Evaluation of the Benefits of LAG for Regional Development

The name of this bachelor thesis is "Evaluation of the Activities Effects of the Regional Groups Supporting Regional Development". The main aim is to evaluate how the activities of the particular regional action groups, namely "MAS Sdružení růže, MAS Rozkvět and MAS Vodňanská ryba", contributed to the regional development. The analysis of the LAG's activities is mainly focused on areas related to the LAG's staffing, LAG promotion levels and LAG superstructure activities. The partial aim of the bachelor thesis is to determine the level of awareness of the population of activities of the LAG. The theoretical part deals with the definition of the basic terms e.g. region, regional policy, LEADER method and it provides essential information concerning local action groups. The practical part of the thesis involves basic description of the selected LAG. The following parts are dedicated to activities of all LAGs for each programming period. The next part is dedicated to the detailled description of the LAG staffing, LAG promotion and LAG superstructure activities. The aforemetioned data were obtained from publicly available sources which was supplemented by information obtained from the LAGs surveyed. The information needed for the partial goal of the thesis was identified through a questionnaire. The activity of these LAGs differs in each program period in the number of projects implemented and the amount of allocated funds. From this perspective, the most active was "MAS Sdružení Růže" and the least was "MAS Vodňanská ryba". The reason was unsupported strategy of "MAS Vodňanská ryba" in the past