Strategic Governance and the Czech Republic

The book delineates theoretical approaches to and indicators of strategic governance. The role of transnational and international organizations is compared with the role of national institutions in strategic governance in various EU Member States. A summary of findings about attempts to apply strategic governance to the Czech Republic after 1989 is provided. Other chapters focus on the analysis of the role of elites, public, political parties, media and public budgets in strategic governance. In conclusion the book quotes several case studies on strategic documents at the national, regional and local level. The target group comprises top management workers in corporate executive structures as well as public administration, personnel processing strategic documents, employees of consulting agencies, scientists and researchers, and students in this field.

A Safe Czech Republic in a Safe Europe

Four theme areas – "Strategic Framework for European Security", EU as a Global and Regional Security Actor", "Strengthening Internal Security of the EU" and "EU Energy Safety: A key issue of security policy" – present a multilayer mosaic of EU and Czech security policies through official documents, expert studies and main outputs communicated in public during the project.

The publication quotes two key documents that describe and outline the EU's basic attitude to European and global security and appear for the first time in a Czech translation: European Security Strategy and the Doctrine of Human Security for Europe.

Czech Republic in the European Union: Transformations and Inspirations

This book brings you a collection of papers presented at the conference "Czech Republic in the European Union: Transformations and Inspirations". The conference was held on 2-3 November 2006 in Prague in conjunction with the Foundation for the Development of Civic Society and its Čerych Fund. Its media partners were Ekonom weekly and Czech information portal EurActiv.cz.

How Are We Standing and What Next? A Strategic Audit of the Czech Republic

The book analyzes the Czech Republic’s past developments and current situation. It does so in an intelligible, attractive, and vivid form, with schemes, tables, and figures providing international comparison. It builds a foundation for thinking about the future of the Czech society and economy over the next 15 years, outlining the possible strategic choices.

The publication aims at opening a broad public debate about strategic issues, challenges, and risks of the future development in different areas of the Czech society and facilitating prospective thinking in all those taking part in decisions about its fate.

It is designed for everyone interested in public affairs: high school and college students and teachers, business people, non-profit sector workers, officials in ministries, regions, and communities, political representatives, politicians, and all those who care about our shared future and want to know more in order to take better decisions.

• How are we standing as a society, a state, and citizens?

• What are our weaknesses and, in contrast, what can we build on?

• What should we free ourselves of versus what should we strive for?

Human Development Report. Czech Republic 2003

A comprehensive report on human potential of the Czech Republic and the strategies to enhance it. Leader of the author´s team.

Travelling in the Czech Future

After the Visions for the Development of the Czech Republic until 2015 (2001) and the Guide through the Landscape of Priorities for the Czech Republic (2002), we are offering to Czech readers the third systematic study of the country’s possible futures. It is the logical next step in our forecasting work and follows the two previous studies as regards their content and methods. The publication adds the following information to the picture: results of a representative empirical survey “Czechs on Their Way to Their Own Future” and secondary analysis of available development trends of the world as a relevant environment of the Czech Republic’s possible futures. In a section entitled, What We Know of the Future , the book also systematically organizes available knowledge of the future, as formulated in different forecasts of the world’s development that were published by other research teams and international organizations.

A Guide through the Landscape of Priorities for the Czech Republic

The study provides a handbook to everyone interested in the possible futures of the Czech Republic and trying to define priorities for decision making in policy, public administration, the civic sector, and the business sector. It is characterized by crossing the competencies of individual government departments and attempting to define the development contexts for different areas of social life, both holistically and in a long-term perspective. It is an open document and anyone interested can take part in adjusting it

Visions for the Development of the Czech Republic until 2015

The study represents the first attempt at interpreting the results of analyses and panel discussions organized by the Czech Government Council for Social and Economic Strategy and, subsequently, the Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, during 1999-2000, and creating comprehensive visions for the Czech Republic’s development. We understand development visions as holistic and interlinked statements about the development trends, threats, and development opportunities of the country and the society that are cultivated through public debate. They should serve to identify the priorities and prepare strategic decisions responsibly.