Ľudské zdroje – regionálne disparity v kontexte politiky súdržnosti EÚ 2007 – 2013 na Slovensku

Human resources: regional disparities in context of the EU Cohesion policy 2007 – 2013 in Slovakia Human resources are a significant factor in the development of the region. Spatial differentiation of demographic developments, structural phenomena and social stand-ards of the population crucially determine regional differences in human resources. The EU structural Funds are one of the important tools for the elimination of regional disparities in this field. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the regional disparities in human resources by selected indicators of demographic and social fields at the regional level in Slovakia in the context of the implementation of the Cohesion policy EU 2007 – 2013 instruments under the strategic priority 3 – Human resource and Operational Programme for Employment and Social Inclusion and the Operational Pro- gramme for Education. Evaluation of regional disparities in the context of expenditure incurred by strategic priority 3 Human Resources pointed out that the non - investment projects did not contribute to mitigate regional disparities at present and the amount of implemented funds did not reflect the level of regional disparities. The benefits and impact absorption can be expected only with a certain time delay. We can expect that the implemented financial resources will contribute to a comprehensive solution for employment and social inclusion in Slovakia. The successful implementation of instruments of the programme period 2014 – 2020 under the OP Human Resources is one of the assumptions for improving the situation in the field of human resources.