regional operational programme of the central moravia cohesion

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Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
REGIONAL
OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
OF THE CENTRAL MORAVIA
COHESION REGION
VERSION 12
2007 - 2013
FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
1
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 6
2
LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ 9
3
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1
The Convergence objective................................................................................................................... 12
3.2
Eligibility ................................................................................................................................................ 12
3.3
Programme Partnership ....................................................................................................................... 12
3.4
Basic Documents and Legislation ........................................................................................................ 18
4
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE REGION .............................................................................. 22
4.1
General Characteristics of the Region................................................................................................. 22
4.2
Socio-demographic Development......................................................................................................... 23
4.3
Economic Development ........................................................................................................................ 25
4.4
Education and Lifelong Learning ........................................................................................................ 36
4.5
Business Environment and Tourism ................................................................................................... 42
4.6
Transport ............................................................................................................................................... 50
4.7
Environment .......................................................................................................................................... 54
4.8
Social changes, risks and endangered groups ..................................................................................... 60
4.9
Thematic experience from the 2004 – 2006 Programming Period .................................................... 63
4.10
Process experience from the use of EU funds ..................................................................................... 67
4.11
SWOT Analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 71
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STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................................. 76
5.1
Starting points ....................................................................................................................................... 76
5.2
Vision ...................................................................................................................................................... 77
5.3
Overall Strategy for the Central Moravia Region.............................................................................. 77
5.4
Strategy for ROP Central Moravia ..................................................................................................... 86
5.5
Global Objective .................................................................................................................................... 87
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5.6
Specific Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 88
5.7
Links to Strategic Documents .............................................................................................................. 91
5.8
Coordination of ROP Central Moravia with Thematic Operational Programmes 2007 – 2013 .. 106
5.9
Cross-financing .................................................................................................................................... 114
5.10
Internal Consistence of the Programme ............................................................................................ 117
5.11
Defining Horizontal Objectives (Sustainable Development; Equal Opportunities) ...................... 120
5.12
Compliance with Community Policies ............................................................................................... 127
5.13
Public Aid for the Document „Regional Operational Programme for the Cohesion Region Central
Moravia 2007 – 2013 ......................................................................................................................................... 127
5.14
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Public procurement ............................................................................................................................. 130
PRIORITY AXES...................................................................................................................................... 130
6.1
Priority axis 1 Transport .................................................................................................................... 133
6.1.1
Area of support 1.1 Regional transport infrastructure.................................................................... 139
6.1.2
Area of support 1.2 Public transport ................................................................................................. 141
6.1.3
Area of support 1.3 Non-motorized transport .................................................................................. 142
6.2
Priority axis 2 Integrated Development and Regeneration of the Region ...................................... 142
6.2.1
Area of support 2.1 Development of regional centres ...................................................................... 154
6.2.2
Area of support 2.2 Development of towns ....................................................................................... 159
6.2.3
Area of support 2.3 Development of rural areas .............................................................................. 160
6.2.4
Area of support 2.4 Support for enterprise....................................................................................... 162
6.3
Priority Axis 3 Tourism ...................................................................................................................... 162
6.3.1
Area of support 3.1 Integrated development of tourism .................................................................. 166
6.3.2
Area of support 3.2 Public infrastructure and services ................................................................... 167
6.3.3
Area of support 3.3 Business infrastructure and services ............................................................... 169
6.3.4
Area of support 3.4 Promotion and management ............................................................................ 170
6.4
Priority axis 4 Technical Assistance .................................................................................................. 170
6.4.1
Area of support 4.1 Support for managing, implementation and auditing of the tasks of the
Managing Authority .......................................................................................................................................... 172
6.4.2
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Area of support 4.2 Support for increasing of the absorption capacity of the region ................... 173
INDICATORS ........................................................................................................................................... 174
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7.1
Context Indicators ............................................................................................................................... 175
7.2
Indicators for the Global and Specific Objectives of the Programme ............................................ 176
7.3
Working with indicators ..................................................................................................................... 181
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IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................................... 182
8.1
Programme Implementation .............................................................................................................. 182
8.1.1
Bodies of the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region ..................................... 185
8.1.2
External subjects involved in the implementation of ROP Central Moravia ................................ 191
8.1.3
Processes related to the implementation of the programme and projects...................................... 193
8.1.4
Beneficiaries, System for the Selection of Projects ........................................................................... 193
8.1.5
Duties of Beneficiaries......................................................................................................................... 193
8.1.6
Administration of selection of projects according to type of support ............................................. 194
8.2
Financial Management ....................................................................................................................... 196
8.3
Auditing System .................................................................................................................................. 200
8.3.1
The Audit Authority ........................................................................................................................... 200
8.3.2
System of financial control ................................................................................................................. 204
8.3.3
Irregularities ........................................................................................................................................ 206
8.4
Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................... 207
8.4.1
The Monitoring Committee for ROP Central Moravia ................................................................... 207
8.4.2
Information systems, transfer of data ............................................................................................... 208
8.4.3
Annual reports and the final report on the implementation of ROP Central Moravia ................ 212
8.4.4
Strategic reports submitted by member states ................................................................................. 213
8.5
Programme Publicity and Promotion................................................................................................ 213
8.6
Programme Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 215
8.7
Ex-ante Programme Evaluation ........................................................................................................ 218
8.8
SEA Evaluation for ROP Central Moravia ...................................................................................... 220
8.8.1
The process of assessment, consultations, procedures ..................................................................... 220
8.8.2
Specification of the project selection and monitoring measures ..................................................... 221
8.8.3
The settlement of approval conditions of the Ministry of Environment ........................................ 222
8.8.4
Conclusion of the SEA assessment ..................................................................................................... 227
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FINANCIAL PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 231
Foreword
The cohesion policy of the European Union (furthermore referred to as “EU”) represents a
tool for the convergence of socio-economic characteristics of individual regions of the EU
by means of using a set of financial tools and clearly identified concrete priorities. The
cohesion policy is applied in the framework of programming periods; the presented
Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (furthermore
referred to only as ROP Central Moravia) represents the basic tool for the application of
cohesion policy in this area during the 2007 – 2013 programming period.
Compared to the 2004 – 2006 programming period, the EU cohesion policy for the
programming period 2007 – 2013 has within the context of the whole EU undergone
changes leading to its simplification, making it more transparent and strengthening its
decentralization. These changes include not only noticeable decrease in the number of
objectives and tools available for accomplishing them, but primarily a significant
strengthening of the role of regions in this process, with emphasis on regionally integrated
approach. In line with these trends, a decision was adopted (based on Czech Government
Resolution No. 245/2005) on the preparation of independent regional operational
programmes which, during the 2007 – 2013 programming period, will in the framework of
the Convergence objective supplement the set of thematic operational programmes.
The Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
represents a key strategic programming document, drawing on socio-economic
development priorities of the region during the implementation of projects supported by
EU structural funds during the 2007 – 2013 programming period. The ROP Central
Moravia document respects both legislative and programming documents of the EU, other
key strategic documents defining the socio-economic development of the EU, as well as
key documents for the social and economic development of the Czech Republic
(furthermore referred to as CR) and its regions. At the same time, the concept of ROP
Central Moravia respects the procedures and rules for the use of resources from the EU
structural funds, the budget of the CR and other national and regional public and private
funds.
The content priorities of ROP Central Moravia are in line with strategic development
documents of the region, namely with the Development Programme for the Territorial
District of the Olomouc Region and the Development Programme for the Territorial
District of the Zlín Region, as well as with regional development documents focusing on
particular areas (http://www.kr-olomoucky.cz/OlomouckyKraj/ Regional+development/
regional+development_CZ.htm?lang=CZ; http://www.kr-zlinsky.cz/?ro=71991).
The content priorities of the ROP Central Moravia furthermore also respect the main
programming and development documents of the CR, on a general level especially the
document Strategy of Economic Growth (furthermore referred to as SEG), for the purpose
of the implementation of cohesion policy itself the National Development Plan
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(furthermore also NDP) of the CR and the approved version of the National Strategic
Reference Framework (furthermore referred to as NSRF).
At the same time, content priorities of ROP Central Moravia are based on framework
documents adopted on the level of EU institutions, the key ones being the General
Community Strategic Guidelines (furthermore referred to as CSG), outlining the main
strategic objectives of socio-economic development of the EU in the area of cohesion
policy.
Content of the ROP Central Moravia respects the complex nature of support of regional
development, based on analytically evaluated priorities, such as Transport, Integrated
Development and Regeneration of Rural Areas and Tourism, with the assistance of the
Technical Assistance support priority.
The Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region meets
formal requirements, defined by the methodology provided by and comments submitted
by the EC and of the Ministry for Regional Development of the CR and by the Czech
Ministry of Finance (furthermore referred to as MfRD and MoF). The document is
divided into nine main chapters. Using standard characteristics, the chapter „SocioEconomic Analysis of the Region“ describes the current socio—economic situation of the
region, resulting in a SWOT analysis. The analytical output represents a basis for the
creation of strategy and identification of strategic tools, the use of which pursues the
fulfilment of programme objectives. These objectives are construed using priority
programme axes and indicators, which the programme implementation is to bring after it
has been implemented. The penultimate chapter deals with the process of programme
implementation and indicators and the closing chapter assigns corresponding financial
backing to determined objectives.
1 List of Abbreviations
AA
AT MEP
CF
CHU
CMCTU
CNB
CR
CRC
CRD
CSG
CSO
CUNC
CZ-ICSE
DMMS
DSD
Audit Authority
Administrative territories of municipalities with extended
powers
Cohesion Fund
Central Harmonization unit
Czech – Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
Czech National Bank
Czech Republic
Committee of the Regional Council
Centre for Regional Development
Community Strategic Guidelines
Czech Statistical Office
Czech Union for Nature Conservation
International Classification of Status in Employment
Department of Management of Monitoring Systems of the
Ministry of Regional Development
Department of Strategic Development
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EAFRD
EC
EC
EFF
EIB
ELZA
ERDF
ESF
EU
EUR
GDP
GGFC
ICT
IOP
ITDP
IUDP
IS
IS B
JROP
MA CM
MC
MFFC
MoA
MoC
MoEYS
MoE
MoF
MoI
MoIT
MoT
MfRD
MM2007
MoLSA
ms2007
MS2007
MSSF
NCA
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
European Commission
European Community
European Fisheries Fund
European Investment Bank
Electric Application (programming period 2004 – 2006)
European Fund for Regional Development
European Social Fund
European Union
Euro €
Gross domestic product
Generation of gross fixed capital
Information and communication technologies
Integrated Operational Programme
Integrated Territorial Development Plan
Integrated Urban Development Plan
Information system
Information system of the beneficiary
Joint Regional Operational Programme for the 2004 – 2006
programming period
Managing Authority Central Moravia
Monitoring Committee
Methodology of Financial Flows and Control of
programmes co-financed from the SF, CF, and EFF in the
2007 – 2013 programming period
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Transport
Ministry for Regional Development
Methodology for the monitoring of Structural Funds and of
the Cohesion Fund for the 2007 – 2013 programming
period
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Information system for the monitoring of programmes for
the 2007 – 2013 programming period
The Central 2007 monitoring system
Information system for the monitoring of programmes for
the 2004 – 2006 programming period
National Co-ordination Authority
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NDP
NE
National Development Plan
National economy
NGNPO
NR
Non-government non-profit organization
Nature reserve
National Reform Programme of the Czech Republic, or
National Lisbon Programme 2005-2008
National Strategic Reference Framework
Territorial Unit for Statistics – in the CR cohesion regions
Territorial Unit for Statistics – in the CR regions
NRP
NSRF
NUTS 2
NUTS 3
OP
OPE
OPEfC
OPEI
OPRDI
OPT
OPTA
Operational programme
Operational programme Environment
Operational programme Education for Competitiveness
Operational programme Enterprise and Innovation
Operational programme Human Resources and
Employment
Operational programme Research and Development for
Innovation
Operational programme Transport
Operational programme Technical Aid
OR
Olomouc Region
ORC
Office of the Regional Council
PCA
PDRA
PL
PPP
PoPP
RC
Paying and Certifying Authority
Program for Development of Rural Areas
Poland
Public Private Partnership
Parity of purchase power
Regional Council
Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region
State Agricultural Intervention Fund
Sewage Disposal Plant
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Strategy of Economic Growth (strategy of priorities)
Structural Funds
System for Fund Management in the European Community
2007 – 2013 (EC information system)
Slovakia
Small and medium- sized enterprises
Strategic objective I-IV of the NSRF
Selective Survey of Workforce
Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats
Sewage water treatment plant
OPHRE
ROP Central Moravia
SAIF
SDP
SEA
SEG
SF
SFC2007
SK
SME
SO NSRF I-IV
SSW
SWOT
SWTP
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TEN-T
UPT
WG
ZR
Trans-European Network for Transport)
Urban public transport
Working group
Zlín Region
2 List of tables
Table 1
List of partners for the preparation of ROP Central Moravia –
composition of working groups
Table 2
Overview of comments on the ROP Central Moravia programme
document that have been incorporated (as of June 30, 2007)
Table 3
Basic demographic data for the population of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region
Table 4
Population of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 5
Age structure
Table 6
Economic productivity of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 7
Development of the number of labour force
Rate of economic activity (%) (the ratio in percent of employed people to the
total number of inhabitants aged over 15)
Table 8
Table 9
Qualification structure and number of people employed in national
economy by gender in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 10
Employment of people aged over 15 in national economy the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region and in the CR
Table 11
Employed people in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region according to
sphere of activity
Table 12
Number of employed people according to International Classification of
Status in Employment in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 13
Development of average nominal wages in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region
Table 14
Development of unemployment in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
during the period of 1995 to 2006
Table 15
Educational structure of job candidates in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region
Table 16
Age structure of job applicants
Table 17
Total public expenditure on education in the CR and the EU
Table 18
Population structure of inhabitants aged over 15 according to highest
achieved education, Selective Survey of Workforce
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Table 19
Structure of basic factors in the field of education in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region in individual school/academic years
Table 20
Students and graduates of universities according to the region of study
and school authority in the academic year 2005/2006
Table 21
Number of registered economic entities in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region
Table 22
Number of registered subjects according to sectors in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 23
Number of registered subjects according to legal form in the Central
Table 24
Registered subjects by size in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Development of tourism in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region –
accommodation facilities
Table 25
Table 26
Tourism indicators in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 27
Public accommodation facilities in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 28
Main R&D indicators by region
Table 29
Use of PCs, Internet and electronic business by individuals
Table 30
Place of use of Internet by individuals (aged over 15) in 2005
Table 31
Publicly accessible Internet in libraries
Table 32
Overview of statistical data about the Bochoř and Kunovice airports
Table 33
Length of railways and roads in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Table 34
Road and railway border crossing points in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region in 2005
Table 35
Nature reserves in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region as of
December 31, 2005
Table 36
Reserves (number and area in hectares) – Olomouc Region
Table 37
Reserves (number and area in hectares) – Zlín Region
Table 38
Investments into environmental protection – Olomouc Region
Table 39
Investments into environmental protection – Zlín Region
Table 40
Non-investment environment expenditure in 2004 – Olomouc Region
Table 41
Non-investment environment expenditure in 2004 – Zlín Region
Table 42
Economic benefits from activities related to environmental protection in
2004
Table 43
Waste by selected waste treatment method – Olomouc Region
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Table 44
Waste by selected waste treatment method*) – Zlín Region
Table 45
Sewage disposal plants for public use
Table 46
Holders of ID cards of physically handicapped by regions as of December 31,
2005
Table 47
Examples of implemented road construction works with specification of
real costs
Possibilities of influencing individual areas by using tools of EU cohesion
policy
Table 48
Table 49
Table 50
System of objectives and priorities of ROP Central Moravia
Links of priority axes and areas of support for ROP Central Moravia to
priorities of Community Strategic Guidelines
Table 51
Links of priority axes and areas of support of ROP Central Moravia to
Lisbon Strategy/National Reform Programme of CR priorities
Table 52
the priorities of the Strategy for Economic Growth of the CR
Table 53
strategic objectives and objectives of the National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007–2013
Table 54
Links between SWOT and areas of support and specific objectives of
ROP Central Moravia
Table 55
Environmental indicators
Structure of priority axes and areas of support
Table 56
Table 57
Table 58
Table 59
Links between the SWOT analysis and specific goals of Priority axis 1
Table 60
Context indicators ROP for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region for
the period 2007 – 2013
Table 61
Programme indicators
Table 62
Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region (in EUR)
Table 63
Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region (in EUR)
Table 64
Rough division of funding from the Community according to category in
the Operational Programme
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3 Introduction
3.1 The Convergence objective
The strategy and sources of cohesion policy in the 2007 – 2013 programming period are
defining three new priority goals (Objectives) for structural projects implemented within its
framework – the objectives Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and
European Territorial Cooperation.
The priority objective of the current programming period is the Convergence objective. To a
great extent, this objective is based on Objective 1 of the previous 2004 – 2006 programming
period, “Support for Underdeveloped Regions“. It is aimed at speeding up economic
convergence of the most under-developed regions. It should especially contribute to the
improvement of conditions for growth and employment by investing into material and human
resources; for innovation and development of knowledge based society; for support of
adaptability to economic and social changes; for environmental protection and strengthening
of effectiveness of administration.
3.2 Eligibility
During the 2004 – 2006 programming period, the territory the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region was eligible for the spending aid within the Objective 1 of the EU cohesion policy
“Support for Underdeveloped Regions”. Support was provided through the European Fund for
Regional Development and the European Social Fund with a total volume of means equal to
14.75% of the total allocation of the Joint Regional Operational Programme, which for the
whole of the Czech Republic totalled 454.3 MEUR. The allocation to the Joint Regional
Operational Programme (JROP) within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region thus reached 67
MEUR.
According to Article 5 of the general regulation laying down general provisions on the
financing from structural funds within the Convergence objective, cohesion regions with a
gross domestic product (furthermore referred to as GDP) per capita measured by the parity of
purchasing power is lower than 75 per cent of the EU-25 average will be eligible for using
funds during the 2007 – 2013 programming period. The Central Moravia Cohesion Region
will draw on support directly within the Convergence objective from the European Fund for
Regional Development through ROP Central Moravia .
3.3 Programme Partnership
In compliance with Article 11 of the general regulation, the principle of partnership was
applied both during the preparation and implementation of ROP Central Moravia.
Before the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region came into existence,
both regions included in ROP Central Moravia, i. e. the Olomouc Region and the Zlín Region,
were responsible for the preparation of the ROP. The preparation of ROP Central Moravia
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was also supported within the project “Strengthening absorption and administrative capacity”
– in measure 3.3 of the JROP.
The preparatory phase of ROP Central Moravia programming document included the
participation of partners, who commented on the document during the sessions of the
Coordinating Working Group and Working groups for the preparation of ROP Central
Moravia. The Coordinating and Working Group administered the elaboration of the whole
programming document for ROP Central Moravia and approved individual data outputs. The
group consisted of representatives of the region, towns and municipalities. Present were also
representatives of the authors of the ROP CM and the ex-ante evaluator. This role was
subsequently taken over by the Committee of the Regional Council (furthermore referred to as
CRC) and the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region is currently
responsible for the finishing of the document.
Individual phases of preparation of ROP Central Moravia were in the form of analytic and
proposal parts presented for the submission of comments at working groups for the
preparation of ROP Central Moravia, featuring representatives of towns, municipalities,
microregions, experts on the given field, relevant ministries, universities, employment
bureaux, economic chambers, the business and non-profit sphere, and associations. Members
of the working were nominated with an effort to make sure that subject involved in all priority
axes of ROP Central Moravia and related to horizontal themes are involved. The aim of these
public hearings and workshops was to continuously discuss and comment on the proposed
overall concept of the operational programme and its individual axes and inform interested
subjects on further steps in the preparation of the operational programme. Comments on the
activities within individual areas of support were used to elaborate the content of the
document.
The non-profit sector was represented in the ROP working groups by the following nongovernmental non-profit organizations, responsible for the promotion of equal opportunities
or sustainable development with respect to the principles of protection of environment: Centre
for the Physically Handicapped of the Olomouc Region in the group for priority axis 1
Transport, Centre for Community Work CpKP Central Moravia and the Czech Union of
Conservationists ČSOP Kosenka in the group for priority axis 2 Integrated Development and
Regeneration of the Region. The Muzejní společnost Litovelska o. s. (The Museum Society of
the Litovel Region) participated in the work of the working group for priority axis 3. The
main comment was the provision of a convenient way of payments to the non-profit sector.
This observation was taken into account when the financial flows were set, with concurrent
payments with minimum deadlines for administration.
Towns also participated in the preparation of ROP Central Moravia in the form of
participation in the ROP working groups. They were represented by the Association of Town
and Municipalities of the Czech Republic and representative of the statutory towns of
Olomouc and Zlín.
The composition of individual working groups including contacts data of its members has
been published at the www.rr-strednimorava.cz website.
Table 1 List of partners for the preparation of ROP Central Moravia – composition of
working groups:
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Working group focus
Transport
Integrated development and
regeneration of the region
Quality of life
Subject name
Subject type
Olomouc Region
Regional self-government
Zlín Region
Union of Towns and
Municipalities of the Czech
Republic
Directorate of roads and
motorways
České dráhy a. s. (Czech
Railways)
Centre for the physically
handicapped of the Olomouc
Region
Czech Ministry of Finance
Ministry for Regional
Development of the Czech
Republic
Povodí Moravy (Moravia
Catchment)
Olomouc Region
Interest group of legal persons
State allowance organization set
up by the Ministry of Transport
Entrepreneurial subject
Non-profit organization
Czech ministry
Czech ministry
State enterprise
Zlín Region
Union of Towns and
Republic
Town of Olomouc
Town of Zlín
Regional Chamber of
Commerce of the Zlín Region
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Local self-government
Voluntary association of district
chambers of commerce
Educational institution
Olomouc Region
Zlín Region
Palacký University Olomouc
Centre for Community Work
Central Moravia
Job Office Olomouc
Educational institution
Local self-government
State organization
Job Office Zlín
Regional Council of Trade
Unions of the Czech-Moravian
Confederation of Trade Unions
- CMCTUof the Olomouc
Region
Czech Union for Nature
Conservation
Olomouc Region
State organization
Zlín Region
Union organization
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Tourism and culture
Association for Tourism
Jeseníky
Union of Towns and
Republic
TK Plus
Allowance organization uniting
municipalities and
entrepreneurs
Spa Jeseník
Museum Community of
Litovelsko o. s.
Regional Association for
Tourism of the Zlín Region
HP Tronic
Spa Luhačovice
Regional Council of Trade
Unions of the Czech-Moravian
Confederation of Trade UnionsCMCTU of the Olomouc
Region
Allowance organization uniting
municipalities and
entrepreneurs
Union organization
From the working groups, which actively contributed to the creation of the ROP
programming document, came many suggestions, which represented a basis for the
modifications of the document. In cases where a particular subject who made the
suggestion is not mentioned, the suggestion was made as a conclusion of the session of the
working group. The most frequent suggestions, split into groups according to priority axes
of the ROP Central Moravia programming document, are as follows:
General suggestions for all priority axes
-
prevent overlaps with other operational programmes (accepted, included in the chapter
Coordination of ROP Central Moravia with individual operational programmes),
1) Priority axis 1 - Transport
- request to include the building of transfer terminals in the area of support 1.2 Public
transport (suggestion made by the Olomouc Region – accepted, „building of transfer
terminals“ added to area of support 1.2 as an independent activity),
- suggestion to increase allocation for priority axis 1 Transport to 45% (suggestion by
an entrepreneurial subject in transport – not accepted, division of financial allocations
reflects the analyses of the region’s needs)
- suggestion to include the activity „marking of cycling trails“ in priority axis 3 Tourism
(suggestion made by the Association for Tourism – not accepted, marking of cycling
trails is an integral part of their building and both activities will be dealt with in a
complex way within the area of support 1.3 Non-motorized transport,
- suggestion to add Railway Infrastructure Administration to aid beneficiaries in area of
support 1.2 Public transport (suggestion made by the Road and Motorways Directorate
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-
-
of the Czech Republic – accepted, RIA added to the list of beneficiaries in area of
support 1.2),
suggestion to include Czech Railways on the list of beneficiaries (suggestion made by
the entrepreneurial subject Czech Railways – accepted, „rail transport operators“
included in the list of beneficiaries).
suggestion to prevent possible overlaps with the PDRA in case of support for local and
purpose-built roads (accepted, dividing lines described in chapter 7 Priority axes – 1
Transport – Coordination with interventions from other programmes),
suggestion to prevent overlaps with OP Transport (accepted, dividing line described in
chapter 7 Priority axes – 1 Transport – Coordination with interventions from other
programmes).
2) Priority axis 2 – Integrated development and regeneration of the region
- suggestion to add organizations instituted or established by regions or municipalities
to beneficiaries in 2.2 Development of towns (suggestion made by the Olomouc
Region – accepted, organizations instituted or established by regions or municipalities
have been added to beneficiaries in area of support 2.2),
- suggestion to administer area of support 2.4 Support for enterprise by means of
regional projects (suggestion by the Chamber of commerce – not accepted, ROP
Central Moravia does not envisage the participation of mediating subjects),
- suggestion to divide the activities in social services and health care into separate
activities within the areas of support in priority axis 2 Integrated development and
regeneration of the region due to different roles of these measures (suggestion by a
representative of non-profit organizations – accepted, separated in areas of support
2.1, 2.3, and 2.3),
- suggestion to add the activity „organization of cultural events“ (not accepted, ROP
Central Moravia supports the implementation of investment activities, not the
organizing of events),
- suggestion to include educational institutions for young handicapped people
(suggestion made by the Olomouc Region – accepted, will be taken into account
within horizontal themes),
- suggestion to define the dividing line between 2.2 Development of towns and 2.3
Development of rural areas in Priority axis 2 (suggestion made by the Union of Towns
and Municipalities, the dividing line of a population of 5,000 has been inserted in the
texts dealing with areas of support 2.2 and 2.3,
- suggestion to support more important roads and local roads only with a „multiplication
effect“ (accepted, the text of chapter 7 Priority axes – 2 Integrated development and
regeneration of the region – Specific objectives describes support for local and
purpose-built roads only with linkage to civic amenities and public spaces).
3) Priority axis 3 – Tourism
- suggestion to add to area of support 3.3 Entrepreneurial infrastructure and services the
activity „cultural monuments“ and add entrepreneurial subjects to the list of
beneficiaries (suggestion made by the Olomouc Region – accepted, included in area of
support 3.3),
- suggestion to define criteria for the selection of territories with a high concentration of
infrastructure and services for the areas of support 3.1 Integrated development of
tourism (suggestion made by the Association for Tourism – accepted, defined in area
of support 3.1),
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requirement to remove old environmental loads (OELs) only within priority axis 3
Tourism (not accepted – OELs are an activity primarily in OPE, smaller
environmental loads are within ROP Central Moravia dealt with in priority axis 2
Integrated development and regeneration of the region, the dividing line with OPE is
described in chapter Coordination of ROP Central Moravia with thematic programmes
– Brownfields),
suggestion to more clearly define the overlaps in the field of tourism with the PDRA
(suggestion made by the Union of Towns and Municipalities – accepted, the dividing
line is described in chapter 7 – 2 Integrated development and regeneration of the
region – Coordination with interventions from other programmes),
suggestion to add the statutory town of Olomouc to the list of beneficiaries in area of
support 3.1 Integrated development of tourism (suggestion made by the statutory town
of Olomouc – accepted, the statutory town of Olomouc has been added to the list of
beneficiaries in area of support 3.1),
suggestion to add to the list of beneficiaries in the area of support 3.2 Public
infrastructure and services interest groups of legal entities (suggestion made by the
Association for Tourism – accepted, interest groups of legal entities added to the list
of beneficiaries in area of support 3.2),
suggestion to include „management of exhibitions“ in priority axis 3 Tourism
(suggestion made by the statutory town of Olomouc – accepted, activity added to areas
of support 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3),
suggestion to prevent potential overlaps with IOP (suggestion made by the Olomouc
Region – accepted, the dividing line is described in chapter 7 Priority axes – 3
Tourism – Coordination with interventions from other programmes).
During the preparation of the programme, working version of the document was published for
public comment at www.rr-strednimorava.cz and also at web sites of regional administrations
of the Olomouc and Zlín region. The document was also discussed with the general public
during the public hearing on the SEA of ROP Central Moravia. To ensure the widest possible
participation of future participants and potential beneficiaries of the programme, conferences,
public seminars and public hearings of ROP Central Moravia have and will continue to be
organized.
The Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region has been
processed within a proper inter-departmental process of consultation and suggestions and
recommendations by all departments were dealt with as shown in the following overview:
Table 2 Overview of comments on the ROP Central Moravia programme document that
have been incorporated (as of June 30, 2007):
Institution
Ministries
Ministry of Finance
Ministry for Regional
Development
M of Transport
Ministry of Education,
Total number of
comments
Accepted
151
38
108
32
Including
Partly
accepted
18
1
72
52
11
9
8
13
3
8
1
3
4
2
Not accepted
25
5
17
Youth and Sports
Ministry of Industry and
Trade
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs
Ministry of Environment
Working groups
Transport
Integrated development
and regeneration of the
region, Quality of life
Tourism
Other subjects
CSO
Ex-ante evaluator
NUTS II Central Moravia
1
1
0
0
4
4
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
10
43
15
8
24
9
0
13
2
2
6
4
11
7
3
1
17
28
2
11
15
8
16
1
7
8
8
4
0
3
1
1
8
1
1
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The principle of partnership will be applied also during the implementation of the programme,
especially during the phase of the evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of ROP
Central Moravia by the ROP Central Moravia monitoring Committee. The Monitoring
Committee (MC) for ROP Central Moravia will include representatives of involved groups
from both regions. Towns and municipalities will be represented by the Association of Town
and Municipalities of the Czech Republic, also the non-profit sector will be represented. The
Monitoring Committee (furthermore referred to only as MC) will also include representatives
of the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Finance – PCA,
Ministry of Transport, Confederation of the Employers’ and Entrepreneurs’ Associations of
the Czech Republic, Regional Chamber of Commerce, representatives of Palacký University
in Olomouc and Tomas Bata University in Zlín, and representatives of regional
administrations. Representatives of DG Regio – General Directorate of the EC for regional
policy – and of the Ministry of Finance – AA will be invited as guests.
3.4 Basic Documents and Legislation
ROP Central Moravia represents a document which needs to be seen in a broader context of a
whole scale of strategic programming and conceptual documents, both on the European level
and on the level of the CR, or on the level of individual regions the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region consists of.
The programming focus of ROP Central Moravia is fully compliant not only with the
documents of elementary importance listed below, but at the same time fully respects the
corresponding legislation of the European Community (furthermore referred to only as EC)
and the CR.
Above all the strategic documents and materials listed below represented a base for the
elaboration of ROP Central Moravia.
Documents and legislation on the European level:
Important documents:
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The Community Strategic Guidelines
Third progress report on economic and social cohesion: Towards a new partnership for
growth, jobs and cohesion.
Working for growth and jobs: A new start for the Lisbon strategy (Communication by
the Chairman of the European Council to the European Commission).
Working paper for the development of towns.
Legislation:
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions
on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the
Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999, OJ L 210, 31 July 2006
(furthermore referred to as "general regulation").
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Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July
2006 on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1784/1999.
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Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 of 5 July 2006 on the European Social Fund and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999
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COM (2005) 299 final – Communication from the Commission – Cohesion Policy in
Support of Growth and Jobs - Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007 – 2013;
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EC Working paper EC „Cohesion Policy and cities: the urban contribution to growth
and jobs in the regions“
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8th December 2006 setting out rules for
the implementation of Commission Regulation No 1083/2006 laying down general
provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund,
and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) no 1080/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development fund
(furthermore referred to as implementation regulation).
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Instructions for regional support for the period 2007 – 2013, OJ C 54, 4 March 2006.
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 of 24 October 2006, on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to national regional investment aid
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Council Decision of 6 October 2006 on Community Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion
(2006/702/ES), OJ C 120, 20 May 2006.
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EC Treaty (furthermore also referred to only as „Treaty“)
Documents and legislation on the national level:
Important documents
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National Strategic Reference Framework of the CR 2007 – 2013 (version from July
2007)
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National Development Plan for the CR 2007 – 2013
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National Lisbon Programme 2005 – 2008 / National Programme of Reforms for the CR.
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Strategy for sustainable development of the CR
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Strategy for regional development of the CR
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Strategy for economic growth of the CR
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Policy of regional development of the CR
Legislation:
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Act No. 248/2000 Coll., on support for regional development, as amended.
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Act No. 129/2000 Coll., on regions, as amended.
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Act No. 490/2003 Coll., on the issuing of the Nomenclature of territorial units for
statistics (CZ-NUTS), as amended
Act No. 218/2000 Coll., on budgetary rules, as amended.
Act No. 250/2000 Coll., on budgetary rules for regional budgets, as amended
Act No. 320/2001 Coll., on financial control in public administration, as amended.
Act No. 420/2004 Coll., on auditing of the economy of territorial self-governing units,
as amended
Act No. 137/2006 Coll., on public procurement, as amended
Act No. 138/2006 Coll., changes in statutes in relation with the adoption of Public
Orders Act, as amended
Act No. 183/2006 Coll., on territorial planning and the building code (Building Act) , as
amended
Act No. 47/2002 Coll., on support for small and medium-sized enterprises, as amended;
Act No. 114/1992 Coll. on protection of environment and land, as amended
Act No. 108/2006 Coll. on social services, as amended
Czech Government Resolution No. 235/1998 on principles of regional policy of the
government
Czech Government Resolution No. 40/1999 on preparation for the use of Structural
Funds and of the EU Cohesion Fund;
Czech Government Resolution No. 245/2005 on the progress of the preparations of the
CR for the use of funds from the Structural Funds and from the EU Cohesion Fund in
2007 – 2013 ;
Czech Government Resolution No. 470/2001 on the proposed National Development
Plan (as amended);
Czech Government Resolution No. 1242/2004 on the proposed Strategy for Sustainable
Development of the CR;
Czech Government Resolution No. 984/2005 on the proposed Strategy for Economic
Growth of the CR;
Czech Government Resolution No. 730/1998 on the Programme of Regeneration of
Rural Areas.
Further documents:
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Tourism in the regions of the CR, 2003
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Transport policy in the CR in the years 2005-2013, July 2005
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General plan for the development of transport infrastructure, 2006
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National strategy for the development of cycling transport in the CR, January 2005
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Policy of regional development of the CR, March 2006
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Strategy for support of transport services of the region, 2006
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Methodology of Financial Flows and Control of Programmes Co-financed from
Structural Funds (furthermore also referred to only as SF), the Cohesion Fund
(furthermore also referred to only as CF) and EFF for the 2007 – 2013 programming
period
Documents of the regional level:
Important documents for the Olomouc Region:
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Programme of development of the territorial district of the Olomouc Region – Update
version, approved by the Regional Council in February 2006.
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Other documents for the Olomouc Region:
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Socio-demographic analysis of the Olomouc Region, 2003
Programme of development of tourism, October 2003
Concept of development of rural areas and agriculture in the Olomouc Region,
November 2005
Concept of development of enterprise in the Olomouc Region, November 2005
Territorial energy concept, March 2004
Concept of environmental education and public education, February 2004
Concept of environmental protection and protection of land for the territory of the
Olomouc Region, September 2004
Concept of development of the road network of the Olomouc Region, 2006
Concept of development of cycling transport on the territory of the Olomouc Region,
July 2003
Concept of development of social services in the Olomouc Region, 2003
Regional plan for the equalling of opportunities for disabled persons in the Olomouc
Region, March 2004
Analysis of safety with a proposal for crime prevention in the Olomouc Region, August
2003
Plan of waste economy for the Olomouc Region, September 2004
Programme for the lowering of emissions and air pollution in the Olomouc Region,
September 2004
Plan of development of public services in the Olomouc Region, October 2006
Concept of development of culture and conservation in the Olomouc Region, 2003
Concept of foreign activities of the Olomouc Region, May 2004
Concept of development of humanitarian aid in the Olomouc Region, January 2004
Development of the information society in the Olomouc Region, 2004
Concept of medical services in the Olomouc Region
Strategic analysis of health care facilities of the Olomouc Region
Concept of development of physical education and sports in the Olomouc Region, 2006
Long-term plan for education, March 2006
Territorial plans of large territorial units of the Olomouc conurbation, 2004
Territorial plans of the large territorial unit Jeseníky, 2003
Master traffic plan of 2nd and 3rd class roads on the territory of the Olomouc Region,
2006
Important documents for the Zlín Region:
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Programme of development of the territorial district of the Zlín Region - June 2002.
Other documents for the Zlín Region:
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Socio-demographic analysis of the Zlín Region, 2004
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Program of development of tourism and its updates, 2004, 2006
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Analysis of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Zlín Region – 2002
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Territorial energy concept, 2004
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Selection of locations for the setting up of strategic industrial zones 2005
Definition of development zones for manufacturing in the Zlín Region 2004
Master traffic plan of the Zlín Region – proposed outlook concept 2004
Areas for enterprise with the size of 0.5 – 5.0 hectares 2005
Territorial forecast 2005
Concept and strategy of environmental protection in the Zlín Region 2004
Waste management plan for the Zlín Region 2004
Long-term plan for more efficient support for conservation in the Zlín Region till 2010
Integrated transport system in the Zlín Region 2003
Concept of the development of health care in the Zlín Region till 2010
Concept of development hospital, outpatient and other medical care for the Zlín Region
for 2004 – 2007
Plan for the development of social services in the Zlín Region for the year 2008
Concept of development cycling transport on the territory of the Zlín Region, 2004
Programme for the reduction of emissions and air polluting substances in the Zlín
Region, September 2004
Plan for development of public services in the Zlín Region, 2004
Long-term plan for education and development of the educational system of the Zlín
Region, 2006.
Territorial plans of large territorial units of the Zlín conurbation and of the Beskydy
area, 2002
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4 Socio-economic Analysis of the Region
4.1 General Characteristics of the Region
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Summarized characteristics of the region
As for the economic development, the Central Moravia Cohesion Region belongs to
underdeveloped regions when compared both with EU-25 and other regions of the CR.
However, when compared with the average of "new" EU-10 member states, which
accessed the EU on May 1, 2004 and January 1, 2007, its economic development is
above average. The economic structure of the region shows convergence
characteristics, especially from the point of primary sector share; on the other hand,
the share of services lies deep below EU average. The overall unemployment rate does
not noticeably differ from the national or EU average; main problems are high rate of
structural unemployment and share of long-term unemployed. Also the educational
structure of the population is not satisfactory, primarily the low share of inhabitants
with higher education and dropping indices in tourism. However, the region shows
considerable growth potential, especially in the field of services and tourism, based on
long-term tradition and experience with private enterprise.
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Geography, population
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region lies in the centre of Europe, in the eastern part
of the CR. Most of its territory has peripheral location; the region borders with Poland
and Slovakia. It covers an area of 9,230 square km (OR – 5,267 square km; ZR –
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3,963 square km), i. e. 11.7% of the territory of the CR. The population of Central
Moravia Cohesion Region is 1.230m (OR – pop. 639,894; ZR – pop. 589,839), i. e.
12% of the population of the CR. The region has unfavourable economic and
geographic characteristics (data for 2006). A large part the region borders on
economically weaker regions of Poland and Slovakia, a third of its territory is covered
by nature reserves (furthermore referred to as NR).
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Administrative division
From the point of view of administration, Central Moravia falls into the EU category
of cohesion region (furthermore only referred to as NUTS 2), consisting of two
regions (furthermore only referred to as NUTS 3): the Olomouc Region (furthermore
referred to as OR) and the Zlín Region (furthermore referred to as ZR). The Olomouc
Region is divided into 5 districts and 13 administrative territories of municipalities
with extended powers (furthermore only referred to as AT MEP); the Zlín Region is
divided into 4 districts and 13 AT MEP. Individual districts and AT MEPs differ from
the point of view of size and urbanism; population density is higher in the Zlín Region
(149 persons per square km) than in the Olomouc Region (121 per square km). Only
15% of the region’s population live in towns with a population exceeding 50,000 – in
the towns of Olomouc and Zlín. With the exception of Central Bohemia, this is the
lowest figure nationwide. Similarly to Central Bohemia, there is a high share of people
- approximately 43% - living in municipalities with a population ranging from 500 to
5,000.
Competences of self-governing bodies of regions and municipalities are limited in the
Czech Republic and all fundamental policies fall within the competence of the central
government and authorities. The same applies to territorial budgets, with the tax
utilization percentage of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region being among the
lowest when compared with other regions.
Main characteristics and trends
Peripheral location of the region, bordering on economically weak regions in Poland and
Slovakia
4.2 Socio-demographic Development
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Summarized characteristics of the demographic development of the region
The population of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region has been decreasing since the
early 1990s. Due to more favourable age, natural decrease of population in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region has been lower by a third than the national average.
Compared with the country’s average, the relative value of migration balance reached
approximately half its value. In spite of this, a decrease in population has been
registered during a long-term period in both parts of the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region, due both to natural demographic development and at the same time by
migration outside the region.
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Table 3 Basic demographic data for the population of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region
2004
ZR
OR
-761
-444
Natural
increase
Migration
increase
Total
increase
2005
ZR
OR
-595
-296
2006
ZR
OR
-314
130
-399
-743
31
34
11
603
-1,160
-1,187
-564
-262
-303
733
Source: Czech Statistical Office
According to the results of the statistic balance as of December 31, 2006, the total
population of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region was 1,229,733 inhabitants (OR –
639,894; ZR – 589,839), out of which 630,530 were women (OR – 328,030; ZR –
302,500) - (51.3%). After many years, the Central Moravia Cohesion Region experienced
an overall population growth in 2006 (430 inhabitants).
Postponed parenthood in the 1990s was followed by a significant rise in birth rate. The
prognoses envisage parenthood in very strong age groups. This brings new requirements
on the quality of infrastructure and services for children of pre-school and school age.
Table 4 Population of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Population
out
which
women
of
are
2004
OR – 635,126
ZR – 590,706
OR – 326,201
ZR – 303,031
2005
OR – 639,161
ZR – 590,142
OR – 328,020
ZR – 302,709
2006
OR – 639,894
ZR – 589,839
OR – 328,030
ZR – 302,500
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Age structure
Both regions of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region differ in the age structure of their
population; on the other hand, however, they show an almost identical value of the
average age indicator. The average age of the population is 40.2 years (Zlín Region 40.2
years; Olomouc Region 40.2 years) and has an annually slightly growing tendency due to
low birth rate and the prolonging of average life expectancy. Life expectancy for women
has reached the same value of 79.9 years both in OR and ZR, for men 73.2 years in OR
and 72.6 years in ZR. From the point of view of measuring of the age structure using the
old age index, in the Olomouc Region, due to the effect of demographic ageing, the
proportion of children and senior citizens is equal in the population, i. e. there are 100
senior citizens per 100 children. In the Zlín Region, the number of senior citizens is
higher, i. e. there are 104 senior citizens per 100 children.
Table 5 Age structure
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Average age
Old age index
Economic
dependency
index
ZR
38,4
82,9
2000
OR
38,4
82,7
CR
38,8
85,5
ZR
40,2
103,7
2006
OR
40,1
100,3
CR
40,2
100,2
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43
43
40
41
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Explanatory notes:
The old age index is defined as the number of people aged 65 and over per 100 children
aged 0 to 14.
The index of economic dependency compares the dependency of the unproductive sector
of the population on the productive sector, i. e. the number of children aged 0 – 14 and
senior citizens aged over 65 per 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Due to low birth rate and the ageing of the population, due to the prolonging of the
medium length of the population, or long life expectancy, the index of economic
dependency is changing and will continue to change in such a way that senior citizens
will be more dependent on the economically productive population than children,
because the number of children in the population is decreasing.
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Prognosis of demographic development
Relatively moderate decrease in total population
Low value of migration balance
Noticeable ageing of population
New requirements on the capacity and quality of infrastructure and services for preschool-age and school-age children
4.3 Economic Development
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Summarized characteristics of the economic development of the region
About 9.5% of the gross domestic product (furthermore referred to as “GDP”) of the CR
is generated in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (OR 4.9%, ZR 4.6%) in 2005. GDP
per capita in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region reaches 79.1% of the country’s
average (Olomouc Region 78.1%, Zlín Region 80.1%). This is the lowest share when
compared with other cohesion regions in the CR.
Compared with EU-25, the GDP in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region reached 58.2%
in 2005. The level of GDP corresponds to the development of wages, unemployment rate,
commuting to work, location of activities with corresponding level of created added value,
and the overall economic structure of the region.
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Development of production capability
Gross domestic product recalculated per capita in the purchasing power parity of the
Central Moravia Cohesion Region reaches 58.2% of the average indicator as shown by
EU-25. The value of this indicator already exceeds that shown by 10 EU new member
states in 2005 – EU-10 (54.3%). The process of real convergence is in the case of both
parts of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region clearly evident during this decade.
The share of primary sector in both the GDP and total employment is relatively low;
however, when compared with the national average and the EU average, it is above
average to considerably above average; however, the share of services is relatively low
(again, when compared with national average, and especially in the European context).
The secondary economic sector shows above-average share in both GDP and overall
employment.
Even when we compare data from the most recent two years, we cannot see any extreme
growth in economic dynamics in either part of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region.
Table 6 Economic productivity of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
GDP
(current prices)
CZK mil.
Regional GDP
in current prices
MEUR
2001
2002
OR – 115,254
ZR – 113,391
OR – 119,582
ZR – 118,399
2003
2004
2005
OR – 124,182 OR – 137,560 OR – 144,804
ZR – 122,489 ZR – 127,99 ZR – 137,313
OR – 3,383
OR – 3,882
OR – 3,889
OR – 4,313
ZR – 3,328
ZR – 3,844
ZR – 3,846
ZR – 4,013
GDP in %
OR – 4.9
OR – 4.9
OR – 4.8
OR – 4.9
(CR = 100)
ZR – 4.8
ZR – 4.8
ZR – 4.8
ZR – 4.6
GDP per capita OR – 179,067 OR – 186,312 OR – 193,844 OR – 215,011
(CZK)
ZR – 190,616
ZR – 199,507 ZR – 206,803 ZR – 216,465
GDP
per capita in %
OR – 77.8
OR – 77.1
OR – 76.7
OR – 78.9
(CR = 100)
ZR – 82.9
ZR – 82.6
ZR – 81.9
ZR – 79.4
GDP
per capita in %
OR – 51.4
OR – 52.4
OR – 52.4
OR – 55.7
(EU-25= 100)
ZR – 54.7
ZR – 56.1
ZR – 55.9
ZR – 56.0
GDP
per capita in %
53.0
54.1
54.0
55.8
(EU-25= 100)
OR – 4,862
ZR – 4,611
OR – 4.9
ZR – 4.6
OR – 226,617
ZR – 232,558
OR – 78.1
ZR – 80.1
OR – 57.5
ZR – 59.0
58.2
Source: Czech Statistical Office, Eurostat
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Development of the labour market
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The unemployment rate indicator, as shown on the territory of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, basically corresponds with average values shown within EU-25, and is
substantially lower than the average unemployment rate within EU-10. The development
of the number of labour force in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region is basically
stabilized.
Employment
Table 7 Development of the number of labour force (in thousands of people)
CR
Central
Moravia
Cohesion
Region
OR
ZR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
5,146.0
5,139.1
5,132.3
5,132.5
5,174.2
602.1
603.3
606.7
601.3
604.2
312.0
317.3
316.1
312.6
314.2
290.1
286.0
290.6
288.8
290.0
Table 8 Rate of economic activity (%) (the ratio in percent of employed people to the total
number of inhabitants aged over 15)
CR
Central Moravia
Cohesion
Region
OR
ZR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
60.0
59.8
59.4
59.2
59.4
58.4
58.3
58.5
57.8
57.9
58.4
58.4
59.2
58.9
58.0
58.1
57.4
58.0
57.6
57.6
The rate of economic activity in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region shows that the highest
rate of economic activity can be observed in the case of people with academic education;
within this group, men show an even higher rate of economic involvement. Moreover, the
economic activity of people with tertiary education is growing. The education factor thus
plays a significant role in the process of involvement in economic activities; at the other end
of the spectrum, this is shown by a very low economic involvement in economic activities of
people with elementary or no education. Moreover, the rate of economic activity of these
persons is constantly decreasing.
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Table 9 Qualification structure and number of people employed in national economy
(furthermore referred to only as NE) by gender in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
(in thousands of people)
Basic education and
no education
Secondary without
GCSE
Secondary with
GCSE
Higher
education/Academic
Basic education and
no education
Secondary without
GCSE
Secondary with
GCSE
Higher
education/Academic
Basic education and
no education
Secondary without
GCSE
Secondary with
GCSE
Higher
education/Academic
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
43.8
44.1
35.7
33.6
28.2
259.0
262.0
265.3
258.5
253.4
180.5
184.9
190.3
183.0
189.5
61.6
59.1
Men
63.2
67.2
74.3
16.3
15.9
13.0
10.7
9.6
171.8
171.1
172.8
172.4
168.5
89.0
89.2
92.9
87.2
91.8
36.8
37.6
Women
37.7
40.7
44.7
28.2
22.7
23.0
18.6
87.2
91.0
92.5
86.1
84.9
91.5
95.8
97.4
95.8
97.7
24.9
21.5
25.5
26.4
29.7
27.5
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region shows stable development of not only the number of
labour force, but also of employment of people in the over-15 age group (the difference
between these indicators represents the number of unemployed people).
Under the relatively stable development a growth is registered in the number of employed
people especially in the Olomouc Region and a slight decrease in the Zlín Region.
Table 10 Employment of people aged over 15 in national economy the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region and in the CR (in thousands of people)
2001
Total
Men
Central Moravia
Cohesion Region
OR – 279.5
ZR - 265.5
OR – 161.0
ZR – 152.9
2005
CR
4,727.7
2,674.0
Central Moravia
Cohesion Region
OR – 282.8
ZR - 262.6
OR – 163.9
ZR – 150.6
CR
4,764.0
2,705.5
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Women
OR – 118.5
ZR – 112.6
2,053.7
OR – 118.8
ZR – 112.0
2,058.5
When we compare the year 2006 with the year 2001, the number of employed people in the
Central Moravia Cohesion Region had grown (by 5.2%). It has been registered that the
position of the biggest employer is still held by the processing industry (employing 34.1% of
all employed people in 2006). The second most important employer is the sector of sale and
repairs of motor vehicles and consumer goods (12.4% of all employed people in 2006). The
third biggest group of employed people find jobs in the building industry (9.1% of all
employed people in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in 2006).
Table 11 Employed people in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region according to sphere
of activity (in thousands of people)
Total Central
Moravia Cohesion
Region
Agriculture,
hunting, extraction
of minerals
Processing industry
Production and
distribution of
electricity, gas and
water
Building industry
Sale and repairs of
vehicles and
consumer goods
Accommodation
and catering
services
Transport,
warehousing and
telecommunications
Financial mediation
Real estate and
rentals, business
activities
Public
administration and
defence, obligatory
social security
Education
Health and social
2001
2005
2006
545.0
545.4
573.4
OR –21.2
ZR – 9.1
OR – 17.9
ZR – 10.1
OR – 19.9
ZR – 8.6
OR – 87.0
ZR – 101.9
OR – 4.2
ZR – 3.6
OR – 85.2
ZR – 91.8
OR – 2.5
ZR – 2.6
OR – 94.3
ZR – 104.3
OR – 4.3
ZR – 3.7
OR – 23.3
ZR – 26.6
OR – 31.4
ZR – 31.9
OR – 26.4
ZR – 25.8
OR – 36.3
ZR – 36.2
OR – 24.2
ZR – 28.1
OR – 36.7
ZR – 34.6
OR – 8.2
ZR – 9.0
OR – 10.6
ZR – 10.3
OR – 10.0
ZR – 13.2
OR – 22.0
ZR – 15.6
OR – 20.7
ZR – 14.4
OR – 19.0
ZR – 13.6
OR – 4.7
ZR – 3.4
OR – 9.5
ZR – 9.9
OR – 3.7
ZR – 3.5
OR – 12.6
ZR – 12.7
OR – 2.6
ZR – 2.3
OR – 12.8
ZR – 11.0
OR – 19.6
ZR – 15.2
OR – 19.3
ZR – 15.0
OR – 21.6
ZR – 13.5
OR – 20.5
ZR – 14.5
OR – 18.7
OR – 17.8
ZR – 16.2
OR – 19.5
OR – 16.3
ZR – 15.0
OR – 20.8
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care, veterinary
activities
Other public, social,
and personal
services
ZR – 16.0
ZR – 16.1
ZR – 22.0
OR –9.3
ZR – 8.3
OR – 10.0
ZR – 7.5
OR – 10.9
ZR – 8.3
Employment structure by qualification corresponds with the division of economic activities in
the Central Moravia Cohesion Region. The two most typical groups and equally big groups of
professions in the region are therefore craftsmen, qualified makers and processors (20.0% of
the total number of employed in 2005) and technical, medical and educational workers
(20.1% of the 2005 total). Machine and equipment operators come third (16.8% of the total
number of employed in 2005). Throughout the region we can speak of a relatively low
number of scientists and expert white-collar workers.
Table 12 Number of employed people according to International Classification of Status
in Employment (furthermore referred to only as CZ-ICSE) in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region (in thousands of people)
OR
2005
2000
Total employed
inc. (according to job
classification)
Legislators, executives and senior
managers
Scientists and expert white-collar
workers
Technical, medical and
educational workers (incl. related
fields)
Lower-ranking administrative
workers (clerks)
Operational workers in services
and trade
ZR
2000
2005
278.6
282.8
268.3
262.6
14.7
12.3
12.7
21.5
21.6
27.6
19.9
19.5
49.7
56.4
49.6
53.6
17.0
19.8
19.3
15.4
33.9
33.2
33.5
33.2
Qualified workers in agriculture
and forestry (incl. related fields)
6.6
6.4
5.9
4.1
Craftsmen and qualified makers,
processors, repairmen
64.4
56.9
58.5
52.2
Machine and equipment operators
41.5
45.0
43.1
46.8
Auxiliary and unskilled workers
24.0
22.6
23.2
15.7
5.2
2.6
2.4
0.6
-
-
-
-
Czech Army servicemen
Not identified
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Job position according to CZICSE
employees
employers
self-employed
members of production
cooperatives
assisting family members
241.9
7.5
24.5
240.0
11.2
27.0
223.6
9.6
30.7
218.6
10.6
32.2
2.8
2.1
3.6
-
1.9
2.5
0.8
1.2
The largest group among economically active people is represented by employees (84.1% of
the total number of economically active people in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in
2005); this group shall remain predominant for a long time to come, however, the number of
employees is permanently decreasing (roughly copying a nationwide trend) in favour of the
number of employers, self-employed persons, and assisting family members). Especially
noticeable is the growth of economically active people working on their own account – their
share in total employment in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in 2005 reached 10.9%
and during the compared five-year period had grown by 10.7%.
