affects positively the SRD. / As mudanças proporcionadas pela preocupação ambiental sustentam um novo paradigma, no qual se alteram os processos de desenvolvimento regional em relação às localidades turísticas. Atualmente, visando esta perspectiva de mudanças, uma região turística se assegura em premissas que atendem ao novo contexto global, tais como: a questão econômica, que por sua vez exige uma articulação em prol dos interesses corporativos, os fatores sociais e ambientais que de forma especializada e contigua permitem atender os anseios do desenvolvimento regional contemporâneo. Estes fatores, de articulação contemporâneos, possibilitam que o desenvolvimento regional se fundamente em diferentes modelos que contemplam a sustentabilidade, além de facultar estudar a influencia de instituições como o Estado, as organizações e a sociedade no peocesso em epígrafe. Neste cenário, que envolve a perspectiva do novo paradigma, o do desenvolvimento regional sustentável (DRS), é que o presente trabalho pode sugerir estudar cidades de Gramado, Canela e Nova Petrópolis, expoentes do setor de turismo na Região das Hortênsias/RS. Este estudo tem como norteador o objetivo de verificar qual o impacto das variáveis ambiental, econômica e social, a partir da percepção dos representantes do Estado, sociedade e organizações, no processo de desenvolvimento regional sustentável em cidades turísticas da Região das Hortênsias no estado do Rio do Grande do Sul. Para tanto, implementou-se uma pesquisa com caráter quantitativo, exploratório, descritivo e causal do tipo survey, pois este método contempla uma análise de literatura sobre o tema, a significância de identificação e análise estatística das variáveis sociais, econômicas e ambientais contidas na adaptação do modelo a ser utilizado de Chow e Chen (2011). O modelo permite que a coleta dos dados envolva funcionários públicos efetivos, cargos comissionados, secretários de governo e subsecretários de governo (representantes do Estado), professores (representantes da sociedade) e empresários e/ou gerentes de empresas (representantes das organizações). O instrumento de pesquisa se configura na forma de questionários estruturados, e tem a finalidade de avaliar qual a satisfação do público alvo com relação as dimensões econômicas, sociais e ambientais do desenvolvimento regional sustentável da Região das Hortênsias. Dentre os resultados encontrados obteve-se que, as dimensões econômica, social e ambiental adaptadas do modelo de Chow e Chen (2011) afetam de forma positiva o DRS. Os resultados também demonstraram que a variável ambiental é a que mais influencia no DRS.

This diploma thesis deals with the financial management of the regions in Czech Republic and its relation to the regional development. The diploma thesis is separated into two parts. The first part of diploma thesis deals with regions as autonomous unit. In this part are defined competences and authorities of regions, the structure and the trends of regional budget. It is emphazed on regional policy and expenditures on support of regional development. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the regional financial management with relation to the regional policy of selected region. For analysis was chosen Vysocina Region. Vysocina Region realizes his regional policy trough strategicy document - Regional Development Plan of Vysocina Region. Regional policy is financed by the resources of regional budget and by two funds -- Vysocina Fund and Fund of strategical reserves.

O presente estudo analisa o processo de inserção do circuito espacial produtivo de celulose na região de Eunápolis, extremo sul da Bahia, através da implantação da empresa Veracel Celulose. Resultado de uma joint-venture entre as empresas Aracruz Celulose e a escandinava Stora Enso, o novo empreendimento conta com uma das maiores plantas industriais do circuito, além de uma área florestal própria, com cerca de cem mil hectares reflorestados, espalhados por dez municípios da região. O trabalho conclui que o recrudescimento da concentração fundiária, implicado pela massiva compra de terras pela empresa, e o grande contingente populacional de migrantes atraídos para Eunápolis com a sua instalação, não são compensados pelos empregos e tributos gerados pela Veracel, trazendo poucas vantagens para quem vivencia a região e o lugar. O discurso do desenvolvimento regional, como conclui a pesquisa, ainda não considera as desigualdades anteriormente impressas no território, ao contrário, só as tem aprofundado. / The present study analyses the insertion of the spatial productive circuit of cellulose in Eunápolis, situated in the extreme south of Bahia state, with the installation of the Veracel Celulose enterprise. Result of a joint venture between Aracruz Celulose and the Scandinavian company Stora Enso, Veracel Celulose is one of the largest industrial plants of the world circuit of cellulose. Its forest area, of approximately a hundred thousand reforested hectares, spreads over ten municipalities of the region. The research shows that land concentration increase, caused by the intensive land purchasing carried out by the company, and the large contingent of migrants attracted to Eunápolis because of its installation, are not compensated by jobs offered and tributes paid by Veracel. So, this large cellulose venture brought little social and economic gains for people living in the region. As a conclusion, we can say that regional development speech still do not consider the inequalities previously imprinted in the territory, on the contrary, it have only deepened them.

