Based on the institutional structure, european regional development and the following challenges for the european integration process the lecture gives an overview on the main instruments, concepts and measures of regional policies of the EU. The perspectives of regional policies on a European level are discussed by their spatial and structural effects in the past.
1 The European Union (, structure, policies, institutions, legislation, budget)
1.1 History of European integration
1.2 Contractual framework of the European Union
1.3 EU policies
1.4 EU bodies
1.5 EU legislation
1.6 EU budget
2 Wirtschaftliche Disparitäten in Europa
2.1 Basic data
2.2 Regional GDP and employment
2.3 Factors of regional competitiveness
3 Cohesion Policy
3.1 Basics (framework, implementation, instruments)
3.2 Operational Programmes
3.3 Financing
3.4 Programmes in Austria
3.5 Effects of cohesion policy
4 Other relevant EU-policies
4.1 Common Agricultural Policy [CAP]
4.2 Transeuropean Networks [TEN]
4.3 European Spatial Policies [ESDP]
