Our profile ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Our Profile Our work at CESES focuses on the following: · developing the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field of public and soc holistic forecasting, · theory and methodology of public policy evaluation, · strategic management in public administration and public services, · educational policy, · social policy (in particular, pension security, employment policy and social services), · representative sociological surveys for practical purposes. We integrate research and instruction by teaching at the Institute of Sociological Studies Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. Since the establishment of CESES in October 2000, we have implemented or collaborated on n endeavours, primarily research projects but also educational projects supported by nationa international funding. We are proud to have worked with leading personalities of Czech soc and social policy, including Assoc. Prof. Jaroslav Kalous, Assoc. Prof. Pavel Machonin, Pr and Dr. Miroslav Purkrábek. We provide long-term support to the scholarly periodical, Central European Journal of Publ www.cejpp.eu). As a university institute, we address the results of our activities to the expert communit general public. We also deliver concrete expert outputs to public administration organizat and educational institutions, NGOs, businesses and journalists both at home and abroad. Charles University [ URL "http://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-1.html"] Faculty of Social Sciences [ URL "http://fsveng.fsv.cuni.cz/"] Professor Martin Potůček, PhD. [ URL "http://www.martinpotucek.cz/index.php?lang=en"]