Evaluation of selected municipal co-operation as a factor of rural development

Abstract

The thesis aims at providing the evaluation of the inter-municipal co-operation project Obce Sobě in the rural municipality with extended competence of Židlochovice, based on the qualitative research -- standardised interviews with local representatives of self-government municipalities of the administrative district of Židlochovice and on results of quantitative research conducted in the unit by the project coordinator Lucie Kubalíková. The researches shows positive aspects of the inter-municipal co-operation Obce Sobě, providing the system support of the development of inter-municipal co-operation in the Czech Republic within its individual administrative districts of municipalities with extended competences, leading to develop self-governmental rural municipalities of the municipality with extended powers of Židlochovice, to make the performance of public administration more effective, to provide inhabitants with greater variety of public services of higher quality, to strengthen informal co-operation and built trust among municipalities and to eventually bring savings to local budgets through joint projects in this specific district