The average wages in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region reach 15 per cent below the
national average (85.3% of the average wages in the CR in 2006), with this difference
growing with time (in 2004, the average nominal wages reached in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region were only 13% lower than the national average at that time).
Interesting are also inter-regional differences in the level of average wages according to
various economic activities. While in 2006, people employed in public administration were
paid the second highest wages in both regions, today the best-paid people in the OR work in
the building industry, while in the ZR the highest wages are paid to people working in the
financial sector.
Table 13 Development of average nominal wages in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region
2004
2005
2006
in CZK
Central
Moravia
Cohesion
Region
Czech
Republic
in total
OR – 15,215
ZR – 15,102
OR – 16,193
ZR – 16,420
OR – 17,095
ZR – 17,384
17,030
19,024
20,211
Unemployment
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The development of unemployment indicators in Central Moravia Cohesion Region has both
in the long-term and short term perspective shown some very interesting and informative
characteristics. While 10 years ago, unemployment has in both regions (and especially in the
Zlín Region) been very low and almost insignificant, it grew within the context of the region
almost 3.5 times during the five years that followed. Unlike ten years ago, when the
absorption potential of the job market during the process of establishment of new economic
activities was manifested by an under-average rate of unemployment, the process of corporate
restructuring, which was started in the second part of the 1990s, not only dramatically
increased the rate of reported unemployment, but also brought along an until then unknown
phenomenon of structural unemployment, which manifested itself in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region especially in some of the localities of the Olomouc Region, which as a
whole shows an unemployment rate higher by 1.5 per cent when compared with the Zlín
Region.
Also other indicators of the development of unemployment show phenomena which are
significant from the point of view of objectives of the ROP for the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region. They especially concern – in a long-time comparison – the growth in the number of
job applicants, which grew approximately four times between 1995 and 2003 and started to
decrease from 2004 in a relatively noticeable way (especially in the Olomouc Region).
The number of job vacancies, showing a growing demand for economic activities on one hand
and structural problems on the job market on the other (lack of corresponding demanded
labour force) can be clearly seen in the Zlín Region. In the Olomouc Region, the number of
job vacancies is increasing; in 2006, the number of job vacancies grew almost twofold when
compared with the previous year.
Table 14 Development of unemployment in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
during the period of 1995 to 2006 (as of December 31)
ZR
1995
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
2006
2.4
7.0
8.7
8.1
8.5
10.2
10.6
10.6
9.3
7.75
Registered
unemployment
rate (in %)
Source: Czech Statistical Office, MLSA
* change of statistical methodology
ZR
Job candidates
- share of women
(in %)
Job vacancies
2002
29,759
49.9
2003
31,621
50.3
2004
31,606
51.0
2005*
29,505
52.9
2006
25,601
54.9
1,558
1,219
1,762
2,067
5,511
OR
1995
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
2006
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Registered
unemployment
rate (in %)
4.4
10.3
12.6
11.9
11.5
12.2
12.6
12.2
10.7
8.97
OR
Job candidates
- share of women
(in %)
Job vacancies
2002
39,395
48.4
2003
40,770
49.0
2004
39,591
49.8
2,906
2,493
2,513
2005*
36,180
51.6
2006
31,187
54.0
2,849
4,537
The largest share in the number of unemployed people in both regions of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region have trained people without GCSE; their share is roughly similar in both
regions and remains stable in time (about 45%). The second largest group among the
unemployed are people with elementary education or without any education at all (about 25%
of the total throughout the region); also this indicator remains very constant. On the other
hand, the share of people with higher or academic education reaches a value of only about 4
per cent.
Table 15 Educational structure of job candidates in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region (as of December 31 of each year, in %)
Basic education and no
education
Secondary
technical
education without GCSE
Apprentices
without
GCSE
Apprentices with GCSE
Secondary general with
GCSE
Secondary technical with
GCSE
Higher education
Academic education
Total
Total
Total
2000
OR – 26.9
ZR – 21.7
OR – 1.2
ZR – 1.3
OR – 44.9
ZR – 46.9
OR – 5.2
ZR – 5.5
OR – 3.2
ZR – 3.6
OR – 14.5
ZR – 17.0
OR – 0.9
ZR – 0.8
OR – 2.7
ZR – 3.1
100.0
OR – 38,092
ZR – 23,935
2006
OR – 29.3
ZR – 21.6
OR – 1.0
ZR – 1.1
OR – 44.1
ZR – 46.9
OR – 4.1
ZR – 5.6
OR – 2.9
ZR – 3.2
OR – 14.5
ZR – 17.0
OR – 1.0
ZR – 1.1
OR – 3.1
ZR – 3.5
100.0
OR – 31,187
ZR – 25,601
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Source: Czech Statistical Office, our own calculations
The age structure of job applicants has also not undergone any major changes during the
recent period. Within the framework of stable development of these indicators in time, two
age groups stand out as being the most sensitive within the job applicants group, the first
being the 50+ age group (more specifically, people aged 50 to 54), the share of which in total
unemployment reaches almost 15 % in both regions. However, there is an even more sensitive
age group in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, usually without any job experience, or
with a very small one, representing the largest group of job applicants: these are people aged
between 20 and 25 and in their share in total unemployment is around 11 % in the whole
region.
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Table 16 Age structure of job applicants (as of December 31, in %)
under 19
20 – 24
25 – 29
30 – 34
35 – 39
40 – 44
45 – 49
50 – 54
55 – 59
over 60
total
average age of unemployed
person (years)
2000
2006
OR – 2.8
OR – 4.2
ZR – 2.5
ZR – 4.2
OR – 23.6
OR – 11.8
ZR – 22.8
ZR – 12.4
OR – 13.3
OR – 11.4
ZR – 13.5
ZR – 11.1
OR – 11.2
OR – 12.2
ZR – 11.5
ZR – 12.1
OR – 10.4
OR – 10.5
ZR – 10.4
ZR – 10.2
OR – 10.6
OR – 10.5
ZR – 10.3
ZR – 10.7
OR – 12.0
OR – 11.3
ZR – 12.5
ZR – 10.8
OR – 12.0
OR – 15.2
ZR – 11.9
ZR – 15.3
OR – 4.0
OR – 11.5
ZR – 4.3
ZR – 11.6
OR – 0.2
OR – 1.3
ZR – 0.3
ZR – 1.6
100.0 ( = OR – 38,092
100,0 ( = OR – 31,198
persons; = ZR – 23,935
people; = ZR – 25,601
people)
people)
OR – 35.2
OR – 39.7
ZR – 35.4
ZR – 39.8
Unemployment rate in the region is slightly above the CR and EU average
Growth of the number job vacancies
Average length of unemployment is increasing (a symptom of structural unemployment)
Most sensitive groups among the unemployed: people over 50 and aged 20 to 25
Rate of economic activity is slightly below the CR average and above the EU average
Relatively high share of employment on the secondary economic sector and relatively low
share of employment on the tertiary sector
High share of qualified manufacturing workers in total employment; at the same time, a
very low share of scientific and white-collar workers; moreover, a still relatively high
share of unskilled workers
Growing number of self-employed persons
Low average salaries/wages when compared with CR average
Uneven distribution of average salaries/wages when comparing comparable professions
and activities within the region
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4.4 Education and Lifelong Learning
The current European trend of changes in economic and social structures, makes
extremely high demands on education. From the point of view of a number of subjects in
the CR, these demands represent a brand new attitude and approach to education not only
as a one-time or time-limited activity, but a systematic, permanent, lifelong activity. In
other words: successfully finishing one’s studies or leaving a training institution
represents nothing but the beginning of the process of lifelong learning. The essence of
this approach is providing everybody with the ability to educate themselves in a
responsible way, regardless of their age, location, time, form and method of learning.
In the document Strategy of Economic Growth and in follow-up Strategy of Development
of Human Resources from 2005, the CR accentuated its readiness to develop appropriate
forms and methods of learning in order to meet existing and future demands.
Both documents have stressed that long-term sustainable economic development can only
be reached provided the market is saturated with a sufficient offer of educated, qualified
and adaptable labour force. Asserting oneself on the job market is conditioned by one’s
education, qualification, willingness to learn and retrain oneself, and work.
The educational system should then not only be a place where the abovementioned
motives for educating oneself are accomplished by individuals; the new approach to
education must also be promoted in an adequate way those involved in educating others –
teachers, instructors, and lecturers – must be properly stimulated and motivated.
Priorities in the field of education therefore include the flexibility of the educational
system (openness, improved conditions for the involvement of disadvantaged pupils and
students, and increased offer of secondary education with GCSE, strengthening links
between the offer an demand on the job market, extending access to special tertiary and
academic education); support for development of transferable skills of graduates; a more
intensive cooperation between the educational and cultural sector in the field of lifelong
learning; increased education of the adult generation by removing barriers preventing
economically active people from educating themselves; support for further education and
human resources management in companies; retraining and other forms of education for
people looking after children, relatives, or for people who for other reasons have not been
economically active for a longer period of time; or keeping young talents in the country
(region).
In the CR as a whole, public expenditures into education in relation to GDP fall behind
when compared with the EU average.
Table 17 Total public expenditure on education in the CR and the EU (in per cent to
GDP)
1999
2000
2001
4.05
5.00
4.04
4.94
4.16
5.10
2002
2003
2004
2005
CR
EU-25
4.41
4.51
4.59
4.64
5.22
5.27
5.33
5.39
Source: Eurostat, Czech Statistical Office
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Educational expenses are mostly covered from public sources in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, mainly from the national budget (approx. 80%), school authorities
provide about 20% of the necessary funding.
Most public universities are also financed from the state budget; their educational
activities in a normative way, scientific and research work also mostly from the state
budget by means of contractual funding (grants, research projects, etc.). Minority income
comes from scientific, research, development and consulting activities, grants which are
not part of the state budget, and their own property management.
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Participation in education
The structure of population by education in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in principle
copies that of the national average, although from the point of view of its quality it lies
slightly below it. For instance, while the national average number of people with university
education reached 10.4% of the total population in 2005 by education reached, i. e. in the
over-15 age group, in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region it reached only 9.5%. On the
other end, the share of people with elementary education or without any education at all is
higher in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (22 % vs. 20%). The share of people with
secondary education with GCSE in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (29.8%) lies
slightly below the national average (26.1%). The share of people with secondary education
without GCSE reached 40.2% in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, while it reached
37.7% for the whole country.
If we focus on a same comparison in the case of women, the 2005 results for the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region are even less positive (only 8.2% of the total number of women
have university education; on the other hand, the share of women with elementary or no
education reaches only 25.7%).
The positive feature of this comparison is its development in time; between 2002 and 2005,
the share of people with academic education has grown by almost 2 per cent; on the other
hand, the share of people with elementary or no education in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region has dropped by 2.8 per cent.
Table 18 Population structure of inhabitants aged over 15 according to highest achieved
education, Selective Survey of Workforce (furthermore referred to as SSW)
(in thousands of people)
OR
2000
Total inhabitants aged over
15
Education
elementary and no
education
secondary without GCSE
secondary with GCSE
academic education
ZR
2005
2000
2005
534.4
541.2
497.9
503.1
134.3
207.2
144.1
39.4
109.3
220.6
157.7
53.6
121.2
195.6
135.9
35.6
104.1
198.8
153.7
46.2
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Men
elementary and no
education
secondary with GCSE
academic education
Women
elementary and no
education
secondary with GCSE
academic education
257.1
260.9
240.1
242.7
49.0
121.6
59.8
22.4
277.2
37.2
125.6
67.8
30.1
280.3
38.7
114.0
61.7
21.1
257.8
35.0
116.0
66.7
24.9
260.4
85.3
85.7
84.3
16.9
71.9
94.9
74.1
23.5
82.5
81.6
74.2
14.5
69.1
82.8
87.0
21.2
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Education at elementary, secondary and tertiary schools
The demographic development in the CR and of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region clearly
reflects – especially in the category of elementary school pupils –the trend of significant
decrease of the number of schools, pupils and teachers in time. The drop in the numbers of
pupils at secondary vocational training is less noticeable. On the other hand the development
at grammar schools is basically stable, and the trend is slightly growing in the case of upper
secondary vocational schools and partly also schools providing tertiary education.
While there were 512 elementary schools with 108,066 pupils in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region in the school years 2005/2006, in 2003/2004 it was 9,850 more, which
represents an 8.4% decrease. During the same period, the number of schools dropped by 14 (a
3.9% decrease). The number of teachers dropped by 300 during this period.
On the other hand, due to postponed parenthood of and parenthood of strong age groups, there
is growing demand for facilities for pre-school-aged children. Until 2015, this demand will
apply also to elementary schools and leisure-time activities of children. Municipalities and
towns will have to react to this trend. At the same time, needs for special education,
integration as well as individual approach to education will arise. The development at
secondary schools and vocational schools, which had 69,539 students or apprentices in the
school year 2005/2006, is relatively more stable. The largest share in this number had students
of secondary technical schools (39.1%), grammar school students represent 25.6% of students
of all secondary schools in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, and the share of apprentices
is 35.3%.
During the three years that were monitored, there was a mild increase in the number of
students of secondary technical schools, reaching 2.9%. The moderate decrease in the number
of pupils at vocational schools (by 4.3%) corresponds with a decrease in the number of
teachers and job trainers (by 8.5%).
A total of 2,687 students prepared for their future profession at institutions providing tertiary
professional education (vyssi odborna skola) in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in the
school year 2005/2006; this segment of education registers a stagnation in the number of
students (a 1.8% increase during the last two years), with a corresponding unchanged number
of institutions, but on the other hand a steep decrease in the number of teachers (by 48.1%).
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Table 19 Structure of basic factors in the field of education in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region in individual school/academic years
- schools
- pupils
- teachers
- schools
- students
- teachers
- schools
- students
- teachers
- schools
- apprentices
- teachers/trainers
- schools
- students
- teachers
-
2004/2005
2005/2006
2003/2004
OR
ZR
OR
ZR
OR
ZR
Elementary schools
290
236
279
233
280
232
60,335
57,584
57,455
55,046
55, 411
52,655
4,264
3,856
4,036
3,371
4 097
3, 723
Grammar schools
20
14
20
15
20
15
9,684
7,585
9,695
7,726
9,937
7,870
780
614
793
631
736
574
Secondary technical schools
48
52
48
52
46
50
12,537
13,881
13,124
14,309
13,167
14,030
1,208
1,544
1,250
1,568
1,049
1,146
Training institutions
42
34
41
32
37
30
12,818
12,619
12,495
12,402
12,272
12,081
1,383
1,428
1,372
1,372
1,344
1,228
Higher professional schools
7
11
7
11
7
11
1,261
1,378
1,275
1,327
1,357
1,330
153
213
162
195
101
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Education at universities
Two public and two private universities in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region were
attended by 24,606 students of all types of studies in the academic year 2005/2006, i. e. 8.7%
of the total number of students enrolled in the CR. An absolutely dominating number of
students (96.1%) study at public universities, the remaining number study at private
universities.
Thanks to the long tradition of university education i the Olomouc Region, the number of
students enrolled especially at the Palacký University in Olomouc is double the number of
students at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. The number of students in bachelor programmes is
even a little higher in the Zlín region; the total double number of students is due to a multiple
number of students in the master and doctoral programmes in the Olomouc Region.
Intensive structural changes of the economy and of the whole society in the last 15 years and
beyond, and the corresponding change of structure of labour force and job market
requirements have not only led to an increase in the number of students of universities, but
also to the founding of new fields of study and specializations.
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The activities of universities are important not only from the point of view of preparation and
education of new, highly qualified experts in practically-oriented professions, but also for
their scientific, research and development activities. Theoretical and applied research,
scientific and development centres are becoming regional and even national centres of
erudition.
The extension offer of education and improvement of its quality represent a challenge for
universities. This goes hand in hand with offer of various types of study, application of new
teaching methods and technologies, use of state-of-the-art teaching techniques and electronic
media, use of the latest communication and electronic media, creation of practical teaching
labs and consulting centres. Challenges are also presented by the founding of partnerships
between universities, especially with foreign ones.
Table 20 Students and graduates of universities according to the region of study and
school authority in the academic year 2005/2006
1)
Region, school authority
Universities in CR total
Olomouc
public
private
Zlín
public
private
Universitie Facultie
s
s
64
3
1
2
2
1
1
119
7
7
3
3
-
Students
Czech citizens
study programme
graduates foreign3
citizens
in
)
doctora
2)
previous
BA
MA
l
year
149
42,068 21,560
161 111,472 21,273
6,989
8,390
1,239
2,429
1,055
6,635
8,390
1,239
2,429
1,053
354
2
6,077
1,684
230
1,446
625
5,478
1,684
230
1,333
511
599
113
114
1)
students are listed according to the region of the seat of the faculty or the region of the seat of the university which does
not have any faculties
2)
incl. continuing MA study programmes
3)
full-time, part-time and combined study
Source: Institute for Information in Education
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Further education
The field of further education represents a key field in the effort to fulfil the role of
education in the process of improving competitiveness. The fact that individual forms of
further education in the CR lack a unifying legal framework can limit the interest and
stimulation in this key form of education, especially in the case of people who already are
economically active. From the point of view of development of various forms of further
education, there is a lack of unified processing of available information, which would
enable us to evaluate basic trends in its development. A side-effect of this insufficient
processing of information is the chaotic arrangement and low transparency of its offer.
Interests of individual people and groups represent a special and growing field. They are
linked with utilization of leisure time, quality of life of senior citizens, etc.
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These educational services are usually provided for a fee by special educational
institutions and agencies, non-profit organizations and schools. Some of the projects of
further education are courses, primarily based on a profit-making, entrepreneurial
principle; a very important role is played by education provided by individual businesses,
companies and institutions for their employees (in-house education).
In this respect, the Lisbon agenda offers a rule that 12.5% of population aged 25 to 64
should be educated using this form of education by 2010. It is usual that participants in
further education are usually people who have already reached a high level of their
education; people with a low degree of education do not represent typical participants in
further education events. This paradoxically leads to the deepening of educational gap in
the structure of inhabitants. This phenomenon can also occur in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, where people with lower education (without GCSE) make up to slightly
more than 60% (60.6%) of the population according to education reached (i. e. aged over
15). A very important challenge in the field of further education in the future is the finding
of motivating and stimulating tools for a more intensive participation of people with lower
education and possibly of their employers.
Due to the possibility to use their premises and pedagogic potential, schools also represent
suitable centres for further education. However, schools still lack adequate ICT equipment
and multimedia technology to perform these activities (application of new teaching
methods, etc), and also lack suitably adapted premises (constructional modification,
barrier-free access, etc.)
Severe flaws have been identified in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in the quality
of educational infrastructure and in the provision of modern teaching aids to schools.
Following analyses of the condition of school buildings, energy audits and on the basis of
requirements of educational institutions, the following shortages were identified in the
following fields: damaged roofs, windows and external walls, faulty wiring, lighting,
heating systems, insufficient heat sources (incl. missing regulation), unsatisfactory
condition of cafeterias, cloakrooms and sanitary facilities. A large number of schools are
poorly equipped with modern teaching aids.
The educational structure of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region lies slightly below the
national average; a higher number of people with elementary education or no education;
low number of people with academic education
A relatively positive trend is shown by the gradual increase of the share of people with
academic education and decrease of the share of people with the lowest education in total
population
For the moment stable development of the number of pupils and students at secondary
schools, with a slightly growing trend especially at secondary technical schools, will very
shortly followed by a decrease in their numbers due to the arrival of children born in the
years of low population growth.
Increase in the number of university students; in the Olomouc Region dominate master’s
study programmes, in the Zlín Region bachelor study programmes
A growing need for the utilization of supplementary public sources of funding (apart from
dominating public resources), especially at higher levels of education
Unclear concept of further education within the whole Czech Republic
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Necessary modernization of educational infrastructure including the provision of modern
teaching aids to schools
Renewed growth of the number of pre-school-age and school-age children increases
demands on pre-school and school facilities and facilities for the utilization of leisure time
Demands on standards of living grow with growing education
Ageing and availability of more leisure time increase the need for informal education
A growing need for special education, integration or (to the contrary) individualisation
4.5 Business Environment and Tourism
At the end of 2006, there were a total of 260,904 entrepreneurial entities in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region, which represents about 10.9% of the total number of
entrepreneurial entities in the CR. Although the rise of the number of entrepreneurial entities
is by far not as rapid as in the 1990s, we can still observe a distinct increase during the last
few years.
Table 21 Number of registered economic entities in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region (as of December 31 of each year)
2000
OR – 111,205
2006
OR – 130,427
ZR – 115,147
ZR – 130,477
The growth in the number of entrepreneurial entities is visible for instance in industry and is
visible especially in the Zlín Region, in the building industry (on the whole territory of the
Central Moravia Cohesion Region), in tertiary sphere for instance in accommodation and
catering services, real estate-related activities, health and social services. On the other hand, in
trade, a highly competitive environment has already been created and the recent period
represents a phase of concentration and stabilization, accompanied by a decrease in the
number of entrepreneurial entities. Compared with 2000, the number business entities in
industry has by 2006 grown by 14.8%, in the building industry by 25.6%, in accommodation
and catering services by 23.0%. The number of companies active in real estate business grew
by 52.0% during this period and the number of entities providing health and social services
has grown by 14.6%.
The weight of representation of individual branches of economy thus basically corresponds
with characteristics of per-sector employment.
Table 22 Number of registered subjects according to sectors in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region (as of December 31 of each year)
Agriculture
Industry
2000
OR – 9,968
ZR – 11,173
OR – 15,939
2006
OR – 10,938
ZR – 10,089
OR – 18,138
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Building industry
Trade
Accommodation and
catering
Transport and
telecommunications
Financial mediation
Real-estate-related
activities
Public administration
Education
Health and social
care
Other public, social,
and personal services
ZR – 19,995
OR – 11,804
ZR – 12,441
OR – 36,245
ZR – 34,813
OR – 5,026
ZR – 4,999
OR – 3,662
ZR – 3,613
OR – 3,726
ZR – 4,054
OR – 12,465
ZR – 12,882
OR – 637
ZR – 418
OR – 1,466
ZR – 1,091
OR – 1,821
ZR – 1,580
OR – 8,446
ZR – 8,118
ZR – 23,105
OR – 15,115
ZR – 15,322
OR – 37,581
ZR – 34,785
OR – 6,102
ZR – 6,231
OR – 4,551
ZR – 4,018
OR – 3,811
ZR – 3,999
OR – 19,253
ZR – 18,891
OR – 987
ZR – 741
OR – 2,027
ZR – 1,766
OR –2,037
ZR – 1,861
OR – 10,395
ZR – 9,633
From the point of view of legal form, the by far largest group are sole traders and natural
persons engaged in business. There are more public limited companies as well as joint-stock
companies in the Zlín Region. The number of sole traders, public limited companies and
allowance organizations has grown in recent years. When we compare data from 2000 and
2006, the total number of sole traders and natural persons engaged in business in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region has grown by 14.1%. The number of joint-stock companies has
grown by 14.6%, the number of public limited companies had grown by 28.3% and the
number of allowance organizations even by 41.9%.
Table 23 Number of registered subjects according to legal form in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region (as of December 31 of each year)
Sole traders and
natural
persons
engaged in business
Independent farmers
Public corporations
Limited
liability
companies
Foundations
and
endowment funds
Joint-stock
companies
2000
OR – 88.847
ZR – 89.355
2006
OR – 102.441
ZR – 100.883
OR - 7.744
ZR – 9.659
OR – 336
ZR -263
OR – 5.798
ZR – 8.955
OR – 225
ZR – 185
OR – 563
ZR – 692
OR - 6.077
ZR – 6.501
OR – 322
ZR -258
OR – 8.284
ZR – 10.882
OR – 160
ZR – 155
OR – 666
ZR – 772
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Cooperatives
Allowance
organizations
-
OR – 407
OR – 543
ZR – 269
ZR – 305
OR – 526
OR – 751
ZR - 484
ZR - 682
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Just like in other regions of the CR and of the EU, the vast majority of entrepreneurial entities
in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region are represented by the smallest companies without
any employees or with a maximum of five employees. Such companies represent about 95%
of the total number of entrepreneurial entities registered in 2006. Medium-sized businesses
have an almost three-percent share in the total. This overview partly documents the
importance of the SME sector for the economic development of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region.
Recent trends in development show a gradual and marked decrease in time in the number of
business subjects without employees. Also this fact confirms the ongoing gradual process of
concentration of business entities, the existence of highly competitive environment and
probably also the aspect of formal termination of in reality not functional firms. On the other
hand, the number of companies employing up to 20 employees is growing, probably
providing evidence of gradual expansion and growth of small companies. The number of
larger companies and corporations has in recent years become very stable.
There is not a single company in the Olomouc Region with more than 10,000 employees and
not a single one in the Zlín Region employing more than 5,000 people. More than 76,000 of
the total number of entrepreneurial entities in the Olomouc Region did not specify the number
of employees in 2006; we can assume that the vast majority of these businesses are microcompanies with no employees at all or with very few employees; in the Zlín Region, more
than 75,000 companies from the total number of entrepreneurial entities did not specify the
number of employees in 2006; we can also here assume that the majority of them are microcompanies without employees or with a minimum number of employees.
The high share of micro-companies brings about lower investment power. This results in low
degree of revitalization of premises and buildings used for enterprise in settlements and in
lower purchase power and insufficient linkage to scientific and development capacities.
Table 24 Registered subjects by size in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (as of
December 31 of each year)
Entrepreneurial
subjects
without
employees
Entrepreneurial
subjects with 1 to 5
employees
2000
OR – 66,160
ZR – 70,064
2006
OR – 76,906
ZR – 40,365
OR – 12,120
ZR – 11,423
OR – 10,107
ZR – 10,166
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Entrepreneurial
employees
Entrepreneurial
employees
Entrepreneurial
employees
Entrepreneurial
subjects with 100 to
249 employees
Entrepreneurial
subjects with 250 to
499 employees
Entrepreneurial
subjects with 500 and
more employees
OR – 3,136
ZR – 3,461
OR – 3,131
ZR – 3,332
OR – 1,047
ZR – 1,148
OR – 1,139
ZR – 1,153
OR – 401
ZR – 453
OR – 448
ZR – 448
OR – 224
ZR – 198
OR – 236
ZR – 273
OR – 75
ZR – 65
OR – 68
ZR – 62
OR – 34
ZR - 41
OR – 33
ZR - 41
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Tourism
Tourist activities represent one of the biggest potentials for growth of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region; however, it is not fully utilized yet.
Compared with 2000 the number of accommodation facilities in the whole cohesion region
decreased by 41. However, the number of beds increased by 2,200, i. e. by 7.3%. Compared
with 2000, the number of employees in 2005 had decreased, and the comparison has therefore
shown that this indicator had a stable trend, with the decrease in the number of employees
reaching almost 25% (24.7%).
The data about the utilization of accommodation facilities in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region are not quite satisfactory either; however, some promising partial trends can be
observed. There has been a relatively noticeable decrease in the number of visitors to the
region (annual decrease by 36,342 in 2005/2006), which had especially been perceptible in
the Zlín Region (a 6.4% decrease); another negative fact is that the number of visiting
foreigners has dropped (in total by almost 8,400 visitors) during the same period. For
foreigners, the Olomouc Region has remained more attractive in absolute numbers.
The utilization of rooms had also dropped visibly, in the Olomouc Region by 3.2 per cent, in
the Zlín Region by 4.1 per cent.
Although the data about the length of stay correspond with the national average (which is
influenced by a large number of short-term visitors of Prague), or even exceed it, the total
share of lodgers in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region reached only 8.5% of the total
number of accommodated guests in the CR in 2005.
There is considerable potential for the development of tourism in the cohesion region, but it is
insufficiently utilized. This is caused by low level of transport and information infrastructure
for tourism, insufficient offer of marketing products fro tourism, insufficient and
uncoordinated marketing, and limiting capacity of human resources.
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The bad quality of catering and accommodation services is ascribed to the collapse of the
sector in the early 1990s, which led to a shortage in development capital, but also to the only
developing partnership of small entrepreneurs who, due to their disintegration and financial
weakness are not capable of providing the level of complexity of services tourists are
accustomed to in countries with developed tourist industry. So far, the element of rivalry
predominates to the need for coordination and cooperation.
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region has a long tradition of spa treatment. Measured by the
number of people visiting the spa facilities, it ranked second in the Czech Republic in 2006.
Most important spa centres in the region include the towns of Luhačovice, Jeseník, and
Teplice nad Bečvou.
Table 25 Development of tourism in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region –
accommodation facilities
Number
of
accommodation
facilities
Number of beds
Number
of
employees
in
accommodation
facilities
2000
OR – 318
ZR – 351
2004
OR – 344
ZR – 371
2005
OR – 345
ZR – 365
OR – 18,564
ZR – 20,156
OR – 3,500
ZR – 3,072
OR – 18,614
ZR – 21,449
OR – 3,269
ZR – 2,997
OR – 19,514
ZR – 21,408
OR – 2,635
ZR – 2,313
Table 26 Tourism indicators in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
2004
ČR
Lodgers
in
accommodation
facilities
- from which
foreigners
Average number
of nights spent
- from which
foreigners
Average length
of stay (in days)
- from which
foreigners
Utilization
of
rooms (in %)
2005
OR
12,219,689 417,663
ZR
ČR
OR
ZR
522,355
12,361,793
414,910
488,766
6,061,225
97,405
81,608
6,336,128
99,563
71,050
3.3
4.2
3.8
3.3
4.4
3.7
3.1
2.8
3.9
3.2
2.9
3.6
4.3
5.2
4.8
4.3
5.4
4.7
4.1
3.8
4.9
4.2
3.9
4.6
44.1
33.3
43.4
42.4
30.1
39.3
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It is obvious that tourism represents an industry with an exceptional effect of synergy, which
by far does not include only accommodation facilities, but also numerous catering
establishments, transport services and a number of auxiliary services, directly supporting the
tourist operation itself.
A serious long-standing problem which has to be faced by owners and keepers of historical
buildings in the region are the high costs of their maintenance and repairs; due to lack of
funds, many of these sights are threatened with deterioration (some of the historical buildings
located in the region can be found on the indicative list of historical sights, e. g. they can
expect to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list).
Another problem from the point of increasing the attractiveness of tourism especially in the
areas of the Jeseníky, Beskydy, and Bílé Karpaty mountains are summer and winter tourism
centres, which lack tourist infrastructure and supporting services, which would enable to
prolong their seasonality. In order to increase their attractiveness and the attractiveness of
other tourist destinations, it is therefore necessary to link them to a dense network of
supporting infrastructure (orientation systems, cycling trails, tourist and cross-country skiing
trails, hippo trails, etc.) and provide links to supporting services (cyclobuses, skibuses, bicycle
servicing centres, etc.)
table 27 Public accommodation facilities in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Number of
establishments
Public accommodation facilities
total
Hotels and similar establishments
total
including:
hotels *****
hotels ****
other hotels and boarding houses
Beds
Rooms
710
15,046
40,922
363
7,966
18,746
15
348
638
7,328
1,144
17,602
347
8,109
22,176
29
733
2,662
and tourist lodging houses
120
1,740
3,883
other unspecified establishments
198
4,607
Other public accommodation
establishments total
including:
camps
12,699
Source: CSO
Due to unfinished restructuring of ownership or insufficient ability of the present owners to
develop in an adequate way accommodation and catering services and provide staff with
necessary professional qualities (language skills, etc.), the quality of rendered services if often
low. Insufficient investments into the tourist industry did not contribute to the development of
supporting services (sports facilities, depositories and hire services for skis and bicycles,
parking spaces, etc.) Many establishments are not certified according to current standards.
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Certification of accommodation facilities will enable comparing of the level of their quality
and provide transparency for tourists.
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Research, development, innovations
When compared with national figures, the Central Moravia Cohesion Region does not
represent a centre of research, development and innovation potential in the CR. In 2005, 7.0%
of the total amount of money spent nationwide on research and development activities was
spent in the region. While in the case of the Olomouc Region, the amount of this expenditure
is growing in time, a very uneven development can be observed in the Zlín Region.
Table 28 Main R&D indicators by region
CR
Expenses on R&D (CZK m)
No. of R&D employees as of
December 31
(real persons)
2003
2003
Olomouc
Zlín
1)
2004
2005
35,083
42,198
55,699
60,148
65,379
909
905
1,054
787
1,372
1,571
2,206
1,644
2,501
1,895
2,998
2,226
No. of R&D employees in FTE1)
as of December 31.
(converted persons)
2003
CR
2005
32,247
Olomouc
Zlín
CR, regions
2004
2004
2005
out of which women
2003
2004
2005
27,957
28,765
43,370
8,871
8,808
14,135
1,015
844
1,145
829
2,058
1,665
379
143
448
161
843
380
converted to a full-time equivalent of a job of an R&D employee (FTE)
The existing lesser weight of research and development activities within the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region is apparent from the perspective of total employment. Although
employment in this field has doubled in the region during the first half of this decade (when
comparing 2005 with 2000), its share in the national employment in research, development
and innovation has risen from 6.8% in 2000 to 8.6% in 2005.
Clearly favourable is the growth of access to individual information and communication
media for private purposes in households. These indicators identify the demand and ability of
the population to use these media and their preparedness not only to utilize these abilities in
the working process, but also to generate further demand for these services and activities.
One can say that according to an overwhelming majority of the monitored figures and
available data, we can say that the rate of access to these media is changing for the better in
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the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, even though especially in the case of Internet access it
still remains deeper below national average.
Table 29 Use of PCs, Internet and electronic business by individuals (aged over 15) ( in
%)
CR, regions
Use of PC by individuals
2003
CR
Olomouc
Zlín
*)
1)
2004
2005
Use of Internet by
individuals
2003
2004
2005
Individuals who used
the Internet for purchase
during the last 12
months
2003 2004
2005
37,6
42,0
42,0
28,0
31,6
32,1
3,4
5,2
5,5
39,9
36,6
31,6
38,8
31,7
38,5
23,1
25,8
23,2
26,0
23,5
29,2
3,2
2,2
4,0
3,2
4,0
3,7
survey conducted in 2003 and in 2004 – 4Q of each year, 2005 – 1Q of 2005
share in the total number of individuals in a given group
Table 30 Place of use of Internet by individuals (aged over 15) in 2005*)
(in %)
at
home
at
work
Location of use of the Internet
at school,
Place of
friends’/neighbours’
education
place
other
CR
61.5
43.5
21.3
14.2
6.8
Olom
ouc
Zlín
57.4
59.1
41.3
43.7
31.4
27.0
13.5
6.3
8.2
7.6
*)
period of survey: 1Q 2005
1)
share in the total number of Internet users in a given group
Table 31 Publicly accessible Internet in libraries
2000
CR
Olomouc Region
Zlín Region
1,111
109
84
2001
2,146
167
149
2002
3,081
250
230
2003
3,798
290
279
2004
4,544
361
324
2005
5,894
497
423
Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture
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Continuing growth in the total number of entrepreneurial entities in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, especially in services (services related to real estate, accommodation
and catering services) and in the building sector
The number of entrepreneurial entities without employees is decreasing; the number of
companies with a low number of employees is growing
Non-existence of large employers in productive sector, companies with more than 5,000
employees
Not fully utilized potential of the tourist industry: weak marketing, weak coordination and
interlinking of services, lower quality of infrastructure, facilities and services, including
accommodation
Low economization of historical, cultural and natural values
Tradition of spa treatment
Low share in expenses on research, development and innovation compared with national
average; growing number of employees engaged in these activities
Insufficient revitalization of facilities for enterprise inside municipalities and towns
4.6 Transport
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region represents an important transport locality, featuring
diverse types of transport. The region is important both from the point of view of intrastate
and trans-European transport. On the territory of the region lie 11.4% of all national railways
and more than 5,600 km of roads; at the same time, the region has a minimum of motorways
and expressways. This makes the potential of the region even higher, both in the case of the
intrastate interconnection of the south and west of Moravia with its northern and eastern part
and in the case of international interconnection, especially with Slovakia. There is also a
potential in the development of interurban international air transport, especially with respect
to the gradual projected use of industrial zones and the utilization of the economic potential of
the region.
The importance of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in the field of transport
infrastructure lies especially in the existence of the 6th pan-European corridor of the TransEuropean Transport Network (TEN-T) in the direction Polish border – Ostrava – Přerov –
Břeclav – and continuing to Vienna or Bratislava.
The potential for the development of transport infrastructure is hidden above all in the
elimination of technical backwardness of the current infrastructure, consisting of their
fundamental reconstruction, improvement of road beds, widening, increase of radii of curves,
removal of point defects (bridges), elimination of potentially hazardous locations, relaying of
communications and building of bypasses of towns and villages, respecting elements of
environmental protection and road safety.
The potential for development furthermore lies in the strengthening of qualitative
characteristics of transport infrastructure, above all in fast building of the network of
motorways and expressways; however, these do not fall within the powers of ROP Central
Moravia; above all the linking of the regional capital Zlín to the network of Czech motorways
and expressways and to the road and motorway network in Slovakia represents a big
challenge. Also the current road and railway connection of the Jesenicko subregion to the
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regional network poses a problem. This situation represents a major obstacle for the
development of business and of other economic activities in this region.
A large number of 2nd and 3rd class roads show signs of substantial technical backwardness.
This leads to their current traffic flaws or limitations, consisting primarily of insufficient
width, directional and height parameters, related to the demanding terrain configuration or
bad system of drainage. Moreover, the construction of roads shows a number of static faults,
because they used to be built for lower loads in the past. Static faults are a significant cause of
a number of road accidents. The unsatisfactory state of roads reflects in a negative way in
increased demand for repairs of vehicles.
Generally, air transport experiences a rapid growth in the Czech Republic, but due to obsolete
technical equipment, small capacity of passenger terminals, and insufficient linkage to other
parts of the transport infrastructure is used only to a limited extent Due to this fact, the
development of regional airports represents one of the opportunities for the development of
the Central Moravia region. However, airports lack necessary infrastructure and new technical
equipment. The Kunovice airport has a status of an international airport, but the possibilities
for its use are very limited due to insufficient investments. For the purposes of air transport,
the military airport in Bochoř can also be taken into account. It is Czech Army military airport
used also for civil purposes, having a status of an international non-public airport other public
and non-public national airports (some with irregular international operation) are located in
other locations of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region.
The Kunovice airport lies close to Zlín and has very strong ties to existing entrepreneurial
activities in the field of air industry in its environs.
The Bochoř airport is easily accessible thanks to the closeness of the Přerov crossing station
and road I/55, leading from Olomouc via Přerov to Otrokovice, with an interesting position
close to the towns of Olomouc and Přerov.
table 32 Overview of statistical data about the Bochoř and Kunovice airports
Airport
Year
Bochoř
army/
civilian
Kunovice
Number of operations at the
airport in
2004
2005
2006
15,398/
1,182
17,457/
829
18,741/
2,129
10,479
9,514
7,322
Number of check- Transported cargo in
ins per year
tons/year
2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
*
*
*
*
*
*
9,72
0
1,87
1
771
*
54
98
* - data not available
Source: Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, Department of Civilian Aviation, Czech
Army
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region can also intensely use water transport, thanks to the
existence of two significant waterways – the rivers Morava and Bečva. The waterways and
their canals can be used both for industrial activities and for tourism and active leisure time
activities.
The complex concept of the development of transport infrastructure necessarily includes the
development of currently minority or alternative, but in the future very perspective forms of
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transport infrastructures, e. g. a network of cycling roads. The main aim is to adapt them for
the purposes of tourism and for everyday interurban commuting, and also to create a system
of these cycling roads.
Finally, transport problems cannot be solved without paying regard to providing transport
services; relevant for this purpose is especially the providing of public passenger transport
within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region and providing public passenger transport for
passing through the Central Moravia Cohesion Region; means of transport currently used to
provide for this are railway passenger transport, long-distance and local bus transport, public
transport (trams, trolleybuses and buses), air transport and water transport.
Municipal public transport in individual locations is provided by trams, trolleybuses and
buses. The key challenge for further development of public transport services in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region is the creation of an effectively functioning system, which would
integrate on a qualitatively higher level all existing forms of provision of public transport
services and lead to providing quality and accessible service. The highest level of integration
can currently be noticed in the Olomouc Region; partial integration of public transport
services – combining railway and public transport – exists in the central part of the Zlín
Region. The target objective is to create an optimized and unlimited system of public
transport with unified tariffs, provide clear and user-friendly information about the system and
eliminate parallel lines (thus saving public funds).
Table 33 Length of railways and roads in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region as of
December 31, 2005 (in km)
ČR
OR
ZR
railways
motorways
and roads
9,614
613
358
55,510
3,563
2,116
from
which:
motorways
564
8
-
expressways
- 1st class
(trunk)
roads
- 2nd
class
roads
- 3rd
class
roads
336
85
-
6,154
427
337
14,668
923
574
34,124
2206
1205
One of the consequences of the division of Czechoslovakia was that what was the central part
of a single state, suddenly became a peripheral and border area; at the same time, the current
period offers substantial potential for the development of cross-border economic, social and
even purely personal links between the localities in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region and
localities on the other side of the border, in Poland and in Slovakia.
Within the national context, cross-border traffic in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region is
rather modest; road border crossing points represent 9.4% of their total number in the CR and
railway border crossing points 7.7% of the total; road border crossing points are used by 4.1%
of the total number of people who enter Czech Republic by road and railway border crossing
points are used by 7.6% of the total number of people entering the country by rail.
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Table 34 Road and railway border crossing points in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region in 2005
CR
Road border crossing points
number
arrivals
number
total
124,627,
123,488,099
96
OR
ZR
3 (PL)
6 (SK)
Railway border crossing points
arrivals
number
arrivals
total
total
4,156,877
4,144,801
26
367
792,494
793,378
4,284,760
4,256,179
0
314,788
327,992
2 (SK)
The region represents an important transport location, not only in relation to the national,
but also trans-European networks. However, a linkage is missing to intra-regional
transport
Limited linkage of peripheral areas of the region to the transport system influences
insufficient cross-border traffic
There is a potential for the development of interurban international air transport and
airports in the region
The transport infrastructure is currently obsolete from the technical point of view, with
frequent occurrence of collision locations, lacking relays and bypasses, environmentallyunfriendly, limiting the possibilities for linking regional roads to the Czech and Slovak
motorway networks
Possibilities for development and use of water transport for both industrial and
recreational purposes
Insufficient infrastructure for cycling, the building of which in the future is clearly linked
to support for tourism and development of environmentally-friendly cycling transport in
the region
Gradual expansion of an integrated system of public transport services linking municipal
and interurban transport
To the sustainability of above all the tourist industry will contribute the opening of borders
(Schengen), which will need to be supported by further development of transport
infrastructure
Large number of 2nd and 3rd class roads show signs of substantial technical
backwardness. This leads to their current traffic flaws or limitations
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4.7 Environment
Long-term monitoring of the emissions balance and of emission load has shown signs of
improvement of the quality of air in both regions of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region.
The process of considerable restructuring of economy, based on a radical reduction of the
share of the processing industry in favour of the development of services, massive
investments into reconstructions of a significant volume of stationary sources of pollution, is
quite obvious. On the other hand, the status of surface waters is not satisfactory.
As of December 31, 2004, there was not a single national park on the territory of the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region. By the same date, there were four nature reserves and a total of
306 reserves.
Table 35 Nature reserves in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region as of December 31,
2005 (area in hectares)
CR
1,303,826
- Beskydy (Zlín Region + Moravian-Silesian
Region); 116,000
- Bílé Karpaty (Zlín Region + South
Central Moravia Cohesion Region
Moravian Region); 71,500
- Jeseníky (Olomouc Region + MoravianSilesian Region); 74,000
- Litovelské Pomoraví (Olomouc Region);
9,600
Source: Agency for the Protection of Nature and Landscape
Table 36 Reserves (number and area in hectares) – Olomouc Region
2003
2004
2005
Number
National parks
Nature reserves
Small-sized protected areas total:
including:
national natural sights
national natural preserves
natural sights
natural preserves
National parks 1)
Nature reserves 1)
including:
2
135
2
136
11
11
63
50
11
11
64
50
Area (hectares)
55,675
5,970
5,989
116
116
2
136
11
11
64
50
55,675
5,989
116
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natural sights
natural preserves
1)
3,144
545
2,165
3,144
563
2,165
3,144
563
2,165
area detected using the GIS method
Table 37 Reserves (number and area in hectares) – Zlín Region
2003
2004
2005
Number
National parks
Nature reserves
including:
natural sights
natural preserves
2
170
3
6
123
38
National parks 1)
Nature reserves 1)
including:
natural sights
natural preserves
1)
-
2
170
2
170
3
6
123
38
Area (hectares)
7
123
37
1,890
119,104
1,890
119,104
1,890
95
326
587
882
95
326
587
882
95
335
587
873
-
area detected using the GIS method
Since the beginning of this decade, considerable investments have been made on the territory
of NUTS 2 Central Moravia into environmental protection; however, they have been greatly
reduced in time, especially in the Zlín Region. Priority targets of these investments included
mainly wastewater management; at the beginning of this period, also investments into the
prevention of air pollution were preferred, and in recent years, the importance of investments
into more effective waste economy has been growing.
Table 38 Investments into environmental protection – Olomouc Region
(current prices, thousands CZK)
2002
Investments procured for environmental
protection
including:
air pollution and climate protection
wastewater management
waste management
2003
2004
769,338
1,081,674
779,547
189,066
512,197
49,069
333,341
549,123
102,309
216,669
382,051
90,480
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other1)
19,006
96,901
90,347
1)
other investment expenditure into environmental protection: includes protection and revitalization of soil, groundwater and surface
water; reduction of noise and vibrations; protection of biodiversity and landscape; radiation protection; research and development for
environmental protection; other EP activities
Table 39 Investments into environmental protection – Zlín Region
2002
Investments procured for environmental
protection
including:
waste management
other1)
2003
2004
789,494
756,871
754,467
179,922
441,305
78,583
89,684
221,489
290,497
154,669
90,216
241,574
358,467
125,690
28,736
1)
other investment expenditure into environmental protection: includes protection and revitalization of soil, groundwater and surface
water; reduction of noise and vibrations; protection of biodiversity and landscape; radiation protection; research and development for
environmental protection; other EP activities
Apart from investments into the improvement of environment, projects of a non-investment
character with the same purpose are implemented with a total budget reaching half of that for
investment projects. Their priorities are also wastewater and waste management. Their total
volume varies noticeably in time, and in the Zlín Region the development shows a downward
trend.
Table 40 Non-investment environment expenditure in 2004 – Olomouc Region
Non-investment
expenditure
total
Total
including:
waste management
other1)
including
internal
external
1,030,694
712,228
318,466
74,955
546,713
318,294
90,732
64,562
389,403
192,272
65,991
10,393
157,310
126,022
24,741
1)
other non-investment expenditure into environmental protection: includes protection and revitalization of soil, groundwater and
surface water; reduction of noise and vibrations; protection of biodiversity and landscape; radiation protection; research and
development for environmental protection; other EP activities
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Table 41 Non-investment environment expenditure in 2004 – Zlín Region
including
Non-investment
expenditure
total
Total
including:
waste management
other1)
internal
external
1,069,841
834,130
235,711
116,838
266,831
652,678
33,494
105,607
226,938
493,246
8,339
11,231
39,893
159,432
25,155
1)
other non-investment expenditure into environmental protection:
includes protection and revitalization of soil, groundwater and surface water; reduction of noise and vibrations; protection of
biodiversity and landscape; radiation protection; research and development for environmental protection; other EP activities
The economic benefit of these activities focused on environmentally-friendly activities has so
far been numerically expressed only in fragmentary indicators; it seems to be most effective
in the case waste management.
Table 42 Economic benefits from activities related to environmental protection in 2004
(thousands CZK, current prices)
v tom
Total
CR
Olomouc
Zlín
air pollution
prevention and
climate
protection
wastewater
management
waste
management
other1)
28,116,923
632,870
4,044,430
22,451,858
987,765
820,514
1,005858
i.d.
i.d.
342,477
288,408
472,293
710,656
i.d.
i.d.
1)
includes protection and revitalization of soil, groundwater and surface water; reduction of noise and vibrations; protection of biodiversity
and landscape; radiation protection; research and development for environmental protection; other EP activities
When compared with other regions of the CR, total generation of waste and dangerous waste
in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region is high. The share of economical methods of waste
management and development of alternative forms is significantly growing in time.
Table 43 Waste by selected waste treatment method*) – Olomouc Region (in tons)
2003
2004
2005
Total
Waste management total
including:
recycling, regeneration
668,238
847,271
637,120
35,832
96,855
27,297
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incineration1)
9,555
waste dumps and other methods of
disposal on ground level or underground
7,473
319,921
200,423
including dangerous waste
122,654
77,387
including:
incineration1)
4,074
106,700
16,433
222
4,191
i.d.
346
446
47,672
38,524
2,459
545,584
769,884
620,687
35,610
5,364
7,127
27,297
3,629
152,751
281,397
104,241
other
including:
incineration1)
*)
includes all waste that was processed in the year that was monitored, i. e. generated, taken from depots and imported from other countries
1)
includes incineration with and without the use of heat
Table 44 Waste by selected waste treatment method*) – Zlín Region (in tons)
(in tons)
2003
2004
2005
Total
including:
incineration1)
including:
incineration1)
488,837
681,040
723,707
108,461
23,326
95,304
16,606
66,743
28,308
194,547
147,983
including dangerous waste
18,821
29,736
197,077
33,847
281
9,942
267
2,761
79
7,524
416
i.d.
147
470,016
651,304
689,860
108,180
13,384
95,037
13,845
66,664
20,784
other
including:
incineration1)
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.
194,131
196,930
*)
includes all waste that was processed in the year that was monitored, i. e. generated, taken from depots and imported from other countries
1)
includes incineration with and without the use of heat
More than 75% of the total population of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region are connected
to the public sewer system; sewer systems ending in a sewage disposal plant are available to
65% of the people in the region. The visible process of restructuring of sewage disposal plants
(until now overloaded, or with a limited or insufficient ability to treat waste water – a
phenomenon common especially in larger towns) has become a reality during this decade; this
has resulted in a noticeable decrease in the amount of polluting substances in waterways.
Table 45 Sewage disposal plants (furthermore referred to only as SDP) for public use
including
mechanically-biological
Total
SWTPs
with further disposal of
mechanical Total
nitrogen phosphorus
CR
Olom
ouc
Zlín
1,994
128
81
75 1 919
3
1
125
80
Total
capacity
of
SWTPs
(m3/day)
411
42
24
25
2
2
nitrogen and
phosphorus
276 3,735 590
11
12
235,661
188,969
Burning issues in the field of environmental protection in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region are inherited environmental loads, especially old waste dumps. These forms of
environmental load are mostly of a local character. Very dangerous are especially
spontaneously spreading dumps, unsuitable set up in locations with increased risk of
contamination (water surfaces, reserves, localities with pervious subsoil) at which both
municipal and industrial waste are dumped.
There are locations on the territory of the region for which are characteristic frequent
landslides and floods. An adequate warning and rescue system against these risks has not yet
been created.
The region shows an improving condition of climate, mainly due to restructuring of
economy. However, the condition of surface waters remains to be unsatisfactory
In the Central Moravia cohesion region, there are 4 nature reserves (NR) and 306 nature
preserves, making up to almost 30 per cent of the territory of the region. Nature reserves
cover the whole cross-border area. These regions are attractive for tourists, however, their
existence represents an obstacle for the development of a large number of economic
activities
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The volume of investments into environmental protection is decreasing; the importance of
investments into waste management has recently increased
The overall volume of projects with a non-investment character is decreasing
When compared with the rest of the CR, the region has a high share in the production of
waste; however, due to the restructuring of sewage disposal plants, the volume of
polluting substances released into watercourses has decreased
Frequent occurrence of old environmental loads
Continuing delay in the preparation and implementation of important flood control
measures, prevention of landslides and stabilization of jeopardised areas. An adequate
warning and rescue system against these risks has not yet been created.
Demands by inhabitants and visitors on the quality of environment in settlements keep
growing – greenery, forest parks, areas surrounding water reservoirs and watercourses
4.8 Social changes, risks and endangered groups
Settlements
The investments that have been made so far into municipalities and towns have focused
mainly on the field of sewerage and wastewater management, or on solving the growth of
traffic inside settlements. The focus is currently shifting to the improvement of quality of life
of people living in settlements. This is represented by requirements on environment elements
(tidiness, greenery, lowering of noise levels), requirements on the quality of services of civic
amenities, their accessibility, safety of inhabitants, opportunities for leisure time, culture and
sports, and related infrastructure. Noticeable is the insufficient capacity of stationary
transport, combination of motorized and non-motorized transport in settlements and local
roads in relation to civic amenities and public spaces. In many cases, municipalities and town
more and more often look for measures that would solve several of these requirements at
once. Most of such measures are utilized both by locals as well as by visitors. Some of the
facts mentioned above require more attention, prevention and risk management.
The number of users of social services is growing, not only due to ageing but also due to
civilization illnesses. Current facilities by far do not meet the standards for social care and
aid. Demand for quality often leads to decrease in capacity, especially of permanent stay
facilities. Insufficient is also the infrastructure for ambulatory services.
In health care, problems arise with the accessibility of some facilities, not only hospitals, but
also ambulatory facilities. There is a growing demand for the accessibility of some preventive
examinations for both children and the productive population.
Also the number of road accidents and other emergency situations is growing. The
organizational and technical measures have to be adapted to this fact, especially the
interlinking of providers of safety and emergency services (police, fire brigade, emergency).
