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Lecturer(s)
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Novotný Lukáš, doc. Dr. phil. M.A.
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Course content
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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.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
For successful completion of the course, relevant activity is required during the seminars, oral presentation of the paper and submission of seminar work.
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Recommended literature
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Pallagst, K., Hartz, A. Border Futures ? Zukunft Grenze ? Avenir Fronti?re.: The future viability of cross-border cooperation. (Arbeitsberichte der ARL). Leipzig, 2022.
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Sternad, D. a kol. Cross-Border Cooperations: Strategies for European SMEs. Wien, 2012. ISBN 978-3704663139.
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