The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the development of a basic set-up of EU Regional Policy and selected EU Member States. Students will be acquainted with the functioning of the mechanisms and instruments of EU Regional policy, the methodology and the use of EU Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and other instruments in regional development and their application in the Czech Republic and will be ready to solve problems within the issues of socio-economic cohesion of the European Union in the bachelor’s degree level.