The possibility of funding projects through the European Union funds and its legal background

ResumeResumeResumeResume Diplomová práce: Možnosti financování projektů z fondů Evropské unie a jejich právní zakotvení Thesis: Financing of projects from European Union's Funds and their legal framework. The presented thesis introduces European funds and options for financing of individual projects and their legal framework. Regional and Structural Policy is one of the major policies of the European Union. Its main purpose is to mitigate the differences between countries and regions within the European Union and bring the disadvantaged regions to more progressive level. Summary of the EU structural policies, their purpose, principals and historical background is provided in the first chapter of this thesis. It also provides an overview of the major tools (structural and other funds) used when implementing the Regional and Structural Policy. This introduction is followed by a summary of the legal framework of the European funds and the legal basis of the Structural and Regional Policy. The mutually beneficial idea of supporting regions originates from the basic principles of the European Economic Community/European Union recorded already in the main documents of the EEC/EC - the Treaty of Rome and its amendments. Legal framework of the individual funds is represented by rather extensive set of regulations..