Support for specific regions of the Pardubice Region
The Pardubice Region has long strived for balanced and sustainable development, with an emphasis on reducing social and economic disparities between the individual regions of the Region, including the border area with Poland.
To this end, the Development Strategy of the Pardubice Region 2021-2027 and the related material System of Support for Specific Regions in the Conditions of the Pardubice Region define the so-called specific regions, i.e. regions that require increased attention in the implementation of the region’s development activities. This definition enables effective use of available resources to support balanced development.
Economically and socially vulnerable areas (ESVA)
This concept is based on the Regional Development Strategy of the Czech Republic 2021+, developed by the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic.
Generally speaking, it refers to areas (in the form of administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence – MEC) where the worse living conditions are conditions and fewer development opportunities or limited possibilities to participate in the development and growth of the Czech Republic. The main problems include e.g. overall poor economic performance, deterioration of the social structure (age, education), social exclusion, access to quality public services or amenities.
The administrative districts of the MEC which show the worst results in these indicators and where 25% of the population of the Czech Republic lives have been identified.
Within the Pardubice Region, the ESVA´s include the Česká Třebová MEC, the Králíky MEC, the Moravská Třebová MEC and the Svitavy MEC.