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Disabled people
Within the CR, it is difficult to come across credible long-term time series of disabled people.
When we compare the two most recent years, i. e. 2004 and 2005, it is clear that the number
of disabled people has grown. The inter-annual growth of disabled people in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region was 1,204 people.
Table 46 Holders of ID cards of physically handicapped by regions as of December 31, 2005
Card holders total
CR, regions
total
CR
from
which
under 18
including persons
especially severely
handicapped
severely
handicapped
total
from
which
under 18
especially severely
handicapped
requiring attendant
from
from
which
Total
which
under 18
under 18
total
324,444
16,658
40,260
802
214,437
4,629
69,747
11,227
42,636
2,193
5,293
122
27,244
767
10,099
1,304
24,553
18,083
1,458
735
3,228
2,065
80
42
15,101
12,143
591
176
6,224
3,875
787
517
from which:
Region
Central
Moravia
from which:
OR
ZR
Interannual growth of disabled people within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
represented increase to 1 204. In 2005, the share of handicapped people living in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region in the total number of handicapped people in the CR was 13.1%.
From this total, 5.1% of the handicapped are young people less than 18 years of age, 63.9%
are people suffering from a severe handicap and 23.7% of them cannot do without a care
person or attendant. This group understandably includes people whose chances of social and
economic assertion are extremely complicated. Apart from that, however, there is another,
most probably a larger group of people, whose members suffer from disabilities which limit
their participation in the labour market.
These persons live in various types of nursing homes, or in their natural social environment,
together with their close relatives. In the latter case of the solution of disability, also the close
tending relatives face barriers preventing them from fully asserting themselves on the labour
market or from fulfilling their economic activity.
Children, youth, young adults
Other population groups facing barriers in participation in social relations and economic
activities are children, youth and young adults. The last of them represents the most sensitive
and most vulnerable group in labour market indicators. The reasons for the vulnerability of
this group can for instance be working or economic problems of the parents of members of
this group (unemployment, low income level, etc.), health barriers of their parents or of the
children or young people themselves, falling apart of social relations in the family (family
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disintegration, incomplete family, factual dysfunction), large number of family members,
preventing their members from creating adequate relations between themselves, etc.
Manifestations of social deviation and economic and income insufficiency can be registered
especially in socially weak families. On the other hand, other types of especially social
problems can recently be registered also in families the material situation of which is above
the average.
Senior citizens
The generation of senior citizens is currently undergoing a noticeable structural development;
the formerly very homogenous group of people, characterized by very similar features, is
currently segmenting into distinct subgroups. From the quantitative point of view, senior
citizens live longer, many of them being single or widowed women.
From the qualitative point of view, senior citizens are becoming more interested in education
and women are becoming more emancipated.
The key risk for the group of senior citizens is generally a phenomenon common for most of
the groups defined here, which, however, has a specific meaning in this respect: the risk of
social exclusion and risk of a corresponding level of material and social insecurity, especially
in the case of substantial growth of longevity. deteriorating state of health naturally adds to
these risks and risk elements therefore cumulate. The existence of these side effects creates an
environment with a growing present-day and future demand for social and health services in a
much greater extent, quality and structure of their offer when compared with the present
period.
Victims of criminal acts, home violence, human trafficking and victims of other forms of abuse
It is a very heterogeneous group of people, also facing social exclusion, economic and
financial obstacles and vulnerable to non-standard behaviour in marginal situations.
Ethnic groups
In spite of the fact that this issue is not cardinal in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region when
compared with other regions of the CR, not to speak about some regions in other EU member
countries, the element of variety of the ethnic composition of population is also present in the
region. Just like in most regions of the CR, the minority facing the biggest threats are the
Roma people. The main source of their social exclusion and the manifestations of social
tension are conditions of extremely high registered or estimated unemployment rate, resulting
in a very high level of dependence on social security benefits. The other key factor, probably
also determining the high degree of unemployment, is their low level of education and
willingness and motivation to educate themselves. This results in complicated living
conditions or complications with integration into majority social activities and dialogue. Other
problems caused by these facts include the high participation of this minority in non-standard
economic activities, including their involvement in the filed of grey or black economy.
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Immigrants
There are numerous reasons for immigration; depending on them, we can identify the risk
factors influencing the position of members of this group. The so-called economic immigrants
and those seeking political asylum probably represent the most vulnerable group. The degree
of vulnerability also depends on the fact from which country the immigrant has come. The
key problem fro some immigrants from the point of social exclusion is their uncertainty
(resulting for instance from the practices of the immigration agenda or the way asylum
proceedings are conducted). This uncertainty can lead to non-standard behaviour and
involvement in venal relations or in other manifestations in grey or black economy. Most
specific and probably most difficult subgroup to deal with is the group of illegally migrating
people.
Persons leaving correctional institutions or institutions providing protective education
The key problem of these people is their insufficient social maturity, necessary for the solving
of everyday situations in life, especially those related to finding adequate living, jobs and
other situations in life.
Insufficient capacity of stationary transport, combination of motorized and non.-motorized
transport in settlements, and local roads
Current capacity of infrastructure for the providing of social services is by far not
sufficient for meeting the standards for social care and aid.
Increased demand for the accessibility of health services
Existence of barriers for social inclusion and economic self-assertion of disadvantaged
people and of people looking after them
Risk of barriers also exists for the group of young adults, which is one of the most
sensitive from the point of view of characteristics on the labour market
Distinct quantitative and qualitative changes in the group of senior citizens increase
demand for specific social and health services
Growing scale of safety risks requires integrated prevention and services
Growing demand for the quality of life in settlements
4.9 Thematic experience from the 2004 – 2006 Programming Period
The previous programming period offered a chance to understand the subject focus of
intervention with support from the structural funds. Operational programmes, including the
JROP, had highly centralized management. In practice, they strengthened the Czech
centralistic apparatus, characterized by policies and programmes lacking regional
particularity. The role of regions was purely formal in all structures. In the region of Central
Moravia, operational programmes did not eliminate any of the key reasons for its lagging
behind. In spite of this negative experience, the interventions showed new opportunities for
regional development. Thank to their requirements for additionality, concentration, measuring
of results, etc, they pointed to problems, opportunities and chances more clearly than any
other national and regional activities before.
That is why it is possible to define problems and opportunities that have not been saturated
yet. This will help to define areas of support in ROP Central Moravia and formulate
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requirements on synergy of thematic operational programmes including explicitly defined
interventions. The following information is important for ROP Central Moravia:
The needs of the majority of towns and municipalities are urgent, it is not sufficient
to support only two towns in the region like before. The majority of municipalities
have the same needs, and they also dispose of the corresponding absorption capacity.
Proof of this are successful projects of the revitalization of the centre of Šternberk
and former army barracks in Uherské Hradiště. On the other hand, similar
revitalizations are stagnating in historical parts or housing estates of other towns. No
attention has been paid to stationary transport in towns or support for services in
village communities. The allocation concentrated on the solution of development
needs of municipalities must be the highest within ROP Central Moravia. If
integrated approach and enterprise in municipalities are included, at least part of the
urgent shortfalls can be solved.
Regional transport services must be developed as a system. Room must be left for the
modernisation of its background, especially in regional centres, so that they meet
new requirements on capacity and structure. Transport services will continue to
represent a key life function of the region and allocation for this field should not fall
below 10% of the total volume of ROP Central Moravia.
Due to their bad technical condition, regional roads do not meet the requirements of
the growing traffic and the deficit of investment resources in this field represents a
major threat. Investments into roads directly influence the functionality and
productivity of economic and social functions in the region. This can be
demonstrated by the building of roads by both regions, linking them to D1 or R49,
the opening of the Kladské sedlo pass on the way to Poland, and others. What is
missing, on the other hand, is a complex solution of whole arterial roads connecting
primary roads. The volume of necessary investments requires an allocation reaching
at least 20% of ROP Central Moravia.
Successful was support for investments by small enterprises in industry and services.
On the other hand, many high-quality business plans did not receive support.
Support for social integration was defined in a very narrow way, for instance totally
ignoring activities of senior citizens, economic integration of convalescents and
elements of social economy for mothers.
Such is the thematic inspiration for the goals and allocation from ROP Central Moravia. Other
regional information can serve as inspiration for the focus and directed intervention from
thematic operational programmes:
Support for enterprise in industry and services was preferentially distributed to
enterprises with high credibility and productivity. Enterprises in Central Moravia are
weaker (though not in difficulties) and were less successful in the selection process.
This can be rectified by providing a regional bonus or by directed allocation of
support.
When supporting research, development and innovation, preference cannot be given
only to the areas around national centres with a high concentration of institutions.
Central Moravia needs considerable support as an impulse for internationalization and
restructuring of productive capacities – preferably by means of a large project
involving applied research.
In the field of environmental protection, the preventive measures against floods and
supporting the consolidation of the region did not receive sufficient support. The
deficit should be removed by means of explicitly specified activities.
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State projects of road transport infrastructure in Central Moravia have fallen behind.
This lowers the attractiveness of the region. The implementation of specific projects is
a precondition for the expected impact of many other activities.
Measures on the labour market have shown to be narrowly focused on almost
excluded persons. Their effect in the region was controversial. What was completely
missing, on the other hand, was support for continuous education of employees. A
region with a high share of older people with lower education cannot do without such
interventions.
A vast majority of measures supporting methodology of education, social work as well
as technical assistance had no regional aspects. Activities were managed from Prague
and did not provide sufficient space for the development of regional experts and
consultants.
It not only a matter of inspiration, but above all of prevention of further lagging behind, which
can be documented by low income of inhabitants – the average gross earnings rise by 15%
slower than in the rest of the CR without Prague and is the lowest in the country. Low
investments – the value of GGFC per capita was only CZK 44,500 in the CR without Prague,
i. e. 61% of the national average. The decrease in population is among the highest, just like
unemployment rate. And above all, the GDP per capita value in the region reached only 58%
of the EU25 average in 2005, while its average value in the CR without Prague reached 63%.
Not even support from the structural funds increased the dynamics of GDP in the region. Its
value for 2005 grew by CZK 11,500, while in the other regions of the Convergence objective
(CR without Prague) it rose by CZK 15,000 per capita.
For ROP Central Moravia and for the Managing Authority of ROP Central Moravia, a
corresponding experience is represented above all by the practical implementation of the
JROP. This programme, which was applied to the whole of the CR with the exception of its
capital Prague, was financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and
from the European Social Fund (ESF). The total volume of allocated money was 454.3
MEUR, while the allocation for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region itself reached 14.75%
of the total financial allocation.
JROP primarily focuses on activities falling within the competence of regions and
municipalities, which include regional aid to entrepreneurs, regional development of
infrastructure, development of human resources in regions, and development of tourism.
There was a great demand for JROP support in the CR as a whole, including the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region. Within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, demand for aid
greatly exceeded disposable allocation; this conclusion applies to all measures and
submeasures. Greatest demand was registered for support of submeasures for regional
and local tourist infrastructure, the excess of which reached eightfold of the available
allocation; high excess of demand was also registered in the case of two measures focused
on the infrastructure for the development of human resources in regions and
development of information and communication technologies in regions. Less intensive
demand is registered for measures for support of social integration in regions.
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table 47 Examples of implemented road construction works with specification of real
costs
Name and type of project
Year of
implement
ation
Leg length
in km
Total
project
costs
(MEUR)
Average
costs per 1
km of road
(MEUR)
Road II/449 Valšovský Žleb –
structural modification of road and
2005-2006
0.78
2.53
3.22
3 bridges
Road II/438 Býškovice – structural
2006
0.73
0.67
0.94
modification of road running
through the village
Structural modification of road
2005-2006
0.95
0.51
0.53
III/44317 Hlubočky
Structural modification of road
2006 –
3.74
3.53
0.95
II/432 Holešov – Hulín
2007
Road II/437, bridge No. 437-027
2006
0.683
1.60
1.46
Chvalčov
Source: Regional Authority of the Olomouc Region and the Regional Council of the Zlín
Region
The total costs for structural modifications of existing roads and for the building of new roads
of 2nd and 3rd class are influenced by the extent of the performed modifications or of new
construction. Investments costs are increased by the building or structural modifications of
bridges, by a large volume of related investments, which include relaying of underground
services, road sewerage, or modifications of junctions. It is also necessary to increase the
load-carrying capacity of roads by modifying road beds and drainage. Due to the fact that a
number of roads are located in submontane or montane areas, road repairs often include
structural modifications of supporting and frame walls. Common modifications include the
widening of roads in order for them to meet the standards, removal of spot defects, or
modifications of direction (width and radii of curve arches).
The importance of these influences is documented by road II/449, the structural modification
of which included the building of three bridges; the modification of road II/438 included the
modification of one bridge and one bridge was built in the course of the modification of road
III/44317.
During the implementation of the project for road II/437, a new bridge, a road ditch, a
pavement running parallel to the road, and a bus stop were built. The construction work also
included relaying of underground services.
New road sewerage, pavement parallel to the road, and a new bus stop were build within the
project of the road II/432.
According to a survey which has been conducted, the weakest point or side effect of the JROP
intervention in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region in the phase of project preparation and
application submission is the comprehensibility and complicatedness of manuals; also the use
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of the electronic application (furthermore referred to only as ELZA) software for the 2004 –
2006 programming period has been reported as posing problems. On the other hand,
settlement of property relations and finding suitable elaborator were rates as smooth. In other
project phases, criticism was aimed at complexity of administration, funding methods and
problems with keeping the project sustainable while staying in line with pre-defined rules and
conditions throughout the implementation period. Biggest obstacles were felt by small
organizations and subject – small NGOs and non-profit organizations, small municipalities
and small businesses.
During the later phases of project management, however, there was a visible improvement of
the quality of submitted applications, accompanied by a decreasing number of formal
imperfections. During the process of improvement of project management it will be necessary
in the current period to boost the ability of applicants for aid by means of providing
consulting services, educational and information activities and publicity, as well as by
communicating more intensely with companies providing project management.
Main characteristics and trends for the period 2007-2013
Growing traffic deepens the deficit of the technical condition of regional roads
The most effective way of building transport services is to build them as a regional system
Towns and municipalities are ready for multi-purpose revitalizations
Social integration requires local and flexible approach. Centralistic models cannot be
applied
Employees have high absorption ability for support of permanent education of employees
In tourism, it is desirable to support infrastructure, quality of accommodation, sports and
entertainment facilities, and economization of cultural and historical monuments
4.10 Process experience from the use of EU funds
Experience from the pre-accession period (SAPARD, Phare, ISPA)
The pre-accession programmes SAPARD, Phare, and ISPA could be utilized by candidate
countries in 2000 - 2006, which practically means that project implementation was supposed
to be finished by mid-2006, in order for their accounts to be balanced by the end of 2006.
Regions and their administration did not play any role during the implementation of these
programmes, which means that the experience of applicants and implementing subjects can
only be presented indirectly here.
The SAPARD programme was a special pre-accession programme for agriculture and
development of rural areas. By June 7, 2006, applicants from the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region receive 40,968 MCZK from the total of 542,346 MCZK paid in the whole of the CR,
i. e. 7.55% of all the money received. There were 377 projects in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, out of which 199 were approved and recommended for payment. from the
total of 1,476 successful projects in the CR, Central Moravia accounts for 13.48%. It follows
that average costs per project in Central Moravia were about half the average costs per project
in the CR. Applicants for aid from the Olomouc Region were more successful.
The Phare programme was a pre-accession programme aimed primarily on the preparation of
public administration institutions for EU accession and on the receiving of money from EU
structural funds in individual regions. The 2003 Phare National Programme - Part I was a
grant scheme for less extensive projects aimed at support of entrepreneurial infrastructure and
was directed at 3 cohesion regions, one of which was the Central Moravia Cohesion Region.
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The number of grants provided for projects from the Central Moravia Cohesion Region was 6
(50%) from the total of 12 supported in the CR. Regions and their administrations did not play
role in the implementation of this programme. A total of 6 grant schemes were implemented
in the framework of the 2003 Phare National Programme – Part II. A total of 10 projects
(19.23%) from the Central Moravia Cohesion Region were successful out of 52 projects
supported in the CR. Within the grant scheme for support of tourist infrastructure, 14 projects
(11.86%) from the Central Moravia Cohesion Region were successful out of the total of 118
projects supported in the CR.
ISPA, a financial tool for pre-accession aid, was focused on the funding of large
infrastructure projects in the fields of environment and transport. In the case of transport
projects, attention was focused on the fact, whether they had any relation to trans-European
networks (TEN-T). During the years 2000 – 2006, an average amount of 70 MEUR was
allocated for ISPA in the CR (for the sectors of transport and environment). Large projects
with nationwide impact were financed from ISPA, although some of them were submitted by
towns or microregional associations. Due to this, experience with using these funds is of no
importance for the setting of conditions in ROP Central Moravia.
Experience from 2004 – 2006 (JROP)
Operational programmes started to be implemented after the accession of the Czech Republic
to the European Union and it is currently possible to evaluate their impact and the rate of
success in the use of funds only on the basis of medium-term progress.
JROP represents an operational programme for aid in which there is relatively big interest.
According to the number of applications, it ranks second among operational programmes, is
responsible for 38% of financial claims and 43.5% of the total volume of approved grants. As
far as the number of submitted applications is concerned, the Olomouc Region is relatively
active (third place among regions), the Zlín Region is less active (ranking ninth among
regions). from the point of view of share of the individual regions on approved applications,
the Olomouc Region has kept its third place (9.7%) and the Zlín Region has moved to seventh
place (7.12%). Judging from the total amount of the approved grants (EU), the Zlín Region is
more successful, it even ranks third among regions (9.01%), while the Olomouc Region drops
down to sixth place (7.62%). Within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, demand is higher
than disposable allocation. By far the biggest interest in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
is in sub-measure 4.2.2 (Support to regional and local infrastructure for tourism in the CR),
where the demand was more than eightfold and two measures - 3.1 (Infrastructure for
development of human resources in) and 2.2 (Development of information and
communication technologies in regions). The smallest, or insufficient interest within the
JROP is in measure 3.2 (Support to social integration in regions), financed from the ESF.
During the programming period 2004 – 2006, a total of CZK 1.12b was allocated on the
territory of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region. The biggest share of financing went into
projects from the field of regional transport infrastructure, transport services in the region and
development of human resources in the region, other supported projects included information
and communication technologies and tourism. In other operational programmes, demand is
insufficient in the following measures: OP Infrastructure - 2.3 (Support to introduction of
alternative fuels), OP IE – Programme Clusters and in measure 2.3 (Reducing energy
consumption and higher use of renewable sources of energy), OP RDMA - 2.2. (Expert
education) and 2.3 (Fishing), and OPTHR – 1.2 (Modernization of public employment
services).
A survey was conducted on the web site of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region cohesion
region in order to find out what were the biggest obstacles for those preparing and submitting
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applications for aid. The majority of respondents (33%) considered studying the manuals
being the hardest part and 22% of respondents found it hard to work with ELZA software. On
the other hand, applicants considered the settlement of property relations and finding a
suitable processor as being the smallest problem; such was the identical reply of 17% of
respondents. Some groups of potential applicants feel the existence of barriers preventing
them from entering the programme, most sensitive to barriers are small organizations, above
all non-profit NGOs, small municipalities or small businesses. They see the biggest problems
in complicated administration, method of funding and ability to manage the project, keep it
running throughout the period of project sustainability and observe all terms.
At the beginning, the low quality of applications and annexes with a number of formal
imperfections improved with each call. Both applicants and processing companies have in
most cases learned from their initial mistakes. Even so, it would probably be appropriate to
create a system for rating and certification of companies, so that companies with quality
references and know-how can be distinguished.
Summary of critical factors influencing the implementation of the JROP and proposed
solution for the 2007-2013 programming period
1. The system of implementation is complicated and demanding from the administrative
point of view
Implementation within JROP has been and is secured by means of a large number of
bodies on various levels:
- Managing body of the JROP and Single Programming Document Prague
- Department of Tourism of the MfRD
- Mediating subjects:
Secretariats of the Regional Council of the cohesion region
Branches of the Centre for Regional Development
The CzechInvest agency
An important element of the simplification of implementation and solution to this problem
is the fact that the managing authority, the Regional Council of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, instituted on the basis of Act No. 248/2000 Coll., as amended, has its
seat right in the cohesion region and has no mediating subjects. All communication with
beneficiaries will be faster and more flexible, because it will be secured by a single
institution only.
2. In the process of application approvals and subsequent management of the
programme with active projects, the deadlines defined for individual operations are not
met. Among other things, such practice significantly influences the speed at which the
funds are drawn on and the efficiency of their utilization.
This problem will partly be solved by the fact that the number of institutions involved
in the process of implementation will be reduced to one subject, which will eliminate
the handing over of projects and protracted exchange of information between
organizations, and also by the fact that the Operational Manual for ROP Central
Moravia will include binding deadlines by which the employees must perform
necessary tasks.
3. A significant factor of a limited absorption capacity is the lack of sources for full exante financing and co-financing of projects on the applicants‘ side.
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In ROP Central Moravia, conditions for financing of projects will be set in a way to
secure the transparency and efficiency of the provision of funds. It will be necessary,
especially with respect to small municipalities and non-profit organizations, to provide
for an active approach to the applicant, improve educational activities, and provide
preventive communication with the applicant.
4. In spite of the efforts made by the managing authority, the awareness of subjects
involved in programme implementation is unsatisfactory
The tool for providing information to subjects and the general public in the region of
Central Moravia is the Communication Plan (CoP). The managing authority is required to
set up a CoP by the implementation regulation. The Monitoring Committee is informed
about the progress and implementation of the CoP and the CoP is submitted for
information to the European Commission.
Provided they show interest, prospective applicants will be provided with individual
consultations dealing with project proposals, which they would like to submit in the form
of a project.
5. The system of managing and monitoring programmes is complicated and userunfriendly
During the 2007-2013 programming period, the submitting of applications will be made
easier thanks to the introduction of the Benefit web application form, which will also be
used by applicants for requesting payments and submitting monitoring reports. Thanks to
the central location at which all web applications will be stored, the applicant can work
with the application using any computer connected to the Internet.
6. Providing for a sufficient administrative capacity
The managing authority must work with tools for the development and stabilization of
human resources providing for smooth implementation of ROP Central Moravia. These
tools will include above all the development of human resources within the framework of
an actively implemented system of education and a motivating system of remuneration.
During the processing of ROP Central Moravia, these findings were analyzed and
reflected in the proposed implementation mechanism for ROP Central Moravia in the
2007-2013 programming period.
Main characteristics and trends for the period 2007 – 2013
ROP of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region draws on experience gained from the
programming period 2004 – 2006, above all on experience with implementation of the
JROP within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region .
Make the implementation structure more effective by establishing the MA of ROP Central
Moravia in the region.
Provide for proactive approach to applicants and beneficiaries.
Pay more attention to the stabilization of the staff and development of human resources
within the implementation structure of ROP Central Moravia.
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Simplify and make more effective the information system for the monitoring of the
programme and projects and expand the possibility to use accessible information.
4.11 SWOT Analysis
The analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats represents a basic tool on
which the ROP strategy for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region is based. It summarizes
a systematically classifies quantitative and qualitative output, summarized in the previous
chapter called „Socio-economic analysis“, divided into strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region from the point of view
of the EU cohesion policy and of the socio-economic development of this region.
Strengths
Demographic development and age structure
Slightly more favourable age structure in the region when compared with overall data for
the CR
Traditional affiliation of the population to its region
Economic environment
Noticeable process of real convergence with acceleration in the recent period and …
Very loose and very slowly growing economic dynamics of the region
High share of qualified manufacturing workers in total unemployment
High share of people with experience in the processing industry (frail advantage: with
stagnant restructuring this fact can become a weakness)
Growth in the number of available jobs due to accelerating economic activity
Education and lifelong learning
Slight increase in the share of people with tertiary education and decreasing number of
people with elementary education
Slight increase in the number of students of secondary vocational schools
Noticeable increase in the number of university students, mainly in bachelor and slowly
also in master’s studies (a fragile advantage: question of fulfilment of graduates in their
field within the region)
Business environment and tourism
Very numerous classes of small and medium-sized businesses
Growing economic power of small businesses
Growing number of people employed in research, development and innovation
Growing degree of use of information and communication technologies
Transport
Relatively important transit locality, including parts of TEN
Relatively dense transport infrastructure network
Gradual extension of an integrated system of public transport services linking municipal
and interurban transport
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Environment
Considerable long-term improvement of the quality of environment
Nature reserves as stabilizing factors
Weaknesses
Decrease in the number of inhabitants
Relatively low level of the migration balance
Considerable growth of the age index across the region
High ratio of older people in large towns
Under-average economic maturity of the region when compared with other regions of the
CR, measured using the GDP per capita indicator
Deepening of economic lagging behind when compared with national average
Still a high share of the secondary economic sector on the creation of GDP (can create a
potential for the future when its quality increases)
Still a low share of services in the creation of GDP
Still a limited attractiveness of the region for investors
Rate of economic activity lies under national average with a tendency for mild decrease
The average period of unemployment is becoming longer (an effect of structural
unemployment)
Low rate of economic activity of people with low education with a falling trend
Low employment rate in the tertiary sector
Low average wages when compared with the rest of CR (on the other hand representing
an advantage for entrepreneurs) when compared with national average
Uneven distribution of average wages for comparable professions and activities within
the region
Low proportion of scientific and expert workers in overall employment in the region
Most sensitive groups among the unemployed: people over 50 and aged 20 -25
Still a low proportion of educational expenses when compared with EU average (not only
a regional, but also a national problem)
Educational structure is slightly below average (lower share of people with university
education) when compared with average values for the CR
Decrease in the number of pupils at elementary schools and decrease in the number of
schools and teachers at elementary schools due to low birth rate – unutilized capacity of
educational institutions
Non-systematic process of further education (a national problem)
Lack of large employers in productive sectors, businesses with more than 5,000
employees
Decreasing development characteristics of indicators in the tourists industry
Insufficient offer of supplementary services in tourism
Not fully utilized potential of the tourist industry: weak marketing, insufficient
cooperation and interconnection of services, facilities, and services
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Low level of economization of historical, cultural and natural assets
Low weight of research and development activities
Low level of revitalisation of sites for business inside municipalities and towns
Transport
Minimum network of motorways and freeways on the territory of the region and
insufficient access to the national network
Limited access of peripheral parts of the region to the transport network
Technical obsoleteness of the current transport infrastructure
Not utilized infrastructure of local airport
Large number of collision locations
Absence of relays, bypasses, safety elements
Low respect for environment
Insufficient extent and interconnection of the network of cycling and walking trails in
suitable locations
Absence of an integrated system of public passenger transport designed with complex
approach
Insufficient cross-border traffic
Environment
Still unsatisfactory status of surface waters
A gradually decreasing volume of funds for environmental projects and activities
High generation of waste and dangerous waste
Occurrence of brownfields and economic loads from the past
Absence of system measures against floods and landslides
Social changes
Insufficient capacity of stationary transport, combination of motorized and nonmotorized transport in settlements and of local roads
The existing capacities in infrastructure for the provision of social services by far do not
reach the required standards for social care and aid
The risk of barriers exists also in the group of the youngest generation, one of the most
sensitive from the point of view characteristics on the job market
Existence of barriers for social inclusion and economic self-assertion of disadvantaged
people and of people looking after them
Opportunities
Boom of investments into housing including seasonal flats
New requirements on the capacity and quality of infrastructure and services for preschool-age and school-age children
Growing expenses for leisure time activities, especially in tourism
An interest of inhabitants from more affluent parts of the world in discovering other
tourist locations in Europe than the mainstream ones
Application of know-how and cultural values on global markets
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Stable growth of Czech economy and growth of purchase power of the inhabitants of the
region
Demand for alternative and supplementary leisure-time activities, e. g. making local
waterways navigable
Growing demand for qualified labour force in branches with prospect for growth
Growing need for lifelong education
Growing need for special education, integration or, to the contrary, individualisation
Need by investors to locate or relocate their production to areas providing labour force,
space and transport networks
General demand for technological alternatives in a growing range of fields and related
demand for qualified development and innovation capacities
Transport
Potential for the development of interurban international air transport and airport in the
region
Opportunity for the development of industrial and leisure-time water transport
Elimination of technical backwardness of the current road transport infrastructure and
implementation of safety elements
Linking of the Zlín conurbation to the network of motorways, expressways, and
international routes
Development of cycling transport and of an integrated system of public transport
Environment
Preference of economical approach in the use of non-renewable sources
Technological utilization of waste materials and potential of investments into new fields
Growing demand by inhabitants and visitors on the quality of environment in settlements
– greenery, forest parks, areas surrounding water reservoirs and watercourses
Social changes
Increased demands on the accessibility of health services
Demand for specific social and health care services in the senior citizens group
Demand for commercial and non-profit services including education for senior citizens
Demand for integrated prevention and services, brought about by the growing scale of
safety risks
Growing requirements on the quality of life in settlements
Threats
Loss of perspective for personal assertion in the region – exodus or apathy of the younger
generation
Worsening of the age structure of the population (decrease in the number of children in
population, increasing number of senior citizens)
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The slowly rising economic dynamics of the region comes to a halt
The process of real convergence to the EU comes to a halt
Decline of the secondary sector provided it is not restructured
Halting of the slowly rising dynamics of the tertiary sector
Decline of parts of towns and small villages as a result of a conflict between their former
functions and present-day use
Lagging behind of purchasing power of the population with impact on local markets,
production, and services
Loss of global competitiveness of branches which have so far been locally important
(textile, clothing industry)
Breaking of the rules of open competition in local economic relations including PPP
Ageing of the labour force without replacement – building and engineering industry
Worsening of the regional educational structure
Educational institutions and schools will not find space for communication with
prospective employers of their graduates
Lower standard of the quality of education at secondary schools and universities in the
region
Degradation of the qualified labour force by supporting investments into simple
productions and wholesale
Local bearers of prosperity remain isolated from prospective cooperation within the
region
The activities of entrepreneurial subjects are not closely tied to the centres of research,
development, and innovations
Failure to coordinate and make use of the synergy and regionalization of investments
from operational programmes and other sources, especially into the development of
transport infrastructure and activities in science, research, and innovations
Concentration of business excluding smaller enterprises in some fields
Image of a region which is not easily accessible and not very attractive
Lagging behind in productive development and innovations
Transport
Failure to cope with transit transport with effects on municipalities and the environment
Environment
Instability and exposure to natural risks – floods, landslides
Price shocks in energies and raw materials
Social changes
Requirements in social services and health care remain unfulfilled
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5 Strategy
5.1 Starting points
The SWOT analysis has clearly confirmed the characteristic features of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region for the purposes of ROP Central Moravia. It has shown a clear need for a
complex solution of all individual problems within a framework of a systemic and
interconnected approach. All events and development in the region have close ties to the
population of this region, and that is why the analysis reflects inconvertible facts from a
demographic prognosis compiled by the Czech Statistical Office. This approach can generally
be characterized as an application of tools for the improvement of the economic and social
standard of the region in all its sectors.
The analyses that have been performed confirm that the region of Central Moravia has in the
long run been the region most seriously lagging behind the development of the rest of the
Czech Republic and of all its regions is most threatened by a slump in competitiveness. It
continues to lose touch with the level of other regions which are part of the Convergence
objective. In 2005, the region lagged behind in the growth of GDP per capita by 20%, in
GGFC per capita by 25%, the speed of rise of wages is by 15% lower in the long term. Public
investments into science and research are half the amount of the share of the region in the
creation of the GDP. It is obvious that neither the internal changes that have taken place nor
external interventions helped to stop these negative developments. Regional resources are too
weak and central policies including EU-supported programmes are not sufficiently effective
and efficient.
The main disproportions and challenges which can be interpreted from the SWOT analysis,
are outside the reach of regional self-government and its partners. Improvement can only be
achieved by providing directed support from central level, i. e. also by means of thematic
operational programmes. Thanks to partnership collaboration, the region has verified concrete
plans with significant impact. In a similar way, ROP Central Moravia, with its resources
reaching 1% of the regional GDP must focus its activities on fields where they will have a
complementary effect and will be concentrated in an adequate way. The additionality task for
ROP Central Moravia is to cover the development which is directly related to central
interventions: improve the state of settlements for living and working, transport services, and
accessibility of social infrastructure and services.
The socio-economic analysis has provided and identified significant opportunities for
development in the field of economic and social activities, with a very heterogeneous
structure. This for instance includes a whole register of entrepreneurial activities and
improving of parameters, forming the base for these activities. However, there are two
particular sectors standing out from the whole set of entrepreneurial activities, which:
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logically have very close links to the transport sector,
from the long-term view represent highly stabilizing regional factors,
provide a lot of synergy,
for some of the localities represent the only practicably feasible and realizable
economic activity.
These sectors are primarily tourism or, the tourist industry, and social services.
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5.2 Vision
Central Moravia must level the speed of its economic growth with the rest of the Czech
Republic. The future of the region lies in the increase of its overall dynamics, but especially in
the strengthening of the competitiveness of the region. This means restructuring a large part
of its economy into branches with global perspective. This will bring higher income for its
inhabitants and provide them with a chance to use higher qualification.
Changes in necessary infrastructure and living environment will be part of the process. The
handicap of border areas will be slowly removed together with problems related to transport
accessibility and transport services of a large part of the region. At the same time, the region
will not lose the quality of its environment and magic of its traditions. Considerate approach
and sensitive interconnection with cultural, rehabilitation and relaxation facilities will create a
strong tourist segment. It will stabilize the economy, especially of the rural space.
Towns and villages will continue to harmonize living conditions so that the region retains its
attractiveness for inhabitants. The region will manage to cope with the ageing of its
population and other social impacts not only by developing new services, improving the level
of transport services, its health care infrastructure, but also by offering new activities to its
inhabitants.
The region will catch up with the surrounding levels of income and investments,
strengthen the capacity of applied research and innovation in fields with tradition and
educational background. This will result in the strengthening of the sector of services by
shifting towards the market and by means of this to quality and sustainability.
5.3 Overall Strategy for the Central Moravia Region
The vision cannot be fulfilled without innovation of the attitude of public administration and
optimization of public interventions. It is imperative that the activities of central authorities
are harmonized with regional ones. The most important fact is that the central competences
are will remain to be dominant to regional administration. This can be demonstrated by
comparing the volume of means from the state budget directed at tools of central policies
compared with the volume of budgets of regions, towns, and villages. The same applies to the
ratio of allocation from structural funds 2007-2013, where the allocation for ROP Central
Moravia reaches only 2.5%. The region will therefore focus on interventions for which the
regions and municipalities have direct competences. The ROP Central Moravia strategy will
create an effect of synergy with local strategies. The region expects the central authorities to
show high sensibility to needs and directed concentrated support.
Key areas of support in thematic operational programmes include the building of superodinate
road networks, building of legs of motorways and expressways in the region, increasing of
throughput of borders. The regional dimension of the national economic policy must remove
the deficit in the financing of research and development and support the growth or arrival of
innovative productive capacities and enterprises. Investment incentives must be moved from
areas where they are not effective to regions like Central Moravia. Local employers need
flexible tools for permanent improvement of the qualification of their employees. This does
not include only a higher level of education, but also catching up with technological
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innovations by the middle-aged and by senior citizens. Towns and villages expect that support
for environmental protection, social services and integration will enable them to cultivate
their look and atmosphere.
If these expectations are fulfilled, the vision of the development of the region will come true
as well. During this process, the ROP Central Moravia will represent a suitable and essential
element of the system. It will complement the range of strategic activities. In the field of
transport, it will give sense to the arterial network and will improve the quality of transport
services in municipalities and in surrounding areas. By providing an integrated approach, it
will remove more complex problems of centres and improve above all the cultural and social
infrastructure in municipalities. Central support for industry will be complemented from the
ROP Central Moravia in the tourist industry and in services. The strengthening of regional
identity and marketing of regional products will not be ignored either.
The period 2007 – 2013 therefore represents an opportunity which has to be utilized to
maximum extent. Resources of the region are adequate for stabilization of local infrastructure
and environment for living. They can in a directed way complement fundamental measures
from the central level to improve the quality of transport services in the region, the quality of
life in settlements, and conditions for the offer and economization of cultural and natural
values. ROP Central Moravia, with its limited resources, must also make its contribution. But
the key issue remains the same: centrally managed operational programmes and other central
tools should remove long-term discrepancies and deficits of the region. Thematic operational
programmes have sufficient competences and resources to:
- develop large-capacity trunk roads,
- support border areas,
- support and help to establish centres of applied research and transfer of innovations
in promising fields,
- implement preventive and stabilizing measures for protection of landscape,
- give preference to the locating and development of productive activities in industry
and strategic services.
Measures with impact on the economy of the region
Economy remains extremely dependent on other subjects and development of industries in
other parts of the Czech Republic, especially in powerful centres. The strategy is based on
measures strengthening local companies in promising fields. With large players being absent,
the orientation of small and medium-sized enterprises on sharing and acquiring of information
and know-how represents the best way to increase the competitiveness of local production
and stop the retardation of income.
It is necessary to constantly monitor and create conditions for private enterprise. It would be
appropriate to create conditions not only in traditional industrial fields, but also in the sphere
of services, including the transfer of suitable activities from the public sector to the private
sector. A large share of young people with academic education leave to work in other regions
and, on the other hand, those who stay in the region have lower motivation and opportunity to
develop entrepreneurial activities.
In order to strengthen the technological level of enterprises, the orientation of local capacities
for research and development capacities on sharing and knowledge and innovations within the
region will be strengthened. Further support will be provided for public academic centres and
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innovation companies. Concrete steps can be expected in the infrastructure of applied
research, joint centres and contractual research.
It is necessary to support economization in fields with not fully utilized potential, above all in
services and tourism. In this way, it will be possible to create an absorption capacity for the
fulfilment of people from fields having fewer prospects.
Regions, towns and municipalities prepare measures for the utilization of deprived or
abandoned buildings and premises. This can lower initial investments by companies and
speed up their technological development and increase their capacity.
The last integral part of economic development is the improvement of accompanying qualities
of environment. The cultivation of life in municipalities and development of a wide range of
services can compensate for the disadvantage of lower economic income.
Regional sector strategic documents of the Olomouc Region:
- Concept for the development of rural areas and agriculture in the Olomouc Region,
November 2005
- Territorial plans of large territorial units of the Olomouc agglomeration, 2004
- Territorial plan of the large territorial unit Jeseníky, 2003
- Concept of development of enterprise in the Olomouc Region, November 2005
Regional sector strategic documents of the Zlín Region:
- Territorial plans of large territorial units of the Zlín agglomeration and of the
Beskydy area, 2002
- Programme of development of tourism and its updated version, 2004, 2006
- Analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises of the Zlín Region – 2002
- Territorial prognosis, 2005
Measures with impact on education and lifelong learning
Global challenges for economic competitiveness force the region to prefer skills and
knowledge, necessary for assertion on the changing job market. They require substantial
strengthening of lifelong education i the form of company programmes, programmes for
entrepreneurs, and more flexible retraining. They must also include motivation tools for
employees and employers.
In view of the branch structure of the current economic base, it is necessary to improve
technical skills and link them with the activities and knowledge of the research and
development centres. Special attention must be paid to the assertion of people in technical
professions on the medium level.
There are inspiring examples in the region of local linkage between innovative enterprises and
hi-tech and hi-mid-tech companies with schools of various levels and with educational
programmes. This practice will continue to be developed. Support will be provided to both
enterprises and schools implementing common solutions.
Initial education requires investments into the material and technical base of innovated
educational programmes. Especially in the rural areas, material conditions will be created for
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acquiring IT knowledge, for learning languages, etc. Specific measures will have to be
implemented in the education of disadvantaged groups, either by means of modernizing
special facilities, or by providing for their integration in common schools.
Enlarging the possibilities for personal fulfilment represents an opportunity to support
development of informal possibilities for education and access to information. That is why
integration of non-educational facilities into educational systems will continue. The potential
of libraries, museums, archives, nature reserves and others will have to be utilized in this way.
Support will be provided to activities defined in regional long-range plans for education and
development of the educational system.
- Concept of environmental education, public education, and education, February 2004
- Development of information society in the Olomouc Region, 2004
- Concept of the development of physical training and sports in the Olomouc Region,
2006
- Long-range educational plan, March 2006
- Long-range plan for education and development of educational system in the Zlín
Region, 2006
Measures with impact on business environment and tourism
Measures in the development of enterprise must combine several different tools. The
increasing of economic efficiency must be utilized to cultivate entrepreneurial activities in
towns and municipalities, in the harmonizing of enterprise and environment in settlements.
This reflects in support for investments into problematic parts of settlements and utilization of
brownfields. Attention must be paid to the development of services in the fields of health
care, leisure time activities, social services, and economization of cultural values and
knowledge.
The main requirement remains to be that the educational sphere perceives and reacts to
changing profiles of knowledge and skills in individual fields of entrepreneurial activities.
The success of regional economy is subject to the efficiency of regional research and
development. In this respect, concrete projects of local universities must be implemented,
related to capacities of basic and applied research.
The potential of the region in the tourist industry must be utilized in a concrete way to
strengthen enterprise. More and more foreign and Czech tourists coming to the region means
a welcome source of income for regional economy. Measures must include the economization
of cultural, historical, and natural values with respect to sustainable development. The regions
have defined areas with a high concentration of potential: spa resorts, winter sports centres,
areas with strong traditions and folklore, areas with sports facilities, and areas providing
entertainment. Support for integrated development will be provided in these areas.
Differentiated support will be used on the rest of the territory. Specific measures will be taken
for innovation of products of the tourist industry and their first introduction to new markets.
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Measures on the job market must be extended. The current focus on people excluded from the
job market is not effective. It is necessary to provide support for permanent education of
employees, especially in case of older people with secondary and elementary education.
Central Moravia must gain a new incentive for internationalization and restructuring of
productive capacities, ideally by means of a large project with applied research.
- Programme for development of tourism, October 2003
- Concept of development of cycling transport on the territory of the Olomouc Region,
July 2003
- Concept of development of culture and conservation in the Olomouc Region, 2003
- Territorial plan of the large territorial unit Jeseníky, 2003
- Programme of development of tourism and its updated version, 2004, 2006
- Analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises of the Zlín Region – 2002
- Selection of areas for the location of strategic industrial zones 2005
- Specification of development areas for manufacture in the Zlín Region 2004
- Sites for enterprise in the size category 0.5 – 5.0 hectares 2005
- Concept of development of cycling transport on the territory of the Zlín Region, 2004
- Territorial plans of large territorial units of the Zlín agglomeration and of the
Beskydy area, 2002
Measures with impact on transport
Transport is a decisive condition for the overall development of the region, the key projects
being the building of the D1 motorway, building of the R55 and R49 expressways and legs of
1st class roads, explicitly defined in master traffic plans of both regions. A modernization of
selected legs of 2nd and 3rd class roads will follow. In this respect, both regions have started
an intensive project and implementation preparations. The traffic on these roads must become
more fluent, trouble spots must be eliminated, and negative impact on the environment must
be reduced. That is why the measures also consist of renovations of local roads, elements for
pedestrians and increased safety. The existing linking of 2nd and 3rd class roads, performed
by the regions in 2004, directly increased the efficiency of economic activities and
accessibility of social functions. The same applies to the opening of new cross-border roads.
Regional transport services will continue to be developed as a system. It is necessary to
provide space for strong modernization of its technical background, especially in regional
centres. This can be proved by successful implementation of projects aimed at optimization of
urban parts of integrated transport systems. The main task is to keep the level of satisfaction
of demand resulting from traditional high transport dependence of the rural areas on the
centres, commuting to work, to access education and services.
The region is an intersection of intrastate legs of important cycling routes. That is why
permanent attention will continue to be paid to the building and provision of supplementary
infrastructure to routes of regional importance and linked routes.
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The accessibility of the region will also be improved by means of developing the regional
infrastructure of airports, which has significant potential for development for the whole
region.
The Bochoř airport will be used for both military and civilian purposes and will have a status
of an international public airport. The airport will also serve the needs of the emergency
rescue system for the territory of Central Moravia.
The development plan of the statutory town of Přerov envisages the building of a large
railway tranship centre.
- Master traffic plan for 2nd and 3rd class roads on the territory of the Olomouc
Region, 2006
- Concept of development of cycling transport on the territory of the Olomouc Region,
July 2003
- Concept of development of road network in the Olomouc Region, 2006
- Master traffic plan for the Zlín Region – proposed prospective concept 2004
- Integrated transport system in the Zlín Region 2003
- Concept of development of cycling transport on the territory of the Zlín Region, 2004
Measures with impact on the environment
The key task is t provide preventive and stabilizing measures against floods, which are within
the competence of state institutions and organizations. Their immediate implementation is a
basic precondition of many fundamental development activities on a large territory of the
region. Other state interventions in the field of environment in the region enable especially
for:
- building of sewers and sewage water treatment plants in municipalities and the
intensification of SWTP in towns with a population exceeding 10,000 to reach the
desired cleanness of surface waters
- development of a system for the collection and liquidation of waste
- energy savings in public buildings
- revitalization of greenery, parks and forest parks
- redevelopment and stabilization of landslides
- increasing of the retention capacity of the landscape.
Regions will contribute within the framework of impact of projects limiting the impact of
traffic on 2nd and 3rd class roads. Municipalities and town are preparing a number of local
measures with positive impact on environmental protection, cleanness of air, elimination of
dustiness and noise.
A specific measure is represented by the integration of early warning and emergency services
and systems for the case of natural disasters.
- Territorial energy concept, March 2004
- Concept of environmental and landscape protection for the territory of the Olomouc
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Concept of environmental education, public education, and education, February 2004
Waste economy plan for the Olomouc Region, September 2004
Plan of development of public water mains and sewer system in the Olomouc
Region, October 2006
Programme for the minimizing of emissions and air polluting substances in the
Olomouc Region, September 2004
Master plan for transport on 2nd and 3rd class roads on the territory of the Olomouc
Region, 2006
- Territorial energy concept, 2004
- Concept and strategy of environmental and landscape protection in the Zlín Region
2004
- Waste economy plan for the Zlín Region 2004
- Master plan for transport in the Zlín Region – proposed prospective concept 2004
- Programme for the minimizing of emissions and air polluting substances in the Zlín
- Plan of development of public water mains and sewer system in the Zlín Region,
2004
Measures strengthening adaptability to social changes
Due to socioeconomic changes, more problems cumulate in towns simultaneously and support
must be provided for their complex solution. Successful revitalizations i Uherské Hradiště or
Šumperk can serve as examples of how to integrate several purposes.
Health care centres will be supported in selected fields with deepest impact on the economy
of inhabitants and families. They must include the starting up of more complex programmes
of health prevention and increasing of quality, accessibility and efficiency of health care.
Supported will be activities contained in regional concepts of health services and health care.
It is necessary to strengthen social services and the spectrum of integration activities for
various disadvantaged groups. It will be necessary to optimize the distribution of these
services, which can be provided in special institutions, on an ambulatory basis, or in the form
of field work, so that social cohesion is not disturbed and the economic load on inhabitants
does not become unbearable.
The ageing of population does not only bring more demand for social services, but will also
be perceived as an opportunity to develop leisure-time and economic activities.
Supported activities in the field of social services are in line with regional strategic
documents, regulating the field of social services. For subjects providing social services in
both regions it is necessary to be included in the network of regional networks of providers of
social services. Here, accent is put on the development of social services falling within the
framework of Social Services Act No. 108/2006 Coll., especially on the development of field
services and intervention services. Special attention will be paid to support for protected
workshops, which do not fall within the competence of the Social Services Act.
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Concept of development of social services in the Olomouc Region, 2003
Regional plan for the equalling of opportunities for handicapped people in the
Olomouc Region, March 2004
Analysis of safety risks with a proposal of a programme of crime prevention in the
Olomouc Region, August 2003
Concept of health care services in the Olomouc Region
Strategic analysis of health care facilities in the Olomouc Region
- Concept of development of health care in health care facilities, ambulatory and other
care in the Zlín Region for the years 2004 - 2007
- Concept of development of health care in the Zlín Region until 2010
- Plan of development of social services in the Zlín Region for the year 2008
table 48 Possibilities of influencing individual areas by using tools of EU cohesion policy
Name of area
Economic development
Possibilities for financing (level of priority axes of a
given OP)
OPEI
Founding of enterprises
Development of enterprises
Innovations
Environment for enterprise and innovation
Services for development of enterprise
OPHRE
Adaptability
OPEfC
Further education
Tertiary education, research and development
OPRDI
Strengthening the capacity of universities for tertiary
education
Development of capacities for cooperation between the
public and private sector i R&D
Development of capacities for research and
development
ROP Central Moravia in context
Transport
Integrated development and regeneration of the region
Tourism
OPEfC
Initial education
Further education
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OPRDI
Strengthening the capacity of universities for tertiary
education
OPHRE
Adaptability
Active policy on the job market
International cooperation
ROP Central Moravia
Business
tourism
environment
OPEI
Services for development of enterprise
and ROP Central Moravia
Transport
Tourism
IOP
National support for tourism
OPHRE
Adaptability
Transport
Environment
OPEfC
Further education
OPT
Modernization of the TEN-T railway network
Building and modernization of the TEN-T motorway
and road network
Modernization of railway networks not included in
TEN-T
Modernization of 1st class roads not included in TENT
Support for multimodal freight transport and
development of intrastate water transport
ROP Central Moravia
Transport
OPE
Improvement of water management infrastructure and
lowering the risks of floods
Improvement of quality of air and lowering of
emissions
Sustainable utilization of energy resources
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Improved waste management and removal of old
environmental loads
Limiting
industrial
pollution
and
lowering
environmental risks
Improving the condition of nature and landscape
Development of infrastructure for environmental
education, counselling, and public education
OPEI
Effective energy
Social changes, risks,
endangered groups
ROP Central Moravia
and OPHRE
Social integration and equal opportunities
Adaptability
IOP
Improvement of quality and accessibility of public
services
OPEfC
Initial education
Further education
ROP Central Moravia
Transport
5.4 Strategy for ROP Central Moravia
By reaching its objectives, ROP Central Moravia will contribute to the fact that in 2013, or in
2015, also as a result of the reaching of objectives of other operational programmes and
natural social and economic development, Central Moravia will be turned into a region
characterized by:
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a more advanced, developed, and better kept transport infrastructure. The achieved
state of the transport infrastructure will be the result of fulfilling of direct competences
of regional authorities and use of an indirect synergic influence of other tools of
cohesion policy in the programming period 2007 – 2013, above all in the field of
development of motorways and freeways,
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an improved educational process, leading to a more flexible access to the labour
market and fulfilled innovation potential,
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a modern, high-quality system of social welfare facilities,
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an improved and higher-quality state of health of its population, living and/or working
in the region,
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an effectively utilized entrepreneurial potential for services, modern processing
industry, as well as for tourism and leisure-time activities,
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an offer and infrastructure for tourism, significantly contributing to the overall
economic performance of the region. The region will become a popular tourist
destination for both Czech and foreign visitors,
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an economic maturity comparable with other regions of the CR.
In the sectors listed above, the effects will reflect in the rise of employment, decrease of
unemployment rate, reduction of structural unemployment, restructuring of industry,
improvement of the position of the sector of services and in an increase of the economic role
and influence of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region within the context of the CR,
measured using the GDP per capita indicator.
For the field of activity of the ROP, the results of the SWOT analysis lead to an assumption
that the fields showing the biggest potential for development with a number of expected
effects of synergy are the fields of transport and services.
Development of transport – in the sense of development of transport infrastructure as well
as in the sense of providing an integrated system of public transport services.
Development of services – especially in the sense of development of tourism and social
services. The expected development of the socio-economic characteristics of the region will
probably lead to a noticeable growth of demand for a whole register of services of a social
character.
5.5 Global Objective
The global objective of the ROP Central Moravia Cohesion Region is a complex increase of
its economic maturity, improvement of the competitiveness of the region and of the living
standard of its inhabitants.
The complex approach to the global objective applies both to the strengthening of the
economic development of urban areas, representing the centres of development in the region,
and stabilization of the rural areas. This objective will be achieved by utilizing the internal
potential of the region (by strengthening the links between centres of prosperity of
employment) and their rural background. At the same time, the region demonstrates its
external development potential (above all in the field of transport, tourism and attractiveness
for enterprise), which should also be supported by implementing ROP Central Moravia.
The global objective is in line with the Community Strategic Guidelines 2007 – 2013 as well
as with the Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1784/1999, while reflecting the importance of regional issues.
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Context
Apart from an efficient and effective implementation of selected activities within the
framework of the programme, also external preconditions must be met: central policies and
interventions by thematic operational programmes will provide for and support key
restructuring of the region. It will make the region accessible by means of arterial roads,
remove the deficit in support for local research, development and productive investments. It
will strengthen resources for continuous education of employees of productive branches. They
will provide sufficient resources for the prevention of environmental risks and keeping of the
region.
Table 49 System of objectives and priorities of ROP Central Moravia
Global objective
Complex increase of economic maturity, improvement of competitiveness of the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region and of the living standard of its inhabitants.
Specific objective 1
Provision of an effective,
flexible, and safe transport
infrastructure in the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region,
and of reliable, quality and
integrated public transport
service
Improvement of quality of
life in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, increase of
attractiveness of regional
centres, towns and villages,
provision of quality and
accessible social service and
favourable
supporting
conditions for enterprise
Improvement
of
attractiveness of the Central
for purposes of tourism by
improving its infrastructure,
services,
providing
information about the region
and promoting it
5.6 Specific Objectives
Specific objective define in more detail the focus and content of the global goal. Meeting
these objectives is part of the implementation of activities within priority axes, formulated in
ROP Central Moravia.
- Provide effective, flexible and safe transport infrastructure within the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region as well as reliable, quality and integrated public transport
service
The objective contains clear dimensions of the development of settlements and of tourism. In
spite of this it is defined as an independent objective and has been assigned a specific priority,
the reason for this decision being a higher complexity of transport solutions.
Recapitulation and strategy
The interconnection of regional roads with higher-level networks requires synergy between
ROP Central Moravia and OPT, and partly also with OPE. Transport services is successfully
managed on the level of both regions, including the integration of municipal transport, and
also the non-motorize transport will be optimized in this way, directed mainly to regional
arterial roads and networks. In line with the conclusions of the SWOT analysis and
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knowledge gained in 2004 – 2006, the key factors are road infrastructure with an allocation
exceeding 50 % and transport services with an allocation exceeding 30 % of the specific
priority. Special allocation goes to the development of a regional airport with high strategic
synergy.
