The European Union's regional policy

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Course ID:	4208-M3PRUE-OG
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:	The European Union's regional policy
Name in Polish:	Polityka regionalna Unii Europejskiej-wykład-OGUN
Organizational unit:	Centre for European Regional and Local Studies
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in Euroreg General university courses in the social sciences
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:	general courses
Short description:	The aim of the lecture is to familiarize the students with the objectives, principles, methods of operation, instruments and effectiveness of European Cohesion Policy and its regional dimension (with particular emphasis on the functioning of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund), considered in the broader context of all Community policies and in the framework of integration processes. After the lecture, the student should understand the concepts and be able to use them in practice to explain phenomena and processes related to European regional policy.
Full description:	The lecture aims to familiarize students with the objectives, principles, methods of operation, instruments and effectiveness of European regional structural policy (with particular emphasis on the functioning of structural funds and the Cohesion Fund under Cohesion Policy. After the lecture, the student should understand the concepts and be able to use them in practice to explain phenomena and processes related to European regional policy. Classes will include defining the basic concepts and theoretical foundations of this policy. They will present its evolution against the background of European integration, the objectives and principles of this policy at European level and in Poland. Policy instruments will be analyzed ( Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund, Community Initiatives, Innovative Actions. The problem of utility, efficiency, effectiveness of policy: evaluation methods and research results will be addressed. Relations between regional policy will be discussed (as learning component of cohesion policy) and other European and national policies. The assumptions, goals and first effects of European cohesion policy (regional) in Poland will be discussed. The current dilemmas of this policy in the context of national and global problems, including recent reforms, will also be discussed.
Bibliography:	1.Molle W., European Cohesion Policy, Routledge 2007 2. Gorzelak G. G. Wykorzystanie środków Unii Europejskiej dla rozwoju kraju – wstępne analizy, Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, Nr 3(57), ss. 5-25 3. White paper on the future of Europe: Five scenarios, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/white_paper_on_the_future_of_europe_en.pdf 4. Siódmy raport na temat spójności gospodarczej, społecznej i terytorialnej, https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/cohesion7/7cr_pl.pdf 5. Materiały dostępne na Portalu Funduszy Europejskich https://www.gov.pl/web/fundusze-regiony/portal-funduszy-europejskich
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: (1)Identifies the institutions and organisations implementing the European Union Regional Policy (K_W03); (2) Elaborates the rules of the European Union Regional Policy implementation (K_W03); (3) Specifies the evaluation criteria of European Union Regional Policy (K_W03); (4) Evaluates the effects of European Union Regional Policy (K_W03); (5) Characterises the stages of the European Union Regional Policy’s development (K_W07) (6) Elaborates the functional approach in the European Union development policy that combines the various stakeholders operating at different levels and in different sectors (K_W07). Abilities and skills: (1) Reproduces and analyses the logic of the evaluated interventions using the logic models (K_U01); (2) Identifies the needs of the knowledge related to the evaluated intervention (K_U01); (3) Combines the evaluation criteria with corresponding types of evaluation questions (K_U01); (4) Uses the basic tools of the analysis of the developmental intervention in the city or region (K_U01). Social skills: (1) Organises the group work by planning and distributing the tasks between the members of the team (K_K02); (2) Critically and constructively discusses the research results of the other teams (K_K02); (3) Can devise a basic plan of the evaluation study on the public intervention in the city or region (K_K08); (4) Chooses the adequate form of the presentation of the evaluation study’s results to its recipients (stakeholders) (K_K08).
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Mark based on activity (25%) and exam (75%)

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