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Dopad finančních prostředků EU na konvergenci příjmů: případ zemí střední Evropy
Kim, Joo Hyun ; Slaný, Martin (advisor) ; Chytilová, Helena (referee)
The aim of the paper is to examine the convergence hypothesis as well as whether EU funds positively influence income convergence. Four countries of Central European countries are chosen: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, to be compared to EU15 over the period of 1993 to 2015. The original hypothesis states that Poland should show the fastest speed of income convergence; Czech Republic should exhibit the lowest speed according to the convergence hypothesis. Moreover, it is assumed that EU funds have positive influences on income convergence. In order to test the hypothesis, beta convergence and sigma convergence are utilized by running regression models in STATA. The convergence hypothesis is correctly confirmed with the data from the regression models. Furthermore, it is proved that the EU funds brought positive impacts on income convergence based on changes in the income gap in the period of 1993 to 2015. So, EU funds have contributed to the process of income convergence between the four countries towards EU15.
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Fighting Corruption in Misuse of Financial Funds from European Union: Case Study Regional Operation Programme North-West (ROP Severozápad)
Frodlová, Ellen ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Kučera, František (referee)
This thesis is focusing on corruption and misuse of financial funds from European Union. It primarily analyses Regional Operation Programme North-West (ROP Severozápad), which ended with massive corruption affair. The affair lead to the suspension of payments from the European Union, change of assignment of projects in the next programme period, but also opened the question of current trends in corruption in the Czech Republic. The main aim of the thesis was to identify the most dangerous spots that lead to misuse of European funds, connect the corruption affair with current corruption trends in the Czech Republic and suggest basic activities that could prevent the misuse of European subsidies in the future. The aim was achieved via analysis of the operation programme, that ran through the years 2007-2013. It was discovered, that the system was purpose-built so that the local politicians could manipulate with the order of winning projects and thus unfairly distribute the financial funds from the European Union.
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Development of agritourism in Czechia and Slovakia after the accession to the European Union
Koniarová, Dana ; Hrabák, Jiří (advisor) ; Perlín, Radim (referee)
This thesis deals with rural tourism as a specific form of tourism and one of the options for diversification of agricultural activities in Czechia and Slovakia. The main aim of the paper is to evaluate the development, current state and regional differentiation of agritourism in Czechia and Slovakia. The theoretical part describes the development of agriculture since 1989 and current trends in the sector. There are also explainations of important terms in relation to agritourism as a part of rural tourism and also it's positive and negative aspects The work analyzes implementation of support for agritourism from Rural Development Programme for the period 2007 - 2013 and 2014 - 2020. Empirical part of the study aims to evaluate current state of agritourism in Czechia and Slovakia, the number of agritourism facilities in selected period and regional differentiation of agritourism in Czechia and Slovakia. For the evaluation of agritourism, we used data form the Statistical Office of Slovak Republic, Czech Statistical Office, SZIF and Ministri of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic.
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The causes of insufficient use of EU funds in Slovakia during the 2007-2013 programming period
Sedláčková, Martina ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hauser, Jan (referee)
The presented thesis The causes of insufficient use of EU funds in Slovakia during the 2007- 2013 programming period addresses a system of utilisation of the EU funds in Slovakia which were provided by the European Union's Cohesion Policy in 2007-2013 programming period. The period is the first Cohesion Policy's programming period that could be fully benefited by Slovakia, and although Slovakia was economically highly evaluated even with regards to the economic crisis, at the end of the period the exceptional prolongation of the n+2 rule was demanded, and eventually approved. Therefore, the aim of the thesis is to find and explore possible causes of the lack of benefit of the EU funds that lead to obtaining the exception. The first part of the thesis analyses the theory of regional policy which provides multiple possible alternative hypotheses that answers to the research question. These potential answers constitute the chapters in the second part of the thesis: the responsibility of the utilisation on the regional level, the problems in settings and functioning of the bodies on national level, the external factors impact, and finally the rules posed by the EU. All hypotheses are analysed by the process-tracing method tracking the process of using of the funds. The method tests the key moments in...
