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The cohesion policy is among the most important European policies. Its influence is particularly strong in the new member states, which have become the major recipients of aid under this policy. Cohesion policy is very wide and extends into many areas of development, such as for example education, transport or innovation support so in some member states it strongly influences national policies in various areas. This article aims to analyse the interaction between cohesion policy and national sectoral policies on some examples from Central European countries. It turns out that cohesion policy often leads to a significant reduction in national policies and in some cases may even negate their intentions. The governments need to pay more attention to coordination of these policies and also to proper institutional environment.

The inactivity and unemployment of young people is a significant problem of development, which also has its spatial dimension. At the same time, this group is not homogeneous and requires different approaches to its activation. The aim of this contribution is to examine the spatial distribution of selected groups of young people based on data from the 2021 population census in Slovakia. At the same time, using correlation analysis, identify factors that could have an impact on the spatial occurrence of this group. The largest number of inactive young people is found in eastern Slovakia, while the rate of inactivity correlates mainly with the share of the Roma population.The results show that the young registered unemployed copy the unemployment rate of the districts and negatively average wage in the district, but the other individual groups of young people have a different spatial distribution.

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