Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic in Co-Operation with Prague City Hall
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Annamaria Veselá Strana 1 22.12.200606 Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic in co-operation with Prague City Hall SINGLE PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT FOR OBJECTIVE 2 FOR THE PRAGUE NUTS 2 REGION IN THE PERIOD 2004 – 2006 THE CZECH REPUBLIC December 2003 CCI: 2003 CZ 16 2 DO 001 TABLE OF CONTENTS I NTRODUCTION ............................................................... .7 1. BASIC DATA ON THE PRAGUE REGION . .10 1.1 Prague – an important city within Central Europe .. .10 1.2 Prague – capital city and regional centre . .12 1.3 Basic features of the region ..................................... .13 1.3.1 Basic geographical data, administrative division and structure of s ettlement in the P rague region ........................................................................................... .13 1.3.2 Demographic indicators and the social environment . .14 2. ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION OF THE REGION . .18 2.1 The region’s performance and the sectoral structure of the economy . .18 2.2 Human resources and the labour market . .24 2.3 Technical infrastructure ..................................... .29 2.4 Transport infrastructure and services . .32 2.5 The environment . .33 2.6 Institutional infrastructure facilities of the region ....................................... .36 2.7 Supportive measures implemented in the region . .37 2.7.1 Support for small and medium-sized enterprises . .38 2.7.2 Development of human resources .................................... .41 2.7.3 Technical facilities and services of the area . .41 2.7.4 Transport . .42 2.7.5 Information society . .43 3. SELECTION AND BASIC FEATURES OF THE AREA SPECIFIED FOR THE P URPOSES OF SPD OBJECTIVE 2 . .44 3.1 Criteria and selection methods . .44 3.2 Analysis of problems of the selected area . .47 3.2.1 Damaged and unsuitably used sites, storage sites and environmental burdens . .47 3.2.2 Environment ........................................................................... .50 3.2.3 Technical infrastructure ........................................................................................ .52 3.2.4 Transport services . .52 3.2.5 Small and medium-sized enterprises, science and research ........................... .55 3.2.6 Housing estate environment ................................................... .57 4. SWOT ANALYSIS . .58 4.1 The position of the City of Prague in comparison with cities in Central Europe . .58 4.2 SWOT analysis of the region . .58 5. STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES . .64 5.1 Introduction . .64 5.2 Development strategy for the region ....................... .65 5.3 Overall objective of SPD Objective 2 . .66 5.4 Context indicators and quantification of the overall objective . .69 5.5 Description of priorities and measures .............................................................. .70 5.5.1 Priority 1 - Revitalisation and development of the city environment . .71 5.5.2 Priority 2 – Building up the future prosperity of the selected area . .76 5.5.3 Priority 3 - Technical assistance ........................................................................... .82 5.6 Horizontal themes . .90 5.6.1 Information society . .90 5.6.2 Sustainable development . .90 5.6.3 Equal opportunities . .91 5.6.4 Labour market and social inclusion . .92 5.6.5 Quantification of horizontal themes ........................................................................... .93 5.7 Links with SPD for Objective 3 and National Labour Policy ........................... .95 5.8 Links with other EU interventions (CSF - related operational programmes and the Cohe sion Fund) . .96 6. SUMMARY OF EX-ANTE EVALUATION OF SPD OBJECTIVE 2 . .98 6.1 Introduction . ..