- Improve the quality of life in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, increase the
attractiveness of regional centres, towns and municipalities, provide quality and
accessible social services and favourable, supportive conditions for enterprise
The objective expresses the need to improve living conditions and economic opportunities or
regional centres. Whether the objective will be achieved depends in many fields on other
activities, supported from OPE, OPHRE, OPEI, OPEfC, OPRDI, and IOP.
The extant of possibilities and needs of the region greatly exceeds the possibilities of ROP
Central Moravia. That is why effective activities will be selected, which will provide synergy
with other activities in regional centres. Large centres (Olomouc and Zlín) will apply
integrated approach directly in ROP Central Moravia. The expected number of integrated
plans for urban development supported from the programme is three. The largest share of
resources from the whole programme, almost 40 %, is reserved to achieve this objective.
Cohesion of the region requires a harmonic development of settlements, and that is why the
allocation does not markedly prefer the size, but respects the impact of a given integrated or
individual solution. Expected allocation to individual areas of support exceeds 15 % for
regional centres and reaches almost 85 % for towns with a population reaching 5 to 50
thousand, directed at the development of settlements within this priority axis. The volume of
funds roughly corresponds with the size of population. Impact on the attractiveness of the
settlements and quality of life in them should be secured by a selection of activities
connecting in synergy the existing infrastructure of settlements and transport services. That is
why the majority of funds are directed into public investments.
- Improve the attractiveness of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region for the purposes
of tourism by improving its infrastructure, services, public awareness of it and its
promotion
The objective has been set to develop the potential available for the tourist industry. Important
is the industry dimension, as a complex of activities, specific infrastructure, service and
marketing.
The region complements and diversifies economic opportunities and sources of income of its
inhabitants. That is why 50 % of the allocation is directed at support of enterprise in tourism.
Almost half of public activities – over 20 % of the priority axis – are directed at supporting
this industry, using an integrated approach to territory with higher dynamics and potential for
all-year activities, resulting in sustainability and stability of jobs. Approximately 5 % of the
funds for this priority axis are directed at promotion and management. The remaining part of
funds from this priority axis will be allocated to public activities on the remaining territory.
Programme solution
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Specific objectives of ROP Central Moravia represent a base for the formulation of priority
axes of ROP Central Moravia.
Priority axis No. 1 Transport
Priority axis No. 2 Integrated development and regeneration of the region
Priority axis No. 3 Tourism
Priority axis No. 4 Technical assistance
Priority axes, respecting the output of the performed socioeconomic analysis, the SWOT
analysis and it interpretation are not understood to be isolated from each other; they represent
a self-contained system of the programme. In relation to the fulfilment of the global objective
of ROP Central Moravia they support and complement each other; their implementation will
be accompanied by a large number of effects of synergy. The programme solution within
priority axes, leading to the reaching of specific goals and in the long run also to the reaching
of the global objective, is based on a territorial and integrated approach. Individual
interventions are differentiated, depending on the development potential of the region.
Priority axis 1 Transport will above all provide for by means of support for regional roads;
however, equally important for the quality of transport infrastructure in the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region is its linkage to other regions of the CR and to other countries, which also
includes a regional airport. The importance of a successful implementation of the objective of
this priority axis therefore to a great extent depends on the successful implementation of other
operational programmes. A very significant parameter of this priority axis is also safety and
environmental friendliness of the supported transport infrastructure. Another very significant
part is support for public transport services, especially in the sense of creating an integrated,
reliable, and quality public transport. And finally, also the accent on environment and
attractiveness of the region for the tourist industry, partly as an alternative form of local
transport, is respected within this axis; that is why attention is also paid to the development of
cycling trails and routes. The Bochoř regional airport is supported not only for transport
reasons, but also for cases of emergencies.
Priority axis 2 Integrated development and regeneration of the region will focus on the
development of regional centres, urban and rural areas of the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region; the territorial and integrated approach will prevail during its implementation. A wide
range of forms of support will be used for development and regeneration of urban areas,
including both individual and integrated projects. In case of specific focus on the support of
regional centres, support will be provided in the form of an IUDP for a particular
municipality. In both urban and rural areas, attention will be primarily paid to support better
functioning of public services and investments into regeneration of the area; both individual
and integrated projects will be supported. Support in the form of individual projects will be
provided during application of supporting measures to the profit of enterprise.
Priority axis 3 Tourism will focus on maximum utilization of the potential of this industry in
favour of the socioeconomic development of the region. Projects in the field of development
of public and entrepreneurial infrastructure in tourism will be implemented using a wider
range of forms of support (integrated plan for territorial development, individual projects, and
integrated projects); projects in the field of promotion and management of tourism will be
supported in the form of individual projects and integrated projects. The aim is to support
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both the development of rural areas for tourist purposes, as well as support the development
of urban, span, and alternative tourism.
Priority axis 4 Technical assistance represents a supporting priority axis, helping to easier
achieve the key, factual priority axes. The importance of this priority axis lies in support of
activities focused on the implementation part and the part focused on the absorption capacity.
The performed activities must clearly lead to improving awareness, acquiring knowledge,
skills and practical expert experience, necessary for the fulfilment of requirements resulting
from relevant regulations or from various aspects of the development of the region, and
processing of plans and projects. Growing productivity and quality of work in the public
sector – especially in the fields of economy, employment, social sphere, education, health
care, justice, and environmental protection – is crucial for the continuation and speeding up of
reforms. Technical assistance can play an important role in support for effective creation and
implementation of policies in the above-mentioned fields – their role applies to public
administration and public services on both regional and local level.
5.7 Links to Strategic Documents
Strategic documents represent another key pillar on which the strategy of ROP Central
Moravia is built. Definitions of the global and specific objectives of ROP Central Moravia
and choice of methods for the securing of priorities would not be possible without respecting
the context of Community Strategic Guidelines, principles of the Lisbon agenda (on the level
of EU institutions), Strategy for the economic growth of the CR, NSRF (on the national level
of the CR), programs for development of the regional territories of the Olomouc and Zlín
regions (on regional level); in order to be able to identify potential synergies, it would
furthermore be suitable to identify links to other operational programmes and other aid tools
(direct community grants, European Investment Bank [furthermore referred to only as EIB]
aid tools).
Link to Community Strategic Guidelines
The main starting point for the defining of the strategy for utilization of funds from the EU
Structural Funds in the programming period 2007 – 2013 are the General Community
Strategic Guidelines (GCSG). This document, together with the general regulation defines the
strategic priorities of the European Community in the field of cohesion policy, aimed at the
strenghtening of the implementation of the Lisbon strategy.
During the period of 2007 – 2013, the EU cohesion policy will focus on the following priority
areas:
1. Increase in the attractiveness of member states, regions and towns by providing easy
access to them, securing adequate quality and level of services and protecting their
environment.
2. Support for innovation, enterprise and growth of knowledge-based economy by
providing capacities for research and innovation, including new information and
communication technologies.
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3. Creating of more and better jobs by attracting a larger number of people to be
employed or engage in business activities, improving the adaptability of employees
and business subjects, and increasing investments into human capital.
Links of priority axes of ROP Central Moravia to CSG:
1. The first specific objective of ROP Central Moravia is directly related to the first
general guideline of the CSG „Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and
work“. Providing for the development of an efficient, flexible and safe transport
infrastructure (1.1) is an essential precondition for economic development, increase in
productivity and subsequent development of regions by providing for free movement
of persons and goods. Transport infrastructure contributes to integration of markets,
increase in the number of business opportunities, and efficiency. An important factor
in the development of the region is the improvement of transport accessibility (1.2),
which provides for higher mobility of workforce. Both fields of the priority axis have
direct impact on the keeping of balanced development of regions by strengthening the
links between towns and rural areas. Also the second and third priority of ROP Central
Moravia are reflected in the first general guideline, in the case of the development of
infrastructure and tourist services (Priority 3), or removal of old environmental loads
and building of transport infrastructure on local level. By developing transport
infrastructure and improving accessibility, conditions are created for the growth of
investments in the region, general improvement of natural environment and quality of
life.
2. The second specific objective of ROP Central Moravia Cohesion Region intersects
most with the third general guideline of the CSG, „More and better jobs“; it reflects
above all in the axes „Increase investment in human capital through better education
and skills“ and „Help maintain a healthy labour force“. There is a link here to the axis
“Increase and improve investment in RTD” and to “Improve access to finance” by
means of financial tools such as the Jessica initiative. Within the second specific
objective, there is a clear link to the CSG especially in the area of support for
investments in the infrastructure of public services, especially investments into aimed
at the creation of physical conditions for the development of educational activities
targeted at acquiring and improving qualification, and acquiring new knowledge and
skills. These investments will strengthen the efficiency of the educational system and
system of expert training, enabling graduates to easier find better jobs. Another area
with very close links is support for investments into medical care and social services
aimed at optimizing and providing effective synergy of these public services and
improving their quality. The aim is to provide quality health care as one of the
preconditions for securing a higher participation of workforce on the labour market,
longer working life, higher efficiency, and lower costs of health and social care.
3. The third specific objective of ROP Central Moravia reflects the general guidelines of
CSG by linking to the guideline „Improving knowledge and innovation for growth“,
especially with the principle „Facilitate innovation and promote entrepreneurship“.
During the implementation of activities in priority axis 3, accent will be put on the
creation of new jobs, which fulfils the guideline „More and better jobs“, especially the
axis „Attract and retain more people in employment and modernise social protection
systems“. We also expect that the development of tourism in line with the CSG and
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horizontal priorities will also have positive impact on the natural, cultural, and
historical heritage and subsequently on the overall attractiveness of the region.
4. And finally, also the Technical assistance priority reflects in the framework of the
CSG in the guideline „More and better jobs“, namely in the theme „Administrative
capacity“.
Table 50 Links of priority axes and areas of support for ROP Central Moravia to
priorities of CSG
Area of support
1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3
1. Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work
Expand and improve
xx xx xx
x
x
x
transport infrastructures
To strengthen the synergies
between environmental
protection and growth
xx
xx
xx
x
x
x
Address Europe’s intensive
use of traditional energy
xx xx
sources
2. Improving knowledge and innovation for growth
Increase and improve
x
x
investment in RTD
Facilitate innovation and
promote entrepreneurship
2.4
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
x
x
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
x
x
x
x
4.1
4.2
xx
x
x
x
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
Promote the information
society for all
Improve access to finance
3. More and better jobs
Attract and retain more
people in employment and
modernise social protection
Systems
Improve adaptability of
workers and firms and the
flexibility of the labour
Market
Increase investment in
human capital through
better education and skills
Administrative capacity
Help maintain a healthy
labour force
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
x – weak link
xx – strong link
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Renewed Lisbon strategy (Growth and jobs )
The basic postulate of the Lisbon strategy is based of a relatively widely accepted definition
or interpretation of competitiveness: in order for the living standard to continue to grow in the
EU, it is necessary to increase employment and productivity by means of introducing an
extensive set of reform policies and setting up a macroeconomic framework supporting
growth and employment. It is also based on a belief that higher growth and new jobs cannot
be reached by means of a single, isolated action. According to this concept, the solution
consists of a series of interlinked initiatives and structural changes, which will by means of a
concentric action throughout the EU fulfil its undisputed potential.
This series of interlinked initiatives will be implemented by means of five areas of support
policies:
-
-
-
-
-
knowledge based society: the main goal is to increase the attractiveness of Europe for
researchers and scientists, defining science and research as top priorities and
promoting the use of information and communication technologies;
single internal market: to finally create a real environment of the Single internal
market, enabling a free movement of goods and capital and create a single market for
services by means of an urgent action;
business environment: to reduce the overall administrative load, improve the quality of
legislation, facilitate fast process of establishing new businesses and create an
environment, which would better support enterprise;
labour market: speedy reaction to European Employment Taskforce recommendations,
development strategies for lifelong education and active old age, supporting
partnership for growth and employment;
sustainability of environment: to cover environmental innovations and create a leading
position in economic aspects of individual economic sectors; to enforce policies
leading to long-term and sustainable increase in productivity by means of
environmental efficiency.
The key task of the „new“ agenda, providing growth and employment, can be broken down
into three objectives:
- create a Europe which would be attractive for investors and those working in it (or
who would like to work there);
- the driving forces for growth should be knowledge and innovations;
- activation of policies leading to the creation of more and better jobs.
Priorities of the Lisbon agenda are implemented in the CR by means of the National Reform
Programme of the CR. This programme represents a strategic document, enabling the CR to
reach the goals of the Lisbon strategy. Priority measures of the National Reform Programme
are formulated in its individual topical sections in the form of partial objectives or partial
activities. For the purposes of defining ROP Central Moravia, only some of the measures are
relevant (most of them must be solved on a national, or macroeconomic level).
Links between the priority axes of ROP Central Moravia to the renewed Lisbon
strategy:
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Within the priority axes of ROP Central Moravia, especially priority axes 1 and 2 contribute
to the implementation of priority measures of the National Reform Programme. Priority axis 1
is very closely tied especially to priority measures contained in the chapters „Sustainable
utilization of resources“ a „Modernization and development of transport and ICT networks“.
Priority axis 1 contributes to „Sustainable utilization of resources“ especially by development
of public transport (supporting power and material efficiency, rational use of resources by
utilizing more power-efficient public transport for some of the transport operations, as well as
support for introduction of environmental technologies) and development of non-motorized
transport (providing for power and material efficiency and rational use of resources by
substituting car transport by bicycles or walking), but partly also by developing and
modernizing regional road network, also supporting technical measures increasing the quality
of environment and reducing impact of road transport on the environmental system. All areas
of support of Priority axis 1 contribute to „Modernization and development of transport and
ICT networks“ – by the building, modernization or reconstruction of regional roads,
infrastructure for public transport incl. transfer terminals and network of roads for cyclists and
other non-motorized forms of transport.
The priority axis 2 of ROP Central Moravia relates especially to priority measures of the
National Reform Programme, defined in chapters „Business environment“, „Research,
development and innovations“, „Inclusion on labour market“, and „Education“. Priority
measures in the chapter „Business environment“ are supported especially in the area of aid to
enterprise, above all by providing better conditions for business (consulting services, purchase
of technologies, software, etc.). Priority measures in the field of „Research, development and
innovations“ are supported especially in the field of development of innovation infrastructure
(new technologies, modernization of buildings). Support to priority measures in the field of
„Education“ is provided above all by development of infrastructure and support for the
purchase of technologies and equipment for various forms and degrees of education. Similar
are also the links to priority measures in the field of „Inclusion on labour market“, to which
also contributes the development of infrastructure for education.
Priority axis 3 contributes partly to the implementation of priority measures in the field of
„Business environment“, „Labour market flexibility“ and „Inclusion on labour market“. All
four areas are taken into account especially in the field of development of business
infrastructure and tourist services, which supports the creation of new jobs and development
of enterprise in the tourist industry sector.
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Table 51 Links of priority axes and areas of support of aid of ROP Central Moravia to
Lisbon Strategy/National Reform Programme of CR priorities
Area of support
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
xx
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
x
x
4.1
Macroeconomic
stability and
sustainable
growth
Business
environment
x
Research,
development
and innovations
Sustainable
utilisation of
resources
x
xx
xx
Modernisation
and
development of
transport and
ICT networks
xx
xx
xx
x
x
Labour market
flexibility
xx
Inclusion on
labour market
x
x
x
x
Education
xx
xx
xx
xx
x – weak link
xx – strong link
Earmarking
ROP Central Moravia has identified interventions totalling 74,277,000 EUR, i. e. 11.3 % of
the total ERDF allocation for ROP, which amounts to 657,389,413 EUR.
Codes of areas of intervention within earmarking:
Code Category of expenditure
8
Other investments into enterprises
28
Intelligent transport systems
29
Airports
52
Clean urban transport
Total for all priority axes – earmarking
Amount
4,650,000
27,500,000
21 000,000
7,027,000
60,177,000
Total for all priority axes ROP Central Moravia
657,389,413
Earmarking: per cent from the total amount for priority axes
9,2 %
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4.2
The Central Moravia Cohesion Region is eligible for funding under the Objective
Convergence. The regulatory obligation in line with article 9 of general regulation 1083/2006
to ensure that 60 % of the expenditure for the Convergence objective is set for the European
Union priorities of promoting competitiveness and creating jobs, including meeting the
objectives of the Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs is not binding for the Czech
Republic since it accessed the European Union after 1 May 2004. Nevertheless, the Czech
Republic committed itself in official letter submitted to the European Commission on 4 July
2007 to earmarking.
The reasons why the share of earmarked interventions within total Community allocation to
this Objective is only 11.3 % can be justified by the following arguments (examples):
The interventions in the area of R&TD are out of scope of the Regional operational
programmes
For efficiency reasons it is mainly OP Enterprise and innovations that support
innovation and entrepreneurship in the regions
For efficiency reasons the ICT in regions is co-financed mainly from the Integrated
Operational Programme
The TEN-T is co-financed from the OP Transport
……….
During the implementation of this Regional Operational Programme the Managing authority
should prioritise those projects which fall under earmarked interventions.
Other national strategic documents (Strategy for Economic Growth)
The objective of the Strategy for Economic Growth is to bring the CR significantly closer to
the economic level of economically more advanced countries of the European Union.
Measured by the indicator of GDP per capita, the country can reach the EU average in
2013.
In order to reach this objective, the CR should focus public means on aid to products and
services with high added value and make its business environment more attractive so that
Czech businesses stay in the country and foreign ones flow in. As a result of this, newly
created jobs will have a positive effect on the growing standard of living of all inhabitants.
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Fig 1 Strategy of economic growth
Czech Republic
–
European centre of knowledge and technology
with a high standard of living and high
employment
1. Institutional
environment for
enterprise
2. Sources of financing
3. Infrastructure
4. Development of
human resources –
Education and
employment
5. Research,
development, and
innovation
1.1 Favourable legislative
environment and improved
enforcebility of law
2.1 Provide sufficient sources
from the EU
3.1 Increase mobility of
persons, goods and
information
4.1 Increase the flexibility of
the educational system
5.1 Strenghten research and
development as a source of
innovations
1.2 Provide for effective
public service
2.2 Maximize inflow of
investments and efectively
privatize public property
1.3 Competitive system of
taxation
1.4 Improve competitive
environment and remove
obstacles
1.5 Effectively use market
conforming support tools
2.3 Create an environment
for effective partnership of
public and private sector
(PPP)
2.4 Support commercial
sources of financing
3.2 Speed up the
implementation of
investment designs in both
the public and private sector
3.3 Boost the economic
development of regions
3.4 Provide protection for
natural and cultural heritage
4.2 Increase the education of
senior citizens
4.3 Provide for sufficient
labour force
4.4 Increase the flexibility of
the labour market
5.2 Create functional
cooperation of the public and
private sector in research,
development and innovations
5.3 Provide for human
resources in research,
4.5 Provide for employment
policy motivating for work
2.5 Cautiously use public
funds
3.5 Keep competitive
manufacturing and operation
costs, optimize the branch
structure of comparative
price advantages
4.6 Improve strategic
management of the
development of human
resources
5.4 Make state administration
more effective in research,
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The Strategy for Economic Growth (furthermore referred to only as SEG) is a strategy of
priorities. It therefore does not solve or deal with all problems and deficiencies.
The Strategy for Economic Growth focuses on five priority areas, pillars supporting the
competitiveness of Czech economy. They include institutional environment, sources of
funding, infrastructure, development of human resources, and research, development and
innovation. They are arranged in order of their mutual dependence – from a widely focused
institutional environment for enterprise to highly specialized research, development and
innovations.
As a superstructure above the improving of conditions across these five pillars, Strategy for
Economic Growth focuses on measures supporting growth, guiding the CR towards fields and
services and with high added value, based on educated labour force and actively utilizing the
results of Czech and foreign research and development for improving competitiveness. The
strategy is also aimed at utilizing the country's existing competitive advantages and their
further deepening.
Apart from focusing on individual sectors, the Strategy for Economic Growth also works
towards a balanced regional development, focused on the activation of insufficiently exploited
potential and support for economic development of regions on one hand, and on the levelling
of differences between regions on the other, and furthermore on providing aid to
economically weaker regions, for which it would be beyond their strength to cope with the
changes in their economic and social structure. The objective is to make the trend of
accentuating regional disparities a thing of the past and to prevent the origination of new
disparities in the branch and regional economic structure, which would call for further
massive redistribution of funds in the subsequent period. Balanced regional development
belongs to horizontal principles and reflects in all priority areas defined in the Strategy.
Strategy for Economic Growth fulfils the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy and reflects the
latest approach of the EU in harmonizing the objectives of the EU regional policy with the
objectives of the Lisbon Strategy in the framework of the following principles:
- respecting the specific features of regions and cooperation with regions during the
selection and concretization of priorities of regional development,
- maximum utilization of the development potential of the regions in the field of human
resources on the basis of specific features of individual regions,
- overcoming regional differences by strengthening regional cohesion and integration of
regions, utilization of comparative advantages of individual regions to achieve the
objectives of the Strategy,
- increasing the spatial flexibility on the job market without inducing dramatic changes
in the residential structure of the country with the aim to slow down the trend of
depopulation of small municipalities and prevention of negative impact of
spontaneous urbanistic development of larger municipalities and towns,
- regeneration of the landscape and of regional traditions both in the sense of meeting
the requirements for long-term sustainable development and in the sense of an
important source for economic growth in the framework of globally dynamic
economic segments – tourism, economization of cultural heritage, revival of
manufacturing traditions, etc.,
- creating favourable environment on a local and regional level for the use of funds in
the framework of the European regional policy.
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Table 52 Links of priority axes and areas of support of ROP Central Moravia to the
priorities of the Strategy for Economic Growth of the CR
Area of 1.1
support
Institutional
environment
Funding
xx
sources
Infrastructure xx
Development
of
human
resources –
education
and
employment
Science,
research,
innovations
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
4.1
4.2
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
x – weak link
xx – strong link
Regional development policy
The Regional development policy of the CR is a national tool for regional planning. It is used
to coordinate regional planning of individual regions and government department concepts
targeted on individual regions.
For a certain defined period, it defines requirements on the concretization of regional planning
tasks in the national, international, supraregional and cross-border contexts, especially with
respect to sustainable development of the region, and defines the strategy and basic conditions
for the fulfilling of these tasks.
The policy defines national priorities of regional planning in order to provide for sustainable
development, defines priority areas and axes, identifies areas with specific problems, and also
corridors and areas of transport and technical infrastructure of international, national, and
supraregional importance, defining criteria and conditions for their further development.
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National Strategic Reference Framework
Document characteristics
The National Strategic Reference Framework (furthermore referred only as NSRF) represents
a key strategic document of the CR for the drawing of support from Structural Funds and
from the Cohesion Fund in the programming period 2007 – 2013. Creation of the NSRF for
the CR 2007 – 2013 is one of the obligations of the member state defined in the general
regulation.
Global objective of the NSRF for 2007 – 2013
The global objective is to change the socio-economic environment of the CR with respect to
the principles of sustainable development in order to turn the CR into an attractive place for
investments, work, and living. By means of permanently improving competitiveness,
sustainable growth will be achieved, the speed of which will be higher than the average
economic growth rate of EU-25. The Czech Republic will strive for increased employment
rate and for a balanced and harmonious development of regions, leading to increased quality
of life of its inhabitants.
This global goal is furthermore specified in more detail in four strategic objectives:
- I. Competitive Czech economy
- II. Open, flexible and cohesive society
- III. Attractive environment
- IV. Balanced development of territory
Links between ROP Central Moravia and NSRF
The implementation of the ROP Central Moravia should greatly contribute to the achieving of
the strategic objective „Balanced development of territory”; also the other strategic objectives
of the National Strategic Reference Framework are interlinked very strongly to ROP Central
Moravia.
Due to the fact that the vast majority of resources available within the NSRF will be
distributed by means of thematic operational programmes, it is important for Central Moravia
that they are utilized to implement key measures. This brings along the requirement for
sufficient participation of the region in the mechanisms for the management of thematic
programmes.
OPEI should provide systematic support for technological development and innovations in
enterprises in the whole region. Internal links – commuting, population density – weaken the
effects of absolute preference of the weakest locations. The region must be competitive as a
whole. Special attention must be paid to brownfields, because the region fails to support their
exploitation.
OPT must support the building stages of roads expressly specified in relevant national and
regional documents.
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OPE should provide systematic support for essential measures against floods and prevention
of landslides. Support should of course be directed at implementation of binding objectives in
wastewater management.
The IOP must provide for the implementation of requirements by self-governing bodies in the
region to improve the quality of regional and relevant local services.
OP RDI must not lead to further discrimination of expert capacities in the region, because
there is an acute threat of their exodus to Prague and Brno. It should provide support to a
large project with applied research and a number of medium-sized projects in fields with
prospects of transfer to production practice in the region.
OP HRE should more than in the past prefer support for education of employees and SMEs in
the productive sector. It should enable the region to influence the types of activities and their
choice. The region is capable of participating more on the directing and selection of activities
in the field of social services and integration.
OP EfC must free the hands of the region to enable flexible directing of support for education
and learning in line with local conditions and other projects. It should decentralize capacities
used for the so-called system activities.
Assessment of the contribution of ROP to the achievement of goals of the NSRF:
Strategic objective I „Competitive Czech economy“ is achieved mainly in the framework of
priority axes 2 and 3. Links to Priority axis I are above all indirect, or potential. Above all the
development of the network of regional roads is a necessary precondition for development of
entrepreneurial infrastructure and higher competitiveness in the region in the future. The
development of roads for cyclists is a necessary precondition for increasing the attractiveness
in the framework of the developing sustainable tourism.
In relation to Priority axis 2 we can identify a direct link in the case of aid to enterprise,
especially in relation to regeneration of existing brownfields for enterprise. An important, but
also a rather mediated influence can be seen in the case of support for the development of
regional centres, towns and rural areas. Increasing their attractiveness supports
competitiveness of economic subjects active on their territory. Priority axis 3 significantly
fulfils the strategic objective especially in the field of sustainable development of existing
activities, use of natural and cultural resources, while respecting the natural values of the
territory and conditions for its protection and cultural heritage, removal of barriers preventing
the development of tourism, building of basic and supporting infrastructure for tourism, with
all its areas of support. Development of business infrastructure and tourist services achieves
the strategic objective also in the field of development of competitive business sector.
Strategic objective II „Open, flexible and cohesive society“ is predominantly present in
relation to Priority axis 2. This theme significantly contributes to the implementation all
partial priorities in the framework of this strategic objective. The development of regional
centres of towns as well as of rural areas contributes to the achievement of the strategic
objective by supporting development and regeneration of physical infrastructure for
education, with emphasis on the professional readiness of graduates. Support for the
strengthening of social cohesion with focus on aid to people threatened by social exclusion
will be implemented by means of investments into social facilities of regional and local
importance.
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Increasing of employment and employability and partly also the development of information
society have mediating influence on priority axes 2 and 3, one of the aims of which is the
creation of new jobs.
Especially Priority axis 1 and partly also Priority axis 2 ROP Central Moravia help to achieve
strategic objective III „Attractive environment“. Priority axis 2 contributes thanks to the areas
of support to the development of regional centres, development of towns a development of
rural areas, in the framework of which aid is provided also to regeneration of environment,
removal of old environmental loads, etc., in order to achieve strategic objective III in the field
of protection and improvement of quality of the environment. Priority axis 1 with its three
areas of support very significantly contributes to achievement of this strategic objective in
both priorities, protection and improvement of the quality of the environment (above all by
developing environmentally-friendly public and non-motorized transport) as well as
improvement of the accessibility by means of transport (above all by developing regional
transport infrastructure and public transport).
All priority axes of ROP Central Moravia significantly contribute to the achieving of strategic
objective IV, „Balanced development of territory“. Within priority axis 1, the link is provided
especially by the area of support to public transport, which contributes to increased mobility
of inhabitants, especially by providing transport services. This strategic objective enjoys
significant support also in priority axis 2, which supports the development of educational and
social infrastructure, improvement of quality of public spaces and physical revitalizing of the
territory, and significantly contributes to the development of regional centres in the form of
integrated plans for urban development, which represent a precondition for the solution of
urban issues. Urban and rural areas are developed with emphasis on social and technical
infrastructure and with the aim to improve the quality of life. All areas of support of priority
axis 3 contribute to the achieving strategic objective IV; however, when compared with the
previous two priority axes, their effect is weaker and rather mediated.
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Table 53 Links of priority axes and areas of support of ROP Central Moravia to
strategic objectives and objectives of the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007–
2013
Area of support
1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3
Strategic objective I Competitive Czech economy
Competitive
business
x
x
x
x
x
sector
Support for capacities for
research and development
for innovations
Development
of
sustainable tourism and
xx
x
x
x
use of the potential of
cultural wealth
Strategic objective II Open, flexible and cohesive society
Education
xx xx xx
2.4
xx
x
x
xx
xx
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
Development of
information society
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Development of rural
areas
x
xx
x
xx
xx
xx
4.1
xx
Boosting social cohesion
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
x
x
3.4
xx
x
Development of urban
areas
3.3
x
x
Improved accessibility by
xx xx xx
transport
Strategic objective IV Balanced development of territory
Balanced regional
xx xx xx xx xx xx
development
3.2
xx
Increasing employment
and employability
Smart administration
Strategic objective III Attractive environment
Protecting and improving
xx xx xx
x
the quality of environment
3.1
x –weak link
xx – strong link
Strategic documents for the development of the Zlín and Olomouc region
Through its priority axes, ROP Central Moravia logically fulfils also some of the objectives
and priorities of programmes for the development of territorial districts on the Olomouc
Region and the Zlín Region. A number of these themes, which are objectives of these regional
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4.2
strategic documents and can therefore be considered to be very important regional themes, are
from the point of view of their content very similar to priority axes of ROP Central Moravia.
The key strategic document for regional development of the Zlín Region is the „Programme
for Development of the Territorial District of the Zlín Region“, approved by the Zlín Regional
Council on June 6, 2002.
According to this document, the general strategic objectives of the Zlín Region include:
„linking of the region to the national motorway network and to the railway corridor,
improvement of transport accessibility of microregions, towns and municipalities, in a
situation posing an immediate threat to their social and economic development,“, „initiative
and dynamic development of entrepreneurial activities as a means of reaching competitive
strengths of the region“, „development of population“ and „gaining maximum effect and use
during the implementation of development and structural changes with an aim to remove the
lagging behind of the region with a contribution from structural funds of the European
Union“.
In order to reach the vision and strategic objectives, the Programme for Development of the
Territorial District of the Zlín Region is divided into the following functional sections:
- Economic development
- Technical facilities, transport accessibility, and servicing of the region
- Human resources
- Environment
- Rural areas and agriculture
- Tourism
In the case of the Programme for Development of the Territorial District of the Zlín Region,
ROP Central Moravia covers especially the functional sections 1 „Economic development“, 2
„Technical facilities, transport accessibility, and servicing of the region“, 3 „Human
resources“, 5 „Rural areas and agriculture“ and the functional section 6 „Tourism“.
The strategic document for regional development of the Olomouc Region is the „Programme
for Development of the Territorial District of the Olomouc Region“, approved by the
Olomouc Regional Council on February 17, 2006.
The main objective of the Olomouc Region, contained in this document, is the „increase of
economic productivity, resulting in biggest prosperity of the region. An integral part of this
objective is the improvement of competitive position of the region within the framework of the
Czech Republic and Central Europe“.
Five priorities contribute to the fulfilling of this objective:
- Modernization of economy, knowledge economy and development of metropolitan
areas
- Stabilization and development of non-metropolitan areas, smaller urban centres and
rural areas (including technical infrastructure in rural areas)
- Development of human resources a support for education, including educational
infrastructure
- Accessibility of transport and information infrastructure, including related functions
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-
Social services and improvement of conditions for living (in relation to economic
development of the region)
In the case of the Programme for development of the territorial district of the Olomouc
Region, ROP Central Moravia partly fulfils priority 1, „Modernization of the economy of the
region and development of metropolitan areas“, priority 2, „Stabilization and development of
non-metropolitan areas“, priority 5, „Social services and improvement of conditions for living
(in relation to economic development of the region)“, and especially priority 3, „Development
of human resources a support for education, including educational infrastructure“, through
priority axis Integrated development and regeneration of the region. Priority 4, „Development
of transport and information infrastructure, including related functions“, is achieved through
priority axis Transport.
5.8 Coordination of ROP Central Moravia with Thematic Operational Programmes
2007 – 2013
1. Coordination on the NSRF level
In line with the general regulation, the CR has defined the basic institutions for the managing
and coordination of the NSRF:
• National Co-ordination Authority (furthermore referred to only as NCA)
• Monitoring committee – Managing and coordinating committee
• Paying and Certifying Authority (furthermore referred to only as PCA) – National
Fund
• Audit Authority (furthermore referred only as AA) – Central Harmonization Unit
for Financial Control
By a decree of the Czech Government (Decree No. 198), dated February 22, 2006, the
Ministry for Regional Development, the competence of which is based on Act No. 248/2000
Coll., Support for Regional Development (MfRD), was appointed the National Coordination Authority of the NSRF (NCA). Inside the MfRD, a special department has been
set up, coordinating support from SF and from the Cohesion Fund (furthermore referred to
only as CF). It is responsible for overall coordination of the NSRF and represents an official
partner for the EC in the field of implementation of policy of economic and social cohesion as
a whole.
The role of the Monitoring Committee for NSRF is played by the Managing and
Coordinating Committee (MCC), established by the MfRD in compliance with Act No.
248/2000 Coll., Support for Regional Development. The role of the MCC for the period 2007
– 2013 was specified in more detail by a decree of the Czech Government No. 245 dated
March 2, 2005.
A single Paying and Certifying Authority (PCA) was established for implementation of aid
from the SF and the CF – the National Fund of the Ministry of Finance. The role of the Audit
Authority (AA) is performed by the Ministry of Finance – the Department of the Central
Harmonization Unit.
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The umbrella body for all aspects of the implementation system is the MfRD – the NCA.
Another important coordinator in the field of methodology for the management of flow
of finances is the Ministry of Finance– PCA and AA.
On a national level, the mechanism for providing the widest possible coordination
between not only the bodies engaged in implementation, but also of the economic and
social partners, is the NCA.
The tool for coordination of implementation of operational programmes is the OP
Technical Assistance (furthermore referred to only as TA).
In line with its Statutes, the NCA in particular:
• deals with and suggests financial and factual changes of the approved operational
programmes,
• considers proposals and changes of procedural practices and rules for the
implementation of policy of economic and social cohesion,
• coordinates system measures necessary for the implementation of policy of economic
and social cohesion (monitoring and information system, institutional structures, etc.).
2. Cooperation on the level of ROP Central Moravia
2.1. Cooperation between the MC of ROP Central Moravia and other monitoring committees
The monitoring committees of all seven ROPs will make every effort to coordinate the dates
and locations in order to provide for the smoothest possible flow of information.
We assume close cooperation of managing authorities of the ROP with the MC of the
Integrated Operational Programme (furthermore referred to only as IOP). The Ministry for
Regional Development is represented in the monitoring committee of ROP Central Moravia
and the MA of ROP Central Moravia will on the other hand be represented in the IOP
Monitoring Committee.
2.2 Cooperation between the MA of ROP Central Moravia and other managing authorities
In order to provide for smooth flow of information, strengthen the effect of synergy, prevent
the occurrence of overlaps and use the means from the SF and the CF in the most effective
way, close cooperation is necessary between the MA of ROP Central Moravia and other
managing authorities.
Four coordination committees have been set up following the four strategic goals of the
NSRF:
• Coordinating committee Competitive Czech economy
• Coordinating committee Open, flexible and cohesive society
• Coordinating committee Attractive environment
• Coordinating committee Balanced development of territory.
Members of coordinating committees are representatives of managing authorities on the level
of heads of sections; the chairman is always a representative of the NCA.
Role of the NCA
As the central coordinator, the NCA creates a unified framework for the implementation of
the OP by managing authorities. It guides the managing authorities with the aim to provide
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efficiency and legal validity in the course of management of operational programmes. The
national body for coordination of the NSRF performs the following competences:
• issues instructions and guidelines with respect to the management, evaluation, data
collection and its electronic exchange, the establishment, activities of monitoring
committees, controls and supervises every activity that falls within the tasks of the
managing authorities of the operational programmes;
• monitors the implementation of the NSRF and the operational programmes and
proposes systemic measures in cases of low implementation of assistance, objective
barriers hindering implementation or upon violation of regulatory obligations;
• provides for the compatibility of the implementation of the NSRF and of the OPs with
national policies and the policies and priorities of the EU and for the compliance of the
interventions with national and community law, in particular with respect to
competition provisions, public contracts, protection of the environment, eliminating
disparities, promoting equal opportunities and the principle of non-discrimination and
proposes appropriate measures with respect to their effective implementation;
• ensures the establishment of the framework of functioning of the Monitoring
Committee of the NSRF;
• formulates, in cooperation with the PCA, the rules eligibility of expenditure;
• coordinates and prepares the reports to be submitted to the EC;
• ensures preparation of other reports, including NRP referring to the Lisbon strategy
co-financed from SF and CF;
• submits strategic reports on progress according to Article 29 of the General
Regulation;
• ensures the establishment of basic selection criteria for project selection for meeting
the four strategic NSRF objectives;
• sets up and ensures the functioning of an integrated monitoring information system to
be used by the Managing Authorities in all OPs, the Paying and Certifying Authority
and the Audit Authority and ensures the electronic exchange of documents and data;
• fulfils the tasks related to the publicity at the national level of economic and social
cohesion policy realisation, ensures planning, realisation and co-ordination of actions
in support of general awareness and co-ordinates the activities of the managing
authorities in this area;
• creates a communication strategy on the national level to ensure transparency and full
awareness of the aid provided from the SF and the CF, taking into account the Lisbon
objectives;
• ensures the activities of the working group for evaluation, NCA and managing
authorities representative being the members;
• guarantees the flow of information from/to the EC to/from the MA;
• sets conditions for assessment of the efficiency of control mechanisms;
• supervises the compliance with the state aid rules (and regional aid), as laid down in
applicable European and national acts;
• prepares the methodology for the setting of indicators and monitoring of their
fulfilment;
• monitors the observance of commitments on additionality and provides the
Commission with the required information for its verification, as provided for in
article 15 of the Regulation;
• participates in the annual meetings of the managing authorities of the operational
programmes and the Commission as provided for in article 68 of the Regulation;
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ensures that the priorities of paragraph 3 of article 9 of the General Regulation
1083/2006 will be reflected in the implementation of the NSRF operational
programmes and monitors the progress of their implementation.
Of key importance for ROP Central Moravia is especially cooperation with managing
authorities of other ROPs and MA IOP within the framework of the Coordinating Committee
Balanced Development of the Region. The coordinating role will be provided for by the NCA.
Other important partners for MA of ROP Central Moravia include MA of OP Transport, MA
of OP Environment, MA of OP Enterprise and Innovation. Cooperation takes place on the
level of divisional managers – managing authorities, and is coordinated by the NCA.
Coordination and cooperation is provided for between MA of ROP Central Moravia, MA of
PDRA and MA of EFF by means of the departmental coordination group of the MfRD on a
central level. This group shall provide access to all managing authorities to a database of all
projects in individual programmes.
Definition of the performance of function of the Payment and Certification Authority (PCA)
for the SF and the CF, definition of the function of the Audit Authority and information on the
Commissioning Agreement for the performance of activities listed in Article 62(1)(a) and
(1)(b) Council Regulation (EC) for the Regional Council of the Central Moravia cohesion
region, signed under public law, is described in detail in Part 8 – Implementation Part of this
document.
3. Coordination of ROP Central Moravia with thematic operational programmes 2007 –
2013
3.1 Coordination with IOP
By approving co-financed projects, the managing authority of the IOP will make sure that the
funds allocated to the Convergence objective are not used for financing of interventions on
the territory of the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective. At the same time,
the managing authority of the IOP will together with managing authorities of regional
operational programmes make sure that the activities implemented within the ROP will not
duplicate the activities implemented within these programmes, i. e. the same type of activities
will not be implemented for the same target group.
The following mechanisms shall be set up in order to coordinate ROP with IOP:
A) The Monitoring Committee – the MfRD shall be represented in monitoring committees for
ROP and, reciprocally, the MA of ROP shall be represented in the IOP Monitoring
Committee, representing top-level coordination between IOP and individual ROPs.
B) Coordinating Committee SO 4 NSRF
This coordinating committee will represent a platform for consulting selected criteria,
specifying dividing lines, preparing calls and informing applicants between MA of ROPs and
MA of IOP. The use of MS2007 will provide MA of ROPs and MA of IOP with access to
information about projects selected for implementation in both operational programmes.
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Apart from that, working groups will be set up within the coordinating committee, providing
for the coordination of the implementation of medium-term national strategies in the field of
Smart Administration (representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs (furthermore referred to only as MoLSA) and tourism (representatives of
MfRD and regions).
This coordinating committee will also provide coordination between ROP Central Moravia,
IOP and Prague – Competitiveness.
C) Working group for the coordination of interventions ROP and IOP with the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (furthermore referred to only as EAFRD),
(consisting of MA of ROP Central Moravia, regional offices of SAIF, MoA, MfRD).
D) Specification of subject and territories for interventions and specification of beneficiaries
1) Field of public health
a) Provision of health care equipment - IOP will provide support in selected national networks
of centres of acute care – these centres, located in selected hospitals will be defined by the
Ministry of Health (MoH) according to their specialization and location. ROP Central
Moravia will provide support for complementary investments related to the development of
these centres and development of services including the provision of equipment in other
medical institutions, or parts of medical institutions that will not be part of these networks.
b) Projects for the prevention of health risks - IOP will support projects implemented by state
health institutions and health insurance funds as well as national and supranational projects of
NGNPOs.
ROP Central Moravia will support projects for the prevention of health risks of regional
importance.
2) Social integration
a) Transformation of residential facilities providing social services – IOP will focus on the
implementation of pilot projects of transformation of clearly specified residential facilities,
which have been jointly selected by the MoLSA and the regions. ROP Central Moravia will
complement IOP by providing support for infrastructure of social services included in Act No.
108/2006 Coll., Social Services Act.
b) Return of people from most severely endangered socially excluded Romany locations back
to the labour market and into society will be provided for in the IOP by means of a system
project or projects which will focus on the most endangered locations, selected in an expert
study. These are locations where a failure has been detected of tools applied on a local and
regional level. ROP Central Moravia will intervene by providing infrastructure for the
provision of social services or by providing combined interventions within IUPD in other
locations, not specified in the IOP.
c) Promoting and implementing tools of social economics – within IOP, innovative methods
of development of social economics will be promoted, while ROP Central Moravia supports
time-proven methods with firm legislative background, e. g. protected workshops. Within
ROP Central Moravia, this field will be supported within priority axis 2 in the activity
„Infrastructure for the Provision of Social Services “.
3) Culture
a) Building of national centres of cultural heritage – it has been agreed that the Ministry of
Culture, as the mediating body of the IOP, will prepare a specification of the proposed centres
and agree on it with the regions.
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b) Implementation of model projects, building of infrastructure for modern cultural services –
it has been agreed that the Ministry of Culture will compile a list of monuments that will
receive support from IOP. This list will be approved by regions in which these monuments are
located. ROP Central Moravia will make specific local calls for submissions of projects in the
field of development of tourism (or, should the need arise, in other fields, e. g. transport
infrastructure, transport services) focused on complementary activities to projects supported
by IOP.
E) Approval by regions of submitted IOP projects– in the field of social integration, public
health and culture, an approval by the regions will be required by the MA of IOP of projects
proposed for implementation within IOP.
F) An agreement has been reached between all regional councils and the MfRD on
cooperation and coordination during the implementation of the IOP and Regional operational
programmes. Its main purpose is to provide for cooperation and coordination during the
implementation of IOP and regional operational programmes, especially in order to provide
for synergy between these two operational programmes, mainly in the field of social
integration, public health, tourism, culture, integrated urban development plans, territorial
planning and housing, which fall within the competences of the Managing authority of the
IOP and managing authorities of individual ROPs. Cooperation will mainly consist of:
reciprocal representation of representatives of managing authorities of the ROPs and IOP in
monitoring committees of affected ROPs; the setting up of the Balanced Development of
Regions coordinating committee within the Managing and Coordinating Committee,
consisting of representatives of IOP, managing authorities of the ROPs and of the Association
of Regions of the Czech Republic; the parties shall inform each other in advance and also
continuously about projected dates for calls, their focus and progress, the selection of projects
and synergies between them, the setting up of selection committees, into which will be
nominated representatives of ARCR, which will select projects within the IOP; cooperation in
the field of integrated urban development plans; exchange of evaluation and annual reports
with the use of the MSC 2007 system, providing access to information on projects.
3.2 Coordination with OP Transport
A) Monitoring Committee
The Ministry of Transport is represented in the Monitoring Committee of ROP Central
Moravia. This provides the MA of OP Transport (furthermore referred to only as OPT) with
the opportunity to set criteria for the selection of projects in ROP Central Moravia and access
to reports on the course of implementation of ROP Central Moravia.
B) Providing information
Before making a call, the MA of ROP Central Moravia provide the Ministry of Transport with
documentation for applicants, focusing on the field of „Support for renewal of rolling stock
for public transport“.
By means of ms2007, MA of ROP Central Moravia and MA of OPT will have access to
information on projects selected for implementation in both operational programmes and to
reports on the course of implementation of operational programmes.
C) Consultations
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When defining the technical conditions for the selection of rolling stock, the MA of ROP
Central Moravia will make use of expert consultations with the Ministry of Transport and the
signing of a cooperation agreement is envisaged.
3.3 Brownfields – Coordination with the Operational Programme Environment
(furthermore referred to only as OPE) and with OP Enterprise and Innovation
The following consultation mechanism has been agreed on between ROP Central Moravia,
OPE, and the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation (furthermore referred to only
as OPEI) in the field of regeneration of brownfields and removal of residual environmental
loads:
ROPs will support regeneration of all other brownfields with the exception of future use in
agriculture. The redevelopment of old environmental loads (OEL) will be dealt with within
OPE. Less serious contaminations will be dealt with within OPEI and ROPs on the basis of
the position of the MoE.
A) Removal of residual environmental loads
• The Ministry of Environment (furthermore referred to only as MoE) will be notified in
advance about projects for the regeneration of brownfields submitted in ROP Central
Moravia and OPEI. MoE will inform MA of ROP Central Moravia or OPEI whether
the submitted project represents serious residual environmental load, which will be
dealt with by OPE, or can be dealt with by ROP Central Moravia (OPEI). This
mechanism was applied already in the previous programming period between OPI and
OPPP
• As necessary, the Ministry of Environment will provide MA of ROP Central Moravia
and OPEI with information from the database of residual environmental loads, which
are currently being mapped by the MoE.
B) Providing information
• The managing authorities will inform each other about the calls that are being
prepared in the field of removal of residual environmental loads (OPE) and
regeneration of brownfields (ROP, OPEI)
• By means of ms2007, MA of ROP Central Moravia and MA of OPE and OPEI will
have access to information on projects selected for implementation in both operational
programmes and to reports on the course of implementation of operational
programmes.
C) Definition of interventions by subject
A dividing line for support for regeneration of brownfields has been agreed on between ROP
Central Moravia and OPEI according to future use of the reclaimed area:
- OPEI will provide support for regeneration of brownfields that will be primarily used
in the future for enterprise (real estate will according to future use fall into Category
15-37 of the Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (CZ-NACE) or will serve
for the provision of strategic services or as technological centres)
- ROPs will provide support for the regeneration of brownfields for public use and
services
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In relation to EAFRD, ROP Central Moravia and OPEI will not deal with regeneration
of brownfields with future intended use for agriculture
3.4 Coordination with PDRA
With a few exceptions, PDRA from the territorial point of view focuses on support for
activities in municipalities with a population of less than five hundred. In the field of support
for entrepreneurs and NGNPOs in the tourist industry, the dividing line between ROP Central
Moravia and PDRA is set in such a way, that PDRA will support NGNPOs in municipalities
with a population of less than two thousand inhabitants.
PDRA will provide support to entrepreneurs in agriculture and starting entrepreneurs in the
tourist industry in municipalities with a population of less than two thousand. In
municipalities with less than 2,000 inhabitants, ROP will provide support to entrepreneurs in
the tourist industry with a substantiated two-year accounting period. In municipalities with a
population exceeding 2,000 inhabitants, entrepreneurs in tourism will be supported without
any limitation.
The role of MCC and NCA is vital for coordination for other operational programmes.
3.5 Coordination with operational programmes Human Resources and Employment
(OP HRE) and Education for Competitiveness (OPEfC )
ROP Central Moravia will provide support for infrastructure necessary for the implementation
of both these operational programmes. Interventions within ROP Central Moravia, OPHRE
and OPEfC complement each other. The subject of this close cooperation is regular providing
of information and cooperation between the MA of OPHRE, the MA of OPEfC, and the MA
of ROP Central Moravia on the level of the Managing and Coordination Committee, which
represents a mechanism on the national level ensuring the widest possible coordination with
the participation of not only bodies involved in the implementation but also economic and
social partners.
MA ROP Central Moravia will provide the managing bodies of the ESF with information on
regional needs in the field of education, health care, social services and development, which
resulted from analyses made during the preparation of ROP Central Moravia. The managing
authorities of the ESF can consider these needs when making individual calls. The Managing
Authority of ROP Central Moravia will provide information on projects using cross-financing
to managing authorities of the ESF programmes. When evaluating projects, the MA ROP
Central Moravia will consider linkage of activities to ESF. The MA ROP Central Moravia
will provide managing authorities of ESF programmes for their information with
documentation for applicants, which will be focused on the field of „school system,
education, health care, social services“, always before making the related call. The managing
authority of ROP Central Moravia will make it possible for employees of managing
authorities of the ESF to participate at training sessions and seminars, related to ROP Central
Moravia (and vice versa), so that these employees can inform prospective applicants for
funding also due to complementary nature of activities financed from the ESF and from ROP
Central Moravia. At the same time it is envisaged that regions and their councils will in
certain cases represent a mediating subject for programmes included in OPHRE and OPEfC,
playing an important role during their implementation.
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3.6 OP Cross-border Cooperation Czech Republic – Poland 2007-2013 and OP Crossborder Cooperation Slovakia and the Czech Republic 2007-2013
ROP Central Moravia has a thematic link to OP cross-border Cooperation CR – Poland and to
OP Cross-border Cooperation Slovakia – CR 2007-2013. Areas of public interventions of
these operational programmes of cross-border cooperation do not overlap due to their
differing goals. Unlike ROP Central Moravia, both operational programmes for cross-border
cooperation focus on interventions with direct cross-border effect and impact.
5.9 Cross-financing
ROP Central Moravia primarily focuses on support of investment projects. In line with Article
34(2) of the general provision, however, the so-called cross-financing can be applied to up to
10 % per priority axis, i. e. support also activities falling within the competence of support
granted by the ESF, provided such measures are necessary for satisfactory implementation of
the project and are directly related to it1. Cross financing will in this way provide
supplementary support for initial implementation and progress of activities otherwise financed
from the ESF with close succession to the building of infrastructure. Within an individual OP,
the applicant can then apply for support of activities which will in their full extent included in
an infrastructure created from ROP Central Moravia. This applies especially to projects
within OPHRE and OPEfC, financed from the ESF with links to social infrastructure projects
in the field of social services, health care and education, supported within ROP Central
Moravia.
Cross-financing will be made possible in priority axis 2 Integrated Development and
Regeneration of the Region, priority axis 3 Tourism, and priority axis 4 Technical Assistance.
Supported projects will include projects directed on the building of infrastructure for public
services (social and educational infrastructure), because the material background must be
complemented by education of employees related to the change of character of the rendered
services and with support for the operation of new services. In the case of investments into
education, cross-financing will cover the creation of educational programmes related to the
provision of new equipment for school and educational facilities.
In justified cases, material equipment must be complemented with education of providers,
beneficiaries and users of public services, related to the support for provision of new services,
or with the change of character of rendered services, their focus on the inclusion of specific
target groups in society and on the labour market. In the field of education it will be possible
1
Key legislative regulations for cross-financing are:
- Article 34 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions
on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and
repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999
- Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July
2006 on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999
- Article 3 of EP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 of 5 July 2006 on the European Social
Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999
- Instructions for cross-financing for the programming period 2007-2013, issued by the Czech Ministry of
Finance
1
Linkage to OPHRE area of support 3.1 Support for social integration, area of support 3.2 Support for social
integration of members of Roma communities, area of support 3.3 Integration of socially excluded groups on the
labour market, and area of support 2.1 Strengthening active employment policies.
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Linkage to OPEfC, priority axis 1 Initial education and priority axis 3 Further education.
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to support the creation of educational programmes related to new infrastructure and
equipment of schools and educational facilities, to support for equal opportunities for children
and pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and support for offer of further
education. A detailed list of all activities supported within the framework of cross-financing is
available in the Implementation document.
By a resolution of the Czech Government No. 1302/2006, the Minister for Regional
Development was together with the Minister of Finance ordered to compile binding
Directions for Cross Financing (furthermore referred to as directions) and whenever needed,
to update these directions in relation to experience from implementation. These directions
also include Conditions for the Application of Cross-financing in Operational Programmes.
Among the conditions is for instance the amount of co-financed expenses, falling within the
framework of aid from the other fund.
Other information included:
- Managing authorities using cross-financing will make sure that this method of
financing is included in the fund granting decision or in other documents which
constitute an agreement between the applicant and the superior body in the
implementation structure about the financing of the project and in relevant
implementation manuals for applicants.
- Managing authorities using cross-financing will make sure that the supplementary
method of financing will be used only in cases when cross-financing is necessary
for satisfactory performance of operations and only for activities which are
directly related to these operations.
- Ministry for Regional Development together with the Ministry of Finance will
take into account the method of cross-financing in the MSC2007 and VIOLA
information systems and will adhere to the directions when implementing
operational programmes financed from Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund.
