Realizace regionální politiky EU na příkladu NUTS 2 Moravskoslezsko a Severozápad

The European Union's regional policy targets to reduce disparities between the regions. This policy pays special attention to disadvantaged regions and includes financial support. In the Czech Republic, Karlovarský, Ústecký and Moravskoslezský are identified as structurally disadvantaged regions. At the NUTS 2 level, these belong to cohesion regions NorthWest and Moravia-Silesia. These regions have been undergoing a complex transition process towards a climate-neutral economy over the last decades due to the previous long-term focus on mining and heavy industry. Although the regions are seen as similar and are afflicted by similar socio-economic problems, there are differences between them in terms of the transition process. The aim of this thesis is to identify the factors which influence use of the EU funds in the cohesion regions Moravia-Silesia (Moravskoslezský) and NorthWest (Karlovarský and Ústecký). Another goal was to determine whether the regions are implementing the regional strategies successfully within seven-year programming period between 2014 and 2020. Both quantitative and qualitative methods have been used to evaluate the objectives.