Acta academica karviniensia 2014, 14(3):39-48 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2014.046

EVALUATION OF SPATIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ENVIRONMENT IN SLOVAKIA

Oldřich Hájek1, Lenka Smékalová2, Jiří Zicha3
1 Tomas Bata university in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139,760 00 Zlín, Czech Republic, Email:hajek@fame.utb.cz
2 Tomas Bata university in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139,760 00 Zlín, Czech Republic, Email:smekalova@fame.utb.cz
3 Tomas Bata university in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139,760 00 Zlín, Czech Republic, Email:zicha@fame.utb.cz

In the programming period 2007 - 2013 the implementation of the European Union cohesion policy is carried out through eleven operational programmes within the frame of objectives Convergence and Regional Competitiveness and Employment. The overall European Union resources invested the amount of approximately € 11 bn. in these programmes, which is distributed under the supervision of the Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic (formerly only Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic). Among these instruments is the Operational Programme Environment with total allocation of € 1,8 bn. The objective of this paper is to analyse attributes of all projects that have been approved from the beginning of the programming period until March 2013. This will enable to further study the spatial characteristics of the evaluated programme and discuss the breakdown of the beneficiaries at different levels of spatial hierarchy or the eventual volume of intervention under auspices of this programme in individual regions of the Slovak Republic. The volume and the direction of the investments in relation to the spatial dimension present a new view on implementation of the cohesion policy instruments.

Keywords: cohesion policy, environment, Slovakia, structural funds
JEL classification: O18, O22, Q58, R58

Received: November 16, 2013; Accepted: September 23, 2014; Published: September 30, 2014  Show citation

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Hájek O, Smékalová L, Zicha J. EVALUATION OF SPATIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ENVIRONMENT IN SLOVAKIA. Acta academica karviniensia. 2014;14(3):39-48. doi: 10.25142/aak.2014.046.
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