Article 34(2) of the general provisions defines a 10 % limit for cross-financing by the
Community for each priority axis of the operational programme together with a clause that the
real limit for cross-financing is fully in the competence of MA ROP Central Moravia and the
MA can decide whether cross-financing will be applied for a particular call. When applying
cross-financing, Directions for Cross Financing for the Programming Period 2007-2013,
issued on the national level, will be adhered to in order to adhere to relevant provisions of EC
regulations.
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Relation to Other Tools of Aid (Direct Community grants, European Investment Bank
Tools)
With respect to the socio-economic development potential of the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region, it would be wise to combine the envisaged effects and contributions with the option
to use direct Community grants (above all in the field of educational, non-profit, and public
benefit projects). This synergy should be most visible in the second priority axis of ROP
Central Moravia.
Effects of synergy can also be identified in the case of three initiatives, created on the level of
the EIB in relation to a more effective utilization of EU funds in the programming period
2007 – 2013 (Jaspers, Jeremie, Jessica). This synergy should be most noticeable above all in
relation to the second priority axis of ROP Central Moravia.
Sustainable development of towns will be monitored by means of utilizing an integrated
approach. In this respect, planning and making decisions about urban investments on the basis
of integrated plans for the development of towns is essential. The new initiative Jessica is
focused on Public Private Partnership or to other urban projects generating revenue included
in integrated plans for the development of towns with a prospect of creating leverage and
repeated use of sources from operational programmes, invested into these projects.
MA ROP Central Moravia envisages the utilization of the new Jessica initiative for support
for investments into urban development funds; one of the currently proposed options can be
used during implementation with the form being specified after the clarification of conditions.
Examples of use can be as follows:
contributing a financial sum to the urban development fund in support of urban
projects generating income
organizing a Jessica initiative through a holding fund
entrusting the EIB with the tasks of the holding fund, with a provision of grants
according to Article 44 of the general regulations and contribution of a satisfactory
initial sum
Within the framework of the „Regions for Economic Change“ initiative, MA of ROP Central
Moravia makes every effort to:
create necessary measures to ensure that innovative operations, related to the results of
the association in which the region participates, are included in the programme
process
enable a representative of these associations to act as an observer in the monitoring
committee, in order to be able to provide reports on the progress in the activities of the
association
at least once a year submit a report on the activities of the association to the session of
the monitoring committee and discuss the proposals related to the programme
inform in the annual report about the implementation of the programme on regional
events included in the Initiative Regions for Economic Change
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5.10 Internal Consistence of the Programme
Priorities formulated in the framework of ROP Central Moravia are based on conclusions of a
socio-economic analysis, presented in the form of a SWOT analysis. General content dividing
lines with other operational programmes have been respected.
Intervention in the regional transport network and transport services reacts to the growing
congestion of local arterial roads and expected higher frequency of transport due to
development of industry and tourism. It expects new needs in access to educational services
to which it reacts by reinforcing transport services. Conditions include trends in leisure time
activities, safety, and consideration to nature.
The intervention into the development of towns and municipalities reacts to growing needs of
their inhabitants, threats of the departure of the younger generation and to new needs invoked
by massive ageing. The changing needs can be underpinned by concentrating on the
infrastructure of social services, local transport needs including parking, education including
libraries, cultivation of urbanized space. Economic opportunities will be developed by support
provided to services in the urbanized space with respect to deteriorating local areas.
Interventions into tourism are a result of the realization that regional industry can overcome
weaknesses in the economic activity of its inhabitants, who have lower education especially in
the rural areas. It increases demand for services, reflects the trend in utilization of leisure time
and economization of local values.
The following overview outlines factual links between SWOT and aid areas in the framework
of individual priorities. For each area of support, the overview provides SWOT items on
which the relevant area of support is based.
In the case of strengths, the link to area of support is given by the fact that it is necessary to
utilize the strengths and develop branches, fields and objectives linked to it (e. g. in order to
be able for most of the territory to use the strength resulting from the fact that an important
transport corridor leads through the territory, the framework of areas of support 1.1 contains
the building, alterations and possible expansion of regional roads, enabling access to the main
corridor). In the case weaknesses, the link is given by an effort to eliminate them in the
framework of activities of priority axes/areas of support (e. g. as a reaction to insufficient
status of equipment of educational institutions, areas of support 2.1 and 2.2 include
alterations, modernization and purchase of equipment for schools and educational facilities).
In the case of opportunities for development, the link to areas of support is given by an effort
to maximize the probability that the region will utilize the opportunity provided by external
factors (e. g. since we can assume that support for non-traditional forms of tourism by the
state will grow, areas of support 3.1 and 3.2 contain support for infrastructure and services for
non-traditional forms of tourism, so that this opportunity can be used). In the case of threats,
the link to area of support is the result of an effort to minimize the possibility that an external
threat affects the region, and if it does, the region can withstand it in the best possible way (e.
g. in order to prevent insufficient transport service in peripheral areas, area of support 1.2
contains support for public transport and development of an integrated transport system).
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Improvement of attractiveness of the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region for purposes of tourism by improving its infrastructure,
services providing information and promoting it
Strengths
Slight increase in the share of people with tertiary education and decreasing
number of people with elementary education
Noticeable increase in the number of university students, mainly in bachelor and
slowly also in master’s studies
Relatively important transit locality, including parts of TEN
Progressive dissemination of an integrated system providing public urban and
interurban transport services
Weaknesses
Rate of economic activity lies under national average with a tendency for mild
decrease
The average period of unemployment is becoming longer
Uneven distribution of average wages for comparable professions and activities
within the region
Low proportion of scientific and expert workers in overall employment in the
region
Most sensitive groups among the unemployed: people over 50 and under 20 - 25
Still a low proportion of educational expenses when compared with EU average
Improvement of quality life in the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region, increased attractiveness of the regional centres, towns and
villages, provision of quality and accessible social services and
favourable supporting conditions for enterprise
Specific objective
Coincidence matrix of the SWOT analysis and the
specific objectives of the ROP of the Central Moravia
Provision of the effective, flexible and safe transport infrastructure in
the Central Moravia Cohesion Region and of reliable quality and
integrated public transport services.
Table 54 Links between SWOT and areas of support and specific objectives of ROP
Central Moravia
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Educational structure is slightly below average (lower share of people with
university education) when compared with average values for the CR
Not fulfilled tourist potential:: weak marketing, weak cooperation and services
cohesion, low quality of infrastructure, institutions and services.
Low economic approach to historical, cultural and natural values
Low revitalisation of the business areas in the middle of the towns and
municipalities
Low respect to environment
Insufficient extent and interconnection of the network of cycling and walking trails
in suitable locations
Absence of an integrated system of public passenger transport designed with
complex approach
Absence of system measures against floods and landslides and other risks
Insufficient capacity of stationary transport, combination of the motor and
motorless transport in residencies and in local roads.
Low capacity of the present infrastructure for social services and its standards
Risk of the barriers in the group of the youngest generation
Barriers still exist for social inclusion and economic fulfilment of physically
disabled persons as well as people attending to them
Opportunities
New demands on capacity and quality of infrastructure and services for children at
the preschool and school age.
An interest of inhabitants from more affluent parts of the world in discovering
other tourist locations in Europe than the mainstream ones
Demand for alternative and supplementary leisure-time activities, e. g. making
local waterways navigable
Growing demand for special education, integration and on the contrary for
individualisation
Need by investors to locate or relocate their production to areas providing labour
force, space and transport networks
General demand for technological alternatives in a growing range of fields and
related demand for qualified development and innovation capacities
Elimination of technical backwardness of the current road transport infrastructure
and implementation of safety elements
Potential for international air transport development and for airport in the region.
Opportunity for development of the industrial and leasure-time shipping
Cycling development and development of the integrated public transport
Preference of economical approach in the use of nonrenewable sources
Technological utilization of waste materials and potential of investments into new
fields
Increasing demands of inhabitants and visitors on the quality of resident
environment – greenery, parks, forest parks, surroundings of water areas and
flows.
Growing demands on the availability of health services.
Demand for specific social and health services in the group of seniors
Demand for commercial and non-profit services including education for senior
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Demand for integrated prevention and services developed by increasing scale of
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Threats
Loss of perspective for personal assertion in the region – exodus or apathy of the
younger generation
Worsening of the age structure of the population (decrease in the number of
children in population, increasing number of senior citizens)
Halting of the slowly rising economic dynamics of the region
Decline of parts of towns and small villages as a result of a conflict between their
former functions and present-day use
Lagging behind of purchasing power of the population with impact on local
markets, production, and services
Breaking of the rules of open competition in local economic relations including
PPP
Ageing of the labour force without replacement – building and engineering
industry
Lower standard of the quality of education at secondary schools and universities in
the region
Local bearers of prosperity remain isolated from prospective cooperation within
the region
The activities of entrepreneurial subjects are not closely tied to the centres of
research, development, and innovations
Failure to coordinate and make use of the synergy and regionalization of
investments from operational programmes and other sources, especially into the
development of transport infrastructure and activities in science, research, and
innovations
Lagging behind i productive development and innovations
Failure to cope with transit transport with effects on municipalities and the
environment
Failure to meet requirements in the area of social and health care.
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Development;
Equal
The general regulation and the Community Strategic Guideline define the obligation of
member states in 2007 – 2013 to respect two horizontal objectives. These are „Equal
opportunities“ (the objective is addressed in Article 16 of the General regulation Equal
opportunities for women and men and principle of non-discrimination) and the objective
„Sustainable development“ (the objective is dealt with in Article 17 of the general regulation
Sustainable development). These objectives are cross-sectional and are dealt with in all three
priority axes of the ROP CR Central Moravia. The fourth priority axis Technical assistance is
neutral in relation to these objectives.
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Equal opportunities and ERDF
The principle of equal opportunities is defined as the fighting gender-based segregation
(gender perspective), race, ethnic origin, religious belief, religion, health handicap, age, or
sexual orientation. The topic of equal opportunities also applies to other disadvantaged
groups, e. g. migrants, long-term unemployed people, people with low qualification, people
from poorly accessible areas, graduates; in total, groups threatened by social exclusion.
Projects co-financed from EU funds must contribute to the principle of equal opportunities for
men and women. Assessment of projects applying for co-financing from funds, which are not
specifically focused on the improvement of equal opportunities, must contain an assessment
of their impact on equal opportunities. The MA of ROP Central Moravia will within the
framework of the management and monitoring of ROP Central Moravia make sure that
statistics are made broken down by sex (using available data). The MA will also make sure
that evaluations will determine the extent to which the principle of equal opportunities was
taken into account during the implementation of the programme. In well-founded cases, the
MA ROP Central Moravia will strive to create adequate evaluation procedures, tools and
indicators for this purpose. Technical assistance will be available for the support of main tasks
in equal opportunities. Annual reports and the final report on the implementation of ROP
Central Moravia will include special chapters describing the activities organized within the
framework of the programme for the reaching of the goals of a programme with the character
of equal opportunities.
Member states and the EC will adopt suitable measures in order to eliminate discrimination of
these groups during individual phases of fund implementation, and especially in relation to
access to the funds. One of the criteria, which must be observed when defining measures cofinanced by funds, and which must be taken into account during individual implementation
phases, is especially accessibility for physically disadvantaged people.
The topic of equal opportunities is reflected in priority axis 1 by strengthening equal
opportunities in the field of public transport as one of public services, and furthermore by
preferring projects providing barrier-free access for inhabitants with limited movement or
orientation.
In the field of priority axes 2 and 3, it is reflected by means of support for development of
enterprise in general and support for development of enterprise in the field of tourism,
contributing to equal opportunities in the form of creation of equal opportunities for finding
jobs in newly founded companies and the developing entrepreneurial sector. Further bonds
consist of aid to infrastructure in health care, social services, education and other fields based
on the provision of public services and creating conditions for the improvement of quality of
life of inhabitants.
As far as equal opportunities are concerned, all areas of support in ROP Central Moravia
provide identical conditions to all potential applicants. Moreover, applicants/beneficiaries will
provide evidence of the positive influence of their projects on equal opportunities in the case
of activities related to equal opportunities.
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Environment
In Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the definition of sustainable
development is restricted only to problems of environment and its protection in order to
achieve balance between the economic development of the region and the environmental
aspects. The sustainable development is defined as the economic growth which harmonizes
economic and social development with adequate preservation of the environment.
The theme of environment and sustainable development is reflected especially in the priority
axis no 1 as the focus on development of public transport and other sustainable forms of
transport (e.g. cyclist traffic, support of projects decreasing emission levels of public
transport). Another positive effect on environment is expected from implementation of
specific projects in road-traffic infrastructure (e.g city by-pass roads).
The priority axis no 2 registers the environment and sustainable development theme in the
area of physical environment revitalization, as for example in elimination of old
environmental loads such as brownfields, or in the area of increasing attractiveness of urban
open areas.
The priority axis no 3 focuses on supporting environmentally friendly projects. These are
projects regarding adjustments, enlarging or establishing of infrastructure necessary for
development of new forms of tourism which are environmentally conscious (hiking,
cycling,agricultural tourism).
The cross-cutting issue is the theme of sustainable energy, especially decreasing the energy
demand, increasing the energy efficiency, finding suitable environmentally friendly energy
sources etc. This theme will be one of project evaluation criteria and projects contributing to
these objectives will be supported.
ROP Central Moravia has undergone the process of evaluation of operational programmes
impact on environment – SEA. The horizontal environmental themes are closely connected to
the outcomes and results of SEA evaluation. Based on the recommended monitoring
indicators and selection criteria it is possible to acknowledge the impact of ROP Central
Moravia on the horizontal objective Environment and thus its connection to horizontal themes
of programmes and projects. Particular dimensions and aspects necessary to consider with
regards to the structural funds will be specified, especially those connected to the pollution (of
water, air, ground, noise load), resource consumption (water, energies, raw materials, land)
and waste treatment (waste production, reduction of dangerous and other waste).
In order to provide efficient and objective monitoring of ROP Central Moravia
implementation impact on environment in accordance with the SEA guidelines (Chapter 9
Setting the monitoring indicators of conception impact on environment) there have been the
following steps adopted:
incorporation of suggested environmental indicators to the global system of ROP
Central Moravia implementation monitoring (both as indicators and criteria for project
evaluation and selection)
connecting the monitoring system to the project evaluation and selection system by
using the environmental criteria
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regular public release of monitoring outcomes (to be implemented during the
programme period)
ensuring sufficient human and specialist resources for the environment department
with regard to the monitoring of ROP Central Moravia implementation impact on
environment
ensuring efficient information flow concerning environmental issues and possible
project links to the environment to all groups interested in the ROP Central Moravia
implementation, especially applicants of the programmes (to be implemented during
the programme period)
Environment indicators monitoring
Regional council of ROP Central Moravia is responsible for efficient monitoring of ROP
Central Moravia impact on the environment. The basis for conducting of the monitoring is a
set of environmental indicators which belong to the indicator system of ROP Central Moravia
and a set of environmental criteria which help to specify the impact of particular project on
the environment and provide information used during the project evaluation.
ROP Central Moravia will be monitored using a selection of environmental indicators as
recommended by the author of the evaluation SEA NDP/NSRF, or more precisely the impact
of the indicators on the complex core indicators. These were created in co-operation with
environment specialists and are directly incorporated into the indicator system of ROP Central
Moravia. The core indicators will be continuously monitored on the programme level. The
following indicators belong to this group: Indicator 65/31/02 Exposure of population to
concentrations of PM10 exceeding limits (percentage per capita, source: Czech
Hydrometeorological Institute) and Indicator 65/31/04 Reduction of emission of primary
particles and secondary particle precursors ( kt/year, source: Czech Hydrometeorological
Institute)
These indicators focus on the air pollution since this area has been identified as a serious
environmental problem of Cohesion region Central Moravia. The indicators are complex and
consist of numerous environmental partial indicators as stated by SEA ROP Central Moravia.
Resolution within the meaning of Article 10 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of Europe on the assessment of the effects of certain plans
and programmes on the environment
The following part describes the links among environmental indicators of ROP Central
Moravia, based on SEA ROP Central Moravia, other ROP Central Moravia indicators
focusing on the environment and project selection criteria. Furthermore it reconciles the
indicators and the standards as stated in Article 10 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of Europe of June 27th 2001 on the assessment of the effects of
certain plans and programmes.
Based on this directive the following environmental indicators were established as an integral
part of ROP Central Moravia indicator system in order to monitor important impacts of ROP
Central Moravia on the environment and to prevent possible negative effects.
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Table 55 Environmental Indicators
NII Code
212300
653102
652000
371101
Core 20
610115
610116
Indicator title
Lowering of emissions of primary particles and
precursors of secondary particles
Exposure of population to concentrations of PM10
exceeding limits
Size of regenerated and revitalized areas in supported
towns and municipalities
Value of time savings in EUR
Length of new and reconstructed cycling trails
Unit of
measure
Info source
kilotons/
year
CHMI
%
CHMI
ha
region
EUR
region
km
region
The following part specifies the set of project indicators which will be adjusted in particular
areas of support according to the specification of sustained activities.
On the level of Regional council of ROP Central Moravia the data is completed in IS
MONIT7+ and then evaluated for the whole operational programme. The evaluation results
are used as the basis for efficient programme management, monitoring reports of the
programme level, the annual report and the final report. The results will be released to all
authorities involved (Monitoring Committee of the ROP Central Moravia, NCA, EC).
The set of environmental criteria is used to specify the real project impact on the sustainable
development and from this point of view it is a crucial tool for project selection. There are
quantifiable and unquantifiable criteria.
When preparing the project application the applicant selects the environmental criteria
relevant for the project. When using the unquantifiable criteria the further specification of the
project contribution to the sustainable development should be included. With quantifiable
criteria it is necessary to specify the initial values and target values which shall be reached by
the project implementation together with the current situation description. After evaluation of
the total project benefits the applicant can adjust the project so that it is more acceptable and
meets the standards of the sustainable development .
Based on the selected kriteria, the Regional Council of ROP Central Moravia evaluates global
impact on environment. Projects beneficial to the environment will receive bonus points
unlike those neutral towards the environment. The project with negative effects on the
environment are automatically withdrawn from the administration process.
Quantifiable environmental criteria for ROP Central Moravia are as follows:
Code
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02
Description
Does the project implementation result in decreasing of greenhouse gases
emission (CO2 equivalent)?
Does the project implementation contribute to decresing of main pollutant
emissions, connected to that particular activity (concerning especially solid
particles, SO2, NOx, NH3, organic volatiles)?
ton/year
ton/year
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17
Does the project contribute to increasing the total area of land non-fragmented
by the transport routes? [Note: non-fragmented land: area of surface of more
than 100 km2 (fragmentation limits are roads with traffic density higher than
1000 vehicles/day or multiple-track railways)]
Does the project contribute to the restoration of hydrological regime of the
lanscape and elements of environmental balance?
Does there be an increase or decrease in the area of biodiversity focus? (Note:
biodiversity focus area is also 1st and 2nd zone of natural reserves and other
small-sized protected areas)
Does the project include activities aimed at elimination of old environmental
loads?
Does the project implementation contribute to increasing of energy production
from renewable resources?
Does the project implemenation result in energy saving? (For comparison it is
possible to use the final energy consumption values as defined in the statistical
yearbook)
Does the project include use of recycled products?
Does the project implementation contribute to volume decrease of dangerous
waste production?
Does the project implementation include enlarging of green areas within
settlements?
Does the project implementation use brownfields?
Does the project include investments into the development of infrastructure of
urban transport?
Does the project implementation increase the transport capacity of railway
traffic?
Does the project implementation result in decrease in number of inhabitants
exposed to over limit noise according to the noise chart?
km2
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GJ
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inhabitants
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products
certified
within the
scope of the
project
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Does the project support environmentally-friendly products?
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Area of revitalized brownfields within the scope of the project.
ha
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Does the project contribute to enlargement/occupation of green areas within
settlements?
ha
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Area of zones revitalized for entrepreneurial purposes.
m2
Unquantifiable environmental criteria for ROP Central Moravia are as follows:
Code
Description
19
Does the project include environmental education, training and promotion?
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Does the project contribute to decrease of land occupation?
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Does the project implementation contribute to reduction of landscape fragmentation?
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Does the project implementation contribute to improve water retention capacity of the landscape?
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Does the project implementation contribute to decrease of mineral resources consumption for the
project implementation?
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Does the project contribute to reduce the waste production?
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Does the project contribute to preservation of natural elements within the developed areas?
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Does the project increase the number of public transport passengers?
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Does the project contribute to reduce the density of transit and cargo transport?
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If implemented within a natural reserve is it in compliance with its conservation policies?
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If implemented within an area included in Natura 200 programme is it in compliance with its
conservation policies?
Does the project contribute to energy saving or increasing of energy production from renewable
resources?
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Does the project contribute to reducing the noise load of the inhabitants?
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Does the project help to raise the environmental awareness of the inhabitants?
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Does the project have a positive impact on the biodiversity focus areas? (small-territory natural
reserves, natural sights)
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Does the project contribute to higher use of environmentally-friendly forms of tourism?
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Does there be occupation of forest and/or agricultural land resources?
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Does the project focus on supporting environmentally-friendly forms of transport?
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Does some areas be revitalized or restored within the scope of the program?
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Does the project include utilization of waste materials or secondary raw materials?
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Does the project contribute to minimize the interferences to nature reserves with specific
protection and development of environmental systems?
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Does the project have a positive impact on the environment?
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Does the project implementation include preservation and restoration of migration routes?
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Does the project implementation result in reducing the number of traffic accidents?
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Is the project managed using environmental management system?
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Does the project implementation support Integrated Transport System?
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Does the project implementation support introduction of telematic systems?
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Does the project implementation support the public transport within resident traffic services?
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Does the project implementation contribute to energy savings in entrepreneurial sector?
The ROP Central Moravia evaluation plan contains an assessment study with the objective to
define the development of the above mentioned two environmental core indicators within the
scope of the programme implementation and the proportion of their possible changes which
was caused by the implementation of ROP Central Moravia. This assessment will be based
also on:
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the assessment of the development of environmental criteria for project selection, the
applicants committed themselves to this in their project application and will provide this
information in their monitoring reports. It means the evaluation of the impact of the
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attained values of environmental project selection criteria on the SEA ROP Central
Moravia indicators.
the evaluation of the impact of the attained values of SEA ROP Central Moravia on
environmental indicators of ROP Central Moravia
The structural funds objectives are followed within the principles of sustainable development
and within promoting the European Community objective to preserve the environment and
improve its quality, as postulated in Article 6 of the Agreement. The positive effect on the
horizontal themes will be always defined as a project selection criterion.
5.12 Compliance with Community Policies
The MA ROP Central Moravia makes sure that during all phases of the preparation and
implementation of priority axes, the compliance of the operational programme with
Community policies is constantly assessed. More detailed information on the way in which
the compliance of the proposed priority axes and areas of support is ensured can be found in
the Implementation document.
All institutions engaged in the making of the operational programme are bound to observe the
principle of compliance with Community policies.
5.13 Public Aid for the Document „Regional Operational Programme for the
Cohesion Region Central Moravia 2007 – 2013
Money from structural funds means aid from public resources and that is why their allocation
is governed by all relevant rules and regulations of the EC for public aid. Public aid means
exclusively aid that meets all the requirements of Article 87 of the EC Treaty.
The MA makes sure that projects financed from structural funds meet the rules for the
provision of public aid, as defined in Article 87 of the EC Treaty.
All envisaged support from public resources must be reported (Article 88 Section 3 of the EC
Treaty) and no public aid can be provided before the EC adopts a final decision.
Special attention will be paid to public aid to projects from several sources (e. g. state budget,
budgets of regions and municipalities, financing from structural funds). The total amount of
public aid from sources in the CR and in the EU must not exceed the limits set on the
Regional map of intensity of public aid of the Czech Republic for the years 2007 – 2013.
More detailed information on public aid for individual fields of support can be found in the
Implementation document.
The term „public aid“ is laid down in Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty2. According to this
Article, public aid3 is considered to be any form of advantage granted by the state, other
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This provision specifies that: „Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or
through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring
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public institutions, or subjects controlled by them, directed towards certain
undertaking/undertakings4, or to a production (service) branch, disrupting or capable of
disrupting competition on the internal market of the EU, and capable of influencing trade
between member states. It must also be said that in order for the aid to be considered to be
public in the end, it must – apart from having all the abovementioned features – direct
(payment of funds) or indirect (non-withdrawal of funds) load on public budgets must occur
(the EC considers the Structural funds to fall into this category).
Money from the structural funds will be considered state means. Their provision will
constitute support from public resources and that is why all applicable rules and regulations of
the EC for public support will apply to it. Public aid means exclusively support showing all
signs set out in Article 87 of the EC Treaty.
The provided aid must be in compliance with national and Community law (especially in the
field of public procurement – governed especially by Act No. 137/2006 Coll., Public
procurement, as amended). Aid will furthermore meet criteria for effective use of SF, respect
public interest and will not contribute to undue profit of aid beneficiaries.
The Managing Authority of ROP Central Moravia will make sure that any public aid
provided within ROP Central Moravia complies with procedural, process and factual
rules for public aid applicable at the moment of the provision of public aid.
The Managing Authority of ROP Central Moravia ensure that any state aid granted
under this programme will comply with the procedural and material state aid rules
applicable at the point of time when the public support is granted.
„In the case of assistance granted from the Structural Funds to a large enterprise, the
Managing Authority undertakes to request an assurance from the enterprise concerned
that the assistance will not be used in support of investment that concerns the relocation
of its production or service facilities from another Member State of the European
Union.“
certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between member States,
be incompatible with the common market.“
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EC law uses the term „state aid“. It is the synonym for „public aid“, which has been introduced into the Czech
legal system by Act No. 59/2000 Coll., on public aid, as amended by Act No 130/2002 Coll. This Act was
repealed on 1 May 2004 by the already mentioned Act No. 215/2004 Coll., which also uses the term „public
aid“.
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An undertaking is for the purposes of EC law any entity, regardless of its legal status or manner of financing,
performing the so-called economic activity, i. e. activity consisting of the offering of products and services, for
which there is competition on the market. Undertakings therefore do not include only entrepreneurs (trading
companies, self-employed persons, free professions), but they can also include allowance organizations,
universities, foundations, etc., provided they perform an activity that could be described as having economic
nature in the sense of the abovementioned definition.
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Total amount of public aid from sources in the CR and in the EU must not exceed the limits
set on the Regional map of intensity of public aid of the Czech Republic for the years 2007 –
2013. Within ROP Central Moravia, options include „de minimis“ aid and block exemptions
for support for regional investment, or for support of small and medium-sized enterprises.
More detailed information will be provided in the Implementation document.
a) de minimis aid
Part of public aid will be provided only in small amounts, i. e. in an extent of the so-called de
minimis aid, which is regulated by Commission Regulation No 1998/2006 of 15 December
2006, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to De minimis aid. Total
amount of de minimis aid, provided to a single enterprise, will not exceed the gross amount of
EUR 200,000 (or EUR 100,000 for entities active in the road transport sector), regardless of
the form of support or its intended objective and independently of the fact whether the aid is
financed from EU funds in full or only partly.
In the case of the provision of „de minimis“ aid, the provider informs the beneficiary about
the nature of aid and the beneficiary is required to issue a statement in which he must state
whether he has received a similar „de minimis“ aid during the last three years, and if so, what
was the amount of support.
In cases when the MA is provided information about all „de minimis“ aid received during the
last three years and the total exceeds the „de minimis“ aid limit set by EU regulations, aid will
not be provided to the beneficiary.
b) block exemptions from ban on public aid
With part of the programme, public aid can be provided which is defined in special
Commission regulations, issued on grounds of Article 87(3) of EC Treaty. These are so-called
block exemptions, i. e. exemptions from banned public aid according to Article 87(1) of EC
Treaty. It is not necessary to provide notifications for these defined categories of aid.
In the case of ROP Central Moravia, this applies to aid still governed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises and to aid provided within
the framework of block exemption according to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 of
24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional
investment aid.
To provide a better overview, the following is a list of priority axes with identification of
envisaged form of public aid.
Priority axis
Envisaged form of public aid
1. Transport
de minimis or block exemption
2. Integrated development and regeneration de minimis or block exemption
of the region
3. Tourism
4. Technical assistance
In case that public aid is provided above the de minimis aid and block exemption limits,
further steps will be taken in compliance with Article 88(3) of EC Treaty, i. e. the European
Commission will be informed of the intention to provide aid or modify the system of public
aid within ROP Central Moravia. In such case, the relevant schemes will not be part of ROP
Central Moravia until the European Commission adopts a decision whether the aid provided
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for ROP Central Moravia is compatible with the Common Market as defined in Article 87 of
EC Treaty.
5.14 Public procurement
Orders for goods, services and work that will be financed from structural funds will be made
in accordance with applicable national and Community legislation for public procurement
(especially with Act No. 137/2006 Coll.).
At the same time, compliance will be provided for with requirements of the Community,
defined in the Treaty (Articles 12, 28, 43, and 49) and in relevant EC directives for public
procurement (Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public
works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, as amended by
Directive 2005/75/ES and Directive 2005/51/ES, Directive 2004/17/EC coordinating the
procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal
services sectors, as amended by Directive 2005/51/ES).
The managing committee of ROP Central Moravia will monitor whether the beneficiaries
order public contracts in line with applicable legislation of the CR and the EU.
6 Priority Axes
There are four priorities defined for the Regional operational programme for the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region. Three priority axes focus on direct implementation of specific
objectives of the programme; the fourth, supporting priority axis is represented by Technical
assistance.
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split
into
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areas
of
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Fig 2 Division of ROP Central Moravia into priority axes
Priority axes and areas of support of
ROP Central Moravia
Total 100%
Priority axis 1 – Transport
= 38.8 %
1.1 Regional transport
infrastructure
Priority axis 2 – Integrated
development and regeneration
of the region = 39.4 %
2.1 Development of regional
centres
Priority axis 3 Tourism =
18.5 %
3.1 Integrated development of
tourism
1.2 Public transport
2.2 Development of towns
3.2 Public infrastructure and
services
1.3 Non-motorized transport
2.3 Development of rural areas
3.3 Business infrastructure and
services
2.4 Support for enterprise
3.4 Promotion and
management
Priority axis 4 – Technical
assistance = 3.3 %
4.1 Support for managing,
implementation, and
controlling tasks of the MB
4.2 Support for increasing of
the absorption capacity of the
region
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Priority axis 1 – Transport (allocation of 38.8% of funds)
Priority axis 2 – Integrated development and regeneration of the region (allocation of 39.4%
of funds)
Priority axis 3 – Tourism (allocation of 18.5% of funds)
Priority axis 4 – Technical assistance (allocation of 3.3% of funds)
From the financial point of view, global and specific goals of the programme are planned to
be financed in roughly the same proportion – 38.8% in priority axis Transport and 39.4% in
priority axis 2 Integrated Development and Regeneration of the Region. The complex
development of the territory is to be achieved by providing for its better accessibility – as a
basis for the utilization of its potential, to which will greatly contribute OP Transport. In the
sense of the envisaged types of investments within ROP Central Moravia, investments into
the development of towns and villages with the aim to increase their attractiveness and quality
of life are key investments, and that is why also the volume of finances allocated to them is
the greatest. Investment into tourism with a total share of 18.5% corresponds with regard to
the utilization of the potential of the territory with the financial possibilities of the
programme, with regard to the first two priority axes. The envisaged volume for priority axis
4 3.3% has been set within the limit in accordance with corresponding provisions.
Table 56 Structure of priority axes and areas of support
Priority axes and areas of support ROP Central Moravia
Priority axis 3 Tourism Priority axis 4
Priority axis 1
Priority axis 2
Transport
Integrated
Technical
Development and
Assistance
Regeneration of the
Region
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4.1
Regional transport
Development of
Integrated development Support for
infrastructure
regional centres
of tourism
managing,
implementation,
and controlling
tasks of the MA
4.2
3.2
1.2
2.2
Support for
Public infrastructure
Public transport
Development of
increasing of the
and services
towns
absorption
capacity of the
region
3.3
1.3
2.3
Non-motorized
Development of rural Business infrastructure
and services
areas
transport
2.4
3.4
Promotion and
Support for
management
enterprise
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6.1 Priority axis 1 Transport
Global objective
The global objective of the priority axis Transport is to provide efficient, flexible and safe
transport infrastructure in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region and reliable, quality
and integrated public transport services.
Strategy
The interconnection of regional roads with higher-level networks requires synergy between
ROP Central Moravia and OPT, and partly also with OPE. Transport services is successfully
managed on the level of both regions, including the integration of municipal transport, and
also the non-motorize transport will be optimized in this way, directed mainly to regional
arterial roads and networks. In line with the conclusions of the SWOT analysis and
knowledge gained in 2004 – 2006, the key factors are road infrastructure with an allocation
exceeding 50 % and transport services with an allocation exceeding 30 % of the specific
priority. Support will not be provided for projects containing elements of repairs or
maintenance.
The success of the strategy is expressed by specific objectives of the priority axis, which
are achieved by means of individual areas of support:
- Objective 1: Increase of the quality of transport infrastructure inside the region and
its linking to non-regional transport network by means of modernization of regional
network of 2nd and 3rd class roads;
- Objective 2: Provision of quality and reliable system of public transport in the region
by means of modernization and integration of individual types of transport;
- Objective 3: Improvement of quality of infrastructure for non-motorized transport.
Strategy for Objective 1:
This specific objective will be to revitalize and modernize regional transport infrastructure
with respect to interconnection of economic centres of the region the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, linking of urbanized centres, important tourist locations, and linking of
peripheral areas of the region to these centres, including improved access to TEN-T. In the
Central Moravia cohesion Region, there are plans for connections to it of the TEN-T
network with anticipated financing from OP Transport. In relation to this connection, aid
will be provided to projects directly or indirectly improving access to the TEN-T network.
Support will also be provided to activities decreasing the degree of transport load on
inhabitants and environmental systems.
Support will be provided for building, modifications and expansion of 2nd and 3rd class
roads and necessary structural modifications of legs of local roads, but only in cases of
induced investments or in cases of linking industrial sites to 2nd or 3rd class roads. Priority
main roads for accessibility are defined in regional master traffic plans.
Support will also be provided to projects for the increase of the capacity of roads,
removing of hazardous locations of the road network, change of routing, linking of
important industrial areas and limiting of environmental load by implementing suitable
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construction measures. In urban areas, main emphasis will be put on the modernization of
roads and increase of their capacity; measures limiting negative impact of transport on
environment will also be taken into account.
In rural areas, attention will be paid to structural modifications of roads, accompanied by
modifications of improper routing. In this case, the key objective is to provide links and
coordination of access to part of the road network leading outside the region. On the
whole territory of the region, hazardous locations will evenly be removed, access will be
provided to developing industrial, technological, and innovation centres and problems will
be solved related to the improvement of environment.
Improvement of the accessibility of the region will also be supported by means of
development of the infrastructure of regional airports, which provide a significant
potential for development of the whole region.
The Bochoř airport will be used for mixed operation (both for military and civilian
purposes) and will have a status of an international public airport. The airport will also
serve the needs of the integrated emergency rescue system of the Olomouc and Zlín
Regions, with the local airborne search and rescue teams providing services not only for
the territory of Central Moravia, but also for Northern Moravia and Eastern Bohemia,
which would otherwise remain uncovered. The preliminary feasibility study has shown
that under conditions of improving economic situation of the inhabitants of the region,
with increased attractiveness of the region for various forms of tourism including the start
up of incoming travel agencies, the level of 150,000 passengers per year can be reached
within 15 years of start of operation.
These conclusions ensue from a study performed within the framework of the Incord
project, which was financed from the Interreg III C programme. The study was performed
at a time when the final position of the Government of the Czech Republic to the keeping
of the military air base was not known yet and the project dealt only with the issue of
civilian operation. Within the framework of this study, the „Integrated Development Plan
for the Přerov Airport for Civilian Operation“ was elaborated, assessing the possibilities
for the development of the Bochoř airport with link to the increasing of the accessibility of
the region, increasing of its attractiveness for investors and the development of the tourist
industry, which also performed benchmarking of regional airports in the Federal Republic
of Germany. This study has clearly resulted in a recommendation to build a regional
airport in this location.
The development plan of the statutory town of Přerov envisages the building of a large
railway tranship centre, which will be linked to the approved project of the airport
motorway approach to motorway D1 with a length of approximately one kilometre. The
airport project is also in tune with the territorial plan of the higher territorial unit OR, the
territorial plan of the statutory town of Přerov, and the Strategy for the development of the
town of Přerov. By its resolution No. 1196 dated 22 October 2007, the Czech Government
has approved the keeping of the Přerov air base with mixed operation. This government
resolution will bring lower operational costs for the civilian part of the airport and
represents a basic starting point for the implementation of the envisaged joint investment
by the Czech Army and the private sector, represented by the Olomouc Region, the town
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of Přerov and in cooperation with the Zlín Region with links to the integrated rescue
system.
In order to provide for key activities, related to crisis management, this objective will also
include the building of an infrastructure for the increase of the safety of local inhabitants,
prevention and solving of risks in the framework of an Integrated emergency system. The
main objective is to protect the inhabitants and modernize crisis management in case of
emergency.
Before any steps are taken to proceed with the commencement of civil aviation operations
at this hitherto military facility, the Czech authorities will prepare and present for
approval to the Commission a detailed business plan showing the socio-economic benefits
of taking forward this work. The authorities will make no firm commitment to proceed
until/unless the Commission approves such a plan.
The development of public passenger transport, including public urban transport, will be
provided by means of cooperation and integration of its individual types, with the aim to
limit the overloading of urban centres with individual transport, provide inhabitants of
rural areas with reliable transport services within the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
and at the same time provide access for visitors to attractive tourist destinations in the
region. Both regions have long-term concepts of integrated transport which they annually
update.
Support will above all be provided to the development of integrated transport systems,
building of public transport transfer terminals, modifications of obsolete stops and the
building of new ones. Improvement of environmentally-friendly public transport and
reduction of negative impact on environment and public health are also included.
Environmentally-friendly public transport will represent a positive contribution in
locations where noise and pollution limits are regularly exceeded.
The development of urban mass transport and the building of an integrated transport
system require in regional centres of Olomouc and Zlín investments into public transport
transfer terminals, stops, elements of integrated transport system and renovation of
vehicles, which will in most cases serve the needs of both interurban and urban public
transport. A specific element is the operation of public transport in the Zlín-Otrokovice
conurbation by a joint venture, co-founded by both towns.
ROP Central Moravia will invest at least 22 MEUR within area of support 1.2 on
activities focused on the development of public transport in the regional centres of
Olomouc and Zlín.
Within the framework of this specific objective, aid will furthermore be provided to the
development of quality infrastructure for non-motorized traffic for everyday use in
productive activities and in leisure time, with emphasis on safety aspects and aspects of
environmental protection, and lowering of conventional transport load in relevant areas.
On the territory of conurbations, aid will especially be provided for the building of
separate cycling trails for everyday commuting, predominantly parallel with frequented
roads. In rural areas, aid will be provided for the interlinking of existing cycling trails and
routes and expansion of their network.
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Priority themes
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Priority theme
Mobile rail assets
Regional/local roads
Cycle tracks
Urban transport
Intelligent transport systems
Airports
Promotion of clean urban transport
Other assistance to improve tourist services
Cross-financing
Not to be utilized
Coordination with interventions from other programmes
OP Transport
The dividing line between OP Transport and ROP Central Moravia is in the field of
transport defined above all on the basis of the importance of projects from the regional or
national perspective. In the field of road infrastructure aid from OP Transport will therefore
be provided for the development of motorways, expressways and 1st class roads, with
emphasis on providing links to the TEN-T international network.
ROP Central Moravia will support projects related to the purchase of vehicles for municipal
and interurban public transport (only in relation to public service obligation). Support will be
provided for projects planning the purchase of buses meeting the latest emission standards
EURO 4, EURO 5 (valid from 2009). Support will also be provided for the purchase of rail
transport vehicles (trams, trolleybuses, trains).
In the OP Transport, activities in the field of support for rail transport concentrate in four of
the total six priority axes. Priority axes 2 and 4 focus exclusively on the field of road
infrastructure and any overlaps with ROP Central Moravia is out of the question within the
framework of these activities. On the other hand, support for railway transport is concentrated
in priority axes 1 and 3, which envisage interventions in railway infrastructure – especially
modernization of railways, modifications of crossing stations and individual adjustments,
leading to the elimination of the negative effects of railway transport on the environment and
public health (e. g. noise protection barriers). Both priority axes complement each other
because while priority axis 1 provides support for TEN-T backbone networks, support in
priority axis 3 will be targeted at other railway networks – supported activities are very
similar in both cases. However, investments in the rolling stock are envisaged only with
priority 1 as part of the solution of partial interoperability issues – i. e. compliance of our
railway network with European standards (and the resulting trouble-free operation of rail
vehicles from other European countries in our railway network). Thee activities include the
installation of safety equipment at lines concerned, both stationary (on the tracks themselves)
and mobile (in the vehicles). However, the activities within the framework of these priority
axes are limited only to these modifications and in no case constitute the modernization or
even purchase of new vehicles (which are dealt with within the ROP).
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Priority axis 5 focuses exclusively on issues related to transport in the country’s capital
Prague and consists of two areas of support – the development of the underground network in
Prague and the introduction of the system of control and regulation of road transport in
Prague.
Activities within priority axis 6 focus on the field of development of freight transport – water
transport (completely outside the scope of the ROP) and multi-modal, where it will partly be
possible to support the purchase and modernization of rail vehicles, but only those for freight
transport and only of specific type (e. g. carriages for the transport of containers/with
exchangeable bodies, etc.), which again is completely outside the scope of ROP Central
Moravia and there is not danger of any overlaps. Passenger railway transport is not
dealt with in any of the priority axes of OP Transport.
Programme for Development of Rural Areas
The Programme for Development of Rural Areas (PDRA), which is part of the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), will provide aid to areas and activities
related to the building and renewal of local roads, bus and train stops and other smaller
investments not exceeding CZK 5 million. From the point of view of location size, PDRA
focuses on support of activities in villages with a population under 500, and the funds must be
invested directly on the territory of the village. In this way, PDRA complements the ROP in a
number of activities aimed at improving transport infrastructure and services.
OP Cross-border Cooperation Czech Republic – Poland 2007-2013 and OP Crossborder Cooperation Slovakia and the Czech Republic 2007-2013
Regional operational programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region has a thematic
link to OP cross-border Cooperation CR – Poland and to OP Cross-border Cooperation
Slovakia – CR 2007-2013, which contain a priority axis focused on the strengthening of
transport accessibility, however, exclusively in cross-border areas. Areas of public
interventions of these operational programmes of cross-border cooperation do not overlap due
to their differing goals. Both operational programmes of cross-border cooperation support the
building of transport infrastructure of regional and local importance with a cross-border
effect, while ROP Central Moravia focuses on the interlinking of economic centres of the
Central Moravia Cohesion Region, linking of urbanized centres, significant tourist locations
and linking of peripheral areas of the region to these centres, including improved access to
TEN-T.
The Regional operational programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region focuses on
the development of quality infrastructure for the use of non-motorized means of transport for
everyday use in productive activities and in leisure time, with focus on safety and
environmental protection aspects and reduction of conventional traffic load in the areas in
question. On the territory of urban agglomerations, support will be directed especially to the
building of segregated cycling trails for everyday commuting, running mainly parallel to
frequented roads. In rural areas, the linking of existing cycling trails and routes will be
supported by expanding their current network. Both operational programmes of Cross-border
cooperation support the development of cycling trails and routes with direct cross-border
effect and impact.
Horizontal themes
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The theme of equal opportunities reflects in priority axis 1 by strengthening equal
opportunities in the field of public transport as one of public services, furthermore favouring
projects providing barrier-free access for people with limited mobility or orientation.
The topic of environment and sustainable development reflects in priority axis 1 especially in
the accent on the development of environmentally-friendly public transport and other forms of
transport with emphasis on the use of renewable energy as a criterion for the achieving of
sustainable development. They include cycling transport, support for projects decreasing the
energy intensity of transport, etc. Also the implementation of selected projects in the field of
transport infrastructure (e. g. bypasses) will have a positive effect on the environment.
Positive impact on horizontal themes will be taken into account during their evaluation.
Strengths
Relatively important transit locality, including parts of TEN-T
Progressive dissemination of the integrated system of public transport services connecting
urban and interurban transport
Growing measure of IT technologies utilization
Weaknesses
Wastefulness to the environment.
Insufficient capacity of stationary transport, combination of the motor and motorless
transport in residencies and in local roads.
approach
suitable locations
Opportunities
Objective 3: Improvement of quality of infrastructure for nonmotorized transport.
Objective 2: Provision of quality and reliable system of public
transport in the region by means of modernization and integration of
individual types of transport;
Specific objective
Coincidence matrix of the SWOT analysis and specific
objectives of the priority axes 1
Objective 1: Increase of the quality of transport infrastructure inside
the region and its links to non-regional transport network by means
of modernisation of regional network of 2nd and 3rd class roads.
table 57 Links between the SWOT analysis and specific goals of Priority axis 1
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An interest of inhabitants from more affluent parts of the world in discovering other tourist
locations in Europe than the mainstream ones
Potential for international air transport development and for airport in the region.
Development of the integrated system of the public transport.
Development of cycling transport.
Threats
Image of the inaccessible and non-attractive region.
Failure to cope with transit transport with effects on municipalities and the environment
Failure to coordinate and make use of the synergy and regionalization of investments from
operational programmes and other sources, especially into the development of transport
infrastructure and activities in science, research, and innovations
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6.1.1 Area of support 1.1 Regional transport infrastructure
Activities
• implementation of activities in the preparatory phase and coordination of Integrated
projects and integrated plans for the development of towns/territories
• modification and potential expansion, modernization and building of continuous
sections of 2nd and 3rd class roads and related sections of local and purpose-built
roads (provision of accessibility centres and linking of main arterial roads)
• removal of hazardous locations on 2nd and 3rd class roads and related local and
purpose-built roads (e. g. dangerous level crossings)
• adaptation of frequented 2nd and 3rd class roads (and related local and purpose-built
roads) close to settlements in relation to the improvement of environment for
inhabitants (e. g. bypasses, noise protection walls, anti-dust measures, etc.)
• implementation of measures minimizing the impact of traffic on 2nd and 3rd class
roads (and related local and purpose-built roads) on ecosystems (multi-level crossings
of bio corridors with roads)
• improving of access of development industrial areas and building to the regional
network of 2nd and 3rd class roads by means of modification and potential expansion
of local roads
• building, modernization and reconstruction of infrastructure serving regional airports
(buildings and airport fields) and purchase of technical and other equipment for
regional airports
• infrastructure for the increasing of safety, prevention and solving of risks
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
regions according to provisions of Act No.129/2000 Coll., Regions (Constitution of
Regions) as amended
voluntary associations of municipalities according to provisions of Article 46 and
following of Act No.128/2000 Coll., Municipalities
municipalities according to provisions of Act No.128/2000 Coll., Municipalities
(Constitution of Municipalities) as amended
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•
•
•
organizations founded or established by regions and municipalities according to
Article 23 and following of Act No.250/2000 Coll., Budget Rules for Regional
Budgets as amended
Railroad Transport Administration, state organization
public law subjects in the sense of general regulation, where at least one of the
founders is the region
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Form of aid
Non-returnable financial aid
Type of aid
Individual projects, integrated projects
6.1.2 Area of support 1.2 Public transport
Activities
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
implementation of activities in the preparatory phase and coordination of Integrated
building of transfer terminals for integrated public transport
modifications and potential expansion of obsolete public transport stops and building
of new ones
modernization and building of public transport systems and their equipment including
the purchase of means of transport (including environmentally friendly ones)
modifications of stops enabling barrier-free access, including related equipment and
access roads
introduction of modern and environmentally-friendly technologies in public transport
(information systems, systems providing priority to means of public transport at
crossroads, etc.)
support for regeneration of the public transport fleet
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
Budgets as amended
entrepreneurial subjects (legal and natural persons) according to Act No. 513/1991
Coll. (Commercial Code), as amended (Article 2(2 a to c) of the Act)
Railroad Transport Administration, state organization (only for modifications,
potential expansion and building of stops/stations) in accordance with Act No.
77/2002 Coll., Czech Railways, joint-stock company, Railroad Transport
Administration, state organization, and on amendments to Act No. 266/1994 Coll.,
Railways Act, as amended, and to Act 77/1997 Coll., State Enterprise, as amended,
public law subjects in the sense of general regulation, where at least one of the
founders is the region
public benefit corporations according to Act No. 248/1995 Coll., Public Benefit
Corporations and change to amendments to some acts,
railway transport operators according to Act No. 181/2006 Coll., on changes to Act
266/1994 Coll., Railways Act, as amended.
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Form of aid
Type of aid
6.1.3 Area of support 1.3 Non-motorized transport
Activities
•
•
•
•
building of trails for non-motorized transport with regional importance
implementation of measures for the increase of safety of non-motorized transport
implementation of measures for the preference of non-motorized transport (especially
cyclists)
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
Budgets as amended
entrepreneurial subjects (legal and natural persons) according to Act No. 513/1991
Coll. (Commercial Code), as amended (Article 2(a) to 2(c)) of the Act)
Form of aid
Type of aid
6.2 Priority axis 2 Integrated Development and Regeneration of the Region
Global objective of the priority axis
The specific objective of the priority axis Integrated development and regeneration of the
region is to improve the quality of life in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region,
improvement of the attractiveness of regional centres, towns and villages, provision of
quality and accessible social services and favourable supporting conditions for
enterprise.
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Interventions within this global objective will be implemented in compliance with
national and Community laws (including public contracts and rules of competition) and in
a way which will provide for proper and effective utilization of the European Regional
Development Fund and prevent the realization of inadequate profit.
Strategy
The extent of possibilities and needs of the region greatly exceeds the possibilities of ROP
Central Moravia. That is why effective activities will be selected, which will provide
synergy with other activities in regional centres. Large centres (Olomouc and Zlín) will
apply integrated approach directly in ROP Central Moravia. The expected number of
integrated urban development plans supported from the programme is three. The largest
share of resources from the whole programme, almost 40 %, is reserved to achieve this
objective. Cohesion of the region requires a harmonic development of settlements, and
that is why the allocation does not markedly prefer the size, but respects the impact of a
given integrated or individual solution. Expected allocation to individual areas of support
exceeds 15 % for regional centres and reaches almost 85 % for towns with a population
reaching 5 to 50 thousand, directed at the development of settlements within this priority
axis. An estimated sum of 96 MEUR has been reserved from the budget of ROP Central
Moravia for the financing of the field of support for municipalities with a population
ranging fro 500 to 5,000 people.
The volume of funds roughly corresponds with the size of population. Impact on the
attractiveness of the settlements and quality of life in them should be secured by a
selection of activities connecting in synergy the existing infrastructure of settlements and
transport services. That is why the majority of funds are directed into public investments.
Support will not be provided for projects containing elements of repairs or maintenance.
The success of the strategy is expressed by specific objectives of the priority axis,
which are achieved by means of individual areas of support:
- Objective 1: Increase of attractiveness and quality of life in regional centres;
- Objective 2: Increase of attractiveness and quality of life in urban areas;
- Objective 3: Increase of attractiveness and quality of life in rural areas;
- Objective 4: Improvement of conditions for the development of small and mediumsized by increasing the utilizability of real estate designated for their entrepreneurial
activities.
Strategy for objective 1:
The specific objective attempts at providing a complex solution to development problems
of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region; it will be implemented by means of aid to the
strengthening of the role of poles (centres) of development and their competitiveness, and
removal of barriers for their economic development.
Attention will be paid to the regeneration and increasing of attractiveness of main poles
(centres) of economic development – the towns of Olomouc and Zlín – and improvement
of quality of life in them. Support will be provided to activities focusing on physical
regeneration of the areas and development of social infrastructure and public transport. In
the first case, aid will be directed to regeneration and building of infrastructure and local
roads, but only in relation with services and public spaces, removal of unused buildings
and environmental loads, regeneration modifications and potential expansion of existing
buildings, more effective use of public open spaces and urbanized areas. In the case of
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development of social infrastructure, aid will above all provided to educational
infrastructure, from nursery schools to institutions providing lifelong learning; the object
of aid is also the development of infrastructure for the provision of social services and
health care, facilities for the pursuing of hobbies and leisure activities, including cultural,
sports and multifunctional facilities, procurement of equipment with respect to increasing
the quality of rendered services and technological development and modifications of
infrastructure with respect to integration of marginalized groups within the society (e. g.
disadvantaged people). Simultaneously, aid will be provided for regeneration of urban
areas and for unutilized of ineffectively utilized premises, together with support for higher
quality public services, aimed at improving the quality of life in towns.
Support will be provided to the development of infrastructure of social services including
infrastructure for social services in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region including
infrastructure for social integration of specific groups threatened by social exclusion in
order to provide for adequate availability and corresponding quality of these services.
Supported activities in the field of social services are in line with regional strategic
documents governing the field of social services. For subjects providing social services in
both regions it is necessary to be part of a regional network of providers of social services.
Attention is paid to the development of social services falling under Act No. 108/2006
Coll., Social Services Act, as amended, primarily the development of field and
intervention services. In the field of educational infrastructure, support will be provided
for the modernization of school equipment with an aim to make it comply with
requirements on the provision of education satisfying market needs and on the use of
modern technologies. At the same time, conditions will be created for the preparation and
offer of quality employees for hi-tech industries and new strategic industries in numbers
satisfying the current demand, initiating the growth of this demand in the future. Support
will be provided to activities defined in regional long-term plans for education and
development of the educational system, focusing for instance on the development of field
and community centres or on lifelong education.
The support for infrastructure of health services will focus on the increase of quality of
services and effective utilization of resources. Depending on the needs resulting from the
regional concepts of health services and health care, support will be provided to activities
focused on the purchase of health technology, structural modifications of buildings
necessary after the provision of health care technology and programmes of health
prevention.
In the interest of the safeguarding of key activities related to crisis management, the
objective will also cover infrastructure for the increase of safety of inhabitants, prevention
of and dealing with risks within the framework of the Integrated rescue system. The goal
is to protect the population and modernize crisis management in emergency situations.
