2023
Regional Development
Name: Regional Development
Code: ECN11991M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Economy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The unit of Regional Development aims to contribute to a thorough understanding of the theoretical and
practical essential for process design, management, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and business
projects to support regional development. In particular, with regard to programming, analysis, design and
evaluation of public policies, projects, mechanisms, instruments and intervention strategies. This unit aims to
ensure the following core competencies: i ) The ability to conceive and design public policies, and business
projects, directly targeted to the processes of regional planning and development; ii ) The ability to design and
manage monitoring evaluation systems focused on public policies and business projects of this nature; iii )
The ability to carry out and coordinate evaluation processes of public policy and business projects with this
approach.
practical essential for process design, management, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and business
projects to support regional development. In particular, with regard to programming, analysis, design and
evaluation of public policies, projects, mechanisms, instruments and intervention strategies. This unit aims to
ensure the following core competencies: i ) The ability to conceive and design public policies, and business
projects, directly targeted to the processes of regional planning and development; ii ) The ability to design and
manage monitoring evaluation systems focused on public policies and business projects of this nature; iii )
The ability to carry out and coordinate evaluation processes of public policy and business projects with this
approach.
Contents
Introduction.
1. Regional development policies.
2. Place-based and place-blind public policies.
3. Clusters, learning processes and regional development.
4. Growth, location and regional dinamics.
5. Regional innovation and growth dynamics.
6. Regional networks and knowledge spillovers.
7. Creative cities and territorial based knowledge management.
Conclusions.
1. Regional development policies.
2. Place-based and place-blind public policies.
3. Clusters, learning processes and regional development.
4. Growth, location and regional dinamics.
5. Regional innovation and growth dynamics.
6. Regional networks and knowledge spillovers.
7. Creative cities and territorial based knowledge management.
Conclusions.
Teaching Methods
The teaching model and the evaluation system of this curriculum unit are defined in order to ensure a solid
connection between its theoretical and applied / practical components. In addition to the classes , which are
theoretical and practical, a practical work should be developed by students within the regime of continuous
assessment. In this practical work students should elaborate a scientific paper about one of the theoretical or
practical thematic of this unit.
The evaluation scheme of this unit is as follows : a) On a continuous assessment regime: A written scientific
paper, with oral defense in class, weight of 100 % in the final grade of the unit. The system of continuous
assessment is organized so that it is ensured, to students, monitoring attendance in and online; b)
Regime of examination: A written test (examination) with a weight of 100 % on the final grade of the unit. In the
written examination is also evaluated the practical component of the unit.
connection between its theoretical and applied / practical components. In addition to the classes , which are
theoretical and practical, a practical work should be developed by students within the regime of continuous
assessment. In this practical work students should elaborate a scientific paper about one of the theoretical or
practical thematic of this unit.
The evaluation scheme of this unit is as follows : a) On a continuous assessment regime: A written scientific
paper, with oral defense in class, weight of 100 % in the final grade of the unit. The system of continuous
assessment is organized so that it is ensured, to students, monitoring attendance in and online; b)
Regime of examination: A written test (examination) with a weight of 100 % on the final grade of the unit. In the
written examination is also evaluated the practical component of the unit.
Teaching Staff
- Paulo Alexandre Neves Martinho Neto [responsible]
Certificações
