Human resources are the key factor in the development of countries and regions. They affect the prosperity and competitiveness of the countries and regions. The purpose of the study was to assess the human resource potential in the V4 countries and to identify the groups of regions that share similar socio-demographic characteristics. Changes in these characteristics were tracked in the years of 2000, 2008, 2016 at the NUTS II level. Hierarchical cluster analysis was utilised as the main research method in order to identify the groups of regions where measures need to be taken to maintain regional development. We found out that the best conditions for the potential of human resources are concentrated mainly in metropolitan areas. On the other hand, there are regions that do not make sufficient use of their potential in the area of human resources development, e.g. the region of Východné Slovensko. It is the region with future prospects of human resource potential In the future it is necessary to remove shortcomings and low human resources potential in lowperforming regions.

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维谢格拉德地区人力资源的社会人口潜力

人力资源是国家和地区发展的关键因素。它们影响着国家和地区的繁荣和竞争力。该研究的目的是评估 V4 国家的人力资源潜力，并确定具有相似社会人口特征的区域组。这些特征的变化在 2000 年、2008 年、2016 年的 NUTS II 级别进行了跟踪。采用层次聚类分析作为主要研究方法，以确定需要采取措施维持区域发展的区域组。我们发现，人力资源潜力的最佳条件主要集中在大都市地区。另一方面，有些地区没有充分利用其在人力资源开发领域的潜力，例如 Východné Slovensko 地区。是未来具有人力资源潜力的地区 未来需要消除低绩效地区的短板和低人力资源潜力。