Identification of Basic Trends in Public Expenditures of Environmental Protection in the Czech Republic

Volume, structure and dynamics of growth of public expenditures on environmental protection correspond to the aims and objectives of the State Environmental Policy. Expenditures on environmental protection from public budgets are an important indicator of the level of environmental protection, not separately, but together with other instruments of environmental protection. The most significant central source of the funds is coming from the state budget, state funds through the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic and the defunct National Property Fund. The aim of this paper is to analyze central public expenditure on environmental protection in the Czech Republic in 1998-2014, including a prediction for two years. In connection with the analysis of the structure of expenditure on environmental protection will be outlined the tendencies observed in development. There are the main trends observed in the development and forecast for 2 years. Expenditure on environmental protection stemming from regional budgets, however are not included in the analysis. In relation to the expenditure of the state budget expenditures has amounted central. government budgets of 3 0%. From the perspective of long-term development leads to an increase in spending, although with SEF can be expected to in the coming years and the stagnation of state financial assets even decline.