Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2010, 56(6):292-300 | DOI: 10.17221/15/2010-AGRICECON
Regional policy of the European Communities and cross-border cooperation within the South Bohemia Region
- Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
The paper is focused on the problems of the cross-border cooperation and the regional policy of the European Communities and the implementation of theoretical issues in the South Bohemia Region. The main aim of this paper is to compare the cross-border cooperation and its influence on the regional development of the South Bohemia Region between the 2004-2006 programming period (after the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Communities) and the 2007-2013 programming period. The paper also provides the typology of the realised cross-border projects from the perspectives of the number of projects and also their financial allocation. The results document the increasing importance of the cross-border cooperation and its highly positive impact on the social and economic development of the South Bohemia Region.
Keywords: cross-border cooperation, regional policy, the South Bohemia Region
Published: June 30, 2010 Show citation
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