
Further Territorial Protection of the Danube – Oder – Elbe Connection Corridor Ratified by the Government, by Daniela Lešková
In the previous 1/2010 issue of this magazine, the article Tasks Anchored in the 2008 Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic informed about the Ministry for Regional Development’s task of the territorial protection of the Danube Oder – Elbe canal connection corridor. The present article updates the information by facts occurred in the meantime.
European Territorial Cooperation, by Vladimír Šourek
The European territorial cooperation was discussed in the 1/2007 issue of this magazine. As today we find ourselves almost halfway through the materialization of the relevant programmes, more information on their progress and the current situation is offered. Important to say, the programmes are lively developing, so the given data may not be fully corresponding when you read this article. Yet the principles of the programmes and their step-by-step materialization are not changing. To start with, some general facts and specifics are repeated in which these programmes differ from others within the Community Framework Support, making them much more demanding in terms of implementation and administrative.
The Interregional Cooperation Operational Programme, by Pavel Lukeš
The aim of the Interregional Cooperation Operational Programme, also known as INTERREG IVC, is to support and intesify the cooperation among European regions in order to enhance the efficiency of their development policies and increase Europe’s competitive strength. Such goals should be achieved through the collaboration of the less experienced regions with those more succesful, exchanging their experience and implementing good procedures into the main programmes of structural funds.
The Central Europe Transnational Cooperation Operational Programme, by Stella Horváthová
The Central Europe Operational Programme is being presented to the public through a dynamic logo, representing a Europe in motion. The aim of the programme is to increase the competitive advantage of Central Europe, creating and reinforcing the structures of innovation, availability and improvement of a well-balanced and sustainable development, based on a better quality of the environment and more attractive towns and regions of Central Europe.
The ESPON 2013 Operational Programme, by Jana Huberová
The name European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) stands for a programme focusing on the support to research in spatial planning and regional development at European, national and regional levels.
The INTERACT II Operational Programme, by Pavel Lukeš
Within the Objective 3 programmes, the INTERACT II Operational Programme can be regarded as very specific, as there are no projects being carried out in its framework in the 2007–2013 programming period. Meant to contribute to a more efficient implementation of other Objective 3 programmes (those of cross-border, transnational, and interregional cooperation), this one is understood as a service programme, providing services to authorities and/or subjects involved in the administration of the Objective 3 programmes. The reason for such aiming of the programme is the fact that the European Commission and the member states are aware of the difficulty of the Objective 3 programmes, caused mainly by the number of participating countries (29 for INTERREG IVC and 31 for EPSON 2013), which makes the programme management much more problematic, in comparison to the programmes of Objectives 1 and 2.
The Bavaria — Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme, by Tomáš Fiala
The Bavaria — Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme follows the successfully materialized Czech Republic — Bavaria INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative of the 2004–2006 programming period, aiming at the support to cross-border economic, cultural and communal cooperation, tourism, education, social integration, transportation accessibility of the cross-border region and environment protection. The programme is meant for the Czech Regions of Karlovy Vary/Carlsbad, Plzeň/Pilsen and South Bohemia, and the Bavarian Districts of Cham, Freyung-Grafenau, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Regen, Schwandorf, Tirschenreuth and Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Amberg–Sulzbach, Bayreuth, Deggendorf, Kronach, Kulmbach, Passau, Regensburg and Straubing, Hof and Weiden.
The Saxony — Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme, by Josef Žid
The Saxony — Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme follows the successfully materialized Czech Republic — Saxony INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative of the 2004–2006 programming period. The programme is aimed at the improvement of the transportation accessibility, environment protection, development of the crossborder infrastructure and services in tourism and social integration, cooperation of businesses and technology transfers, and the cross-border cooperation of territorial administrations. The Czech part of the programme involves the Regions of Karlovy Vary/Carlsbad, Ústí/Aussig and Liberec/Reichenberg, while the Saxon, the regions/Districts of Vogtlandkreis, Aue–Schwarzenberg, Annaberg, Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Freiberg, Weißeritzkreis, Sächsische Schweiz, Bautzen, Löbau–Zittau, Zwickauer Land, Stollberg, Mittweida, Meißen, Kamenz, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Greiz, and the statutory cities of Zwickau, Chemnitz, Dresden, Görlitz, Hoyerswerda and Plauen.
The Austria – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme, by David Machač
The Austria – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme follows the successfully accomplished Czech Republic – Austria INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative of the 2004–2006 programming period. It is focused on the support to cross-border economic, cultural and communal cooperation, tourism, education, social integration, transportation accessibility of the cross-border region and environment protection. The programme is designed for the Regions of South Bohemia, South Moravia and Vysočina in the Czech Republic, and the Austrian regions of Waldviertel, Weinviertel, Wiener Umland Nordteil, Mühlviertel, and the city of Vienna. The governing body of the programme is the Office of the Land Government of Lower Austria, the regional subjects being the Offices of the other Land Governments (Upper Austria and Vienna) in Austria and those of the involved Regions in the Czech Republic.
