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Program for Lagging Districts as a Framework for Innovative Approaches within the State Regional Development Policies in Slovakia

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  • Maroš Finka

    (SPECTRA CE EU, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovakia)

  • Milan Husár

    (SPECTRA CE EU, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovakia)

  • Tomáš Sokol

    (SPECTRA CE EU, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovakia)

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This paper analyses new approaches in Slovak regional policy based on the law that frames the paradigm shift by introducing a new scheme of state support for lagging districts. This law created the frame for integrated actions in the districts with high unemployment rates and caused wide-reaching structural changes in their peripheral locations. The key difference lies in shifting from the sectoral policy approach to integrated and integrative policies that have so far been absent. The main goal of this policy has been to restart the social and economic development and increase the availability of work opportunities in lagging districts, which has been defined by their monthly unemployment rate over the past years. The concurrence of this government initiative with the Maria Currie project RegPol2 focused on socio-economic and political responses to regional polarization in Central and Eastern Europe, and engagement of academics in the preparation and implementation of the program that has been developed in accordance with this law; this has allowed the use of the latest knowledge and innovative solutions to build on a comprehensive understanding of the problems of decline, using integrative and integrated territorial strategies that capitalize on the scientific achievements in higher efficiency of public intervention efforts. The evaluation of this new approach occurs within the VEGA 1/0789/18 project granted by the Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic. The paper analyses the applied strategies as tools framed by the new paradigm within the law on supporting lagging districts and discusses the implications in improving the situation in other EU countries. Positive experience as well as identified problems from the program realization have created the base for the definition of a new development strategy for the Slovak Republic 2030 as the main implementation tool of the Agenda 2030 in Slovakia; this is a new act on integrated development that replaces the previous set of less coordinated norms on regional development and cohesion policy.

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  • Maroš Finka & Milan Husár & Tomáš Sokol, 2020. "Program for Lagging Districts as a Framework for Innovative Approaches within the State Regional Development Policies in Slovakia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-20, July.
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