JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Euroregions and cross-border cooperation

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Course title Euroregions and cross-border cooperation
Course code KPOL/B304
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný Lukáš, doc. Dr. phil. M.A.
Course content
A quarter of the course is designed as classroom teaching (roughly 3 blocks), followed by block teaching in the form of three-day intensive Czechia-Germany workshops (together with students from TU Dresden). These will take place in Dresden and Most. Participation in both events is a prerequisite for obtaining credit. Dresden 9.-11.04. Most 23.-25.04. 1. Introduction. Basic concepts. 2. Geographical potential and regional development of the border area. 3. The position of the border in integration processes. The concept of integration, identity vs. integration, "closedness" of borders, "Iron Curtain", meeting places. 4. Cross-border cooperation as part of regional development. Transformation, globalization, integration. 5. Creating a strategy for territorial development of cross-border areas. 6. European (EU) view. EU border / cross-border regions as bridges to neighbors, vision of a Europe without borders, Charter of border and cross-border regions. 7. Central European perspective (cooperation with neighboring countries). Cross-border cooperation between the Czech Republic and neighboring countries, "large spaces" of cross-border cooperation. 8. Institutionalization and legislation of cross-border cooperation. Territorial entities / structures, Association of European Border Regions (AEBR, AGEG), the concept of Euroregion, territorial public administration bodies, population, actors. 9. European Union, Czechia and borders. Phare CBC, Interreg. cross-border concepts and strategies, investment projects, small projects fund, people-to-people. 10. Territorial differentiation and regional / structural policy in the Czech Republic. Territorial differentiation in the Czech Republic, inland and borderland, core and periphery. Situational analysis of the Czech borderland through so-called hard data. 11. Czech border and cross-border cooperation. Typology, Regional development strategies, institutions, Euroregions, priority areas. 12. Methodology of border research. Empirical surveys, relevant domestic and foreign projects. 13. Practical examples and projects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course pays attention to the territorial delimitation of border regions, the study of the border (eg intermediary functions) and the border effect. Attention is also paid to geographical potential and regional development, incl. support and the issue of cross-border cooperation and Euroregions. The practical steps are demonstrated mainly on examples from the Czech border and cross-border cooperation between the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The student is able to use professional terminology. Students will gain knowledge of regional policy and regional development in relation to the border area. The student will understand the connections between different views on cross-border cooperation. The student will be familiar with grant programs focused on the border. The student will be prepared for practice in public administration.
Prerequisites
Czech and english

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
- active participation in intensive teaching and block workshops (Dresden, Most) - group work - participation in field research - presentations, policy paper
Recommended literature
  • Pallagst, K., Hartz, A. Border Futures ? Zukunft Grenze ? Avenir Fronti?re.: The future viability of cross-border cooperation. (Arbeitsberichte der ARL). Leipzig, 2022.
  • Sternad, D. a kol. Cross-Border Cooperations: Strategies for European SMEs. Wien, 2012. ISBN 978-3704663139.


Study plans that include the course
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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.02.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026