The present thesis aims to increase our understanding of the causes of separatism. The inspiration for this topic comes from the fact that separatist conflicts can become extremely destructive, and thus a better understanding of why they emerge may help us prevent much human suffering by pointing to ways in which separatism can be avoided. More specifically, the thesis aims to explain the link between separatism and regional development disparities. The argument presented is that inter-regional economic conflicts (such as about inter-regional fiscal redistribution) easily emerge between regions at different levels of development, and that under certain conditions, particularly prolonged recessions and austerity, such conflicts can become an important driver of separatist aspirations. This can happen in both poorer and richer regions. The thesis further argues that this entire process can only be fully understood if we analyse society through a class prism. Given that regional development disparities often lie at the root of inter-regional economic conflicts, one of the ways of avoiding such conflicts – and thus also separatism – would be to equalize regional development levels. In order to do so, however, we first need to understand why regional disparities emerge and persist. Focusing on capitalist countries, the thesis argues that the disparities emerge as a natural consequence of the operation of oligopolistic markets, which are the dominant market form in capitalism. Regional development policies are explored at length, and it is argued that they are generally insufficient to overcome the tendency of markets to produce regional disparities. All the topics in the thesis are explored at the general level and for a larger number of countries, but the main in-depth case study is of regional disparities in the United Kingdom and how they relate to Scottish separatism.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar a qualidade do planejamento regional desenvolvida no Rio Grande do Sul após a descentralização desta atribuição em favor dos Conselhos Regionais de Desenvolvimento - Coredes. A partir da criação destes Conselhos, diversos Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional foram produzidos pelos Coredes, objetivando a criação de instrumento de organização e hierarquização das demandas regionais, e também como instrumento de promoção do desenvolvimento, através da busca de soluções locais para os problemas enfrentados. Para analisar a atividade de planejamento regional foram estudados, neste trabalho, os Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional, com ênfase nos estudos de caso dos Coredes Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial e Sul. Para alcançar os objetivos traçados e comprovar as hipóteses de trabalho, a metodologia de análise utilizada baseou-se na construção, de acordo com a literatura, de um plano estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal para que, a partir desta referência, os Planos elaborados pelos Coredes pudessem ser investigados. Foram analisadas as etapas de diagnóstico, prognóstico e propostas, foi analisada correlação entre as propostas dos Planos com as propostas do Plano Plurianual 2000-2003. A pesquisa revelou que os Coredes apresentaram baixa capacidade de planejamento, no que se refere à qualidade dos Planos analisados em relação ao Plano Estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal. / This master thesis had as main objective to investigate the regional planning quality developed in Rio Grande do Sul after its decentralization and the creation of the Regional Development Councils - Coredes. From the creation of these Councils, many Regional Development Strategic Plans have been elaborated by the Coredes, having as their goals to install instruments of organization and hierarquization of the regional demands and also instruments of promotion of the development through the search of local solutions to the problems faced. To analyse the regional planning activity, the Regional Development Strategic Plans have been studied, with emphasis on the study cases of the following Coredes: Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial and Sul. To reach the given goals and prove the work hypothesis, the analysis methodology was based on the construction, according to the literature, of the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal so that the Plans elaborated by the Coredes could be investigated having this reference as a basis. The steps analysed where diagnosis, prognosis and propositions as well as the correlation between the proposition in the Plans and the propositions in the Multiannual Plan 2000-2003. The research has revealed that the Coredes has demonstrated low capacity in planning, as regards the quality of the plans elaborated by the Coredes related to the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar a qualidade do planejamento regional desenvolvida no Rio Grande do Sul após a descentralização desta atribuição em favor dos Conselhos Regionais de Desenvolvimento - Coredes. A partir da criação destes Conselhos, diversos Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional foram produzidos pelos Coredes, objetivando a criação de instrumento de organização e hierarquização das demandas regionais, e também como instrumento de promoção do desenvolvimento, através da busca de soluções locais para os problemas enfrentados. Para analisar a atividade de planejamento regional foram estudados, neste trabalho, os Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional, com ênfase nos estudos de caso dos Coredes Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial e Sul. Para alcançar os objetivos traçados e comprovar as hipóteses de trabalho, a metodologia de análise utilizada baseou-se na construção, de acordo com a literatura, de um plano estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal para que, a partir desta referência, os Planos elaborados pelos Coredes pudessem ser investigados. Foram analisadas as etapas de diagnóstico, prognóstico e propostas, foi analisada correlação entre as propostas dos Planos com as propostas do Plano Plurianual 2000-2003. A pesquisa revelou que os Coredes apresentaram baixa capacidade de planejamento, no que se refere à qualidade dos Planos analisados em relação ao Plano Estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal. / This master thesis had as main objective to investigate the regional planning quality developed in Rio Grande do Sul after its decentralization and the creation of the Regional Development Councils - Coredes. From the creation of these Councils, many Regional Development Strategic Plans have been elaborated by the Coredes, having as their goals to install instruments of organization and hierarquization of the regional demands and also instruments of promotion of the development through the search of local solutions to the problems faced. To analyse the regional planning activity, the Regional Development Strategic Plans have been studied, with emphasis on the study cases of the following Coredes: Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial and Sul. To reach the given goals and prove the work hypothesis, the analysis methodology was based on the construction, according to the literature, of the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal so that the Plans elaborated by the Coredes could be investigated having this reference as a basis. The steps analysed where diagnosis, prognosis and propositions as well as the correlation between the proposition in the Plans and the propositions in the Multiannual Plan 2000-2003. The research has revealed that the Coredes has demonstrated low capacity in planning, as regards the quality of the plans elaborated by the Coredes related to the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal.

