EU Funds in the
Czech Republic

Overview

 

1.  EU Funding 2007-2013

2.  Operational Programmes

3.  Absorption of Funds

4.  Achievements

5.  Bizarre Projects

6.  2014-2020 Outlook

7.  Questions

8.  Sources

 

1. EU Funding 2007-2013

  • € 347 billions allocated for the Cohesion Policy

  • € 26,7 billions for the Czech Republic

Allocation of Funds:

Graphic made after data provided by: European Commission: EU cohesion funding – key statistics.

URL: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/thefunds/funding/index_en.cfm. Retrieved from Internet: 22.11.14. 

2. Operational Programmes

  • Under Convergence objective: All Czech regions except Prague​

26 programmes:

  • Under Regional competitiveness and employment objective: only Prague
  • Under European territorial objective

Source: European Commission: European Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic.

URL: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/informat/country2009/cs_en.pdf. Retrieved from Internet 21.11.14.

How much money for each objective?

Source: European Commission: European Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic.

URL: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/informat/country2009/cs_en.pdf. Retrieved from Internet 21.11.14.

 15 programmes

2 programmes

9 programmes

Source: Czech Ministry of Regional Development: Regions of EU regional policy.

URL: http://www.strukturalni-fondy.cz/en/Fondy-EU/Informace-o-fondech-EU/Regiony-regionalni-politiky-EU. Retrieved from Internet: 23.11.14.

Share of funding allocation for each objective

  • Environment
  • Transport
  • Research, development and innovation

Investment priorities:

3. Absorption of Funds

Implementation of EU Funds in Czech Republic, 2007-2013

36% not used

100%

92%

64%

Payment Ratio of Eastern European Countries (%) 

 

...but why?

Causes of low absorption

  • Lack of qualified personnel
  • Excessive bureaucracy
  • Insufficient resources to co-finance the projects
  • Corruption 

Corruption Score of EEC (Transparency International, 2013)

100 = perfectly clean, 1 = highly corrupt

Rank 57 of 117

4. Achievements

Training café 

  • Slaný
  • Training disabled people
  • Total cost: 127 000 €
  • ESF support: 108 000 €

 

"This project brings
an end to isolation"

Integrated Safety Centre

  • Moravian-Silesian Region
  • Creation of a combined emergency response centre
  • Total cost: 27.3 million €
  • ERDF support: 22.1 million €

Innovation Park 

 

  • Brno
  • Office space for innovative companies and start-ups
  • Launch in 2003

 

  • Total cost: 12.5 million €
  • ERDF support: 9 million €

5. Bizarre Projects

Metro Prague

  • Metro A extension between Dejvická and Motol
  • Project start: 2011
  • Total Investment: 954 million €
  • Commission approval: 330 million € (Cohesion Fund, Transport Operational Programme)
  • Expected finalization -> end of 2014

 

"In the case of the Prague metro, as reported in Aktualne.cz last week, ostensibly we have
a CZK 4.2 billion (or over EUR 170 million) fine imposed due to DPP being revealed to
have manipulated the tender for the extension" 

EU fine?

EUROPOINT Brno

  • Relocation of the railway station
  • 845 million €
  • Controversial

6. 2014 - 2020 Outlook

Allocation of Funds:

  • € 351,8 billions allocated for the Cohesion Policy

 

  • € 22 billions for the Czech Republic

  • Less funding for Prague

Only 8 programmes:

Source: Tödtling-Schönhofer H., Hamza C., Kronberger A. (2013): EU member states’ preparedness for cohesion policy 2014-2020. Note. Brussel: European Parliament. 

How much money for each programme?

Source: European Commission: Summary of Partnership Agreement for the Czech Republic, 2014-2020. From Aug.26, 2014.

URL: http://ec.europa.eu/contracts_grants/pa/partnership-agreement-czech-summary_en.pdf. Retrieved from Internet: 23.11.14.

Finally...

Are the Structural Funds used effectively in the Czech Republic?

 

Do you think EU Funding should continue even if corruption is a major problem in the receiving country?  

Sources

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