My diploma project describes development and outcomes of the regional policy of the Czech Republic. The project is devided in two parts. The first part is oriented on the development of the regional policy and it´s aims with a perpective until 2013. The second part describes the cooperation between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Austria including particular outcomes.

This thesis deals with subsidy received city Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, as a territorial authority unit. The work consists of two parts. First theoretical part is composed of individual chapters that help to create complex ideas about the problems regional policy of the European Union and the Czech Republic, the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, municipalities and their economic relationship. The second part is in the beginning created the profile of the city Rožmitál pod Třemšínem. Other chapters have dealt with the practical part of the subsidy policy city Rožmitál pod Třemšínem and description of financial stimuli for the area. It is designed to work in a project that seeks to improve the quality of life in rural areas and increasing the level of public services of the city.

The main aim of the thesis titled Regional policy and its effects on the level LAU2 is to identify the effects of the instruments and measures of regional policy based on the analysis development of selected municipalities, namely municipalities Třeštice and Knínice that are part of microregion Telčsko in the Vysočina. The theoretical part deals with regional policy and changes in its concept, problems of EU funds, strategic documents and possible ways of financing development projects from national and regional resources. The practical part deals with socio-economic analysis of the municipalities and create a list of received grants. Effects of various project groups to changes of socio-economic indicators are assessed on this base.

This diploma thesis deals with the regional development financing through the Structural Funds of European Union. More specificaly it deals with the evaluation of drawing funds during the implementation of the ROP NUTS II Jihozapad programme in the programming period 2007 - 2013. The thesis is devided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The first, theoretical part defines the basic terms of regional policy, such as region, regional development and regional policy. The second, practical part of the thesis is focused on the definition of the ROP NUTS II Jihozapad programme, analysis of the region, its objectives and on the fullfilment of the monitoring indicators.

Objective of diploma paper is anallysis of possibilities of diversification of activities in rural territory Tabor like source of income for agriculturalists and rustics. Desk study construes regional policy of EU in Czech Republic in years 2000-2013, structural funds, operational programs, programe of rural development and diversification of rural activities. Practical part describes region Tabor and his visions, anallysis of structure of production, agricultural tourism and project of educational agricultural centre.

This work analyses the possibility of using financial resources from European Union´s funds for benefit of tourism development in the microregion Nepomucko. As a part of this thesis I would like to find out what is the potential of this region in connection with tourism. Nepomucko is an interesting microregion in the western Bohemia which offer its nature and historical beauty. It´s able to attract visitors. This microregion has very good potential for development of rural tourism and therefore was created the design for the farm-house. That is why was one country estate renovated and used them in tourist trade. Each factor is analyzed in separate part, attention is also paid to financial resource, which is a important subject in the process. The aim of the study analysing finance and prosperity of this device and seems very optimistic. It evaluates, according to receipts and expenditures that this sort of tourism may be used for the development of tourism in this area. In Nepomucko there are posibilities for the future to target as facilities with hight quality, looking for a new segment of demand and using financial resources from European Union´s funds. Chances of the applicants in the West Bohemian region are suitable, they correspond with the resources of the ROP of the NUTS II SW. Regional policy of the European Union is a indispensable foundation of the development the tourist trade. Not only private subjects but also regions take advantage of using financial resources from European Union´s funds, because the winner takes it all.

The master thesis deals with a question of rural development funding in the Czech Republic. It acquaints the reader with Regional Policy and Structural Funds of the European Union and with the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) It also describes area grants and forms of subsidy granted from the EAFRD in the 2007 ? 2013 programming period. There is also a description of conditions for obtaining subsidies within the framework of the Rural Development Programme in the rural areas of the Czech Republic. The aim of this study is to evaluate utilization of the EAFRD in a selected locality. The main research area is the village of Plav, which is defined and shortly described in the text. In case of this village the SWOT analysis was carried out as well as evaluated. The written materials from the Plav´s municipal office and the transcript of a tape-recorded semi-structured interview with a representative of Plav were used for evaluation of the EAFRD utilization. Another part of the study is focused on comparison of the use of the EAFRD with other subsidy instruments for funding of the development in a selected locality. At the end of the study there are evaluations of expected benefits in particular rural regions and proposed projects being potentially successful for obtaining subsidies.

Diploma thesis provides information on the current situation of regional policy options for drawing funds from the Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund and the marketing of towns and villages. The practical part focuses on the development of township Ševětín. Shows the ability to draw funds from the EU and national resources in one city. Gives a description of all projects for which applications were submitted before 2006 and after 2006. As part of evaluating the effectiveness of utilization of these resources and their contribution to development of the township. The most important chapter of this thesis is to design the project to construct swimming pool, which is needed in one city and promote tourism development in rural areas. Based on the results of the practical part the definition of priority areas that are important for the development of the township.

The purpose of the master´s thesis titled The South Bohemian Chamber of Commerce analysis with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises was to analyze activities, services and products offered by the South Bohemian Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) to assist small and medium-size undertakings in the Region of South Bohemia. The theoretical background deals with the possibility to use financial means offered by the EU structural funds and subsidies granted by the Region of South Bohemia as this is the area of interest for the undertakings and due to the fact that the Chamber pursues activities pertaining to this area as well, namely in the form of consulting services and projects´ implementation. The practical part analyzes the activity of the Chamber - e.g. the services the Chamber offers.