Regeneration of brownfields on the urbanized territory to be used for social infrastructure
and revitalization will be allowed only in cases when these brownfields are owned by
public institutions or a link exists for use by PPP. An exception to this is area of support
2.4., which focuses on support of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Significant concept documents in this field include the „Territorial plans of large
territorial unit of the Olomouc agglomeration (2004)“ a „Territorial plans of large
territorial unit of the Zlín agglomeration and of the Beskydy area (2002)“.
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Support will also be provided to revitalization and increase of attractiveness of other towns of
the Central Moravia Cohesion Region and improvement of the quality of life in them. Support
will be provided to activities focused of physical regeneration of the territory and
development of social infrastructure. Just like in the case of support for regional centres,
support will primarily be provided to the regeneration and building of infrastructure and local
roads (with linkage to civic amenities and public spaces), removal of non-utilized buildings
and environmental loads, renewal, structural modifications and extension of existing
buildings, more effective use of public spaces and urbanized areas. This area of support deals
neither with modifications or building of new 2nd and 3rd class roads not with linked sections
of local roads, as invoked investments, which are covered by area of support 1. 1 Regional
transport infrastructure. Physical revitalization of towns or their parts will take place in hearts
of towns, especially in those which, due to insufficient investments in the past, became
dilapidated and ceased to perform their original functions, commonly associated with central
parts of town; other insufficiently developed parts of towns, insufficiently performing their
functions; brownfields (locations which are currently not utilized or are not utilized efficiently
enough, while having further potential for development when used for a different purpose;
most often these are locations with devastated physical environment and environmental loads
(e. g. former industrial military, transport or other sites; support will be provide to projects not
utilizing the sites for industrial production); other development sites in towns.
infrastructure for social integration of specific groups threatened by social exclusion in order
to provide for adequate availability and corresponding quality of these services. Supported
activities in the field of social services are in line with regional strategic documents governing
the field of social services. For subjects providing social services in both regions it is
necessary to be part of a regional network of providers of social services. Attention is paid to
the development of social services falling under Act No. 108/2006 Coll., Social Services Act,
as amended, primarily the development of field and intervention services. In the field of
educational infrastructure, support will be provided for the modernization of school
equipment with an aim to make it comply with requirements on the provision of education
satisfying market needs and on the use of modern technologies. In areas with corresponding
potential, an effort will be made to create conditions for the preparation and offer of quality
employees for hi-tech industries and new strategic industries in numbers satisfying the current
demand, initiating the growth of this demand in the future. Support will be provided to
activities defined in regional long-term plans for education and development of the
educational system, focusing for instance on the development of field and community centres
or on lifelong education.
Support for infrastructure of health services will focus on the increase of quality of services
and effective utilization of resources. Depending on the needs resulting from the regional
concepts of health services and health care, support will be provided to activities focused on
the purchase of health technology, structural modifications of buildings necessary after the
provision of health care technology and programmes of health prevention.
In the interest of the safeguarding of key activities related to crisis management, the objective
will also cover infrastructure for the increase of safety of inhabitants, prevention of and
dealing with risks within the framework of the Integrated rescue system. The goal is to protect
the population and modernize crisis management in emergency situations.
Regeneration of brownfields on the urbanized territory to be used for social infrastructure and
revitalization will be allowed only in cases when these brownfields are owned by public
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institutions or a link exists for use by PPP. An exception to this is area of support 2.4., which
focuses on support of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Within the framework of this specific objective, support will be provided to the development
of rural areas and activities in them, also leading to the improvement of the quality of life in
rural areas.
Support will be provided to activities focused of physical regeneration of the territory and
development of social infrastructure. Just like in previous cases, support will primarily be
provided to the regeneration and building of infrastructure and local roads (with linkage to
civic amenities and public spaces), removal of non-utilized buildings and environmental
loads, renewal, structural modifications and extension of existing buildings, more effective
use of public spaces and urbanized areas. This area of support deals neither with
modifications or building of new 2nd and 3rd class roads not with linked sections of local
roads, as invoked investments, which are covered by area of support 1. 1 Regional transport
infrastructure. Activities focused on the development of social infrastructure will also be
subject of support. Support will be provided to the building of this infrastructure, its
modernization, renewal, structural modifications and expansion of existing buildings,
transformation of unutilized premises and buildings, purchase of equipment increasing the
quality of the rendered services and using the output of technological development,
introduction of modern technologies in the development of social infrastructure or
modification of infrastructure with regard to the integration of marginalized groups of society
(e. g. handicapped people).
In order to strengthen the innovation systems which include cooperation between all regional
players in the innovation process, support will be provided for the building of infrastructure
and systems, also within the framework of activities and experiments with highly innovative
and risky pilot projects.
infrastructure for social integration of specific groups threatened by social exclusion in order
to provide for adequate availability and corresponding quality of these services. Supported
activities in the field of social services are in line with regional strategic documents governing
the field of social services. For subjects providing social services in both regions it is
necessary to be part of a regional network of providers of social services. Attention is paid to
the development of social services falling under Act No. 108/2006 Coll., Social Services Act,
as amended, primarily the development of field and intervention services.
In the field of educational infrastructure, support will be provided for the modernization of
school equipment with an aim to make it comply with requirements on the provision of
education satisfying market needs and on the use of modern technologies. Support will be
provided to activities defined in regional long-term plans for education and development of
the educational system, focusing for instance on the development of field and community
centres or on lifelong education.
Support for infrastructure of health services will focus on the increase of quality of services
and effective utilization of resources. Depending on the needs resulting from the regional
concepts of health services and health care, support will be provided to activities focused on
the purchase of health technology, structural modifications of buildings necessary after the
provision of health care technology and programmes of health prevention.
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In the interest of the safeguarding of key activities related to crisis management, the objective
will also cover infrastructure for the increase of safety of inhabitants, prevention of and
dealing with risks within the framework of the Integrated rescue system. The goal is to protect
the population and modernize crisis management in emergency situations.
Regeneration of brownfields on the urbanized territory to be used for social infrastructure and
revitalization will be allowed only in cases when these brownfields are owned by public
institutions or a link exists for use by PPP. An exception to this is area of support 2.4., which
focuses on support of small and medium-sized enterprises.
This specific objective is based, among other documents, on the „Concept of development of
rural areas and agriculture in the Olomouc Region“.
This specific objective also aims at improving the conditions for the development of small
and medium-sized enterprises in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region. The subject of
support within the framework of regeneration of brownfields will be structural modifications,
regeneration, investments into transport and technical infrastructure including, as the case
may be, demolitions. This area of support deals neither with structural modifications or
building of 2nd and 3rd class roads, nor with linked legs of local roads, as invoked
investments, contained in area of support 1.1 Regional transport infrastructure.
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Other investment in firms
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Integrated projects for urban and rural regeneration
Education infrastructure
Health infrastructure
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Cross financing
To be utilized
Apart from other things, strategic objective II of the NSRF, „Open, flexible and cohesive
society“, focuses on increasing the adaptability of the human potential in order to provide
for increased competitiveness of Czech economy, increase of employment and
employability, building of a society creating equal opportunities for everyone, removing
obstacles to integration of endangered groups and guaranteeing the accessibility of social
infrastructure for all inhabitants. NSRF priorities, resulting from the abovementioned
strategic objective, will be implemented using an effect of synergy, by means of activities
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in the field of „hard“ investments into regeneration and modernization of physical
infrastructure, financed from the ERDF through ROP Central Moravia, and subsequently
by means of „soft“ projects, financed by the ESF through relevant priority axes OP HRE
and OP EfC – namely within individual fields of support, oriented towards an active
policy on the labour market, social integration, and equal opportunities, public
administration, international cooperation, initial education, tertiary and further education.
OP Enterprise and Innovation
The dividing line between ROP Central Moravia and OPEI in the case of activities
related to the regeneration of untidy, damaged, unsuitably used and neglected areas and
buildings (brownfields) is based on future intended use of the reclaimed real estate.
Through OPEI, support will be provided for regeneration of brownfields that will be
primarily used in the future for enterprise in the processing industry.
ROP Central Moravia will focus on the regeneration of brownfields with future use
especially for services related to civic amenities and excluding entrepreneurial activities
defined in OPEI. ROP Central Moravia will also not deal with regeneration of
brownfields with future intended use for agriculture.
OP Environment
Removal of severe residual environmental loads (RSRL) will be dealt with within OPE.
Less severe contamination will be dealt with within ROP Central Moravia on a basis of an
opinion by the MoE.
ROP Central Moravia also deals with issues of public greenery in urban and rural areas.
Other aspects of environment are in the competence of OPE.
Program for the Development of Rural Areas
Basic civic amenities (education, health care and social services) and problems of cultural
heritage of rural areas in municipalities with a population not exceeding 500 will be dealt
with within PDRA; in municipalities with a population exceeding 500 inhabitants, they
will be dealt with within ROP Central Moravia. Through PDRA, EAFRD provides support
for activities related to the building and renewal of local roads, bus stops, and other smaller
investments not exceeding 5 MCZK in municipalities with a population not exceeding 500
inhabitants.
In the case of projects submitted by associations of municipalities or by NGNPOs, the
decisive factor is the volume of finances directed at activities implemented in individual
municipalities. ROP Central Moravia will support projects where eligible costs of
individual activities will prevail in municipalities with a population exceeding 500
inhabitants.
IOP
The dividing line between ROP Central Moravia and IOP is defined by subject and
territory of intervention:
1) Field of public health
- IOP will provide support for the provision of health care equipment in selected centres
of acute care. ROP Central Moravia will provide support for complementary
investments related to the development of these centres and provision of equipment in
other medical institutions or parts of medical institutions that will not be part of these
networks,
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Projects for the prevention of health risks will be provided from IOP, provided they
are implemented by state health institutions and health insurance funds or national and
supranational NGNPOs. ROP Central Moravia will support projects for the prevention
of health risks of regional importance.
2) Social integration
- IOP will focus on the implementation of pilot projects of transformation of
residential social facilities, which have been jointly selected by the MoLSA and the
regions. ROP Central Moravia will complement IOP by providing support for
infrastructure of social services included in Act No. 108/2006 Coll., Social Services
Act,
- Return of people from most severely endangered socially excluded Romany locations
back to the labour market and into society will be provided for in the IOP by means of
a system project or projects which will focus on the most endangered locations,
selected in an expert study. ROP Central Moravia will intervene by providing
infrastructure for the provision of social services or by providing combined
interventions within IUDP in other locations, not specified in the IOP.
3) Culture
- The Ministry of culture together with regions will compile a list of national centres for
cultural heritage. Facilities outside this network will be dealt with within ROP Central
Moravia.
OP Human Resources and Employment
Public interventions within this priority axis of ROP Central Moravia focus on the increase of
quality of infrastructural background for interventions by the ESF in the field of education,
health care and social services (the main focus of ROP Central Moravia is on „hard projects“),
and that is why complementarity with the operational programme Human Resources and
Employment is envisaged, the content of which are interventions focused on the
modernization of public services from the point of view of support for management and
human resources on the providers side with focus on quality and productivity management.
OP Education for Competitiveness
OPEfC supports the development of a system and concept of further education, including
support for innovative approaches and linkage of the field of research and development to the
world of practical implementation. OPEfC focuses on the modernization and improvement of
conditions for inhabitants of urban and rural areas, related to the quality of education.
(including the accessibility of further education) and leisure time activities, which contribute
to increased attractiveness of these areas for economic development. ROP Central Moravia
supports infrastructure for education. In the field of education, the division line between ROP
Central Moravia and the OPEfC is defined above all by types of intervention. Public
interventions financed from the ERDF focus on „hard“ investments, i. e. support for renewal
of physical infrastructure in the field of education and training. On the other hand, OPEfC,
financed from the ESF, focuses on „soft projects“, including system changes, support for
extension of qualification and the growth of education of inhabitants in general. Due to their
different programme focus, the fields of intervention of these two operational programmes do
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not overlap. With simultaneous impact of public interventions, substantial synergy can be
achieved.
The priority axis of ROP Central Moravia and the above-mentioned operational programmes
complement and depend on each other and will during the implementation of concrete
supported projects create sufficient effects of synergy deepening the results and impact of
these programmes. They will also contribute to the meeting of goals and priorities of the
higher-level programming document (NSRF).
The dividing lines between ROP Central Moravia and other OPs are more clearly defined in
the implementation document.
Horizontal themes
The theme of equal opportunities reflects in priority axis 2 by means of general support for
the development of entrepreneurial activities, contributing to equal opportunities in the form
of creating equal chances for getting a job in the originating and developing entrepreneurial
sector. Other links are represented by support for infrastructure in health care, social service,
education and other fields based on the provision of public services and creation of conditions
for improved quality of life of inhabitants. Another theme will be the strengthening of
cohesion of urban communities.
In priority axis 2, the topic of environmental protection will be reflected especially in the field
of revitalization of physical environment, e. g. removal of residual environmental loads such
as brownfields and in the field of increasing of attractiveness of public open spaces in towns
and villages.
The positive impact on horizontal themes will be taken into account in their evaluation.
Public Private Partnership (PPP)
The partnership of public and private sector might, under some conditions, be of great interest
for the public sector, especially for preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects.
Principal advantages of PPP for public sector are following:
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lower level of risk for public sector since some risks are transferred to private sector
PPP projects are not necessarily profitable for public sector. Therefore, to ensure successful
use of PPP and to reduce economic risks, public authorities have to focus on several aspects:
• to use right PPP model
• to encourage competition among prospective private partners
• to protect public interest
• to guarantee viability of project without any undue profit resulting from public
subsidies
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The experience in PPP for the realisation of infrastructure projects is limited in the Czech
Republic. Moreover some doubts exist whether the related legal framework is sufficiently
developed. Therefore Ministry for Regional Development shall lead activities concerning
creation of appropriate legal base for PPP projects. This base shall be introduced by the end of
2008 at the latest.
The CR MRD elaborated (pursuant to the Government Decree No 536/2007) the detailed
Methodological interpretation of the “Concession Contracts and Concession Procedures Act
No 139/2006 (Concession Act)”, as an important aid for the whole process of the PPP projects
preparation and implementation; it can be applied namely by regions, cities and
municipalities. According to the above Decree, the CR Ministry of Finance prepares partial
methodologies for the areas of taxation and finance.
In the year 2008 the Czech Republic will thus have a complete legislative and methodological
framework for the preparation and implementation of the PPP projects. In 2008, the Ministry
of Regional Development will prepare studies identifying types of projects within individual
Operational Programmes that would be eligible for the application of the PPP method. Such
studies and activities will be supported from the OP Technical Assistance.
The first task of Managing Authorities of ROPs, to promote PPP projects, will be in
dissemination of the above mentioned information and reports to prospective final
beneficiaries in the form of workshops, seminars, conferences, publications, etc.
Managing Authorities of ROPs will as well, by December 2008 at the latest, launch call for
proposals to support of PPP projects preparation. Technical assistance will be at disposal to
final beneficiaries who will plan to introduce PPP projects proposals. Prepared PPP project
proposals will be submitted in the course of calls for proposal launched within priority axis or
areas of intervention appropriate to the project.
The fundamental target of all ROP' s will be to carry out as many PPP projects as possible in
the programming period 2007-2013. These projects will create positive experience and it is
expected that this will create positive dynamics for other partnerships of this type.
When considering implementation of a particular project through partnership of public and
private sector it will be inevitable to prevent undue profit and to preserve equal and
transparent approach while respecting national and Community law. This applies especially to
the area of public support.
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Strengths
Slight increase in the share of people with tertiary education and decreasing number of
people with elementary education
Noticeable increase in the number of university students, mainly in bachelor and slowly
also in master’s studies
Weaknesses
Still a low proportion of educational expenses when compared with EU average
The average period of unemployment is becoming longer
approach
Barriers still exist for social inclusion and economic fulfilment of physically disabled
persons as well as people attending to them
Unsufficient capacity of the local roads.
Low capacity of the present infrastructure for social services and its standards
Risk of the barriers in the group of the youngest generation
Uneven distribution of average wages for comparable professions and activities within the
region
Measure of economic activity bellow the national average with a turn to the slight
decrease.
Low proportion of scientific and expert workers in overall employment in the region
Objective 4: Improving of the conditions for the development of the
SME´s supporting the utilization of the properties for its business
activities
Objective 3: Growing attractiveness, life quality in the countryside.
Objective 2: Growing attractiveness, life quality and services in
municipalities.
Specific objective
Coincidence matrix of the SWOT analysis and specific
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Most sensitive groups among the unemployed: people over 50 and under 20 - 25
Educational structure is slightly below average when compared with average values for
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Low revitalisation of the business areas in the middle of the towns and municipalities
Under-average economic maturity of the region when compared with other regions of the
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Opportunities
General demand for technological alternatives in a growing range of fields and related
demand for qualified development and innovation capacities
Technological utilization of waste materials and potential of investments into new fields
Demand for alternative and supplementary leisure-time activities
Development of an integrated system of public transport
New demands on capacity and quality of infrastructure and services for children at the
preschool and school age.
Growing demand for special education, integration and on the contrary for
individualisation
Increasing demands of inhabitants and visitors on the quality of resident environment –
greenery, parks, forest parks, surroundings of water areas and flows.
Growing demands on the availability of health services.
Demand for integrated prevention and services developed by increasing scale of security
risk.
Threats
Decline of parts of towns and small villages as a result of a conflict between their former
functions and present-day use
Worsening of the age structure of the population (decrease in the number of children in
population, increasing number of senior citizens)
Ageing of the labour force without replacement – building and engineering industry
Lower standard of the quality of education at secondary schools in the region
Loss of perspective for personal assertion in the region – exodus or apathy of the younger
generation
Failure to coordinate and make use of the synergy and regionalization of investments from
operational programmes and other sources, especially into the development of transport
infrastructure and activities in science, research, and innovations.
Lagging behind i productive development and innovations
Failure to meet requirements in the area of social and health care.
Local bearers of prosperity remain isolated from prospective cooperation within the region
The activities of entrepreneurial subjects are not closely tied to the centres of research,
development, and innovations
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Further, the ROP should underline that these interventions in social, health and education
Infrastructure should be undertaken in accordance with national and Community law
(Including procurement and competition rules) and in the way to guarantee the sound and
Efficient use of the Structural Funds as well as the public interest to avoid undue profit.
6.2.1 Area of support 2.1 Development of regional centres
This area of support focuses on the towns creating regional development poles (towns over
50 000 inhabitants) and will be provided purely by means of Integrated Urban Development
Plan (IUDP). Their submitters are undermentioned towns.
The definition of the IUDP: an IUDP includes a set of time related actions (projects) which
are implemented:
A) In a selected zone of a municipality (zone based approach). The IUDP in principle covers
for example the following types of interventions:
Regeneration and revitalisation of brownfields
Revitalisation of specific municipal zones
Modernisation of public space
Development of infrastructure in the area of schools and education
Development of health care infrastructure
Strengthening of social cohesion, quality of life, health of urban population
The purpose of the zone based integrated urban development approach is to concentrate
financial resources on a limited selected zone of a municipality and to tackle all the existing
problems (deprived area) or to support growth potential (growth pole) in a complex way in
this zone.
B) Through a thematic integrated approach (e.g. urban public transport, greenery, leasure-time
activities, parking, traffic modulation) in the territory area of the municipality.
Consequently, the integrated approach should achieve a defined target of a selected urban
zone or of a thematic area of a given municipality.
Minimum size of the IUDP budget is set as 10 MEUR in order to reach sufficient
concentration of financial resources and to avoid their scattering. The managing authority of
the ROP Central Moravia commits itself further make effort to reach 15 MEUR as average
value of the IUDPs.
The IUDP contains activities co-financed by the ROP Central Moravia. It can also mention,
separately for information, important projects in the selected zone of the municipality or in
the selected thematic area of a given municipality which are co-financed from other
operational programmes. However, these important projects to be co-financed from other
(thematic) Operational Programmes are operationally not part of the IUDP. Those projects cofunded from other (thematic) operational programmes will get during the evaluation by the
relevant MA of the corresponding OP 10 % bonification in line with the government
resolution No. 883 of 13 August 2007.
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Area of application of the IUDP approach
Towns with more then 50 000 inhabitants have to prepare IUDP to use the support in this
area. Just about 36 MEUR is budged for the co-financing IUDP in the ROP Central Moravia
(area of support 2.1) for the undermentioned towns. To use this fund the towns have to submit
the project in this area of support.
Within the ROP Central Moravia framework, this concerns these municipalities:
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Cohesion
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Zlin
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Areas of intervention of the IUDP approach
The IUDP is designed to tackle:
Deprived areas (zones) with a concentration of negative phenomena, such as high
unemployment, criminality, social exclusion, etc.
Growth areas; there, the leverage effect of structural funds may be used to enhance the
competitiveness of the zone.
Thematic area of a municipality
A geographically limited zone for the realization of the IUDP is a continuous area in the
territory of the municipality which should be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
A) Deprived area – in a regional context shows unfavourable values of at least 2 indicators
based on article no.47 Implementing Commission Regulation 1828/2006:
a) a high level of poverty and exclusion;
b) a high level of long-term unemployment;
c) precarious demographic trends;
d) a low level of education, significant skills deficiencies and high dropout rates
from school;
e) a high level of criminality and delinquency;
f) a particularly rundown environment;
g) a low level of economic activity;
h) a high number of immigrants, ethnic and minority groups, or refugees;
i) a comparatively low level of housing value;
j) a low level of energy performance in buildings.
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B) Area with high growth potential is characterized by some of the following indicators:
a) High concentration of economic activities
b) High potential for stimulation of business and development of services
c) Significant employment in administration and service sector
d) High concentration of educational activities
e) High importance of the transport system providing the citizens with the
mobility and contributing to the development of the municipality
f) High importance for assurance of health, social, culture and educational needs
of citizens, the improvement of life quality in the municipality
g) High innovation potential, especially in relation to the development of the
business sector and educational institutions, aimed at reaching synergies
IUDP preparation
In the initial phase Managing authority of the ROP Central Moravia launches a call for
proposals inviting municipalities to prepare and submit IUDP proposals. Managing authority
specifies in this invitation the type and characteristics of an IUDP, its content, the selection
criteria, etc. Consequently the municipality prepares an IUDP (selects the zone/theme on the
basis of the above indicated criteria, determines the strategy and quantifies goals, consults
with partners, etc.). The municipality can prepare and submit several IUDPs, whose
justification and prioritization is based upon the vision of the municipality's of the needs of
selected zones/theme.
The integrated urban development plan should contain among others the following
information:
• Socio economic analysis and SWOT analysis of the municipality
• Justification for selection of the given zone/theme in the municipality on the basis of
above mentioned criteria
• Zone / theme area description
• Quantification of targets; definition of indicators
• Description of expected results
• Description of partners, their involvement in both the preparation and implementation
of the IUDP (application of partnership principle)
• Budget and time schedule (description of the means of financing)
• Description of administrative capacity and management of the IUDP.
• Impact of the IUDP on horizontal themes etc.
• Important projects co-financed from other operational programmes can be mentioned
in the IUDP but they do not represent operationally the part of the IUDP).Their list
shall be annexed to the IUDP
• Description of activities to achieve defined IUDP target (including indicative list of
principal projects)
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The municipality submits an IUDP to the ROP Central Moravia Managing Authority which
evaluates and approves/refuses it. While evaluating the IUDP, the ROP Central Moravia
Managing Authority pays special attention to:
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implementation strategy
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chosen target, budget and time schedule, foreseen results, respect of partnership
principle, impact on horizontal themes, administrative capacity, management of the
IUDP, indicators etc.
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Once the IUDP is approved by the Managing authority the municipality pre-selects most
suitable projects to reach the defined objective of the IUDP. The pre-selection of individual
projects is in the competence of the municipality, which in line with principles of
transparency, equal opportunities and respect of partnership principle establishes procedures
for the assessment and selection of projects.
The projects pre-selected by the municipality are then submitted directly to the MA ROP
Central Moravia, which assesses them. The MA of the ROP Central Moravia can reject these
pre-selected projects only on the basis of the formal / technical (e.g. ineligibility, insufficient
budget).
IUDP implementation
During the implementation phase of the IUDP the municipality follows closely progress of all
projects and reports to the Managing authority. Individual projects are implemented by the
project holder (the municipality or its partners). Managing authority monitors projects as in
the case of all other projects within the ROP Central Moravia.
The interventions implemented via the IUDP will be carried out while respecting the
legislative framework of the Czech Republic and the European Communities (especially in
relation to the public procurement, rules for state aid, principles of free competition, eligibility
etc.) to ensure the effective use of EU Structural Funds, as well as to ensure public interest
and to prevent undue profits.
Activities
Supported activities targeted on physical regeneration and development of the area:
• relaying and building of technical and other equipment of the area, regeneration
and building of infrastructure and local purpose-built and service roads
• removal of unutilized buildings and environmental loads
• regeneration, modifications and potential expansion of existing buildings
• rough formation and treatment of public open spaces, including planting of greenery
• transformation of ineffectively used urbanized areas to enable new use
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Supported activities focused on the development of social infrastructure:
• educational infrastructure – above all kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools
and infrastructure for lifelong learning
• infrastructure for the provision of social services
• infrastructure for the provision of health services
• infrastructure for the pursuing of hobbies and leisure activities, including cultural,
sports and multifunctional facilities
• purchase of equipment with respect to an increase in quality of rendered services and
technologic development
• experiments and pilot activities strengthening regional innovation systems
• modifications of infrastructure with respect to integration of marginalized social
groups (e. g. disadvantaged people)
• infrastructure for the increase of safety, prevention and solution of risks
Supported activities focused on the development of public transport, which can be utilized in
case of application of zone approach as a complementary activity, in cases when the solution
naturally includes also activities focused on the development of public transport:
• constructional modifications and in some cases enlarging of off-size public transport
stops and the building of new ones
• building of transfer terminals for integrated public transport
• modernization and building of systems of municipal public transport and their
equipment including the purchase of means of transport including environmentallyfriendly ones
• barrier-free modifications of stops and related equipment and access roads
• introduction of modern and environmentally-friendly technologies in public transport
(information systems, systems enabling means of public transport to have traffic
priority at crossroads, etc.)
In case that a town tries to solve the issue of public transport thematically, priority axis 1
Transport is to be used for its financing. A minimum sum of 22 MEUR has been reserved
from priority axis 1 Transport on activities focused on the development of public transport in
the regional centres of Olomouc and Zlín.
Municipal public transport in these regional centres can be characterized by strong links to
public inter-city transport. The building, modernization, or reconstruction of public transport
terminals, which will be used by municipal transport as well as by inter-city transport, are
therefore listed as activities that will be supported within area of support 1.2.
Beneficiaries
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Municipalities, as amended
other subjects the individual projects of which are part of the approved integrated
urban development plan
Form of aid
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Type of aid
Individual projects submitted within the integrated urban development plan
6.2.2 Area of support 2.2 Development of towns
The MA of ROP Central Moravia can also make call for proposals of IUDPs for
municipalities within the framework of this area of support. Within this call, the managing
body can adapt the financial conditions for the IUDP (change the minimum financial limit for
IUDP) with respect to geographic, demographic, and economic potential of these towns in the
region.
This area of support is focused on the development of the territory of municipalities with a
minimum population of 5, 000.
Activities
Supported activities focused on physical regeneration of the territory:
• regeneration, modification and potential expansion of existing buildings
• transformation of inefficiently utilized urbanized locations for new use
• educational infrastructure – above all kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools
• infrastructure for the provision of social services
• infrastructure for the provision of health services
• infrastructure for the pursuing of hobbies and leisure activities, including cultural,
• purchase of equipment with respect to an increase in quality of rendered services and
technologic development
• experiments and pilot activities strengthening regional innovation systems
• modifications of infrastructure with respect to integration of marginalized social
• infrastructure for the increase of safety, prevention and solution of risks
Supported activities of financial engineering within the Jessica initiative:
• Tools for financial engineering within the Jessica initiative
• Implementation of activities during the preparation, implementation and coordination
of Integrated projects and integrated plans for urban/territorial development
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municipalities with a population exceeding 5, 000 according to provisions of Act
No.128/2000 Coll., Municipalities (Constitution of Municipalities) as amended, with
the exception of the towns of Olomouc and Zlín
organizations founded or established by regions or municipalities in accordance with
Budgets, as amended, with the exception of organizations established or founded by
the towns of Olomouc and Zlín
nongovernmental non-profit organizations in accordance with Act No. 83/1990 Coll.,
Association of Citizens, as amended (Citizens' Action Groups), Act No.248/1995
Coll., on Public Benefit Companies and on changes in certain related statutes, as
amended (Public Benefit Companies), Act No. 3/2002 Coll., on freedom of religious
belief and position of churches and religious societies and on changes in certain
related statutes (Churches and Religious Societies Act) as amended (Religious Legal
Persons) and Act No. 227/1997 Coll., on foundations and foundation funds and on
changes in certain related statutes (Foundations and Foundation Funds Act) as
amended (Foundations)
owners of real estates located in protected only in the framework of integrated
projects, submitted by public sector
Form of aid
Type of aid
6.2.3 Area of support 2.3 Development of rural areas
This area of support is focused on the development of territories of municipalities having a
population of less than 5,000.
Activities
Supported activities focused on physical regeneration of the territory:
projects
• regeneration, modification and potential expansion of existing buildings
• transformation of ineffectively used urbanized areas to enable new use
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•
projects
educational infrastructure – above all kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools
infrastructure for the provision of social services
infrastructure for the provision of health services
infrastructure for the pursuing of hobbies and leisure activities, including cultural,
purchase of equipment with respect to an increase in quality of rendered services and
technological development
experiments and pilot activities strengthening regional innovation systems
modifications of infrastructure with respect to integration of marginalized social
infrastructure for the increase of safety, prevention and solution of risks
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
municipalities with a population of less than 5,000 according to provisions of Act
No.128/2000 Coll., Municipalities (Constitution of Municipalities) as amended, and
with more than 500 inhabitants
Budgets, as amended
owners of real estates located in protected only in the framework of integrated
projects, submitted by public sector
Form of aid
Type of operation
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6.2.4 Area of support 2.4 Support for enterprise
Activities
• modifications and potential expansion, modernization and regeneration of existing
buildings for enterprise within brownfields
• investments into transport and technical infrastructure industrial zones and smaller
localities
• removal of unusable buildings as part of the process of regeneration of the territory
Beneficiaries
• SMEs – entrepreneurial subjects (legal and natural persons) in accordance with
provisions of Act No. 513/1991 Coll. (Commercial Code), as amended (Article 2(a) to
2(c)) of the act
Form of aid
Type of operation
Individual projects
6.3 Priority Axis 3 Tourism
The global objective of priority axis Tourism is to improve the attractiveness of the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region for the purposes of tourism by improving its infrastructure,
services, awareness of it, and promotion.
Strategy
The region complements and diversifies economic opportunities and sources of income of its
inhabitants. That is why 50 % of the funds are allocated to support for enterprise in the tourist
industry.
Almost half of public activities – over 20 % of the priority axis – are directed at supporting
this industry, using an integrated approach to territory with higher dynamics and potential for
all-year activities, resulting in sustainability and stability of jobs. Approximately 5 % of the
funds for this priority axis are directed at promotion and management. The remaining part of
funds from this priority axis will be allocated to public activities on the remaining territory.
Support will not be provided for projects containing elements of repairs or maintenance.
- Objective 1: Increase the attractiveness of the region by improving infrastructure for
the development of tourism in areas with high concentration of
infrastructure and services;
- Objective 2: Increase the attractiveness of the region by improving infrastructure for
the development of tourism in areas which do not have a high
concentration of infrastructure and services;
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Objective 3: Development of services in the tourist industry provided by
entrepreneurial subjects;
Objective 4: Increase of the interest of tourists in the region supported by coordinated
development and promotion of products of the tourist industry.
This specific objective will focus on a complex and integrated development of a territory
with concentrated potential of infrastructure and services; this aid should lead to an
increase of the attractiveness also for capital investments into the development of services
in the tourist industry, which is considered to be the basic precondition for the increasing
of competitiveness of the relevant area with a positive impact on the economic
development of a given territory. The territory will be more exactly specified in the
implementation document in such a way that it will not cover the territory of the whole
region and will be solved in the framework of a single integrated project.
This specific objective will be achieved by providing support for the development of
tourist infrastructure and new and existing tourist services, and by coordinating activities
in tourist destinations. Support will also be provided for the expanding and improving of
tourist infrastructure, including tourist complexes, transport routes including waterways,
and facilities primarily used for various forms of tourism, including linked infrastructure
and access roads. The subject of aid will also be the building, expansion, and unification
of tourist information systems or support for environmentally-friendly tourism.
Development of tourism will pay attention to NATURA 2000 locations.
Development of services in tourism represents another area of support, including the
extending, establishing and improving of quality of tourist services, provided by
entrepreneurial subjects.
This specific objective is focused on the development of tourism which does not have a
high concentration of infrastructure and services. Apart from activities listed in the
strategy for Objective 1, support will be provided to projects utilizing natural or cultural
potential and contributing to increased attractiveness of the territory for visitors.
Unlike the previous two specific objectives, which focused on public subjects, Objective 3
will develop services in the tourist industry provided by entrepreneurial subjects. The
extent of activities for the reaching this objective is similar to Objectives 1 and 2. The
basic concepts for all three specific objectives are „Programme of development of
tourism“ for the Olomouc Region (October 2003) and the „Programme of development of
tourism“ for the Zlín Region (2004, updated in 2006).
This specific objective will focus on the providing of comprehensive coordination of
marketing and promotion of tourism in the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, as well as
on the development of regional agencies in the field of tourist management. In typically
tourist regions it is vital to support the coordination of the development of tourism by
creating a system of destination management, uniting entrepreneurial, public and nonprofit subjects, active on the territory of these regions.
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Priority themes
Code
56
57
58
59
60
Priority theme
Protection and development of natural heritage
Other assistance to improve tourist services
Protection and preservation of cultural heritage
Development of cultural infrastructure
Other assistance to improve cultural services
Cross-financing
To be utilized.
IOP
The dividing line between IOP and ROP Central Moravia in the field of tourism is defined by
territorial dimension. Projects of national and supranational character will be supported in the
framework of IOP. In the field of structural modifications of monuments, the Ministry of
Culture will draw up a list of monuments, which will be supported from the Integrated
Operational Programme (furthermore referred to as IOP), and ROP Central Moravia will
focus on themes and locations by means of calls for submission of projects in the field of
tourism focused on complementary activities to IOP projects.
The dividing line between OP Education for Competitiveness and ROP Central Moravia is in
the field of tourism defined by themes. Support from OP Education for Competitiveness
financed from ESF in the field of tourism clearly focuses on „soft“ projects, focusing on
increasing the qualification and further education of employees.
Programme for Development of Rural Areas
The dividing line between ROP Central Moravia and PDRA is defined in the field of support
for entrepreneurs and NGNPOs in tourism. PDRA will support NGNPOs in municipalities
with a population of less than two thousand inhabitants. PDRA will provide support to
entrepreneurs in agriculture and starting entrepreneurs in the tourist industry in municipalities
with a population of less than two thousand. ROPs will provide support in the tourist industry
to entrepreneurs with a substantiated two-year accounting period, living in municipalities with
a population not exceeding 2,000, and in municipalities with a population exceeding 2,000 to
all entrepreneurs without limitation.
Further support within PDRA will be provided to projects focused on cultural heritage (e. g.
cultural monuments, preserves, conservation zones, cultural elements of municipalities and
landscape, monuments of local importance, etc.), implemented on the territory of
municipalities with a population of less than 500 inhabitants, and submitted by municipalities,
association of municipalities, non-profit organizations with juridical subjectivity incl.
religions and their organizations, and interest groups of legal entities.
Other projects focused on cultural heritage will be supported within the framework ROP
Central Moravia. They include projects of beneficiaries in areas of support 3.1 and 3.2,
implemented on the territory of municipalities with a population exceeding 500 inhabitants.
ROP Central Moravia will also provide support to projects of entrepreneurial subjects which
does not apply the limitation of the size of population of the municipality in question.
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OP Cross-border Cooperation Czech Republic – Poland 2007-2013 and OP Crossborder Cooperation Slovakia and the Czech Republic 2007-2013
The division line between ROP Central Moravia and OP Cross-border Cooperation CR –
Poland and OP Cross-border Cooperation Slovakia – CR 2007-2013 in the field of tourism is
defined on the basis of territorial impact. Unlike ROP Central Moravia, both programmes of
cross-border cooperation focus on projects related to tourist infrastructure linked, among other
things, to the development of tourist trails and routes, cycling trails and routes, hippotrails and
hipporoutes, supporting infrastructure and other facilities for leisure-time activities having
direct cross-border effect and impact. Unlike ROP Central Moravia, both operational
programmes of cross-border cooperation focus on interventions with direct cross-border effect
and impact.
Horizontal themes
The theme of equal opportunities reflects in priority axis 3 by means of support for the
development of entrepreneurial activities in tourism, contributing to equal opportunities in the
form of creating equal chances for getting a job in the originating and developing in the
entrepreneurial and public sector.
In priority axis 3, emphasis will be put on support of environmentally-friendly projects, which
will contribute to its improvement. Support will be provided for structural modifications and
building of infrastructure necessary for the development of new environmentally-friendly
forms of tourism (pedestrian tourism, agro tourism).
The positive impact on horizontal themes will be taken into account in their evaluation.
x
xxx
xx
Objective 4: Increase of the interest of tourists in the region
supported by coordinated development and promotion of products of
the tourist industry.
x
xxx
xx
Objective 3: Development of services in the tourist industry provided
by entrepreneurial subjects;
Strenghts
Objective 2: Increase the attractiveness of the region by improving
infrastructure for the development of tourism in areas which do not
have a high concentration of infrastructure and services;
Specific objective
Coincident matrix of the SWOT analysis and specific objectives
of the priority axes 3
Objective 1: Increase the attractiveness of the region by improving
infrastructure for the development of tourism in areas with high
concentration of infrastructure and services;
x
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xx
xxx
xx
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Weaknesses
suitable locations
Not fulfilled tourist potential: weak marketing, weak cooperation and services cohesion,
low quality of infrastructure, institutions and services.
Low economic approach to historical, cultural and natural values
Rate of economic activity lies under national average with a tendency for mild decrease
Opportunities
An interest of inhabitants from more affluent parts of the world in discovering other tourist
locations in Europe than the mainstream ones
Opportunity for development of the industrial and leasure-time shipping
Demand for alternative and supplementary leisure-time activities, e. g. making local
waterways navigable
Threats
The slowly rising economic dynamics of the region comes to a halt
Local bearers of prosperity remain isolated from prospective cooperation within the region
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6.3.1 Area of support 3.1 Integrated development of tourism
This area of support is focused on the development of areas with high concentration of
infrastructure and services. The territory will be more exactly specified in the implementation
document in such a way that it will not cover the territory of the whole region. Each territory
will be dealt with independently within a single integrated plan for territorial development,
only by a single holder. The integrated plan for territorial development can be updated in
time:
The following criteria were used in the selection of territories:
• concentration of accommodation facilities,
• numbers of employees in accommodation facilities.
An integrated plan for territorial development (furthermore referred to as IPTD) is a set of
projects with related content and timing, directed at the development of tourism on a selected
territory, with emphasis on the concentration and linkage of activities and their efficiency.
The holder and author of the IPTD are subjects specified in the beneficiaries section. During
all phases – selection of holder and elaborator, preparation, processing, and implementation of
the IPTD, the principle of partnership must be respected. Partners will be involved using a
transparent approach while respecting the rules of public support and the Public Procurement
Act.
Within the framework of the preparatory phase, the holder of the IPTD sets out the objectives
and the strategy for the reaching of these objectives, including the participation of partners.
Individual IPTD are submitted to the MA ROP Central Moravia, which evaluates and
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approves them and subsequently after negotiations with the holder makes specific calls for
submission of projects with an aim to fulfil the goals of the approved IPTD. Responsible for
the coordination of the implementation of the IPTD is the holder.
Activities
•
• development and regeneration of infrastructure for active culturally-cognitive forms of
tourism, spa treatment and management of exhibitions, including related infrastructure
• development and regeneration of sports complexes used primarily for tourism
including related infrastructure
• building of a unified system of tourist trails, nature trails and/or navigational panels in
a tourist destination
• structural modifications of cultural monuments, technical monuments, or places of
cultural interest with an intended use for tourism including related infrastructure.
Provision of equipment can with respect to the improvement of quality of rendered services
be supported also independently within these activities.
Within the framework of the above-mentioned activities, aid can be provided for the building
of tourist infrastructure, above all roads leading to tourist buildings including car parks, and
provision of promotion, but only in relation to abovementioned activities.
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
following of Act No.128/2000 Coll., as amended
interest groups of legal persons (in accordance with Article 20(f) and following of Act
No. 40/1964 Coll., Civil Code, as amended), provided at least one legal person, who is
a member of this interest group, is represented by regional administration or a legal
person established by regional administration for the purpose of developing of tourism
other subjects the individual projects of which are part of an approved integrated plan
for territorial development with the exception of beneficiaries listed in area of support
3.3
statutory town of Olomouc, in accordance with Act. No. 128/2000 Coll.,
Municipalities (Constitution of Municipalities), as amended
Form of aid
Type of aid
Integrated plan for territorial development
Individual projects submitted within the Integrated plan for territorial development
6.3.2 Area of support 3.2 Public infrastructure and services
This area of support focuses on supporting activities outside areas with high concentration of
infrastructure a services, which will be supported in areas of support 3.1.
Activities
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• development and regeneration of infrastructure for active culturally-cognitive forms of
tourism, spa treatment and management of exhibitions, including related infrastructure
• development and regeneration of sports complexes used primarily for tourism
including related infrastructure
• building of a unified system of tourist trails, nature trails and/or navigational panels in
a tourist destination
• structural modification of a cultural monument, technical monuments, or places of
cultural interest with an intended use for tourism including related infrastructure
be supported also independently within the framework of these activities.
Within the framework of the above-mentioned activities, aid can be provided for the building
of related/supporting tourist infrastructure, above all roads leading to tourist buildings
including car parks, and provision of promotion, but only in relation to abovementioned
activities
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
following of Act No.128/2000 Coll., Municipalities (Constitution of Municipalities),
as amended
(Constitution of Municipalities) as amended (municipalities with a population
exceeding 500 with an exception of territories defined in area of support 3.1)
Budgets, as amended
interest group of legal entities (in accordance with Article 20(f) and following of Act
No. 40/1964 Coll., Civil Code, as amended), where at least legal entity, which is a
member of this interest group, is a regional authority or a legal entity founded or
established with the purpose to develop tourism
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Form of aid
Type of aid
6.3.3 Area of support 3.3 Business infrastructure and services
Activities
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•
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•
•
•
modernization, building or extending (increase of capacity) of an accommodation
facility with the aim to increase the standard of accommodation including potential
modernization or extension of catering services,
development of infrastructure for incentive and congress tourism and management of
exhibitions,
development and reconstructions of sports grounds utilized primarily for tourism incl.
related infrastructure
reconstruction and modernization of a spa facility including related infrastructure
structural modification of a cultural monument, technical monument, or a place of
cultural interest with an intended use for tourism including related infrastructure
building of related infrastructure and provision of additional services, which can
primarily be used in the tourist industry
Within the framework of activities, aid can also be provided for the building of tourist
infrastructure, above all roads leading to tourist buildings including car parks, and provision
of promotion, but only in relation to abovementioned activities
Support for catering facilities can be provided as additional/linked infrastructure with direct
link to tourism.
be supported also independently within these activities.
A specific call for submission of applications will be made for entrepreneurial subjects active
in territories listed in the framework of area of support 3.1
Projects will be supplemented by public sector activities in specified areas.
Beneficiaries
•
entrepreneurial subjects (legal and natural persons) according to Article 2(2)(a) to
(2)(c) of Act No. 513/1991 Coll. (Commercial Code), as amended;
Form of aid
Type of aid
Individual projects
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6.3.4 Area of support 3.4 Promotion and management
Activities
• establishment of a managerial structure of regional agencies and associated
partnerships (tourist organizations), the members of which are a larger number of
regional subjects from both the public and private sector; on condition that the
managerial structure remains active for a period of at least five years after project
termination
•
complex and unified marketing of a tourist destination, using various forms of
communication, in which participates a larger number of public and private subjects in
a given destination in the form of a partnership
•
creation of regional and supraregional tourist products
•
marketing communication of new and existing regional tourist products
•
management of a unified information and booking system, introduction of a new
system, or expansion of the existing systems of quality of services in a tourist
destination
Beneficiaries
•
•
•
Regions) as amended
Budgets, as amended,
interest groups of legal persons (in accordance with Article 20(f) and following of Act
No. 40/1964 Coll., Civil Code, as amended), provided at least one legal person, who is
a member of this interest group, is represented by regional administration or a legal
person established by regional administration for the purpose of developing of tourism
Form of aid
Type of aid
6.4 Priority axis 4 Technical Assistance
The global objective of the priority axis Technical assistance is to provide sufficient
administrative capacity, effective management and implementation, information, control,
monitoring and evaluation of ROP Central Moravia and strengthen its internal absorption
capacity.
- Objective 1: Secure conditions for successful implementation of ROP Central
Moravia;
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Objective 2: Increase the absorption capacity in the region and provision of
successful use of funds from the SF of the EU.
This objective will be achieved by providing for successful course of implementation and
sufficient capacity and quality of the programme’s implementation structures and by
providing for sufficient absorption capacity, including the strengthening of capacities
related to the utilization of aid.
The regional council, as the beneficiary of technical assistance, performs a number of
tasks related to the management, implementation, monitoring and auditing of the
implementation of ROP Central Moravia. Technical assistance enables the Managing
authority to provide for a corresponding administrative capacity of the Office of the
Regional Council, purchase of necessary equipment and expert services, necessary for an
efficient implementation of the ROP, and strengthens the necessary knowledge base by
means of improving the qualification of the employees of the Office of the Regional
Council.
This objective will be fulfilled by providing sufficient absorption capacity, including the
strengthening of capacities related to the provision of aid. This priority axis will
furthermore focus on educating all groups of players, participating in the preparation and
subsequent implementation of the programme and individual projects on both local and
regional level.
Emphasis will be put on the increasing of awareness and qualification of potential
beneficiaries of aid. This aid will be focused on the organizing of various courses,
seminars, trainings, and workshops, publishing of booklets and publications, consulting
services, creation of a special web site, etc.
Within this priority axis, aid will be provided to the absorption capacity, i. e. the ability of
subjects in the region to draw up and submit projects for ROP Central Moravia, including
the strengthening of capacities related to the utilization of aid.
Priority themes
Code
81
85
86
Priority theme
Mechanisms for improving good policy and programme design,
monitoring and evaluation at national, regional and local level, capacity
building in the delivery of policies and programmes
Preparation, implementation, monitoring, and inspection
Evaluation and studies, information and communication
Expenses within technical assistance will be covered immediately after they occur directly
from the budget of the Regional Council.
Cross-financing
Not to be utilized
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Technical assistance ROP Central Moravia is meant exclusively to satisfy the needs of
this operational programme. Activities of this priority axis will be complementary to the
activities of the Operational Programme Technical Assistance, implemented by the
MfRD.
Horizontal themes
Priority axis Technical Assistance is neutral in relation to sustainable development and all
activities in the field of equal opportunities will be accessible for all target groups.
Positive impact on horizontal themes will be considered during their evaluation.
6.4.1 Area of support 4.1 Support for managing, implementation and auditing
of the tasks of the Managing Authority
Activities
Within this field, aid will be provided for activities (including investments into ICT), related
to effective management, implementation, monitoring, and auditing of the implementation of
the ROP.
• Management and implementation (drawing up of the related documents, etc.)
• Monitoring and evaluation (financing of activities of the ROP Monitoring Committee,
training of evaluators, talks of committees and working groups, etc.)
• Control and auditing systems
Audits, support for internal auditing system, auditing activities performed directly in
locations where activities are performed incl. related reports, monitoring of
commissioning of public contracts, supervision over the keeping of rules for providing
public aid
• Providing of information a publicity (web site, creation of design manual, promotional
objects)
• Necessary activities of the financial department
• Purchase, development, and maintenance of the computer monitoring system and IT
systems
• Preparation for the period 2014-2020
• Preparation and development of human resources
Beneficiaries
•
Regional Council of the Cohesion Region Central Moravia (Managing Authority of
ROP Central Moravia) in accordance with Title X of Act No.138/2006 Coll., on
changes in certain related statutes in relation to the passing of the Public Contracts Act
Form of aid
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Type of aid
Individual projects
6.4.2 Area of support 4.2 Support for increasing of the absorption capacity of
the region
Activities
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Implementation of activities in the preparatory phase and coordination of Integrated
Organizing of various courses, seminars, training, and workshops
Publishing of booklets and documents in relation to the 2007 – 2013 programming
period
Promotional activities (campaign in mass media, posters, leaflets, etc.)
Preparation and management of integrated development plans and projects, and
individual projects
Consulting activities
Development of partnerships
Activities continuing projects utilizing the absorption capacity from the period
2004 – 2006
The performed activities must clearly be aimed at providing more information, gaining
knowledge, learning skills and expert practice necessary to meet the requirements resulting
from respective regulations or from various aspects of the development of the region and
processing of plans and projects.
Beneficiaries
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•
•
•
Regional Council of the Cohesion Region Central Moravia (Managing authority of
ROP Central Moravia) in accordance with Title X of Act No.138/2006 Coll., on
changes in certain related statutes in relation to the passing of the Public Contracts Act
Regions), as amended
organizations founded or established by regions in accordance with provisions of
Article 23 and following of Act No. 250/2000 Coll., Budget Rules for Regional
Budgets, as amended
other subjects the individual projects of which are part of the approved integrated
project, submitted by an authorized beneficiary
Form of aid
Type of aid
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7 Indicators
The system of indicators and the checking of meeting their requirements represent the
elementary tool for the assessment of the reaching of global objectives of the operational
programme, because they enable the monitoring of the implementation of the programme and
evaluate its efficiency in relation to the objectives that have been set.
The basic structure of the upcoming system of indicators is based on three levels of its use:
1. use for characterizing the socio-economic environment, in which the objectives are to be
reached – this role is played by the category of context indicators, the choice of which is
mainly based on the results of the input socio-economic analysis;
2. use for monitoring functions, where the main role is played by output indicators,
monitoring activities implemented by individual measures and furthermore by result
indicators in the case of measures where it is possible to continually evaluate the impact of
implemented interventions on the behaviour, capacity, or performance of SF beneficiaries.
3. use for evaluation functions, which utilizes all indicators, which can be used to deduce the
degree of successfulness of the programme, and which allow for the determination in a
quantified form of how the set programme objectives have been met. The most important
tools for evaluation are impact indicators, which serve for evaluation for a longer period of
time and can be used as a basis for adopting strategic decisions.
The decisive role in the creation of programmes is played by the so-called core indicators,
which are of key importance for inspections performed by EC bodies. The set of these
indicators is provided in the requirements of the EC5 and its use in operational programmes is
obligatory. Core indicators express the priorities of the Community and can therefore be
included in each operational programme, monitored in annual monitoring reports and
aggregated up to the level of NSRF.
Core indicators represent a part of a larger set of output, result, and impact indicators. They do
not represent an independent monitoring system, but a subset of generally used indicators.
For the programming period 2007 – 2013, the EC has recommended the following structure of
indicators for the creation of systems of indicators, differing for various levels of
programming documents.
Purpose
Socio-economic analysis
Operational programme
strategy
Level
Type of indicator
context
Programme impact (or result)
Priorities
result (or impact), output (if needed)
In comparison with the indicator system for the programming period 2004 – 2006, indicators
for SF operational programmes will be defined in a different way. The main change is the fact
that the programme compiler does not define indicators, but chooses them from the National
Index of Indicators, containing indicators, the technical and methodical parameters of which
have already been adjusted, provided with a clear definition, units of measure and coding.
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„Draft Working Paper on Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation“, dated January 2006
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Responsible for the collection and analysis of indicators is the Office of the Regional council
(furthermore only „ORC“), Department of Methodology and Monitoring.
The development of context and programme indicators will be continually monitored using
data issued by individual official information sources (they are usually published once a year).
Continuous meeting of programme indicators will be monitored in the monitoring system (IS
MONIT). The basic source of data and meeting of indicators are project proposers. Already
when submitting applications, applicants commit themselves to the fulfilling of indicators,
which are relevant to his or her project; in the case that the project is implemented, the
beneficiary provides information within monitoring reports.
Indicators are together with data from information sources evaluated in the information
system and represent data for the monitoring reports on programme level, annual reports and
the final report, programme management, processing of evaluation studies, etc., and submitted
to relevant bodies: the Monitoring Committee of the programme, the NCA, and the European
Commission.
Indicators will be analyzed in dependence on the publishing of statistics by individual
relevant providers of information. Output indicators will be collected every 6 to 12 months,
because these data will be change at the fastest pace. Result indicators will be collected
annually. The analysis of some result and impact indicators will depend on the elaboration of
evaluation studies.
7.1 Context Indicators
Context indicators provide quantified information on social, economic and environmental
situation and can identify needs at a certain time. They characterize social and economic
environment, in which the programme is to be implemented and in which intervention from
the SF will be drawn on. They represent a quantified base for ex-ante, continuous and ex-post
analyses. By presenting tendencies of main macroeconomic indicators and comparing the
position of the CR with EU average, they define the socio-economic framework, within which
the programme objectives are to be achieved.
