Study grade : 2.
Year of study: 1.
Compulsory module

The aim of the course is to point out the growing regional differences in Slovakia as well as in the EU and to identify tools that would mitigate the impact of these regional differences. The key disparities will be presented, as well as the main factors in the development of individual regions of the Slovak Republic and the possibilities of increasing the competitiveness and attractiveness of the most backward.

Brief module description

  • Basic information about the subject, definition of basic terms
  • Basic principles of regional development.
  • Subjects of regional development, support of regional development.
  • Factors of regional development.
  • Methods for measuring spatial concentration and industry specialization.
  • Theories of regional development
  • Economic structure of regions and regional disparities
  • Basic documents to support regional development
  • Regional policy of the European Union and the possibility of drawing on the Structural Funds in the programming period 2021 – 2027
  • Regional policy of the Slovak Republic and priority areas of regional development
  • Regional analyzes and work with regional data
  • Strategic regional planning
  • The budget of the European Union and the Europe 2030 project, current problems of regional development.