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Abilities of municipalities in NUTS 2 South-East region to withdraw European funds
Dokulilová, Monika ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hauser, Jan (referee)
The presented thesis deals with abilities of municipalities in the region NUTS II South - East to draw European funds. The aim is to analyze how well - informed are municipalties about this topic and how they can take advantage of their gained knowledge and use the financial instruments of the EU. Administrative division founded by the EU is needed for a possibility of a member state to use European funds. NUTS II South - East region covers two Czech regions - Jihomoravský a Vysočina - and it is also a region with the highest number of municipalities from all the NUTS II regions in the Czech Republic. Municipalities are one of the most active applicants for the European funds and their knowledge and abilities to use the funds is important. According to a Theory of learning regions there were set three criteria which created the basis of the research. Knowledge and abilities were divided into three phases depending on when the municipalities deal with them during the process of withdrawing. For gaining data for the research I used the mixed methods research that combine the quantitative and the qualitative research. Firstly there was a questionnaire among all municipalities in the region and then I have done interviews with five representatives of selected municipalities - Milotice, Švábov, Třebíč,...
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Public Accountability: A Case Study of Operational Programme Employment
Pavlovská, Veronika ; Mouralová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee)
1 Abstract The diploma thesis "Public Accountability: A Case Study of Operational Programme Employment" sees accountability as social relationship between two actors, in which one is obliged to explain his conduct to the other. The thesis examines accountability regime and relations in Czech public administration on example of the setting and implementation of Operational Programme Employment. The main objective of the thesis is to describe accountability regime in Operational Programme Employment, the existing accountability relations and their characteristics. The perspective of Managing Authority of OP Employment is the starting point for the analysis. 8 relations are presented based on quantitative content analysis of documents, which set up rules of implementation for the OP. More relations are added based on expert interviews. The thesis then concludes that there are differences between content and functions of accountability relations. At the EU level there is an emphasis on outputs and accountability is used mainly for fulfilling goals and targets. At the Czech Republic level the stress is on processes and compliance with rules. The thesis comes to conclusion that Managing Authority must be accountable to many forums, which have different demands and stress diverse contents and functions. Moreover,...
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Convergence of the Czech Republic to the European Union
Pešková, Jana ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Černoch, Jakub (referee)
This thesis deals with an analysis of the convergence of the Czech Republic to the first fifteen member states of the European Union. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate different types of resources that are available for the Czech Republic from the European Union and if and to what extent the development levels of the Czech Republic and the EU 15 countries come closer. The first part of this thesis describes resources provided by the European Union to its member states and funds used to their allocation. The second part focuses on drawing of these resources by the Czech Republic. Specifically, the amount of resources allocated to the Czech Republic is described and the ability of the Czech Republic to use them is analyzed. The third part, core of this work, concentrates on an analysis of several fundamental development indicators. Main indicators of both nominal and real convergence are evaluated, as well as the Human Development Index. These indicators are applied on both the Czech Republic and the EU 15 countries, they are compared and the level of the convergence between the two units is evaluated. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Three essays on public procurement
Skuhrovec, Jiří ; Janda, Karel (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Michal (referee) ; Tóth, István János (referee) ; King, Lawrence (referee)
The core of thesis lays in quantitative analysis of microeconomic data on public procurement and alternative forms of dealing with public money. It consists of three essays with one common attribute: extensive groundwork with data, including overlaps into legal and technical disciplines. The fist essay examines the relationship between transparency of ownership structure and (i) profits of firms winning public procurement contracts and (ii) competition for the contracts and savings of the public authority. It identifies a significant advantage of firms with opaque ownership structure in terms of access to public money. It concludes with a possible explanation of conflict of interest and corruption, which might channel such advantages. The second essay proposes and tests a novel methodology for benchmarking of contracting authorities. The proposed rating measures a deviation from best practice recommendations in the areas of openness, competition and transparency. Indirectly it measures efficiency and corruption potential in public procurement. The pilot results of the methodology are provided and extensively discussed for a group of Czech municipalities. Third essay investigates issue of crowding out effect potentially introduced by EU funds provision. It studies direct budgetary impacts of...
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Implementation and Absorption Capacity of EU funds in Tourism
Jirásková, Žaneta ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Kalábová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis aims to analyze European funds promoting tourism in the Czech Republic, and to assess the extent to which the Czech Republic was able to take advantage of this support. The intention is to introduce current possibilities of using EU funds and analyze how effective implementation was. The work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is devoted to regional policy and the instruments through which it is implemented. The second chapter deals with the Implementation process of EU funds at European and national level. The last chapter analyzes data focused on financial support to the tourism development in the period of 2007-2013, and 2014-2020.
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