Table 60 Context indicators ROP for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region for the
period 2007 – 2013
Context indicators
Type of
indicator
Context
Context
Context
Context
Context
Context
Indicator
Regional GDP per capita in PPS
Regional GDP per capita, EU 25=100
Regional GDP per capita, EU=100
Rate of economic capacity 15+
Rate of unemployment in the 15-64 group
General rate of registered unemployment NUTS 2
Value in
Central
Moravia
ČR
2005
12,780
17,355
CSO
2005
58.2
73.7
%
CSO
2005
79.1
100
%
CSO
2005
57.9
59.4
%
MoLSA
2005
52.3
54.7
%
CSO
2005
9.7
7.9
Unit of
measure
Source
PPS
CSO
%
175
Context
Average monthly salary in CZK (physical
persons)
Context
CZK
CSO
2006
17,242
20,211
Population increase/decrease in the region total
%
CSO
2006
0.3
3.5
Context
Old-age index
%
CSO
2006
102
100,2
Context
Share of inhabitants in towns
%
CSO
2006
59.1
70,1
Context
Share of persons with tertiary education 15+
%
CSO
2005
9,5
10,4
number
CSO
2005
40,922
433,211
number
CSO
2005
4,948
48,482
%
CSO
2005
10.9
100
%
CSO
2005
18.9
13.8
Context
Context
Context
Context
Capacity of accommodation facilities – beds
Capacity of accommodation facilities – average
registered number of employees (natural persons)
Share of guests in accommodation facilities in the
region in total number of guests in the CR
(excluding Prague)
Share of natural parks in total territory
For the purposes of ROP Central Moravia, the context indicators are based on the output of
the performed socio-economic analysis. The output of this socio-economic analysis represents
a base for defining the global objective and specific objectives of ROP Central Moravia,
having a direct link to the selection of context indicators. Their purpose is to provide basic
quantifiable information on the context of the socio-economic situation of the monitored
environment, in which the global and specific objectives are to be reached. The global
objective of ROP Central Moravia is an increase of its economic maturity, improvement of
competitiveness of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, and a complex improvement of the
living standard of its inhabitants.
The standard way of expressing economic maturity is the use of the GDP per capita indicator;
increase in economic maturity is accompanied by dynamic economic growth, based on the
condition of narrowing the gap between the region and EU-25, or the region and the CR. For
this purpose, we will use a relative indicator, related to the EU-25 average and to the CR
average.
Construction and prerequisites of context indicators are based on real medium-term growth
potential of the Czech economy and of the economy of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
(for a future outlook, a projection of an expert estimate of the potential for growth of the
Czech economy and of the economy of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region has been used
as the basis, in the case of which the development trend is more important);
7.2 Indicators for the Global and Specific Objectives of the Programme
The following monitoring indicators have been suggested for the programme:
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Table 61 Programme indicators
Quantification
NII code
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
pcs
km
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
region
region
0
0
549
132
EUR m
region
0
84,4
Share of guests in accommodation facilities
in the region in total number of guests in the
CR (excluding Prague)
%
CSO
10.9
11,1
520100
Number of newly created jobs
Core 1
520101
Number of newly created jobs for men
Core 2
520102
Number of newly created jobs for
Core 3
women
Impact indicators
Exposure of population to
653102
concentrations of PM10 exceeding limits
Lowering of emissions of primary
212300
particles and precursors of secondary
particles
General rate of registered unemployment
520800
NUTS 2
pcs
region
0
144
pcs
region
0
72
pcs
region
0
72
%
CHMI
84
87
kilotons/
year
52,63
52,13
CHMI
%
CSO
9,7
7,5
Output indicators
510100
Total number of supported projects
Total length of new and reconstructed
610100
2nd and 3rd class roads
516123
Private co-financing by SMEs
Result indicators
630502
Newly-created jobs are defined as directly created jobs (gross), recalculated to full-time jobs.
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Priority axis 1: Transport
Quantification
NII code
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
pcs
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
region
0
96
km
region
0
14
km
region
0
118
pcs
region
0
60
km
region
0
107
%
region
0
2,7
pcs
region
0
240,000
pcs
region
0
15,000
EUR
region
0
1,350,000
pcs
region
0
6
Output indicators
551100
Core 13
Number of supported projects for
development of transport (transport
accessibility)
relevant areas of support 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
610100
Total length of new 2nd and 3rd class
Core 14
roads
relevant area of support 1.1
Total length of reconstructed 2nd and 3rd
610102
class roads
Core 16
relevant area) of support 1.1
Number of newly purchased
environmentally-friendly vehicles in
610241
public transport
610115
Length of new and reconstructed cycling
610116
trails
Result indicators
610108
Share of reconstructed and new roads in
the total length of regional road network
610212
Increase in the number of inhabitants
Core 22
served by improved public transport
relevant area of support: 1.2
610300
Number of checked in passengers in
regional airports
Impact indicators
371101
Value of time savings in EUR
Core 22
relevant areas of support 1.1,1.2
520100
Core 1
Priority axis 2: Integrated development and regeneration of the region
Quantification
NII code
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
pcs
pcs
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
region
0
3
region
0
61
Output indicators
511100
Core 39
511541
Number of supported projects for
development (improving the
attractiveness) - selected towns
relevant area(s) of support 2.1
Number of supported projects improving
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Quantification
NII code
Core 39
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
pcs
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
region
0
2
pcs
region
0
17
pcs
region
0
8
pcs
region
0
17
pcs
region
0
205
pcs
region
0
44
pcs
region
0
17
EUR m
region
0
ha
region
0
32
number of
subjects
region
0
35
pcs
region
0
42
pcs
region
0
16
attractiveness – other towns
including:
080100
Core 38
060100
Core 36
511545
Number of supported projects focused on
improvement of health
improvement of education
improvement of social services
511546
culture and leisure-time activities
512100
Core 39
the development of rural areas
(municipalities) total
651100
Number of regenerated, revitalized and
651500
new buildings in supported towns and
municipalities
380100
Number of projects supporting SMEs
Core 7
Result indicators
516123
Size of regenerated and revitalized areas
652000
in supported towns and municipalities
relevant area(s) of support 2.1,2.2,2.3
Number of enterprises/services created or
sustained in revitalized part of town
654110
relevant area(s) of support 2.1, 2.2, 2.3,
2.4
Impact indicators
520100
Core 1
relevant area(s) of support 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Number of newly created jobs in
520251
supported SMEs active in industrial zones
Core 9
and brownfields
16,9
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Priority axis 3: Tourism
Quantification
NII
code
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
Output indicators
511200
Core 34
632105
Number of projects focused on the
development of tourism
relevant areas of support 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
3.4
Number of supported enterprises focused
on tourism
pcs
region
0
147
pcs
region
0
60
EUR m
region
0
67,5
Result indicators
516123
633101
412701
Number of newly created promotional or
marketing products for tourism
Share of guests in accommodation facilities in
the region in total number of guests in the CR
(excluding Prague)
product
region
0
4
%
CSO
10.9
11,1
pcs
region
0
80
relevant area(s) of support 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Impact indicators
520212
Core 35
Number of newly created jobs within the
framework of projects for the
development of tourism
Priority axis 4: Technical assistance
Quantification
NII code
Indicator title
Unit of
measure
Info
source
value in
2005
Indicative
value in
2015
Output indicators
technical assistance
relevant areas of support 4.1, 4.2
Total number of implemented evaluation
710500
studies and reports
relevant areas of support 4.1
Number of trainings, seminars,
711101
workshops and conferences
Result indicators
Number of participants at trainings and
711105
seminars
pcs
region
0
20
pcs
region
0
19
pcs
region
0
100
0
4 000
514100
persons
region
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7.3 Working with indicators
The overall design of the system of indicators for ROP Central Moravia respects basic
methodical policies for the defining of the monitoring indicators of the programme, but also
takes into account its overall internal logic and strategy. In this context, an effort has been
made to take into account also the effort to adequately cover all proposed areas of support in
the framework of individual priorities.
The value of indicators was set on the basis of experience from the JROP, an analysis of
project archive, consultations with experts on indicators, and with experts from the CSO, by
means of qualified estimates. It will be possible to assess some of the results and impacts of
the implementation of the ROP only on the basis of results of evaluation studies.
All required properties of used indicators have been evaluated in their creation, i. e. relevance,
sensitivity, accessibility, feasibility, costs of or demands on their measuring and acquisition,
etc.
Preference has been given to the quality of indicators to their number, as well as to their other
significant properties, e. g. logical relation, degree of coverage and usefulness, with an aim to
preserve a necessary degree of transparency at the same time.
Monitoring of development of context indicators will be performed continually on the basis of
data provided by individual official information sources (CSO, Eurostat). Their publication
will depend on the publishing of data by individual information sources.
Basic source of data and fulfilment of indicators of the global and specific goals are holders of
projects. Already when submitting the application, the applicant commits himself to fulfil the
indicators which are relevant to his project, if the project is implemented, the beneficiary
provides information in monitoring reports.
Indicators are evaluated in IS MONIT and together with data from statistical sources
represent a basis for monitoring reports on programme level, annual reports and the final
report, programme management, processing of evaluation studies etc. and are provided to
relevant bodies: The Monitoring Committee of the programme, NCA and the European
Commission.
Indicators will be analyzed in dependence on the publishing of statistics by individual relevant
providers of information. Output indicators will be collected with a periodicity of 6 to 12
months, because this is where the change of data will be the fastest. Result indicators will be
collected annually. Analyses of some result and impact indicators depend on the processing of
evaluation studies. Responsible for the collecting and analysis of indicators is the Office of
the Regional Council, Department of methodology and monitoring.
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8 Implementation
8.1 Programme Implementation
The implementation structure of ROP is in line with No. 138/2006 Coll., on changes in
statutes in relation with the adoption of Public Procurement Act, which also changes Act No.
248/2000 Coll., on support for regional development, as amended (furthermore referred to as
“Act”). The Managing authority of the programme is the Regional Council of the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region.
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Fig 3 Implementation scheme of the bodies of the CR and the EU within ROP Central
Moravia
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European
Commission
MfRD
11
PCA
MoF
6
10
5
7
Managing
authority of ROP
CM +
8
Financial
Department of
ROP CM
3
1
Regional Branch
of the MB
Olomouc
1
Regional Branch
of the MB Zlín
2
4
2
Beneficiaries
Key :
MfRD Ministry for Regional Development
PCA
Paying and Certifying Authority
MA
Managing Authority
flow of management and information
flow of funds
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These activities mainly include:
MA ROP Central Moravia makes calls for the submission of project applications
MA of ROP Central Moravia enters into contracts about the provision of grants
Territorial offices of MA of ROP Central Moravia submit forms F1 Application for
Financial Support and F2 Statement of Approval and an order for the reimbursement
of eligible project expenses
Applicants submit project applications
Territorial offices of MA of ROP Central Moravia draw up contracts about the
provision of grant
Beneficiaries submit reports on the implementation of projects
Beneficiaries submit payment applications
Territorial offices of MA of ROP Central Moravia perform control of implemented
projects
MA of ROP Central Moravia submits to the Financial Department ROP Central
Moravia the forms F1 Application for Financial Support and F2 Statement of
Approval and an order for the reimbursement of eligible project expenses
The Financial Department ROP Central Moravia informs MA of ROP Central Moravia
about the payment to the beneficiary
Transfer of money from the budget of the Regional Council to the account of the
beneficiary
Transfer of unjustifiably paid out funds + sanctions to a special account
MA of ROP Central Moravia submits a Summary Application for Payment to MfRD
MfRD checks and confirms the Summarized Application for Payment
MfRD asks PCA to transfer money to the revenue account of the administrator of the
chapter of the MfRD
PCA performs a check of the correctness and transfers money to the revenue account
of the administrator of the chapter of the MfRD
MA of ROP Central Moravia submits to the MfRD reports on programme
implementation
Certification of expenses
MfRD performs a check and confirms the Summarized Application for Payment
MfRD asks PCA to transfer money to the revenue account of the administrator of the
chapter of the MfRD
MfRD transfers money to the account of the Regional Council
Transfer of unjustifiably paid out funds when discrepancies are discovered
PCA elaborates Application for Payment and submits it to the EC
EC transfers money to the account of the PCA
MA of ROP Central Moravia submits reports on the implementation of the programme
to the EC
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11.
•
•
MfRD submits to the EC information on the provision of EU aid to the CR within
factual and financial monitoring
MfRD submits to the EC strategic reports in line with Article 29 of the general
regulation.
8.1.1 Bodies of the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
The implementation of ROP Central Moravia is the overall responsibility of its Managing
authority – the Regional Council of the Cohesion Region Central Moravia (hereinafter
referred to as RC). According to the Act, the Regional Council consists of the following
bodies: Committee of the Regional Council (hereinafter referred to as CRC), Chairman of the
Regional Council (hereinafter referred to as the Chairman) and Office of the Regional Council
(hereinafter referred to as ORC). In order to be able to approve criteria, select projects and
provide monitoring on programme level, a Monitoring Committee of ROP for CM, which will
also mediate links to social partners and EU bodies. The roles of the Payment and certifying
authority and Audit authority will be performed by the Czech Ministry of Finance. The
Managing authority of ROP Central Moravia has no mediating subjects.
Fig 4 Implementation scheme of bodies of the RC and regions within ROP Central
Moravia
ROP Monitoring
Committee
Olomouc Region
kraj
Zlín Region
Regional Council
Committee
DSD
DSD
Chairman and ViceChairman of the
Committee of the
Regional Council
Office of the Regional Council
Head of the ORC
Regional
Office ZR
Regional
Office OR
The CRC is set up on the basis of the Act. Members of the CRC are elected from members of
the Regional Councils of the regions constituting the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, i. e.
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the regions of Olomouc and Zlín. ´The CRC executes its powers even after the tenure of the
regional authorities is over.
The Office of the Regional Council is the executive body of the RC, providing for all tasks
related to the function of the MA of ROP Central Moravia with the exception of affairs which
have been entrusted or reserved to the CRC and the Chairman of the RC. The Office of the
Regional Council also performs tasks related to expert, organizational and technical securing
of the activity of the RC.
An important role in the implementation structure is played by the regional offices of the
ORC in individual regions of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region. This provides for
efficient and user-friendly programme implementation. Regional branches will be manned by
staff of the ORC, and will provide information, receive project applications, provide for their
evaluation and preparation of contracts about the provision of subsidies with beneficiaries,
and control projects during their implementation and after it has been closed.
The RC, as the Managing authority is responsible for the implementation of ROP Central
Moravia. In accordance with principles of sound financial management, RC will especially be
responsible for transparent selection of projects, monitoring of projects, providing of cofunding from public sources, management of activities of the Monitoring Committee,
providing of information and reports, providing for programme publicity, etc.
The Regional Council Central Moravia Cohesion Region is responsible for the following
activities:
In accordance with the Act, the Committee of the Regional Council:
approves implementation and managing documentation of ROP Central Moravia,
approves measures, related to publicity and awareness of ROP Central Moravia,
approves the selection of projects, to which the RC will provide grants or returnable
financial aid,
approves the annual and final report on implementation, as well as all other necessary
reports and documents related to the implementation of ROP Central Moravia,
approves deals with other matters, provided it is instructed to do so by its Rules of
Procedure,
approves the budget and final budget,
elects the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the RC,
appoints and dismisses the Head of the ORC, proposed by the Chairman of the RC,
defines the organizational structure and the number of employees of the RC,
approves other applications provided the rules of procedure of the CRC specify so.
According to the Act, the Chairman of the Regional Council:
represents the statutory body of the RC and represents it. He is responsible to the
CRC.
summons and chairs the meetings of the CRC.
According to the law, the Office of the Regional Council:
performs all tasks related to the function of the MA of ROP Central Moravia with the
exception of matters that have been entrusted exclusively to CRC
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performs tasks related to the expert, organizing, and technical safeguarding of the
activities of the RC.
The RC furthermore performs the following tasks:
preparation and negotiations of ROP Central Moravia and its submission to the
European Commission (furthermore referred to as EC);
introduction of a system for collection of reliable financial and statistic information
about the implementation of ROP Central Moravia, introduction of indicators for
monitoring and evaluation, submission of these data in a pre-defined electronic form
to the Monitoring Committee, PCA and to the EC,
evaluation of selection and evaluation criteria for the selection of projects and
submission for approval by the Monitor committee;
provision of the compilation of the annual and final reports about the implementation
of ROP Central Moravia and (after approval by the Monitoring Committee)
submission to the EC; a copy of the annual and final report on implementation will be
received by the AA
preparation of the description of the managing and controlling systems and submits the
to the AA by such a date that it is possible to send it to the EC within twelve months
of the approval of the programme
setup and activity of the monitoring committee for the programme,
making sure that the PCA receives all necessary information about the procedures and
audits performed in relation to expenses, in order for the PCA to be able to issue a
certificate confirming the justifiability of the expenses,
making sure that the AA receives required documents and groundwork for analytical
and reporting purposes,
providing for the performance of evaluation of ROP for CM,
making sure that subjects participating in the management and implementation of ROP
for CM including aid beneficiaries and other subjects participating in the
implementation, will keep their own accounting systems, or that they will use a
suitable coding of accounts for all transactions related to aid,
providing for investigations and solving of discrepancies,
providing for measures leading to the rectification of defects,
provide for compliance with national policies and Community policies, especially with
respect to the placing of public orders, rules for public aid, environmental protection
and equal opportunities of men and women,
provide sources of national co-funding,
provide information aiding the European Commission in evaluating large projects,
provided they are part of the OP
perform its obligations related to the providing of information and promotion of ROP
for CM,
select projects to which RC will provide grants or returnable financial aid.
organization of calls for project submissions and acceptance of projects submitted
within individual calls,
provide information on ROP Central Moravia,
assess acceptability, completeness and formal requisites of submitted projects,
provide qualitative evaluation of projects,
preparation of contracts concerning the provision of grants,
monitoring of rules for the submission of public orders,
checking of the progress of work on individual projects,
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provides for the operation of the monitoring system – a system of electronic
classification of data for the monitoring and evaluation of programme implementation,
processes data on expenses serving as a base for certification,
prepares data for the annual and final report of ROP Central Moravia,
provides and arranges for financial inspections of the implementation of projects with
an aim to verify that the co-financed products and services have been delivered and
the required expenses have been spent in compliance with the conditions of contract
about the provision of grants and with Czech and EU legislation,
inspects the submitted applications for payment to beneficiary (above all checks
whether they are in line with the defined output objectives and with the financial plan
of the project, with the Czech and EU policies and legislation, judges whether the
expenses are eligible, etc.),
provides publicity,
prepares the budget and the closing account of the RC.
Other duties of the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, in its capacity
of the managing authority of ROP Central Moravia, include:
- to define, in line with Article 60(f) of the general provision, procedures to provide for
the existence of a system for the recording and keeping of accounting records in an
electronic form for each operation within the programme and collect data necessary
for financial management, monitoring, verification, audit, and evaluation.
Furthermore, in line with requirements of Article 90 of the general provision, the
managing authority will make that all data related to the expenses and audits of the
operational programme, necessary for the provision of the corresponding audit trail,
are kept to be at the disposal of the Commission for the period of:
a) three years after the operational programme is closed;
b) three years from the year when the programme was partially closed, in case of
papers related to expenses for operations and audits of operations according to section
2 of Article 90.
These periods are subject to extension in cases of occurrence of legal proceedings or
following a properly well-founded request by the Commission. The MA will provide
access for the Commission to a list of all finished operation, which are part of a partial
closing
- make sure that the managing and controlling system meets the requirements for the
providing of the requested data for a partial audit trail in line with Article 15 of
Commission Regulation No. (EC) No.1828/2006;
The managing, payment and auditing functions of the ORC are strictly separated. The
administration of individual projects until the signing of the Agreement on the Provision of
Funding is the task of departments of project management of the Olomouc and Zlín regional
offices. Projects are controlled by the departments of control and payments of the Olomouc
and Zlín regional offices The above-mentioned activities employ the method of "four-eyes
control". A more detailed description of the activities of the departments of project
management and of the department of control and payments can be found in the
implementation document for ROP Central Moravia.
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Fig 5 – Scheme of division of functions (Managing Authority, Certifying Authority, Audit
Authority) of selected units of the Office of the Regional Council
Section National Fund – PCA
Certifying Authority
Ministry of
Finance
Section Central
Harmonization Unit
Office of the
Regional
Council
Division of
Internal Audit
Financial
Department
Audit Authority
Committee
of the RC
Department
of
methodology
and
monitoring
Chairman of
the RC
Department of
the Olomouc
Regional
Office
Delegated
audit subject
Department of
the Zlín
Regional
Office
Independent
division,
providing the
function of
internal audit
and Delegated
audit subject
Regional
Council of ROP
Central Moravia
Managing
Authority of
ROP Central
Managing,
functions
Payment
functions
Implementation
and controlling
function
Moravia
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In the case of priority axis 4 – Technical Assistance, the department of methodology and
monitoring is the guarantor of projects submitted to the MA and of all activities providing for
the processing and implementation of projects and use of funds. The MA appoints the head of
the department of methodology and monitoring the orderer of the operation (i. e. everything is
checked by an official from the department of methodology and publicity and approved by the
head of department of methodology and monitoring as the operation orderer – four-eyes
check).
Administrative capacity
The necessity of valid administrative structures to guarantee efficient use of the Structural
Funds resources has been acknowledged and stipulated in the text of the National Strategic
Reference Framework of the Czech Republic.
Sufficient administrative capacity is necessary in order to ensure not only the absorption
capacity and application of formal procedures but also to spend financial resources in line
with sound financial management principles.
According to the NSRF, the basis of this approach to guarantee sufficient administrative
capacity is the following:
Analysis of the MA's needs for operational programmes implementation
Definition of functions and procedures
Formulation of employees' profiles, jobs description
Quality of the selection and recruitment of new employees.
Further, in line with the NSRF: "the quality output of all functions within the implementation
system of EU resources is closely related to the profile and stabilization of employees, who
participate on preparation and functioning of this system. Employees of public administration
have to be systematically prepared several years for correct and quality execution of these
activities, including learning of languages. Quality of the selection and recruitment of new
employees that takes into account the best practice is an essential condition for quality human
resources management. This system will be used at all implementation levels. The main
objective of the improvement of the human resources management is to minimize the
undesirable outflow of these well-educated and skilled employees into the private sector. This
can be achieved primarily through the setting of such conditions that create the work in
public administration competitive to the private sector".
These NSRF provisions are more specified in the letter sent by Czech authorities in view of
approval of the NSRF decision to the European Commission on 29 June 2007 (reference
number 24 449/2007-62) in the following way:
"Attention will be paid to systemic strengthening of the absorption capacity, including
also the analysis of needs, definition of requirements, description of work posts,
independent recruitment procedures, motivation system, training of the staff and the
stabilisation of the staff.
A document called "Procedures to solve the administrative capacity to use the
Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund resources during 2007-2013" was submitted to
the Czech government".
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Governmental resolution No 818 of 18 July 2007 approving the above mentioned document is
to be applied to the whole public administration and its implementation will be monitored by
the Prime minister of the Czech Republic.
Subsequently, the above mentioned commitments have to be implemented at the level of each
operational programme. A more detailed report should specify how these commitments are to
be addressed (e.g. analysis of the MA's needs, definition of functions and procedures,
formulation of employees' profile, jobs description, quality of the selection and recruitment of
new employees). Further, it should describe the way in which the Operational Programme
Technical Assistance and the priority axis of the technical assistance of the Regional
Operational Programme will be used for this objective. Other very important issue is the
support of absorption capacity of the beneficiaries and helpful approach of relevant authorities
to the beneficiaries.
This implementing report has to be finalised and presented during the first monitoring
committee after the adoption of the Regional Operational Programme.
Technical assistance will be used to increase the administrative capacity of the Managing
Authority and to support the preparation of projects (consulting and information services).
The following will be the main measures for increasing the administrative capacity:
• use of financial and non-financial motivation;
• education of employees, provision of technical equipment, training of senior
executives dealing with management of human resources and related problems;
• Incentives paid out in relation to administration of EU funds;
• other labour-law measures.
Another very important task is to support the absorption capacity of the beneficiaries and
helpful approach of the administration to beneficiaries.
The main aim of the improvement of the system is to limit the undesirable drain of educated
and experienced employees into the private sphere, above all by setting conditions that would
turn work in public administration into a competitive choice to work in private sphere.
8.1.2 External subjects involved in the implementation of ROP Central
Moravia
Ministry for Regional Development of the CR
The following departments of the MfRD are involved in the implementation of ROP Central
Moravia:
− National Co-ordination Authority
By its ruling No. 198/2006 of 22 February 2006, the Czech government appointed the
Ministry for Regional Development (MfRD) as the central methodological and
coordinating body for the policy of economic and social cohesion (ESC) in the 2007 –
2013 programming period. The NCA was set up within the MfRD to perform this
function.
The central methodological and coordinating role of the National Framework for
Cohesion Policy is based on the following basic principles of effective management:
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the existence of a single official partner for EC in the field of implementation of
the policy of ESC
• the existence of a single body managing the monitoring system
• the existence of a single central methodological body in the field of
implementation environment, financial flows, and control
• the existence of a single central body for the field of publicity and building of
absorption capacity with a properly operational regional network.
The NCA performs the role of the central official partner towards the EC. It is furthermore
responsible for:
• administration of the monitoring system
• providing methodology and coordinating functions for a functional
implementation environment
• providing publicity and sufficient absorption capacity
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− Department of Budget
Provides for the issuing of decisions about the provision of funding for the RC in line with
Section 14 of Act No. 218/2000 Coll. and transfers funds to the accounts of the RC.
Coordination on the level of the NSRF and a detailed description of coordination is provided
at the end of the chapter “Socioeconomic analysis“.
Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
− Paying and Certifying Authority
PCA is responsible for performing certification.
− Central Harmonization Unit (furthermore also referred to only as CHU)
CHU performs the functions of an AA, responsible for the verification of effective
operation of the managing and controlling system of the programme.
By a ruling of the Minister of Finance, made on the basis of Czech Government Resolution
No. 198 dated 22 February 2006, the department of National Fund of the Ministry of Finance
has been appointed to perform the functions of the Payment and Certification Authority
(PCA) for SF and for the CF. PCA submits to the European Commission certified reports on
expenses and requests for running/final payments, asks the managing authority to provide
information on procedures and verifications related to expenses, listed in the expenditure
reports. The PCA does not delegate any of its competences on any mediating subjects and
therefore does not have any intermediate body in relation to ROP CM.
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By a ruling of the Minister of Finance, the functions of the Audit Authority (AA) for SF are to
be performed by the department of the Central Harmonizing Unit for Financial Auditing of
the Czech Ministry of Finance, which is functionally independent of the MAs and on the
PCA. The AA especially provides for the performance of audits aimed at the verification of
the effective functioning of the managing and controlling system of the operational
programme.
The performance of the function of the PCA and the AA is provided for by the MoF by
separate organizational units in line with the Methodology of Financial Flows and Control of
Programmes Co-Financed fro Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and the European
Fisheries Fund for the Programming Period 2007 – 2013, valid from January 1, 2007.
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A more detailed description of the PCA follows in the text below.
8.1.3 Processes related to the implementation of the programme and projects
Processes related to the management of the programme, priority axes and projects, focusing
especially on:
− financing of projects, planning of allocations of finances, flow of finances, certification of
expenses
− the manner in which calls are made, product administration, evaluation and selection
− monitoring and control of projects and of the programme
− adopting measures in case of occurrence of discrepancies
are described in detail in the implementation document for ROP Central Moravia, Operational
manual ROP Central Moravia, Handbooks for applicants and Handbooks for beneficiaries.
Further procedures are described in internal regulations of the Office of the Regional Council.
8.1.4 Beneficiaries, System for the Selection of Projects
Only a person with juridical subjectivity can act as a beneficiary, with the exception of
subjects within IUDP. Funding is provided to beneficiaries on a basis of a Funding Contract
in line with No. 250/2000 Coll., on budget rules for regional budgets, on the basis of which
the contract is signed.
8.1.5 Duties of Beneficiaries
The obligations of beneficiaries will be described in detail in conditions for the provision of
aid. Beneficiaries especially provide for:
drawing up of an application for aid including identification, assessment and
preparation of a project including a financial plan
preparation of initial documentation for the project
placing of public procurement orders and signing of contractual documents with
suppliers in close coordination with the MA
proper implementation of the project in accordance with contracts signed with selected
suppliers
verification and payment of verified supplier invoices
maintaining a separate accounting system for the project in line with provisions of Act
No. 563/1991 Coll., Accounting Act, as amended
providing internal financial control
sending regular reports to the MA about the progress of the project and occasional
reports during its preparation
processing of data and handing it over to the MA for the purposes of monitoring
providing for regional and local publicity and placing information boards at sites in
compliance with relevant EU rules
Beneficiaries are responsible for the eligibility of programme expenses which they ask to be
reimbursed within ROP Central Moravia and for the compliance with conditions of the
funding contract and adherence to relevant Czech and EU legislation.
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When submitting applications for payment, beneficiaries will justify the submitted expenses
and provide evidence that they meet the conditions for implementation of projects contained
in the funding contract. All claims for payment must be backed up by documents proving that
the means to be reimbursed have been spent in an effective, economic, useful, and transparent
way.
Beneficiaries must provide for the keeping of project documentation, which can serve as
sufficient aid for the purpose of audits focused on financial flows. Beneficiaries must make
sure that project documents are available at any time for checks and audits performed by
authorized persons or subjects. Documents are to be archived in line with applicable EU and
Czech legislation.
8.1.6 Administration of selection of projects according to type of support
Individual project
The applicant submits the project application to the regional office of the ORC according to
the place of implementation of the project. Regional branches of the ORC check the formal
completeness and judge the acceptability of the project and provide for its qualitative
evaluation in accordance with criteria for the selection of projects. Approval of projects,
which will be granted financial aid from ROP Central Moravia funds, is in the powers of the
ORC. The ORC provides information on the proceedings of the CRC and on their results to
the beneficiary.
Integrated project
The coordinator submits an application for an integrated project (as a series of individual
projects linked to each other) to the regional office of the Office of the Regional Council
according to the location of project implementation. The regional office of the ORC performs
a check of the acceptability and checks the formal correctness of the application and provides
for qualitative evaluation of the applications in accordance with the set criteria for selection,
evaluating the individual projects as well as the project as a whole. Projects which will be
funded from the ROP Central Moravia funds are approved by the CRC. The Office of the
Regional Council informs the beneficiary about the results of the decisions of the CRC.
During the preparatory phase, the town preparing the IUDP selects a zone, or topic, sets out
the objectives and strategy for their achieving, including the participation of partners.
Individual IUDPs are submitted to the MA ROP Central Moravia for assessment and
approval. During the implementation phase of the IUDP, the town selects suitable projects for
the fulfilling of objectives of the IUDP. Selection of individual projects is in the competence
of the town, which in line with principles of transparency, equal opportunities and principle of
partnership creates methods for the assessment of projects. Projects approved by the town are
then submitted in the form of a standard project application to the MA ROP Central Moravia,
which assesses individual projects. Responsible for the implementation of the IUDP is the
town as the holder. Way of implementation will be described in more detail in the
Implementation document.
Integrated Territorial Development Plan
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During the preparatory phase, the holder of the ITDP sets out the objectives and the strategy
for their achieving, including the participation of partners. Individual ITDPs are submitted to
the MA RP Central Moravia for assessment and approval. The MA then after consultations
with the holder makes specific calls for submission of projects with an aim to reach the
objectives of the approved ITDP. Responsible for the coordination of the implementation of
the ITDP is the holder.
General criteria for the selection of projects in ROP Central Moravia:
Projects submitted by applicants will be assessed from the point of view of their acceptability,
formal correctness, followed by assessment according to set selection criteria.
Criteria for the evaluation of projects will include both criteria common for all areas of
support as well as specific criteria for the evaluation of projects in the framework of
individual areas of support.
• The following general criteria are binding during the approval of projects:
• conformity with ROP Central Moravia priority axes
• regional impact and importance of the project,
• economic and social contribution, especially impact on regional development,
• evaluation from the point of view of horizontal themes,
• project sustainability
Project acceptability check focuses on the suitability of the applicant, conformity of the
project with the objectives and supported activities of a given area of support of ROP Central
Moravia, compliance of the project with legislation of the EU and of the Czech Republic, and
furthermore it is considered whether the project does not contradict horizontal themes.
Formal appropriateness check assesses the complexity of the preparation of the application
and its addenda according to requirements listed in the documentation for applicants,
provided by the call elaborated by the MA of ROP Central Moravia.
The project acceptability and formal appropriateness checks are followed by a factual
assessment of the project with the use of selection criteria approved by the Monitoring
Committee of ROP Central Moravia. Selection criteria will always be elaborated in
dependence on the focus of a given call for submission of projects.
Main assessment is divided into the following groups:
- Assessment of the applicant
Assessment includes the assessment of project management and ability of the
applicant to implement the project from the point of provision of technical background
and staffing. Included is also the assessment of financial health of the applicant,
threats to the applicant and the project and applicant’s references.
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Quality of project
Assessment of the readiness of the project, description of activities and their
interconnection, feasibility of the budget, efficiency and economy of expenses,
sustainability, need for the project and its innovative character, ties to target groups
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Importance of project
Evaluation includes assessment of links of the project to strategic documents and
objectives and links of the project to the fulfilling of indicators of ROP Central
Moravia
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Horizontal criteria
Assessment of the contribution of the project to sustainable development, i.e.
especially to the environment and equal opportunities. In relation to sustainable
development and environment, emphasis will be laid on the use of renewable sources
of energy and on criteria of impact on nature contained in the opinion of the Ministry
of Environment of the Czech Republic on the assessment of influences on the
environment (SEA).
The objective of the proposed system is to take into account the field of environmental
protection within the framework of overall assessment and selection of projects for the
granting of support. It is desirable to support projects which, apart from their primary focus
and purpose, will have better impact on the environment and potential utilization of renewable
sources of energy. The proposed system focuses especially on positive impact of projects on
the environment and renewable sources of energy.
In line with Czech Government Resolution No. 1302/2006, sustainability of investments or
jobs created by SMEs is three years, in line with Article 57 of the general regulation.
The criteria will be aimed at fulfilling especially the strategic objective IV of the NSRF
„Balanced development of territory“. When selecting projects, emphasis will be put on the
impact of the project on equal opportunities and on the environment. Projects with negative
impact on the environment will not be selected.
From the point of view of the complexity of the assessment of projects, all facts are taken into
account, both from the perspective of assessment of formal appropriateness and suitability of
the project for ROP and fulfilment of all conditions set by the MA, as well as the follow-up
evaluation of the quality of the project and it contribution to the economic and social
development of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region.
Approving of projects which will be supported from the funds of ROP Central Moravia is in
the competence of the Committee. The Office will inform beneficiaries of the results of
Committee sessions.
8.2 Financial Management
Basic information
Financial management of ROP Central Moravia is based on the following methodologies:
– Methodology for financial flows and control of programmes co-financed from the
Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and the European Fisheries Fund for the 2007 – 2013
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programming period valid from 1 January 2007 (furthermore referred to as Methodology
of financial flows and control),
Methodology for certification of expenses for the 2007 – 2013 programming period valid
from 1 January 2007,
methodology for ORC Central Moravia.
An exact description of financial management on the level of the programme and projects can
be found in the Operation manual for ROP Central Moravia and its appendices. Concrete
descriptions deal with co-financing, definition of roles and fields of activity of individual
subjects, financial flows, accounting or certification.
The system of flow of finances from the EU budget (SF) to ROP Central Moravia is based on
the principle of financing applications for payment from funds of the Regional Council, which
has received money for funding the share financed from the EU (SF) budget from the budget
of the MfRD chapter and the share of funds corresponding to national co-funding from the
budget of the MfRD chapter and from regional budgets. Funds from the EU (SF) budget are
subsequently paid back by the PCB to the account of the administrator of the MfRD chapter.
Funds from the EU (SF) budget are sent to the account of the PCA. Within the PCA, funds
from the EU (SF) budget are managed from the methodological point of view by the
Department of Methodology of Financial Management and Payments of the MoF CR, which
will also be responsible for transfers of funds from the EU (SF) budget to the national budget.
Financial flows of funds from the EU budget progress in four general steps:
1. The European Commission sets the total volume of its pledge for a programme
and a fund for the programming period. After the programme has been
approved, the EC sends an advance payment to the Czech Republic to the
account of the PCA;
2. The European Commission sends running payments and the final payment to
the Czech Republic to the account of the PCA on the basis of requests
substantiated with the performed certification;
3. The PCA transfers funds from the EU budget to the MfRD chapter of the state
budget (SD);
4. Through its chapter of the SB, the MfRD releases funds from the SB, which are
to be covered from the means of the EU budget, into the budget of the RC, on
the basis of an issued Decision on the Provision of Funding. This decision is
issued in line with Act No. 218/2000 Coll.
ROP Central Moravia is financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Each individual priority axis can be financed only from one structural fund.
Within ROP Central Moravia, financial contribution from the EU will not exceed 85% of the
total public eligible costs for each project. The 85% limit indicates only the maximum
possible share that financial support from the EU can reach (see general regulation).
„The managing authority will make sure that any state aid, allocated within this programme,
will conform to the procedural rules and with the rules for the provision of state aid,
applicable at the moment when the state aid is provided.“
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Financial flows between MfRD, the Regional Council and the beneficiary
The relations between the MfRD and the Regional Council are governed by the Decision
about the provision of funding issued by the Ministry for Regional Development, the
provisions of Act No. 218/2000 Coll., on budgetary rules, and by the Methodology for
financial flows and control.
Payments to beneficiaries are made in the form of regressive payments of expenses already
paid by the beneficiary.
1. On the basis of realized payments, the beneficiary submits an application in CZK for
the reimbursement of means from the budget of the Regional Council of the Central
Moravia Cohesion Region (furthermore referred to as RC) (corresponding to the
European and national share), and the application is submitted for checking and
approval by the MA
2. The MA approves the application submitted by the applicant and instructs the
financial department to make payment to the beneficiary’s bank account;
3. The Financial Department makes payment from the budget of the RC to the
beneficiary’s bank account;
4. Following a confirmation of payments from the budget of the RC, provided by the
Financial Department, the MA draws up an aggregate application for the payment of
funds from the EU (SF) funds, from the account of the PCA, into the relevant chapter
of the MfRD;
5. The application for payment is passed on to the administrator of the chapter of the
MfRD, who approves it and passes it on to the PCA for payment;
6. The PCA performs checking of the submitted aggregate application, its charging (the
key date for the determination of the conversion of funds from CZK to EUR is the
date of charging by the PCA) and subsequent payment of funds from the EU (SF)
budget into the chapter of the MfRD;
7. After certification is finished, the PCA asks the European Commission to replenish the
funds on its account;
8. The EC approves the application and sends funds to the account of the PCA.
In order to be able to submit an application for payment, the applicant must meet the
conditions
specified
in
the
Implementation
Document
(Handbook
for
applicants/beneficiaries).
This procedure will differ with financing of projects in priority axis 4 – Technical Assistance,
where it will stick to the Methodology of Financial Flows.
The MA will make sure that beneficiaries and other subjects involved in the operations either
keep a separate accounting system or a relevant accounting code common for all transactions
related to the operation, without prejudice to national accounting regulations.
The Financial Department of the ORC performs especially the following tasks:
provides transfer of funds to beneficiaries for the funding of projects co-financed from
the EU budget and from funds of the RC budget;
keeps precise and full records of transfer of funds from RC budget to beneficiaries;
communicates to MA of ROP Central Moravia requested data on performed transfers
of funds to beneficiaries according to its records (especially data on beneficiaries,
amount of transferred funds, day of payment to the beneficiary);
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when performing individual activities, related to the transfer of funds to beneficiaries,
the financial department acts in compliance with internal written procedures
(manuals).
Expenses within the framework of technical assistance will be paid immediately after they
arise directly from the budget of the Regional Council.
Certifying Authority
The activities of the Certifying authority for the implementation of aid from the SF and the
CF are in the Czech Republic performed by the Paying and Certifying Authority. By a ruling
of the Minister of Finance, made on the basis of Czech Government Resolution No. 198 dated
22 February 2006, the department of National Fund of the Ministry of Finance has been
appointed to perform the functions of PCA for Structural Funds („SF“) and for the Cohesion
Fund („CF“).
To provide for the implementation of aid from the SF and the CF according to Article 61 of
the general regulations, the PCA performs the following activities:
• manages and coordinates financial flows from EU budget and ensures the smooth flow
of financial funds from the PCA to beneficiaries;
• sets and updates methodical instructions for the certification of SF and CF
expenditure;
• ensures that beneficiaries receive EU contributions without undue delay;
• processes and submits certified statements of expenditure and applications for
payment (interim and final) to the EC, for all programmes on the basis of statements
of expenditures submitted by the managing authorities;
• verifies the accuracy of statement of expenditure, that it results from a reliable
accounting system and is based on verifiable supporting documents, certifies this
statement and approves the applications for payments from the EU;
• monitors procedure manuals used by the bodies involved in the implementation of SF
and CF and verifies the compliance with these procedures;
• continuously monitors and verifies the compliance of activities and procedures of the
managing authorities and intermediate bodies with applicable Czech and EU acts;
• verifies the application of the management processes and control systems used by the
managing authorities and intermediate bodies (including the on the spot checks);
• evaluates drawing performance of allocations;
• receives payments from EU budget and ensures transfers of funds to the budget
chapters;
• provides methodical guidance to the preparation of forecasts of applications for
payment from the EU budget and submits these forecasts to the EC;
• provides for the concept, methodology, establishment, development and operation of
the accounting system used for the administration of SF and CF,
• provides methodical management in the field of accounting for SF and CF funds;
• cooperates with the EC in the mid-term and ex-post verification of the additionality;
• ensures the recoveries of amounts unduly paid in the case the principles of operation
terms are violated
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Eligible expenses
Eligible expenses are defined in the general regulation and in more detail in the
implementation document for ROP Central Moravia, in the methodological handbook
Eligible expenses 2007 – 2013 and in the Handbook for applicants.
Cross-financing
Cross financing is defined in Article 34 of the general regulation. The principle of crossfinancing enables complementary financing of activities falling within the scope of support
from another fund up to the limit of 10% for each priority axis of the operational programme;
in the case of ROP Central Moravia the limit is 10% from the ESF.
Activities within cross-financing will be coordinated with individual managing authorities of
operational programmes financed from the ESF. When utilizing cross financing, provisions
of “Instructions for cross-financing will for the programming period 2007-2013”, issued on
the national level, will be observed in order to satisfy the relevant provisions of EC
regulations.
8.3 Auditing System
8.3.1 The Audit Authority
The AA is established in compliance with provisions of Article 59 of general regulation. On
the basis of Czech Government Resolution No. 198, dated 22 February 2006, the Czech
Ministry of Finance has been appointed AA for SF. By a ruling of the Minister of Finance, the
functions of AA for SF are to be performed by Department 17 “Central Harmonizing Unit for
Financial Auditing” of the Czech Ministry of Finance, which is functionally independent of
the managing authorities and on the PCA.
In compliance with Article 62 of the general regulation, the AA performs especially the
following tasks:
• provides the audit of readiness of programme management and control systems, on the
basis of which it submits a report assessing the compliance of the OP management and
control systems to the EC;
• submits to the Commission, prior to the submission of the first interim application for
payment and 12 months at the latest after the approval of the programme, a report
assessing the configuration of programme management and control systems, including
an opinion on their compliance with applicable provisions of EC legislation, as laid
out by article 71 of General Regulation;
• submits an audit strategy including the bodies that will carry out the audit, to the EC
within nine months after the approval of the respective OP and regularly updates this
strategy;
• ensures the execution of audits in public administration in order to verify the
efficiency of programme management and control systems functions and verifies the
expenditure declared on the sample basis;
• annually submits the consolidated audit plan for funds provided from SF and CF to the
EC, which it regularly evaluates;
• ensures the submission of all results of audits carried out by the AA or based on its
instructions to the PCA for certification purposes;
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provides systemic guidance to other audit entities participating in public
administration audits in all OPs;
supervises the quality of audits in public administration carried out by other audit
entities in projects co-financed from SF and CF;
participates in the drafting and updating of systemic guidelines for performing audits
of individual programmes;
annually submits the annual control report to the EC, within the years 2008 and 2015
annually submits the annual reports for particular operational programmes to EC
which contain audit assessments;
issues a statement for the EC on an annual basis, on whether or not the functioning of
the management and control systems provides sufficient assurance that expenditure
declared to the EC are correct and that the underlying transactions are legal and
regular;
participates in audit missions of the EC aimed at the verification of aspects of the
management and control systems resulting from the annual control report;
submits the closure declaration (or partial closure declaration) to the EC, in which it
shall assess the validity of the final payment application and whether the underlying
transactions included in the final statement of expenditure had been done in a legal
and regular way;
co-operates with the EC on the co-ordination of audit plans and methods, and
exchanges results of performed audits with the EC;
ensures that internationally recognised audit standards are complied with during the
execution of audits;
provides the analysis of reported irregularities for the purpose of processing the
closure declaration or partial closure declaration;
prepares the annual report on the results of OP’s financial control for the Czech
Government.
The audit authority is responsible for the performance of the activities described above, and
can delegate other audit subjects to perform selected activities while keeping its own
responsibility. Only one level of delegation with the performance of the activities listed above
is permitted (i. e. the audit subject cannot delegate another subject with the activities) on the
basis of an agreement signed under public law.
In line with Article 62(3) of the General Provision and in line with the Czech Government
Resolution No. 760 dated 11 July 2007 on the securing of the performance of the functions of
the audit body, the audit authority entrusted the Regional Council of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region with the performance of the performance of the activities of the audit
subject. The activities of the delegated audit subject (DAS) will within the Regional Council
of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region be performed by the functionally independent
Department of Internal Audit (DIA). This department is functionally independent and from
the point of organisation and staffing separated from the managing and executive structures of
the Regional Council. The independence of the DAS is ensured by the nature of its links to
the AA, the way in which the results of the activities of the auditors are evaluated, and by the
exclusion of the auditors from any activities of executive and operational nature, performed
by the MA, PCA and other government administration bodies, legal and and natural entities,
participating in the management, control, and use of funds within the framework of ROP CM.
In compliance with Government Resolution No. 760, the authorized auditing subject is in line
with international standards responsible to the Auditing Authority for the performing of
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auditing activities. The functional independence of the DIA is with respect to Article 62(3) of
the general regulation provided for by a public law contract signed between the Auditing
Authority – the Czech Ministry of Finance and the Regional Council of the Central Moravia
Cohesion Region, which is signed by the Chairman of the Regional Council.
In line with Article 62(1)(a) and 62(1)(b) of the general provision and with internationally
acknowledged standards, this delegated audit subject will perform the following activities:
a)
audit aimed at the verification of the functioning of the managing and controlling
system of operational programmes
b)
audit of operations using a suitable sample for the verification of shown expenses,
with special focus on the verification:
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whether the operations meet the criteria for the selection for operational
programmes, are performed in line with the decisions on the approval and meet
all related conditions concerning their functionality and use or targets which are
to be met; this applies especially to verification whether the expenses shown have
indeed been spent, whether the expenses shown really correspond with budget
items of the project, listed in the legal act constituting the pledge to provide
financial means (including changes that were approved during the
implementation), whether the co-financed products and services were really
delivered;
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eligibility of expenses and correctness of shown expenses from the accounting
point of view,
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compliance of performed operations with national regulations and EC regulations
(e. g. public procurement and public aid, etc.);
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whether public aid was provided to the beneficiary in compliance with Article 80
of the General provision.
The commissioned audit subject will submit to the Audit Authority data for reports evaluating
the setting of the managing and controlling system before the application for the first payment
is submitted, data for the determination of the audit strategy, annual audit plans, base data for
the annual audit report containing audit findings incl. discrepancies that have been found,
base data for the opinion whether the functioning of the managing and controlling systems
provide sufficient guarantee that the statements of expenses are correct and the related
transactions are legal and proper, and base data for the final controlling report submitted when
the OP is closed.
In relation to the commissioned audit subject, the AA will above all:
provide for the subject to have a proper functional independence
supervise the performance of the audit and provide methodological support
The AA continuously prepares a closing declaration (furthermore referred to as „declaration“)
based on the received:
reports on the sample of operations from subjects which perform this kind of
audit;
reports on other audits/checks performed by implementation subjects;
reports on performed system audits submitted by departments of internal audits
and on its own audit activities.
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Whenever the need arises and on the basis of an analysis of residual risks, the AA is entitled
to perform additional audits of the managing and controlling system of the OP and of samples
of operations. On the basis of bilateral negotiation, the AA submits to the European
Commission a consolidated plan of audits of resources from the EU budget for the Czech
Republic and reports on system audits. It furthermore compiles annual control reports in line
with Article 62(1)(d) of the general provision and submits it to the European Commission on
set dates.
The Audit Authority cooperates with the EC in line with Article 73(1) of the general
regulation in order to coordinate plans of audits, auditing methods and exchange of results of
performed audits of managing and controlling systems.
The AA continually prepares and elaborates a declaration in compliance with Article 62(1)(e)
of the general provision and in line with Article 17(3) with the use of Annex XI to
Commission Regulation (EC) No.1828/2006. After the end of the programming period and
before the payment of the final balance, the AA sends at the latest by March 31, 2007 this
declaration to the European Commission, in which it evaluates the validity of the request for
payment of the final balance and legality and proper character of the related transactions
included in the final statement of expenses. The issue of the declaration is a necessary
precondition for the sending of the application for final payment of the final balance to the
European Commission.
The declaration is issued:
after the end of the programming period; or
during periods defined by the Member State in cases of a partial closing; partial
closing applies to operations finished by December 31 of the previous year; the
operation is considered closed provided the activities within this framework
have been really performed and all expenses of the beneficiaries and related
contributions from public funds have really been paid.
The declaration is issued on the basis of evaluation of results of all performed audits and
controls to which the AA had access, on the basis of continuous verification of managing and
controlling systems, on the basis of information received from the PCA, the MA, and, as the
case may be, additional audits of sample of operations.
The declaration is confirmed by the final controlling report containing all corresponding data
on which the declaration is based, including a summary of all audits and checks performed by
the auditing bodies of the Czech Republic and of the EU, which the AA has at its disposal,
including all other problems that have appeared during the implementation.
The AA organizes its own auditing activities and takes all necessary actions to provide a
sufficient guarantee that public funds are spent in a proper way and in line with relevant
provisions.
The MA and the PCA provide the AA with all required information and provide access to
records and other documents necessary for the elaboration of the declaration. In the course of
use of funds from the EU budget, the EU also monitors, collects and analyzes all available
protocols from checks and reports on performed audits related to the use of related funds from
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the EU budget and also reports on audits performed on the EU level as well as checks
performed by the Supreme Audit Authority.
The way in which the issued declaration is submitted to the relevant bodies of the European
Commission is defined in detail by the AA (taking into account the requirements of the bodies
of the European Commission). Provided serious obstacles are registered in the processing of
the declaration or the occurrence of errors is high and an attitude cannot be assumed to the
statement of charges, the Minister of Finance will inform the Government of the Czech
Republic of this fact before the declaration is submitted to the relevant bodies of the European
Commission. The information will contain a proposal of further steps that need to be taken, or
a proposal of suggested measures.
8.3.2 System of financial control
The Ministry of Finance, as the central administrative authority for financial control, as laid
down by provisions of Act No. 2/1969 Coll., on establishment of ministries and other central
bodies of state administration of the CR, as amended, provides methodology, coordinates and
provides the performance of financial control in the framework of the operational programme.
The base for the issuing of partial methodological instructions, consulted with the relevant
bodies of the EC, is represented by applicable legal regulations of the CR and of the European
Community.
The performing of financial control is regulated by Act No. 320/2001 Coll., on financial
control in public administration and change of some statutes (Financial Control Act), and
Article 62 of the implementation regulation governs the activity of the AA.
In the controlling system, the system of control in public administration and managing control
is clearly separated from the system of internal audit and audit in public administration.
Internal control system
All bodies participating in the implementation of the operational programme will introduce
the necessary managing and control system, which will comply with national legislation and
be capable of identifying in time administrative, system or intentional errors and create
conditions for the prevention of their occurrence.
Managing control
is provided by responsible senior managers and represents a component of the internal
management of all subjects participating in the implementation of the operational programme,
preparation of operations before their approval, continuous monitoring of the performed
operations until their termination and final settlement, and subsequent verification of selected
operations in the framework of evaluation of achieved results and accuracy of management.
With respect to principles of an effective management and control system, the following will
be provided for during the implementation of the programme:
- concrete functions will be clearly defined for all subject participating in the
management and controlling of the programme; this applies to the whole system of
implementation as well as separately to each subject;
- a principle of separation of payment, managing and controlling functions will be
applied among individual subjects participating in programme implementation as well
as in the framework of individual subjects;
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unambiguous procedures will be specified in order to provide for the correctness and
eligibility of expenses accounted for in the framework of the programme;
reliable accounting systems, monitoring systems and systems of financial reporting
will be employed;
a system for reporting on programme implementation, projects and monitoring will be
employed;
measures will be taken for adopting measures for the performing of audits of the
managing and control system;
systems will be introduced and procedures defined to provide data for audits (audit
trail);
reporting and monitoring procedures will be introduced to identify discrepancies and
provide for repayment of amounts unduly paid.
An internal controlling system manual will be elaborated for each level of programme
management and implementation in the form of managed documentation, containing detailed
description of mode of operation for the tasks that are to be performed.
Internal audit
The internal audit, defined by Act No. 320/2001 Coll., on financial control, examines and
evaluates in line with internationally recognized standards the appropriateness and efficiency
of the internal controlling system, including the verification of the correctness of financial,
operational and property operations, and in an independent and objective way reviews and
systematically evaluates the efficiency of risk management. Internal audit activities are
performed by the Division of Internal Audit, the functions and organizational structure of
which are separated from the managing and executive structures, and which is directly
subordinated to the managing body of public administration, which makes sure that the
Division of Internal Audit is not entrusted with tasks which would contradict the independent
performance of tasks it has been entrusted with.
The activities of the division of internal audit also includes the submitting of
recommendations for the improvement of quality of the internal control system, prevention or
reduction of risks, and the adoption of measures for rectification of identified discrepancies
and consulting services.
Reports on internal audits are submitted to the relevant public administration MA, which on a
recommendation of the division of internal audit adopt corresponding measures. Findings
from audits represent a base for regular updates of analysis and risk management within the
ORC.
The results of the internal audit are summarized in the annual report and represent a basis for
the elaboration of an annual summarizing report, submitted to the Czech Ministry of Finance
in line with Section 22 of the Financial Control Act, and containing data and information on
the results of the internal audit. As specified in detail in Chapter 8.3.1, the division of internal
audit performs the functions of the authorized auditing body.
Public administration auditing
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The Managing Authority (hereinafter referred to as MA) is responsible for management and
implementation of the operational programme in compliance with the principle of sound
financial management, and therefore provides for operations to be selected for funding
according to operational programme criteria and to be in compliance with applicable
European Community and Czech provisions throughout the period of implementation. The
MA of ROP Central Moravia executes control in the framework of primary system by
checking the delivery of co-financed products and services and actual expenditure on
operations accounted for by the beneficiaries. The MA of ROP Central Moravia manages an
electronic system for the recording and keeping of accounting records for each operation and
for collecting data necessary for audits. The task of the MB is also to make sure that
procedures and all documents pertaining to expenses and audits within the operational
programme are available to the EC and to the European Court of Auditors for a period of
three years after the settlement of the operational programme.
