Course detail

Government and Local Government

ÚSI-ERSTSAcad. year: 2021/2022

Subject represents compact and detailed elaboration of municipal problems (especially of property rights) of communes, districts and states aimed at real estate.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Monika Doležalová

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students gain well-arranged knowledge of wide array of legal rules for public administration and self-government in the field of property rights. Further, they gain basic knowledge from the field of management, evidence and handling of real estate of self-governing units and detail knowledge of questions connected with real estate evaluation for the need of state and communes.

Prerequisites

Not requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is carried out through lectures that consist of interpretations of basic principles, methodology of given discipline, problems and their exemplary solutions.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Passing through two checking tests.

Course curriculum

  1. Introduction to the subject. The concept of the state, the rule of law. Political system of the Czech Republic. Administrative division - regions, districts, administrative districts, statistical areas (NUTS), Euroregions. Economic control over the disposal and management of immovable property. Relationship between the state, regions and municipalities.
  2. Training of civil servants in state and local government.
  3. Municipal property. Independent competence of a municipality - management of property, the right to own and manage property independently. Efficient and economical use of municipal property and its protection. Disposal of municipal immovable property - intention to sell, exchange or donate immovable property, to lease it or to provide it as a loan. Determination of the price in case of transfer of property for consideration. Preparation and practical implementation of the disposition of municipal property. Local charges.
  4. Methods of valuation of immovable property of the state, regions and municipalities in the preparation and implementation of different types of property dispositions. Care of a good steward.
  5. Lessons on expert valuation of real estate I - case study.
  6. Lessons learned on expert valuation of real estate II - case stud.
  7. y Lessons on the valuation of real estate III - case study.
  8. The procedure of municipalities in preparing and discussing proposals for the disposal of their own immovable property - tender, sale or lease to a direct bidder.
  9. Management and sale of municipal housing stock. Usual price of rented flats and houses. Economic and social rents. Public aid issues, elements of public aid, most common forms of public aid, exceptions to public aid. Price regulation.
  10. Price maps of municipal building land. Principle of price map construction given by the legislation, demonstration of its practical application in map creation. Application of VAT to municipalities and other non-profit organisations.
  11. Issues of public procurement and tendering by municipalities, definition, division of public procurement, evaluation of tenders - criterion of economic advantage and lowest bid price.
  12. Public-private partnerships in the EU and the Czech Republic. 
  13. Summary of the discussed material, credit test. 

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal of this subject is to gain compact knowledge from wide array of legal rules for public government and self government. Student will be able to solve municipal problems practiced commonly by employees of communes, municipal offices, district offices, housing associations, by property managers, real estate agencies, etc.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HAVLAN, P.; JANEČEK J. a kol. Majetek územních samosprávných celků v teorii a praxi. Praha: Nakladatelství Leges, s.r.o., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7502-057-4. (CS)
ÚZ č. 1397 - Obce, kraje, hl. město Praha, úředníci obcí a krajů, obecní policie. Ostrava: Nakladatelství Sagit, a.s., 2021. ISBN 978-80-7488-432-0. (CS)
ÚZ č. 1420 - Rozpočet a financování územních samosprávních celků, organizačních složek státu a příspěvkových organizací, majetek státu. Ostrava: Nakladatelství Sagit, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7488-456-6, (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme REI_P Master's, 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Dočkal, CSc.
Ing. Monika Doležalová

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course