Structural Funds and assistance programs

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Course ID:	4003-203FSPP
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Structural Funds and assistance programs
Name in Polish:	Fundusze strukturalne i programy pomocowe
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The course aims to present the principles of operation of regional policy and the allocation of EU structural measures. It will be discussed the following issues: - EU regional policy, - the programming rules types of European funds, - the types of final beneficiaries, - the factors determining the choice of the operational programs, - the rules for the preparation of projects financed from EU funds
Full description:	This course consists of theoretical and practical work. Within the introduction of the EU Structural Funds will be discussed the programming base for regional development policy, the rules for creating and spending the Community budget as well as allocation of funding streams for the years 2007-2013. In particular the attention will be given to: • the barriers to obtaining structural funds, • the principles of budget preparation for the years 2007-2013, • the paths of financing the budget, • the regional Convergence, • the effectiveness of EU funds spending, • the principles of preparation the NSRO, • the evaluation of EU funds. Within the seminar will be discussed, on a "step by step", the preparation of applications from planning through the preparation of the budget and ending at the close of the project. The activities will be included: • design methodology according to the rules "project triangle", • project life cycle, • a project plan, • construction of the problem and purpose of the project, • construction of the budget • discuss the application generator PO KL • preparation of the controls documentation. Student workload: seminar - 30h preparation for classes - 30 h preparation of the assumptions of the project - 60 h total time - 120 hours
Bibliography:	- Adamczyk, A., Borkowski, J. 2005. Regionalizm, polityka regionalna i Fundusze Strukturalne w Unii Europejskiej, Warszawa: CE UW - Babiak J., Fundusze UE a innowacyjność polskiej gospodarki, Studio Emka, Warszawa 2008 - Babiak J., Fundusze UE. Doświadczenia i perspektywy, Studio Emka, Warszawa 2008 - Bocian, A.F. (red.) 2001 Rozwój regionalny - cele i metody, Białystok. - Borkowski, J. 2006 Wybrane obszary polityki wspólnotowej – wspólna polityka rolna i polityka regionalna w: Nowak A.Z. (red.) Europeistyka w zarysie, s.288. Warszawa: PWE - Brodecki, Z. 2005 Regiony, Warszawa: LexisNexis - Gawlikowska-Hueckel (red.) 2003 Wrażliwości gospodarki regionalnej na integrację z Unią Europejską. Wojewódz¬two łódzkie,, Gdańsk: Profil. - Filipek A., Fundusze UE, Placet, Warszawa 2009 - Głąbicka, K., Brewiński, M. 2003 Europejska polityka regionalna, Warszawa: Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa - Głąbicka, K., Brewiński, M. 2005 Polityka spójności społeczno-gospodarczej Unii Europejskiej, Warszawa: Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa. - Kaja, J., Piech, K. 2005 Rozwój oraz polityka regionalna i lokalna w Polsce, Warszawa: SGH – Oficyna Wydawnicza - Kuciński K., Przedsiębiorczość a rozwój regionalny w Polsce, Difin, Warszawa 2010 - Latoszek E., Integracja Europejska. Mechanizmy i wyzwania, Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 2007 - Milczarek, D. (red.) 1996. Subsydiarność, Warszawa: Elipsa - Milczarek, D., Nowak, A.Z. (red.) 2003 Integracja Europejska. Wybrane problemy, Warszawa: Cen¬trum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. - Nowak, A.Z., Milczarek, D. 2006 Europeistyka w zarysie, Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne - Oręziak L., Finanse UE, PWN, Warszawa 2009 - European Commission, How to use structural funds for SME & entrepreneurship policy, Luxembourg 2013, - European Commission, Structural funds (ERDF and ESF) eligibility 2014-2020, Luxembourg 2014.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course the student should have acquired the following knowledge of: - the terminology associated with the economic functioning of the European market - the principles of programming of EU structural funds - the rules for the creation of and the spending of the Structural Funds budget - the path of budget financing - the rules of evaluating the use of structural funds - the concept of regional convergence - project methodology The following skills should have been acquired after the end of the course: - the ability to examine the effectiveness of regional policy - the ability to identify the obstacles and difficulties in obtaining Structural Funds - the ability to assess the efficiency of the spending of EU funds - the ability to prepare a draft proposal for funding - the ability to prepare project documentation and checks
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The required class attendance and preparation for this course. The assessment of the preparation of the guidelines for the project.

This course is not currently offered.

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