Operation sample audit
According to Act 320/2001 Coll., on Financial Control in Public Administration and on the
Amendment to some Acts (Act on Financial Control), as amended, and in accordance with
directly applicable EC regulations, the AA is responsible for the performing of audits in
public administration on all levels of implementation of funds from the operational
programme. Within the secondary system, the AA verifies the efficiency of the system of
financial management and control and subsequently tests the correctness of risk transactions
in compliance with the degree of acceptable risk for the area of the primary system. In the
framework of the central system, the AA on the basis of residual risk verifies and assesses the
suitability and efficiency of the operation of the primary and secondary system and performs
and audit of a sample of the operations.
Audits performed by the Supreme Audit Office
The Supreme Audit Office is entitled to perform independent auditing activity in accordance
with applicable provisions of Act No. 166/1993 Coll., on Supreme Audit Office, as amended.
Auditing activities performed by bodies of the European Commission and by the European
Court of Auditors
The EC will verify that managing and auditing systems have been introduced and properly
function within a given operational programme in compliance with Article 72(1) of the
general regulation. This audit is performed by the EC on the basis of annual auditing reports
and the position of AA to these reports, and on the basis of the Commission's own audits.
The European Court of Auditors performs individual and independent audits based on its
scope of activity.
8.3.3 Irregularities
The Managing authority of ROP Central Moravia is responsible for the solving of
irregularities. All bodies, participating in the implementation of the operational programme,
have an obligation to report to the MA of ROP Central Moravia discovered suspicions of
irregularities.
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The Managing authority of ROP Central Moravia will investigate the suspicions and deals
with those that prove to be substantiated on the basis of control findings. Reports of
controlling bodies always have to be considered to be substantiated. If, due to obvious
groundlessness, the suspicion is not refused, proceedings are started without any unnecessary
delay in accordance with Act No. 320/2001 Coll., on Financial Control. At the same time, the
MA of ROP Central Moravia before the 15th day of the following month reports these wellgrounded suspicions to subjects involved on the external reporting level.
Funds that are subject of irregularities are recovered directly by the MA of ROP Central
Moravia on the basis of Act No. 250/2000 Coll., on budgetary rules for regional budgets, as
amended. When imposing, levying and enforcing sanctions, imposed for the breaching of
budgetary discipline, MA of ROP Central Moravia acts in accordance with provisions of Act
No. 337/1992 Coll., on Administration of taxes, as amended.
In cases when the unjustifiably spent funds do not have the character of breaching of
budgetary discipline according to Act No. 250/2000 coll., on budgetary rules for regional
budgets, as amended, the MA of ROP Central Moravia will quantify the sum that is the
subject of irregularity and calls on the beneficiary to return the funds corresponding to the
share of funds from the EU budget and from the Structural Funds from unjustifiably used
funds. The MA will also specify a deadline by which the funds are to be returned and the
account to which the funds are to be paid. Provided a beneficiary does not return the
unjustifiably used funds within a specified period of time and in the specified amount, the MA
of ROP Central Moravia starts taking further steps for the levying of these funds (e. g.
initiates legal proceedings).
A detailed procedure for the solving of irregularities is provided in an annex to the
Operational Manual of ROP Central Moravia.
8.4 Monitoring
8.4.1 The Monitoring Committee for ROP Central Moravia
In compliance with Articles 63 and 64 of the general regulation, the member state sets up a
monitoring committee by prior agreement with the MA within three months of the
announcement of a decision about the approval of the operational programme.
The MC consists of representatives nominated by relevant organizations and institutions,
addressed by the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region. In the request
for nomination of their representative in the MC, the addressed organizations and institutions
were asked to respect the principle of equal opportunities when nominating their
representatives.
The composition of the MC fully respects the principle of partnership, because the members
of the committee are representatives of all major partners, and thus also the major
beneficiaries in the region within ROP Central Moravia.
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This provides for transfer of information and initiatives between the managing and
implementation authority and partners and the general public on regional level. The
membership of representatives of the Ministry for Regional Development and the Ministry of
Transport, which represent the managing bodies of thematic operational programmes
(Integrated OP and OP Transport) significantly strengthens the partnership and effects of
synergy between ROP Central Moravia and these operational programmes.
Members of the MC are above all representatives of:
- Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region
- state administration (MfRD - NCA, MoT and the MoF – PCA, AA)
- regional self-government (the Olomouc Region, the Zlín Region, Union of Towns and
Municipalities)
- economic and social partners (Regional chambers of commerce, etc.)
- universities (Palacký University in Olomouc and Tomas Bata University in Zlín)
- non-governmental non-profit organizations.
Together with the Regional Council of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region, the monitoring
committee aims at providing for an effective and quality implementation of ROP Central
Moravia and for its monitoring. In accordance with Article 65 of the general regulation, the
monitoring committee judges the efficiency and quality of implementation in line with the
following provisions. The monitoring committee
- within six months of the approval of the operational programme assesses and approves
criteria for the selection of financed operations and approves all revisions of these
criteria according to programming needs;
- on the basis of documents submitted by the MA regularly evaluates progress in the
reaching of concrete objectives of the operational programme;
- assesses the results of the implementation, especially the reaching of objectives set for
each priority axis, and performs evaluation in line with Article 48 Section 3 of the
general regulation;
- assesses and approves annual reports and final reports on implementation;
- is familiarized with the annual audit report or about with the section of the report
referring to the relevant operational programme and informed about all related
comments by the EC after the report has been submitted to the EC, or related to the
relevant section of the report;
- can suggest to the MA to make any revision or review of the operational programme,
which could lead to the reaching of objectives of the funds or improve its
management, including financial management;
- assesses and approves all proposals concerning the change of content of the EC
decision on contribution from funds.
8.4.2 Information systems, transfer of data
The information system for the monitoring of programmes for the 2007 – 2013 period
(ms2007)
The creation of the monitoring system is a result of a requirement by the European Union to
create a monitoring system (see general regulation), a requirement to provide for electronic
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exchange of data (see Implementation Regulation - Articles 39-42) and is in line with
Government decision No. 198/2006 to create a unified monitoring system.
The MA is responsible for the management and implementation of the operational programme
in line with the principle of proper of proper financial management, and especially provides
for the establishing of a system for the recording and storing of accounting data in electronic
form for each operation performed within the operational programme and collecting of data
necessary for financial management, monitoring, verification, auditing and evaluation.
The monitoring system must therefore be compatible with the accounting systems of ROP
Central Moravia.
The information system for the monitoring of programmes is an information system for the
monitoring implementation of programmes and projects co-financed from structural funds. It
must provide updated information in an adequate way and scope, provide for data integrity
and contain complete data for the programme. The monitoring system for structural funds is a
tool for effective management of ROP Central Moravia, providing reports for the General
Directorates of the EC, the government, Parliament as well as the regions.
In the process of monitoring, the coordinating and methodological role is played by the
MfRD, which issues instructions and provides methodology for management, evaluation, data
collection and its electronic exchange, founding and activity of monitoring committees,
controls and supervises all activities performed as part of the tasks of managing bodies of
operational programmes. The MfRD furthermore establishes and runs the integrated
monitoring information system, which will be used by managing bodies of all Ops, by the
payment and certification authority and by the audit authority, and provides for electronic
exchange of documents an data.
The main means to provide for the uniformity of the monitoring system is the defining of the
extent of mandatory data and binding rules for their procurement and delivery.
The provision of comparable, correct and up-to-date data for the support of management,
monitoring, and evaluation is provided for by the binding Methodology for Monitoring of SF
and the CF 2007-2013. This methodology defines the centrally binding extent of data, binding
procedures and deadlines for the monitoring of operational programmes and projects on all
levels of implementation. Together with an exact definition of unified and binding procedures
for transfer of data, it provides for a fully integrated unified monitoring system on all levels of
implementation, which will provide necessary data for the management, monitoring and
evaluation of programmes and projects including regular collection of data from beneficiaries,
used to monitor the progress of implementation of projects by means of the web account of
the beneficiary.
For the monitoring of the 2007-2013 programming period, full functionality of the ms2007
monitoring system will be secured, which will provide monitoring on all levels of
implementation. The system provides full support for the management, monitoring,
evaluation, and administration of programmes and projects. It respects the requirements of the
EC and provides the requested functions of data collection and of the passing on of these data
to the EC and to the PCA.
The monitoring system provides for the monitoring of the following activities:
drawing of funds from the structural funds and national co-financing;
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monitoring, evaluation and controlling functions;
communication with the EC;
provision of data for the standard monitoring table of the EC;
monitoring of data on the level of the beneficiary;
linkage to relevant systems of state administration;
meeting monitoring indicators (fulfilment of defined tasks).
Ms2007 consists of three levels: central/managing (MS2007), executive - information system
of the operational programme (MONIT) and on the level of the beneficiary – web application
(Benefit).
Information system ms2007
The central database ms2007 is the basic tool for the collecting and storing of information
about the process of provision of aid by the EU to the CR. The level provides for the planning
of development, programming and evaluation of operational programmes from the point of
view of factual and financial monitoring. It provides summary information on the preparation
and implementation status of the programme as well as on total EU aid in the Czech Republic.
ms2007 is the basic software tool for the MA of ROP Central Moravia, PCA and NCA.
ms2007 is administered by the Department of Administration of Monitoring Systems of the
MfRD (furthermore referred to only as DAMS), which is responsible for the management of
access rights, definition of interface, emergency plans, and development of system.
The basis for electronic exchange of data with the EC is ms2007, all data from which are
transferred to the EC database - System for Fund Management in the European Community
2007 - 2013 (SFC2007). Within ms2007, a special module has been created, called „Data for
SFC2007“, serving as a tool for authorization of required reports by MAs - subjects
responsible for programme management and coordination. This module enables the
generation of export files (with compulsory data), sent to SFC2007. Each user of MSC2007
has read-only access to the „Data for SFC2007“ module in ms2007. Write access, defined by
a list of roles, in enabled for appointed representatives of subjects involved in the
management, monitoring, and control processes, after roles and competences have been
assigned by DAMS MfRD.
MSC2007 is also linked to the information system of the Payment and Certification Authority
(IS VIOLA), serving for financial management and accounting of funds from the EU budget.
Aggregate requests for payments are transferred from ms2007 to IS VIOLA. Summarized
data is transferred from IS VIOLA to ms2007.
The Monit information System
IS Monit is an information system for the administration and management of projects. It
provides for efficient preparation and implementation of projects, i. e. collection and
assessment of applications, flexible records of projects, material and financial monitoring on
project level, reporting or provision of data to superior bodies. IS Monit is the basic software
tool for the implementation of ROP Central Moravia. IS Monit is administered by CRD,
which is responsible for management of user accounts, security, backup, definition of
interface, and development of system. IS Monit can be accessed using a browser interface.
Benefit web application
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The Benefit web application is a software tool for applicants. Benefit is an electronic
application form which can be filled by an applicant to provide information about the planned
project. For each new call for submission of projects, there is a new updated version of
Benefit. The unified application serves two-way communication between MA of ROP Central
Moravia and the applicants/beneficiaries. All users can access the web application form using
the Internet. Web applications will be stored at a server of the MfRD.
The ms2007 monitoring system is being adjusted to meet the needs of the current
programming period. Imperfections of the monitoring system on the level of MS2007 are
removed by DAMS of the MfRD. Requirements and suggestions for modifications of the
monitoring system on the level of IS MONIT7+ and BENEFIT7 are initiated by the Working
Group for the Monitoring of ROP, consisting of representatives of managing authorities of all
regional operational programmes, or by the Managing Authority of ROP Central Moravia on
the basis of its own requirements.
Responsibility for the modification and operation of the monitoring system for structural
funds will be split between MA of ROP Central Moravia and MfRD with an aim to meet
requirements of NCA for the 2007 – 2013 programming period for the accounting for binding
and mandatory data in the structure of the central binding data record.
Information system EK SFC2007
System for Fund Management in the European Community 2007 – 2013 (SFC2007 )
is the information system of the EC, helping to monitor the observance of the rules of EU
funds. SFC2007 consists of the Information system and the System if financial management
(used exclusively by the EC). Member states and the EC use the Information system, serving
as a means of communication and exchange of documents between the member states and the
EC; all institutions working with EU funds are required to provide all necessary data needed
for the implementation of regulations.
The Information system of the EC is linked via Web Services and the Internet to the Central
2007 monitoring system (furthermore also referred to as ms2007), providing a direct
interface. Access to the SFC2007 is provided only to registered users providing a username
and password, which is assigned by an SFC2007 coordinator with the MS Liaison role for the
CR. Each member state, including CR, nominates one person which is assigned the role of
MS Liaison and which represents a single contact person for all operations related to access
requests. In the case of the CR, this role is played by a representative of the MfRD. Entitled to
the assigning of username and password are only subjects engaged in the implementation of
programmes for the CR, most of them in a read-only mode. Active access to SFC2007 is
provided only in exceptional cases.
Access to monitoring and evaluation of horizontal themes
a) Equal opportunities
Monitoring of the horizontal theme of equal opportunities is an integral part of the central
monitoring system, which takes into account equal opportunities in the form of gender (by age
and types of social handicap), segmented output indicators, results and impact from the
strategic level of NSRF, to the monitoring of relevant priorities of individual operational
programmes. They have been programmed to provide qualitative contribution to the
implementation of relevant national policies as well as policies coordinated on a national level
(in the CR defined in more detail in the National Report on Strategy of Social Protection and
Social Inclusion for 2006 – 2008 and the National Programme of Reforms for 2005 – 2008).
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The monitoring and evaluation of the efficiency of the implementation of the programme
from the point of view of defined objectives and the impact on equal opportunities is provided
by the MA of ROP Central Moravia.
b) Sustainable development
Monitoring of environmental impact is part of IS monitoring and is based in indicators
suggested by the elaborator of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of ROP Central
Moravia. Expert evaluation of the impact will be performed by the MA of ROP Central
Moravia within the framework of programme evaluation.
8.4.3 Annual reports and the final report on the implementation of ROP
Central Moravia
According to Article 60 Section li) of the general regulation, the MA of ROP Central Moravia
is obliged to process annual reports on the implementation of the programme and a final
report on programme implementation.
In compliance with Article 67 of the general regulation, the MA sends an annual report on the
implementation of ROP Central Moravia to the EC (after it has been approved by the
Monitoring Committee) by 30 June of the following year, with the first report for 2007 to be
submitted to the EC in 2008 and the last report for 2015 to be submitted in 2016.
The final report on the implementation of ROP Central Moravia will be submitted to the EC
by 31 March 2017.
In compliance with Article 67 Section 2 of the general regulation, the annual report contains
especially the following information (identical with information contained in the final report):
progress that has been made in the implementation of the operational programme and
priority axes in relation to their concrete and verifiable objectives, which are, provided
they can be quantified, quantitatively expressed with the help of indicators listed in Article
37 Section 1c) of the general regulation on the level of a priority axis,
financial implementation of the programme, specifying in detail for each priority axis:
- expenditure by the beneficiary that has been included in the applications for payment
submitted to the MA, and the amount of corresponding contribution from public
sources,
- total payments received from the EC and a quantitative expression of financial
indicators according to Article 66 Section2a) of the general regulation,
- expenditure by the subject responsible for the provision of payment to the beneficiaries,
measures adopted by the MA and by the monitoring committee in order to ensure the
quality and efficiency of the implementation of the operational programme, especially:
- monitoring and assessment measures incl. measures concerning data retrieval,
- an overview of all significant problems that have occurred during the implementation of
the operational programme and a list of measures that have been taken,
- utilization of technical assistance,
measures adopted in order to provide information and publicity about the operational
programme,
information on significant problems related to the keeping of conformity with the policies
and legal regulations of the Community, that have been discovered in the course of
programme implementation, and on measures adopted to rectify them,
utilization of aid returned to the MA or to other public bodies during he period of
implementation of the operational programme according to Article 98 Section 2 of the
General regulation,
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cases in which a significant change has been detected according to Article 57 of the
general regulation.
According to Article 68 of the general regulation, the EC evaluates the operational
programme and main output from the previous year on the basis of the annual report. After
this evaluation, the EC can make comments and the MA will subsequently inform the EC on
measures, adopted on the basis of these comments. Provided the EC comes to the conclusion
that the adopted measures are insufficient, it can recommend changes to the MA leading to
the improvement of efficiency of monitoring or management of support. The MA should to
such measures by introducing suggested measures or by explaining why the proposed
measures have not been accepted. Removing deficiencies in the monitoring and management
systems is – according to EC recommendations – one of the conditions for the performance of
running payments.
8.4.4 Strategic reports submitted by member states
In compliance with Article 29 of the general regulation, starting from 2007, each member
state will include in its annual report on the implementation of its National Reform
Programme a brief section on contribution from operational programmes, co-financed by
funds and aiding the implementation of the National Reform Programme.
By the end of 2009 and 2012, member stets will submit brief reports containing information
on contribution from programmes co-financed by funds:
supporting the implementation of cohesion policy, defined in the Treaty;
aiding to fulfil the tasks of funds, specified in this regulation;
achieving priorities, described in detail in Community Strategic Guidelines for
cohesion in accordance with Article 25 and in more detail defined in the framework of
priorities defined by the National Strategic Reference Framework according to Article
27;
achieving the objectives of support of competitiveness and creating jobs and working
towards the achieving of objectives of integrated main trends for growth and
employment (2005 – 2008) in accordance with Article 9(3).
Each member state will define the content of reports defined in the previous paragraph with
an aim to describe:
the socio-economic situation and development trends,
the results that have been achieved, challenges and outlook for the future, provided the
implementation has been agreed upon the strategy, and
examples of procedures that have proven to be successful in practice.
References to the National Reform Programme of the Czech Republic, or the National Lisbon
Programme 2005-2008, in this article apply to integrated main trends for growth and
employment (2005-2008) and will be applied in the same manner to all similar main trends or
principles defined by the European Council.
8.5 Programme Publicity and Promotion
According to Article 69 of the general regulation, the MA of the operational programme
provides information on the co-financed programme and provision of its publicity.
Information is intended for citizens of the European Union and beneficiaries with an intention
to stress the role of the Community and provide for the aid provided from the funds to be
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transparent. The MA is responsible for promotion in line with implementation regulations
based on the general regulation.
The MA is responsible for the drawing up, implementation, and monitoring of a
Communication plan. The MA furthermore in line with Communication plan takes measures
for the provision of information to potential beneficiaries and beneficiaries, and provides
information and promotion targeted on the general public.
Article 67 of the general regulation states the starting from 2008, the MA will provide the EC
by the June 30 of each year with an annual report and by March 31, 2017 with a final report
on the implementation of the operational programme. These reports will include the
description of measures adopted with the aim to provide information on the operational
programme and providing for its promotion.
Beneficiaries are also responsible for informing the public of the support which they have
received from the funds in line with rules defines by the MA of the programme.
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8.6 Programme Evaluation
In accordance with Articles 47 and 48, 58 to 60, and 66 to 68 of the general regulation, the
MA of ROP Central Moravia has certain obligations related to the process of programme
evaluation.
According to Article 47 Section 1 of the general regulation, the objective of evaluation is as
follows:
increase of quality and efficiency of aid provided from EU funds and its consistence
with the objectives of the EU and of the CR;
improvement of strategy and higher efficiency of the implementation of the operational
programme;
examine specific structural problems of the CR and sustainable development in relation
to the subject of the operational programme.
An essential supporting tool for evaluation is the monitoring system (IS Monit and MS2007),
providing by means of reports necessary information for mid-term and ex-post evaluation.
The base for evaluation is represented by the National Strategic Reference Framework,
recommendations issued by the EC in the form of Working Papers, and its methodological
handbook for evaluation of structural aid provided from EU funds titled „The Evaluation of
Socio-Economic Development - The Guide“ and published on the web site of the Directorate
General for Regional Policy (DG Regio). Evaluation will furthermore be performed according
to methodology and procedures published by the NCA of the MfRD. During evaluation, the
MA of ROP Central Moravia will base its work on official statistics of the CR and the EU,
local surveys, and information from the Monit and MSC2007.
In line with Article 48 of the general provisions, evaluation will be performed in relation to
the monitoring of ROP, especially if this monitoring discovers significant deviation from the
objectives that have been originally set. In case of identification of negative deviations,
discovered within the framework of monitoring, the evaluation team will flexibly react, e. g.
by compiling and ad hoc evaluation study. Indicators and other data generated by the
monitoring system will represent a base for the preparation of a running evaluation, which
should result in proposals for necessary modifications of the programme. Results shall be
submitted to the Monitoring Committee, which can subsequently propose a revision or a
review of the ROP in line with Article 65 of the general provisions.
Evaluation plan
The Evaluation plan consists of a specification of the managing structure responsible for
evaluation, indicative time schedule of evaluation activities, planned financial resources and a
mechanism for potential revision of the evaluation plan.
Evaluation activities contained in the evaluation plan are divided into operative and strategic.
Strategic evaluations evaluate especially the contribution of operational programmes to
national and strategic objectives (Lisbon strategy). Strategic evaluations include ex-post and
ex-ante evaluations of ROP Central Moravia and strategic evaluations for strategic reports,
which the Czech Republic has to submit to the European Commission in the years 2009 to
2012. Strategic evaluations will furthermore monitor the impact of Central Moravia to impact
indicators Exposure of population to concentrations of PM10 exceeding limits“ and „Lowering
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of emissions of primary particles and precursors of secondary particles”, contained in the
SEA.
Operative evaluations will focus on the monitoring of the implementation of ROP Central
Moravia. They include internally performed annual evaluation of programme implementation,
evaluation of monitoring and implementation systems, horizontal schemes (analysis of
influence of interventions on equal opportunities and the environment) and evaluation related
to absorption capacity.
Annual concretization of the evaluation plan will contain a detailed description of these
activities and their elaboration on project level, planned financial resources (with reserves for
ad hoc evaluation, etc.) and indicative (monthly) schedule of evaluation activities.
Organization and management of evaluation of ROP Central Moravia
According to Article 60 Section e) of the general regulation, the MA of ROP Central Moravia
is responsible for programme evaluation.
Evaluation body – internal evaluation capacity
Article 48 Section 1 of the general regulation requires that conditions be created for the
conducting of evaluation. This above all envisages the setting up of an evaluation body within
the implementation structure of ROP Central Moravia and its gradual optimization.
The evaluation team furthermore supports the activities of the NCA in the field of evaluation
by participation of its representatives in the activities of the working and advisory bodies of
the NCA as well as by direct cooperation. The evaluation team also prepares base data for
evaluation of the NSRF. I order to provide for its independence, the evaluation body is
created within the framework of an independent department of methodology and monitoring
and is thus functionally separated from the departments dealing with the implementation,
payment and controlling function of the programme.
The evaluation team prepares/performs/provides for the following:
a) draft evaluation plan and its annual updates,
b) implementation of the evaluation plan:
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
working out of an assignment for the selection of an external author,
organization of selection procedures for the implementation of evaluation projects,
creation of optimum conditions for the implementation of evaluation projects, their
coordination with the utilization of expert groups,
evaluation of the fulfilment of the evaluation plan,
submission of results of fulfilment of the evaluation plan to the Monitoring Committee
of ROP Central Moravia and to the MC of the NSRF (through the NCA evaluation
unit),
development of evaluation capacity for the operational programme,
the widest possible presentation of the results of evaluation activities to responsible
subjects,
provide widespread publicity to results of evaluation activities and spreading of
experience gained from evaluations,
commentaries on documents submitted within cooperation with the evaluation bodies,
including NCA.
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The evaluation body supports the activities of the NCA evaluation body by means of
participation of its members in the activities of the working and advisory bodies on the NCA
evaluation body (working group, expert groups) or, as the case may be, by means of direct
cooperation, especially during the creation of base data for strategic documents in line with
Article 29(2) of the general provision.
When performing evaluations, the evaluation body utilizes external expert companies,
independent of the managing authority and selected on the basis of a transparent selection
procedure, to which the evaluation project is assigned in the form of an assignment.
Working group for the evaluation of the operational programme
The working group for the evaluation of ROP Central Moravia will play the role of an
advisory and coordinating body for framework evaluation activities, e. g. the drawing up of
the evaluation plan, for activities aimed at the increasing of evaluation capacity, the utilization
of evaluation results, and their presentation to the Monitoring Committee of ROP Central
Moravia. The working group for evaluation will in this way create the conceptual framework
for the activities of the evaluation body. Members of the working group for evaluation are
representatives of ORC appointed by the director.
The working group has the following tasks:
preparation of the evaluation plan
update of the evaluation plan for the upcoming year
advance of plan implementation
development of the evaluation capacity
evaluation of plan fulfilment
preparation of the selection procedure for the commissioning of the order for
evaluation activities
suggests the members of the evaluation commission for the selection of the elaborator
of the evaluation project
compiles reports for the Monitoring Committee of the NSRF and for the MC of the
ROP
The working group meets as necessary especially during the preparation, updating and
evaluation of the evaluation plan, and in the course of preparation of the selection procedure
for the commissioning of the order for evaluation activities. In order to provide expert
supervision of the evaluation project, an expert opponent group will be set up, contributing to
the transparency of project implementation.
Its composition will be defined by the managing authority of ROP Central Moravia with an
effort to include various points of view. To ensure transparency and independence, members
of this group will include people standing outside the managing authority, e. g. partners
affected by the structural change which is to be evaluated. Some of the members of the group
(at least one) will be independent experts.
Utilization and publication of evaluation output
Evaluation output is published by the MA primarily on the Internet. Provisions of Article 47
Section 3 of the general regulation require the results of evaluation activities to be published.
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8.7 Ex-ante Programme Evaluation
Ex-ante evaluation of ROP Central Moravia
In order to provide to the provision of effective aid by the Community from Structural Funds,
ex-ante, mid-term and ex-post evaluation will be provided in accordance with Article 47 of
the general regulation, designed with the aim to evaluate the impact and analyze the effects of
aid on specific structural problems. The objective of the ex-ante evaluation is to verify the
suitability of the proposed objectives and of the proposed priority axes of ROP Central
Moravia and their correlation, but also their adequacy. The outputs of this multi-sided process
are expert opinions and recommendations, elaborated independently of the programme
elaborators. Ex-ante programme evaluation has been performed by the Prague-based Institute
for Technical Development and Information, plc.
Opinion of ex-ante evaluator
This report has been prepared as a summary of the main results, conclusions, and
recommendations from the performed ex-ante evaluation of the Regional Operational
Programme for the Central Moravia cohesion region for the programming period 2007 –
2013, in a version dated August 10, 2007. It represents an evaluation expressing an opinion of
the changes made in the most recent version, repeating and adopting assessment from the
previous evaluation.
Ex-ante evaluation was performed parallel to the drawing up of ROP Central Moravia and its
starting point was the output from ex-ante evaluation of the National Plan for Development
and of the National Strategic Reference Framework (furthermore referred to as NSRF).
Parallel with ex-ante evaluation was performed was performed a Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA), which also represents an integral part of ex-ante evaluation of strategic
programming documents.
The basis for the processing of ex ante evaluation was the drawing up of evaluation
methodology, which reflected working documents of the EC „Working Paper on Ex Ante
Evaluation“ and „Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation: A Practical Guide“. The
evaluation thus applied all basic principles on which the EC puts emphasis. Main methods
employed during ex-ante evaluation included comparative analysis, secondary analysis of
strategic documents and statistical data, analysis of intervention logics, SWOT analysis,
problem analysis, and participation methods.
During the processing of the evaluation, attention was paid to “programme consistency”,
external coherence, assessment and evaluation of the tenability of the selected strategy,
relevance of focus of priority axes including the amount of allocations for securing of funds,
quantification of objectives, and expected impact.
The evaluation team cooperated with the author of ROP Central Moravia Central Moravia,
with the commissioner of the work, the Regional Administrations of the Olomouc Region and
the Zlín Region. During the process of evaluation, more than twenty working meetings on
various levels were organized. The ex-ante evaluation was therefore compiled not only on the
basis of submitted documents, but also on the basis of the evaluator’s own analytic work,
moderated group discussions, and individual consultations.
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Results and conclusions of ex-ante evaluation
Progress made in the June 2007/August 2007 period
• The Analytical part has been expanded or become more detailed in the passage
dealing with the objective of the operational programme. This applies especially to
the field of the tourist industry and transport. Modifications contributed especially
to a more detailed concrete justification of the importance of themes, on which the
supported activities focus.
The internal coherence of the strategy has become more detailed especially with emphasis on the
need to strengthen the importance of synergy between the operational programme and the
thematic operational programmes. In this respect, the linking and use of experience from the
2004-2006 programming period seems to be of great importance, both from the point of view of
content focus and practical experience from implementation. The SWOT analysis has been
expanded in an effort to increase the need for complementariness with other operational
programmes and deeper focus on the stressing of problems of the cohesion region. The SWOT
analysis should serve especially for the setting of the strategy for ROP Central Moravia and
reflects the relations, links and needs ensuing from the strategy for the division of allocations also
among the regional and thematic operational programmes.
•
In the setting of indicators, quantification of objectives and expected impact the major
changes included the defining of context indicators and introduction of new indicators.
Reservations from the ex-ante evaluation of the previous version have been taken into
account and the introduction of new indicators in individual priority axes seems to
have been justified. There is a new section on working with the indicators. Indicators
have been expanded with Priority axis 2: Integrated development and regeneration of
the region.
Implementation and monitoring reflect the approved NSRF as well as the positions of the EC to
IOP and ROP Central Moravia. The fact that descriptions have been added to some of the
passages contributed to the transparency of the implementation of the operational programme.
However, the additions to the section on access to administrative capacity for programme
implementation, incl. the specification of the starting point, or description of the current status in
July 2007, i. e. the time of the programme update, is too general. Missing information includes
information on implementation documents, especially the operation manual and the emphasis the
managing authority lays on the structure, number and expertise of the employees further to the
needs of the administrative capacity.
Conclusions
Analytical part
The Socio-economic analysis has been expanded with new passages dealing with tourism and
transport. The analysis now clearly shows which problems are to be solved by ROP Central
Moravia.
The SWOT analysis has been expanded to include factors which are subject of interventions
from thematic operational programmes. The SWOT analysis gives preference to the
coherence of interventions of structural operations in the period 2007-2013 by reflecting areas
which are not fully relevant with interventions by ROP Central Moravia. This causes a shift in
the acceptance of the strategy with respect to increases complementariness of the operational
programme. A logical line has been preserved between the situational analysis, disparities, the
SWOT analysis and strategy.
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Strategy
The defined strategy for the ROP Central Moravia programming document has been
expanded by emphasis on the complementariness of the operational programme with focus on
concentration and strengthening of the effects of synergy of aid.
The starting points of the selected strategy seems to be well-founded but seem to be posing a
risk when evaluating the ability to secure necessary relations and links between ROP Central
Moravia and thematic operational programmes.
Indicators and quantification of objectives
The system of indicators has been expanded and basically reflects both linkage to the NSRF
as well as on global and specific goals.
Implementation
The chapter contains all information required by EC legislation, especially by the general
regulation.
The description of implementation in the operational programme has been expanded. There is
a continuing deficiency in the description of strategy for access to administrative capacity for
programme implementation, but on the whole it can be said that the chapter on
implementation provides a sufficient image of the implementation of the operational
programme.
8.8 SEA Evaluation for ROP Central Moravia
8.8.1 The process of assessment, consultations, procedures
The notice of the conceptual plan, within the scope of Annex 7 to Act No 100/2001 Coll. on
Assessment of the impacts on the environment, as subsequently amended (further referred to
as Act No 100/2001 Coll.), was submitted to the Ministry of Environment on March 10th2006.
Declaratory procedure started on June 9th 2006 by publishing the information about the
conceptual plan in its public release counter. The notification was also released for publishing
to municipalities with extended powers and to SEA Information system
(http://www.ceu.cz/EIA/SEA), conception code MZP036K.
The declaratory procedure was terminated on July 11th 2006 by releasing the conclusion of the
declaratory procedure.
The conception draft including the environment impact assessment, within the scope of
Annex 9 to Act No 100/2001 Coll., was submitted to the Ministry of Environment on August
8th2006. This assessment includes the evaluation of impacts on the sites of specific European
interest and bird inhabited locations as defined in Paragraph 45 h and i Act No 114/1992 Coll.
on nature and landscape protection, as subsequently amended. The conception draft together
with the evaluation was released on August 22nd 2006 in accordance with paragraph 16.
Public hearing was held in the Congress Hall of Hotel Jana in Přerov on August 8th 2006.
Several comments to the ROP Central Moravia and SEA were raised. The comments/inquiries
and their settlement are incorporated in the minutes of the public workshop, which are the
Annex 2 of this document. The minutes of the public hearing were submitted to the Ministry
of Environment on September 18th2006. The minutes were also public released.
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The ROP Central Moravia draft conception including the environment and public health
impact assessment was submitted to the state administration authorities, municipal authorities
and public.
The assessment procedure is available in SEA Information system.
The assessment of draft ROP Central Moravia conception comments received and
environment impact assessment (SEA) is included in Annex 4 of the document Environment
impact assessment.
SEA assessment procedures
In compliance with the specification of the scope and content of the assessment when
assessing the ROP Central Moravia the SEA team focused mainly on the following:
• Specifying the reference objectives of environment and public health protection
• Evaluation of the areas of support‘ compliance with the reference objectives of
environment and public health protection
• Defining particular indicators for monitoring and assessment of level of attainment of
reference objectives for environment and public health protection within the ROP
Central Moravia implementation
• Defining the system for monitoring of the real impact of assessed ROP Central
Moravia implementation
The ROP Central Moravia assessment included also material review complying to Paragraph
45i Act 114/1992 Coll., on nature and landscape protection (further referred to as Act
114/1992 Coll.), as subsequently amended, with respect to the impact on the sites of specific
European interest and bird inhabited locations and their preservation as defined in Paragraph
45 h and i Act No 114/1992 Coll.
The outcomes of the assessment were consulted with the submitter ROP Central Moravia
during the assessment procedures. All assessments, findings, proposed amendments,
conclusions and recommendations from the SEA team are included in this SEA assessment.
The main outcomes of the SEA ROP Central Moravia assessment are as follows:
Assessment of the current situation and main themes of particular priority axes and
defining the possible development trends with respect to the environment.
Proposing reference objectives of environment and public health protection
Evaluation of the areas of support‘ compliance with the reference objectives of
environment and public health protection
Proposing monitoring and assessment system for real Programme implementation
impact
Proposing particular indicators for monitoring and assessment of level of attainment of
reference objectives for environment and public health protection within the
Programme implementation
Recommendations for the Programme upgrading
8.8.2 Specification of the project selection and monitoring measures
SEA perspective emphasizes the necessity to define a set of indicators and environmental
criteria for project selection and to incorporate them to the project selection and assessment
system, submitted to reach support of ROP Central Moravia. ROP Central Moravia ensures
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that no project with negative effect on the environment are supported. The indicators of the
ROP Central Moravia impact on the environment are based on the reference objectives of
environment protection, e.g. their monitoring reveals whether these objectives are being
pursued or not.
The monitoring as defined in Article 9 (1) c and Article 10 of Directive 2001/42/EC for ROP
Central Moravia is based on SEA impact on the conception of the environment Defining
indicators (criteria) for project selection and it is described in the chapter on horizontal themes
(the indicators were selected from the National indicator series for programme period 20072013 (Ministry for Regional Development, section European Community support framework,
evaluation unit of structural funds, May 2006). This process reflects the requirements of the
Ministry of Environment resolution.
The outcomes of the monitoring of ROP Central Moravia impact on the environment will be
presented to the public on Regional council of ROP Central Moravia web site (www.rrstrednimorava.cz) in the form of monitoring reports and evaluation studies.
8.8.3 The settlement of approval conditions of the Ministry of Environment
1) During the implementation of the conception the conditions defined by assessment for
each supported area shall be respected.
Regional council of ROP Central Moravia official standpoint:
During the ROP Central Moravia implementation the conditions as defined by this
standpoint will be pursued, especially with respect to the areas of support, environmental
criteria, monitoring indicators and project selection indicators.
2) A system of conception environmental impact monitoring shall be introduced so that the
outcoming data is comparable to the data from Czech Statistical Office and the results are
regularly released to the public.
Regional council of ROP Central Moravia will monitor the ROP Central Moravia impact
through evaluation studies and other analyses, based on the statistics released by Czech
Statistical Office and Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
3) The subsequent strategic documents of ROP NUTS II. Central Moravia shall fully respect
the valid conceptual documents on the environment, especially The Czech national policy
of environment, Integrated national programme of emission reduction, Plan of waste
economy in Czech Republic, Biological diversity strategy and other conceptual
documents of Olomouc and Zlín region.
.
The ROP Central Moravia programme was prepared with respect to all currently valid
strategic documents and these documents will be considered also when preparing the
particular invitations for project applications.
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4) To incorporate activities concerning elimination of transport impact in urban and
municipal lands into the support area „1.2 Public transportation“ in accordance with the
air quality improvement programme, e.g. activities such as:
- Purchase and conversion of public transport and technical services vehicles to
those using alternative propulsion (including the creation of necessary
infrastructure, such as gas filling stations, converter station for trolley-buses)
- Procuring dust filters for diesel engines of public transport, technical services and
public administration vehicles
These activities are included in the Priority axis no 1, areas of support 1.2 „Public
transportation“.
5) To incorporate the following note for the support beneficiaries, into the conception draft,
chapter 5, head „Beneficiaries‘ duties, project selection system“: „Preferentially the
project included in the regional and local programmes of air quality improvement as
defined in Act 86/2002 Coll., on air conservation, as amended, will be supported.
This problem is solved by the defining of the selection criteria system. The selection
criteria are approved by the Monitoring committee.
6) In Chapter 4 „Indicators“, on the priority axis Transport we require monitoring of
indicators „Exposition of inhabitants to the over limit concentration of PM10“ and
„Reduction of emission of primary particles and secondary particle precursors“ with
respect to the air conservation.
Both indicators required were incorporated into the programme set of indicators
following from the overall ROP Central Moravia implementation impact monitoring.
7) It is necessary to define environmental criteria for project selection and evaluation in order
to ensure project implementation within particular specific conception objectives. The
projects supported must not have negative impact on nature and landscape.
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Such criteria have been specified and are being monitored within the sustainable
development. Project will be subsequently evaluated with respect to the benefit to
sustainable development.
As early as during the selection procedures it is assessed whether there are no negative
effects on the environment. In such case taking into consideration the acceptance criteria
the project is not acceptable. All the project are then awarded points depending on their
approach to the environment.
8) To incorporate criteria of natural impact into the project selection criteria, such as:
- Interference to preservation policies of preserved areas of specific interest
- Interference to territory protection and integrity of areas belonging to Natura 2000
system (sites of specific European interest and bird inhabited locations)
- Damage or deterioration of biotope with the occurrence of specifically protected
plants or animals
- Interference to the development of environmental systems and important landscape
elements, negative effect on natural sites, biotopes, fauna and flora
- Increase of landscape fragmentation, decrease of landscape trafficability
These issues are addressed in the Operational document of ROP Central Moravia. When
submitting the application it is also necessary to submit a compulsory annex with the
standpoint of authorities interested that the project has no negative effect on the
environment. Subsequently the impact on the environment is awarded points.
9) During the selection of the projects it is necessary to observe whether the project
implementation will not result in:
- Interference to preservation policies of preserved areas,
- Interference to territory protection and integrity of areas belonging to Natura 2000
system (sites of specific European interest and bird inhabited locations)
- Damage or deterioration of biotope with the occurrence of specifically protected
plants or animals
- Interference to the development of environmental systems and important landscape
elements, negative effect on natural sites, biotopes, fauna and flora
- Increase of landscape fragmentation, decrease of landscape trafficability
standpoint of authorities interested that the project has no negative effect on the relevant
locations
10) To consider the environmental issues within the overall project selection and evaluation
system, especially the following:
- To adopt the proposed environmental health indicators (with respect to the current
issue of National indicator series for programme period 2007-2013) to the overall
project selection and evaluation system (while adopting them it is necessary to
select the indicators and adjust them with respect to particular areas of support or
even projects),
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To link the system of environmental assessment of the projects to the monitoring
of conception implementation impacts,
To ensure sufficient awareness of the applicants about the environmental issues
and the possible links of projects submitted to the environment.
These issues are described in the chapter on horizontal themes of ROP Central Moravia
and it will be also addressed in Operational document of ROP Central Moravia.
11) When preparing particular projects it is necessary to respect the areas of specific
protection, their preservation rules and plans. During the assessment of projects it is also
important to respect the sites with the occurrence of specifically protected plants or
animals. Subsequently it is necessary to consult the projects selected with the authorities
responsible for nature and landscape preservation.
standpoint of authorities interested that the project has no negative effect on areas of
specific protection, their preservation policies and plans, and also on the sites with the
occurrence of specifically protected plants or animals.
Detailed selection procedure will be included in the Operational document of ROP
Central Moravia.
12) To outline the projects concerning brownfields, urban and municipal areas revitalization
and projects concerning the quality improvement of public areas and rural landscape so
that the solutions proposed concerns the preservation, conservation and suitable utilization
of the cultural heritage in compliance with the Act No 20/1987 Coll., on national
preservation of monuments, as amended.
This condition will be incorporated into the outlines and focus of particular invitations for
project submission and at the same time it is solved within the Czech and European legal
frame of the projects.
13) The precondition of the implementation of priorities proposed is the compliance with the
EIA assessment process outcomes on the environmental impact.
The outcomes of the EIA environmental impact assessment process will be fully respected
during the ROP Central Moravia implementation, especially with regards to the activities
supported, environmental criteria, monitoring indicators and project selection indicators.
14) Within the overall system of conception implemenation impact monitoring to monitor the
environmental impacts, especially the following:
- To adopt proposed environmental indicators and public health indicators (with
respect to the current issue of National indicator series for programme period
2007-2013),
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To release regularly the monitoring outcomes, e.g. continuous impacts of
concepton implementation on the environment and public health,
To link the system of monitoring to the system of project evaluation and selection
with regard to the environmental criteria
To ensure sufficient human and specialist resources for the environment area
within the conception monitoring
Within the overall monitoring system of ROP Central Moravia implementation impactthe
set of indicators was enlarged by environmental indicators. Further a system of
environmental project criteria has been prepared, the criteria will be closely observed in
terms of their relation to the areas of support and supported activities.
15) To assess regularly the global environmental impact of the conception and upon this to
propose its upgrading (especially in case of significant negative impacts of the conception
on the environment. It is possible to assume, for example, that most new activities will be
an addition to the current noise level)
Regional council will monitor this problem in form of evaluation studies, which will be
subsequently released to Environment departments of regional authorities.
16) When upgrading the ROP NUTS II Central Moravia:
a) To pay more attention to measures focusing on air quality improvement
b) To emphasize the efficient protection of quality agricultural land
c) To consider extending the specific objectives by activities engaging the land
owners in creation of conditions favourable to multifunctional modelling of certain
parts of the region
d) To pay more attention to the waste management, including disposal and reutilization of biodegradable waste, e.g. biomass from the agricultural entities
e) To extend the analytical part of the conception by current immission values,
especially with information on the areas with notoriously deteriorated air quality.
These comments were taken into account during further upgrades of the conception.
17) The submitter of the conception will release the evaluation of comments received both on
the conception itself and its assessment on his websites.
The results of the Environmental impact monitoring will be released on the web site of
Regional council of ROP Central Moravia (www.rr-strednimorava.cz).
Declaration in the meaning of Article 9 (1)(b) Directive 2001/42/EC subsequent to the
settlement of Ministry of Environment approval
• ROP Central Moravia fully respects the environmental aspects of the area concerned
and the activities proposed contribute not only to the improvement of particular
environmental components but to the improvement of public health in the area of
NUTS II Central Moravia as well.
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• When preparing the ROP Central Moravia programme the comments of authorities
responsible for environment and public health protection were taken into
consideration.
• Relevant comments from the public were continuously incorporated into the
document.
• There were no cross-boundary environmental and public health influences identified in
ROP Central Moravia.
• The final document of ROP Central Moravia incorporating the outcomes and results of
the environmental and public health impact assessment was submitted for approval.
• The Regional council is bound to provide monitoring of the programme impact on
public health and environment. The environment will be regarded within the overall
project selection and assessment.
The settlement of approval conditions with respect to effect on Natura 2000 areas:
Every project following the ROP Central Moravia priorities proposed will be implemented
with respect to protection of sites of specific European interest and bird inhabited locations
belonging to Natura 2000 system and must not result in damage or deterioration of the object
of preservation in the concerned areas.
This factors have been considered since the very beginning of the project assessment. When
standpoint of authorities interested that the project has no negative effect on the environment.
Within this conclusion the above mentioned aspects are assessed.
8.8.4 Conclusion of the SEA assessment
The ministry of environment as the competent authority according to paragraph 21 Act
100/2001 Coll. released an approval (ref. no79166/ENV/06) of ROP Central Moravia on
November 11th 2006, based on the draft conception, conception assessment as defined in
paragraph 21 Act no 100/2001 Coll., including conception assessment according to paragraph
45i Act no 114/1992 Coll., on nature and landscape protection, as amended, statements from
relevant state administration authorities, municipal authorities concerned and public and
results of public hearing.
The official approval of the Ministry of Environment is an Annex to this document.
Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of Europe of June 27th
2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes was adopted to the
Czech legislation by means Act 100/2001 Coll., on the assessment of the effects on the
environment and amendments to some relevant acts. SEA assessment of ROP Central
Moravia was performed in compliance with this Act and thus it is in compliance with the
Directive 2001/42/ES as well.
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Conclusion – observance to the imperatives of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of Europe of June 27th 2001 on the assessment of the effects of
certain plans and programmes on the environment:
Directive imperatives
Article 4 - General obligations
1.
The environmental assessment referred to in
Article 3 shall be carried out during the preparation of a
plan or programme and before its adoption or
submission to the legislative procedure.
Article 5 - Environmental report
1. Where an environmental assessment is required under
Article 3(1), an environmental report shall be prepared
in which the likely significant effects on the
environment of implementing the plan or programme,
and reasonable alternatives taking into account the
objectives and the geographical scope of the plan or
programme, are identified, described and evaluated. The
information to be given for this purpose is referred to in
Annex I.
- Information in Article 5 paragraph 1 – defines
infomartion to be provided according to Article 5
paragraph 1 and Article 5 paragraphs 2 and 3.
Article 6 - Consultations
1. The draft plan or programme and the environmental
report prepared in accordance with Article 5 shall be
made available to the authorities referred to in paragraph
3 of this Article and the public
2. The authorities referred to in paragraph 3 and the
public referred to in paragraph 4 shall be given an early
and effective opportunity within appropriate time frames
to express their opinion on the draft plan or programme
and the accompanying environmental report before the
adoption of the plan or programme or its submission to
the legislative procedure.
Article 8 -Decision making
The environmental report prepared pursuant to Article 5,
the opinions expressed pursuant to Article 6 and the
results of any cross-border consultations entered into
Observance
Subject to the strategic assessment
of impact on the environment was
the version ROP Central Moravia,
which was together with the
official approval of the Ministry of
environment submitted to the
Government of the Czech
Republic, which approved it.
The approval of the Ministry was a
precondition for the Government
approval.
The assessment of Programme
impact on the environment is
based on the Act no 100/2001
Coll., on environmental impact
assessment, as amended. The
Directive 2001/42/EC is
incorporated into this law.
The SEA assessment was
performed with proprieties and
information provided as defined in
Annex 1 of the Directive,
including atechnical summary
(letter (j))
Draft version of ROP Central
Moravia conception was released
on web sites of the regional
council and provided to
administration authorities
concerned, municipal authorities
concerned and public for
observations and comments.
The public hearing and settlement
of the comments from the public
was a part of the declaratory
procedure and was fully in
compliance with the Act on
environmental impact assessment.
The assessment of the conception
impacts on the environment
resulted in Official approval of the
Ministry of Environment whose
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pursuant to Article 7 shall be taken into account during
the preparation of the plan or programme and before its
adoption or submission to the legislative procedure.
Observance
conditions were considered when
preparing the final version of ROP
Central Moravia.
Article 9 -Information on the decision
1. Member States shall ensure that, when a plan or
programme is adopted, the authorities referred to in
Article 6(3), the public and any Member State
consulted under Article 7 are informed and the
following items are made available to those so
informed:
a) the plan or programme as adopted,
b) a statement summarising how environmental
considerations have been integrated into the plan or
programme and how the environmental report
prepared pursuant to Article 5, the opinions expressed
pursuant to Article 6 and the results of consultations
entered into pursuant to Article 7 have been taken into
account in accordance with Article 8 and the reasons
for choosing the plan or programme as adopted, in the
light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with,
and
c) the measures decided concerning monitoring in
accordance with Article 10.
Countinuous version of the
programme are released on the
web sites of the regional council.
The process and results of the
assessment are available in the
SEA Information system on the
Ministry of Environment web sites
http://www.ceu.cz/EIA/SEA, the
conception code is MZP036K.
During the implementation of the
programme the opinion of MoE
and its conditions will be
respected, especially with regard to
defining the evaluation criteria for
meeting the environmental criteria.
Settlement of the comments
received regarding the conception
and its impact on the environment
and public health is included in
Annex 4 of SEA document, which
is in compliance with the MoE
condition available on the web
sites of the Regional council.
Article 10 -Monitoring
1. Member States shall monitor the significant
environmental effects of the implementation of plans
When defining the specific criteria
the project selection criteria will be
regarded. ROP Central Moravia
incorporates context indicators
„Exposition of inhabitants to the
over limit concentration of PM10“
and „Reduction of emission of
primary particles and secondary
particle precursors“.
Projects with negative effect on the
environment will be excluded from
the assessment procedure.
The project selection procedure
incorporating the MoE comments
on SEA will be further specified in
the Operational document of ROP
Central Moravia.
The statement of MoE includes the
following requirements:
-to introduce the monitoring
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and programmes in order, inter alia, to identify at an
early stage unforeseen adverse effects, and to be able to
undertake appropriate remedial action.
Observance
system of conception impact on
the environment and to release the
outcomes regularly.
- to define environmental
indicators for project assessment
and selection
-to assess the ROP Central
Moravia implementation impacts
on the environment and public
health
The monitoring procedures will be
further specified in the Operational
document.
Conclusion
This document, being a statement as defined in Article 9 paragraph 1 letter b), summarises the
approach used when incorporating the environmental aspects into the ROP Central Moravia
and considering the SEA documents and consultation outcomes. The document contains:
− Atechnical summary of information included in SEA documentation
− Detailed information concerning consultations, during the assessment process there
were no objections raised to the procedures of assessment process and settlement of
comments and observations occurring in the consultations and statements.
Consultations within the assessment of the impact on the environment resulted in
releasing Official approval of the Ministry of Environment.
− Specifications of monitoring measures
None of the parties engaged found the process of incorporation of the requirements regarding
the environment protection inappropriate. SEA was performed in compliance with the legal
requirements of the Czech Republic which implement the EU Directive.
SEA assessment is available at: http://www.ceu.cz/EIA/SEA/Koncepce/Default.aspx.
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9 Financial Plan
ROP Central Moravia will be financed from the ERDF with the application of the principle of
cross-financing. The financial plan for ROP Central Moravia has been drawn up on the basis
of the distribution of funds in the framework of the Convergence objective, listed in the
NSRF.
Financial allocation from EU Structural Funds for ROP Central Moravia, based on current
negotiations of the MfRD, has for regional operational programmes been set at 18 % of total
allocation for the CR for the Convergence objective. The division of this sum into individual
years 2007 – 2013 and into individual priority axes of ROP Central Moravia is contained in
the following financial tables.
Table 62 Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (in
EUR)
Structural Funds
(ERDF)
The Cohesion Fund
TOTAL
1
2
3=1+2
2007
81,564,381
0
81,564,381
2008
85,576,422
0
85,576,422
2009
89,606,002
0
89,606,002
2010
93,824,009
0
93,824,009
2011
98,043,940
0
98,043,940
2012
102,248,533
0
102,248,533
2013
106,526,126
0
106,526,126
TOTAL
657,389,413
0
657,389,413
Year
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Table 63 Regional Operational Programme for the Central Moravia Cohesion Region (in EUR)
Priority
No.
Priority title
EC contribution
National public
sources
National private
sources
Total sources
Rate of cofinancing
a
B
c
d=a+b+c
e=a/d
Fund
For information
Other
sources
EIB
1
Transport
ERDF
255,067,092
45,011,840
0
300,078 932
85.0%
0
0
2
Integrated development and
regeneration of the region
ERDF
259,011,429
45,707,901
0
304,719 330
85.0%
0
35,771,400
3
Tourism
ERDF
121,617,041
21,461,830
0
143,078 871
85.0%
0
83,309,228
4
Technical assistance
ERDF
21,693,851
3,828,327
0
25,522 178
85.0%
0
0
657 389 413
116,009,897
0
773,399,310
85,0%
0
119,080,628
TOTAL
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Table 64 Rough division of funding from the Community according to category in the
Operational Programme
EC reference number:
Programme title: Regional Operational Programme of the Central Moravia Cohesion
Region
Date of the most recent Commission decision on the operational programme in question:
(in EUR)
.
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Priority theme
Code *
Amount **
8
4,650,000
18
12,136,000
23
122,092,639
24
18,405,367
25
44,906,086
28
27,500,000
29
21,000,000
50
16,890,686
52
7, 027,000
53
3,200,000
55
700,000
56
2,600,000
57
97,317,041
58
12,600,000
59
27,600,000
60
5,200,000
61
71,377,503
75
74,593,240
76
15,000,000
77
2,000,000
79
48,900,000
81
4,958,971
85
11,634,880
86
5,100,000
Total
657,389,413
Form of financing
Code *
Amount **
01
657,389,413
Total
657,389,413
Territory
Code *
00
01
05
Total
Amount **
21,693,851
421,805,227
213,890,335
657,389,413
* Categories should have a code for each theme using standard classification.
** Estimated amount of contribution by the Community to each category.
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