The Slovakia – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme, by Vladimír Šourek
The Slovakia – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme follows the successful Czech Republic – Slovakia INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative of the 2004–2006 programming period. Its aim is to support the cross-border economic, cultural and communal cooperation, tourism, education, social integration, transportation accessibility of the cross-border region and environment protection, involving the Czech Regions of South Moravia, Zlín and Moravia–Silesia and those Slovak of Trnava, Trenčín and Žilina.
The Poland – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme, by Vladimír Kučera
The Poland – Czech Republic Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme follows the successfully materialized Czech Republic – Poland INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative of the 2004–2006 programming period. Of the crossborder cooperation programmes, this is the largest in terms of the total sum of the ERDF subsidy as well as the area of the territory involved. At the same time, it is the only cross-border cooperation programme to be governed in the Czech Republic, focusing on the improvement of transporation accessibility, environment protection, cooperation of businesses, development of the cross-border infrastructure, tourism, education, cultural and social events and cooperation of regional administrations and other subjects. In the Czech Republic, the programme is being carried out in the Regions of Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Olomouc and that of Moravia–Silesia, while in Poland, in the regions of Jelenia Góra, Wałbrzych, Opole, Nysa, Dubnickém, Kielce, and partly those of Tyském and Wrocław.
Results of the 2007–2008 Questionnaire Survey of the Municipal Housing Stocks of Selected Towns and Cities, by Dana Chlupová, Marie Polešáková and Ludmila Rohrerová
On behalf of the Ministry for Regional Development, the Institute for Spatial Development carried out another questionnaire research in 2009 to gather and update necessary data about the municipal housing stock. The survey was focused on five items which are usually not covered by the Czech Statistical Office, namely housing stock privatization, shifts within the municipal housing stock, payments related to the usage of municipal dwellings, costs of the administration of the municipal housing stock, and additional data.
Development Processes of Change in the Saxonian-Bohemian-Polish Border Region, by Rick Glöckner, Jan Slavík, Isolde Roch
This article deals with the German-Czech-Polish borderland, formerly called the Black Triangle due to its industrial past, from the viewpoint of its development and that of the management of the change processes after 1989. It seems that the region first witnessed a rather delayed but, in its bearings, convergent economic and social development. Later on, varied trends took over, caused by the diversity of the ongoing processes and the ways in which they were perceived. Nevertheless, there are still common features which may have a positive impact on the development of the whole region if their potential is properly supported and utilized.
Values in the Documents of Spatial Analysis of Extended Power Municipalities, by Marek Bečka, Karel Maier, Tomáš Peltan, Alena Dodoková, Jakub Vorel
This article summarizes the results of an analysis monitoring values in the documents of spatial analysis of the municipalities with extended powers. Difficulties related to the analysis are discussed (especially those of the terminology, definitions, limits and the urban planning values), evaluating the obtained data and seeking to generalize and draw conclusions. Followingly, specific steps for the improvement of the monitoring of values in such documents are proposed. The study has disclosed large differences in the detailesness and scope of the relevant documents of spatial analysis. The phenomena covered by regulations dating back to 2006 seem to be thoroughly examined, while some of the other values appear rather neglected.
The JUAP Portal of the Zlín Region: A technological tool for the municipalities of extended powers to make and maintain documents of spatial analysis, by Jaroslav Pospíšil
The Zlín Region offers technological support to the local municipalities with extended powers in order to create and maintain their documents of spatial analysis. The tool of such support is the JUAP portal, enabling to access and administer all the data about the territories of the extended power municipalities within the Region. Also, the tool makes it possible to collect and provide all the output of the documents of the analysis of their sustainable development. Moreover, such unified solution for the municipalities with extended powers provides for a unified form of the output within the JUAP portal.
The Jeroným Mine in Čistá: Past, Present and the Future, by Radovan Kukutsch, Petr Žůrek, Rudolf Tomíček
Since ore mining discontinued in the early 1990s, eliminating actions to the consequences of the mining activities have been carried out, including the works on the security and abolition of old and abandoned mining workings. In a few locations the underground is reconditioned and made visitable. There are numerous important sights of unique mining constructions and technical objects in the region of Slavkovský les / Kaiserwald, along with largely unspoiled nature. One of those most outstanding is the the Jeroným Mine in Čistá, a national cultural heritage site of unprecedented value.