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Possibilities of Drawing the Grants from the Funds of the EU and Their Realization in Selected Communes in the South Bohemia - a Case Study
REISCHLOVÁ, Kateřina
This work includes a basic outline and introduction into the EU regional policy problematic. This theoretic background is then transferred into the practical part of this paper, where the author presents an overview of grant systems (both the EU´s and national programs) and their utilization in two south bohemian cities ? Český Krumlov and Hluboká nad Vltavou. First, the cities are shortly characterized and later a comprehensive briefing of the national and EU´s grants is described, especially within the 2004-2009 period. The collected data clearly show the fact, that during the whole period, Hluboká nad Vltavou managed to acquire 6 mil. Kč more from the EU´s resources, than Český Krumlov did. This conclusion is highly interesting, since Český Krumlov is by far a larger city, compared to Hluboká nad Vltavou. This proves that the acquisition of the EU donations is significantly dependent on administrative or project skills of the given cities. The difference in these skills has projected in the grant-success percentage of both cities, while Český Krumlov received only 30% of requested donations, Hluboká nad Vltavou reached almost 60% rate. Based on this outcomes of the two cities and their EU donations, it is evident, that the 2000-2006 period was fairly poor, while this trend has started to change significantly between 2007 and 2010. This work concludes that the rate of grant requests is rapidly increasing as the EU moves towards the closure of the second program period in 2013, which mean the end for the grant system whatsoever.
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