Submitted by isabela.moljf@hotmail.com (isabela.moljf@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-04T10:49:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 noegonçalvesmarandubajunior.pdf: 5198881 bytes, checksum: 3f1e29bd2e9de467b1d25326adaff9cc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-08T13:51:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 noegonçalvesmarandubajunior.pdf: 5198881 bytes, checksum: 3f1e29bd2e9de467b1d25326adaff9cc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T13:51:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 noegonçalvesmarandubajunior.pdf: 5198881 bytes, checksum: 3f1e29bd2e9de467b1d25326adaff9cc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Minas Gerais apresenta grande heterogeneidade sócio-econômica. Assim, o problema fundamental é se as políticas regionais implementadas pelo governo foram eficazes (diminuindo as desigualdades do PIB per capita) e eficientes (contribuindo para o crescimento do PIB per capita) ao longo do período de 1999 a 2004. A metodologia consiste da Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais (AEDE) e de modelos de dados em painel com dependência espacial. Os resultados da AEDE destacam a importância dos efeitos espaciais para as variáveis investigadas. A análise espacial das taxas de crescimento econômico mostra a presença de dependência espacial nos dados. Municípios pobres tiveram altas taxas de crescimento; municípios ricos tiveram baixas taxas de crescimento. A análise econométrica indica que a política da Lei Robin Hood não foi eficiente nem foi eficaz. Pelo contrário, acabou intensificando as desigualdades de renda em Minas Gerais. A política do Fundo de Participação dos Municípios e a política da carga tributária municipal, apesar de não terem sido eficientes, foram eficazes. A pesquisa revela que houve convergência condicional do PIB per capita. A velocidade de convergência é lenta (0,012%), com uma meia-vida de mais de 50 anos. Este resultado mostra a necessidade de se repensar as políticas regionais de forma a se acelerar esse processo (a literatura indica que alta convergência ocorre quando essa velocidade é cerca de 2%). As variáveis que contribuíram positivamente para o crescimento foram: meio industrial, mercado regional, capital humano dos municípios vizinhos e carga tributária dos municípios vizinhos. Aquelas variáveis que, ao contrário, influenciaram negativamente foram: densidade demográfica, taxa de crime, transferências da Lei Robin Hood, meio industrial dos municípios vizinhos, densidade demográfica dos municípios vizinhos, taxa do crime dos municípios vizinhos, transferências da Lei Robin Hood aos municípios vizinhos e fundo de participação dos municípios vizinhos. Estes resultados auxiliam na elaboração de políticas regionais, por apontarem quais variáveis mais contribuem para o crescimento e para a redução das disparidades de renda regional entre os municípios. Por fim, conclui-se que o mercado por si só não se revelou capaz de dirimir as desigualdades regionais, sendo que as políticas regionais parecem desempenhar um papel neste processo. Contudo, a existência de políticas regionais por si só não parece garantir que elas sejam eficientes e eficazes. É preciso delineá-las adequadamente com vistas a que alcancem as propriedades da eficiência e da eficácia. / Minas Gerais State presents big socio-economic differences. Thus, the key question is to find out if the regional policies implemented by the government were efficacious (in terms of reducing GDP per capita inequalities) and efficient (in terms of contributing to the GDP per capita growth) over the period 1999-2004. The methodology adopted is the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and panel date models with spatial dependence. The results of the ESDA stress the importance of the spatial effects for the variables investigated. The spatial analysis of the economic growth rates shows the presence of spatial dependence in the data. Poor municipalities had high growth rates; rich municipalities had low growth rates. The econometric analysis indicates that Robin Hood Act was neither efficacious nor efficient. On the contrary, this act finished intensifying regional income inequalities in Minas Gerais State. The regional policies represented by tax transferences from FPM and the regional policy of the tax burden, although they have not been efficient, were efficacious. In addition to, the findings reveal that there was conditional convergence of the GDP per capita. In despite of this, the convergence speed is slow (0,012%), with a half-life of more than fifty years. This result sheds light to the need to rethink the regional policies with the objective of speeding up this process (literature indicates that high convergence occurs when this speed is about 2%). The variables that had a positive contribution to the growth were: industrial environment, regional market, neighboring municipality human capital and neighboring municipality tax burden. Those variables, in turn, that had a negative influence over growth were: demographic density, crime rates, tax transferences from the Robin Hood Act, neighboring municipality industrial environment, neighboring municipality demographic density, neighboring municipality crime rates, tax transferences from the Robin Hood Act towards to neighboring municipalities and tax transferences from the FPM towards to the neighboring cities. These findings help to elaborate regional policies by pinpointing which variables are more important in order to contribute to the growth and to reduce regional income disparities among municipalities. Finally, one concludes that the market by itself is not able to nullify regional inequalities, thereby regional policies seem to play a role in this process. However, the presence of regional policies by itself does not seem to guarantee that these policies are efficient and efficacious. It is necessary to delineate them properly in order to reach the properties of efficiency and efficaciousness.