Outline of the courseFOR ATTENDING STUDENTSAttendance and participation in the project

work are compulsoryThe course is divided into two parts

– The theoretical part– The project work

The two parts will run in parallel

Outline of the course

• The first part is articulated in three sections:

• The first section will focus on the following issues:

• the European strategy of growth

• the regional disequilibria in the European Union• the rationale for a European cohesion policy• the framework of cohesion policies

Outline of the course

• The second section will focus on the following issues: the theory of local economic development a focus on social capital the cycle of a local economic development

programme

Outline of the course

• The third section will focus on the following issues: short history of the E.U. the institutions of the E.U. the decision making process of the E.U. the legal acts of the E.U.

Outline of the course

• The second part of the course is a project work. The class divided in teams will prepare a report on a European region. The report will contain three main chapters: A statistical analysis of the region An outline of the development strategy of the

region The identification of projects suitable for the

development of the region

Outline of the course

• An intermediate and a final report will be presented and discussed in classroom.

• The intermediate report is only for discussion and not for valuation

• The final mark of the exam will be a weighted average (50%) between the mark of a written exam on the theoretical part of the course and the mark on the project work

Outline of the course

FOR NON ATTENDING STUDENTS– THE PROGRAM OF EXAM WILL BE

DISPLAYED IN THE THEACHER’S WEBSITE.

– THE EXAM WILL BE A WRITTEN EXAM MADE OF THREE OPEN QUESTIONS

Outline of the course

Provisional time table of the course– 09-17 February (Project work)

Introductory lecture The Regio Data Bank The case of Emilia Romagna Composition of teams and allocation of regions

Project work starts in parallel with lectures

Outline of the course

– 23 February- 10 March (Lectures)

• the European strategy of growth• the regional disequilibria in the European Union• the rationale for a European cohesion policy• the framework of cohesion policies

Outline of the course

– 23 March-13 April (Project work) Presentation and discussion of intermediate reports.

Second phase of the project work starts: delivery of the operational regional programmes (second chapter of the report)-

14 April- 28 April (Lectures) A focus on social capital History and institutions of the E.U.

– 12 May- onwards (Project work) Final presentation of the whole report for valuation