The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the regional conditions of usage of financial resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the South Bohemian region. Apart from this, the analyze of intensity of usage of the European resources in comparision with other regions of the Czech Republic will be done.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar a qualidade do planejamento regional desenvolvida no Rio Grande do Sul após a descentralização desta atribuição em favor dos Conselhos Regionais de Desenvolvimento - Coredes. A partir da criação destes Conselhos, diversos Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional foram produzidos pelos Coredes, objetivando a criação de instrumento de organização e hierarquização das demandas regionais, e também como instrumento de promoção do desenvolvimento, através da busca de soluções locais para os problemas enfrentados. Para analisar a atividade de planejamento regional foram estudados, neste trabalho, os Planos Estratégicos de Desenvolvimento Regional, com ênfase nos estudos de caso dos Coredes Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial e Sul. Para alcançar os objetivos traçados e comprovar as hipóteses de trabalho, a metodologia de análise utilizada baseou-se na construção, de acordo com a literatura, de um plano estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal para que, a partir desta referência, os Planos elaborados pelos Coredes pudessem ser investigados. Foram analisadas as etapas de diagnóstico, prognóstico e propostas, foi analisada correlação entre as propostas dos Planos com as propostas do Plano Plurianual 2000-2003. A pesquisa revelou que os Coredes apresentaram baixa capacidade de planejamento, no que se refere à qualidade dos Planos analisados em relação ao Plano Estratégico de desenvolvimento considerado ideal. / This master thesis had as main objective to investigate the regional planning quality developed in Rio Grande do Sul after its decentralization and the creation of the Regional Development Councils - Coredes. From the creation of these Councils, many Regional Development Strategic Plans have been elaborated by the Coredes, having as their goals to install instruments of organization and hierarquization of the regional demands and also instruments of promotion of the development through the search of local solutions to the problems faced. To analyse the regional planning activity, the Regional Development Strategic Plans have been studied, with emphasis on the study cases of the following Coredes: Vale do Taquari, Noroeste Colonial and Sul. To reach the given goals and prove the work hypothesis, the analysis methodology was based on the construction, according to the literature, of the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal so that the Plans elaborated by the Coredes could be investigated having this reference as a basis. The steps analysed where diagnosis, prognosis and propositions as well as the correlation between the proposition in the Plans and the propositions in the Multiannual Plan 2000-2003. The research has revealed that the Coredes has demonstrated low capacity in planning, as regards the quality of the plans elaborated by the Coredes related to the Regional Development Strategic Plan considered ideal.

The presented diploma thesis deals with economic activities of regions of the Czech Republic with a special focus on funding of regional development; the region of Hradec Králové was taken as a concrete example for this purpose. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part of the thesis focuses on the issue of operating and funding of the regions of the Czech Republic with respect to the structure and development of incomes and expenses of regional budgets between the years 2001 and 2012. The second part of the thesis focuses on economic activities of the concrete region in relation to the regional development. The region of Hradec Králové was chosen for the analysis. The Programme of the Regional Development is the fundamental strategic document via which the region implements support of the regional development. In the case of the region of Hradec Králové, the regional development is implemented via the following financial instruments- the regional budget, Subsidy Fund, and Regional Innovative Fund.