OLOMOUC REGION

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OLOMOUC REGION
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CZECH REPUBLIC
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OLOMOUC REGION
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• BASIC DATA

• AREA 5.139 km2
• (CZECH REPUBLIC 78.867 km2)
• SHARE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND 54
• SHARE OF PROTECTED AREAS 10,8
• POPULATION 643.000
• (CZECH REPUBLIC 10.229.000)
• AGE STRUCTURE
• lt15 16,7
• 15-59     65,3
• gt60 17,9  

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LABOUR FORCES

• EDUCATION
• BASIC 34,1 (CR 33,5 )
• SECONDARY 58,9 (CR 58,8 )
• UNIVERSITY 6,4 (CR 7,2 )
• UNEMPLOYMENT 11,53 (CR 9,87 )
• AVERAGE MONTH INCOME 15.225 CZK 472 EUR (CR
  17.802 CZK )

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SOUTH OF THE REGION

• HANA lowland (districts of Olomouc, Prostejov,
  Prerov)
• Good transport conditions
• Fertile agricultural land
• Potential for development
• industry, agriculture

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NORTH OF THE REGION

• JESENIKY MOUNTAINS (districts of Sumperk and
  Jesenik)
• Mountain region
• Potentional of development in
• tourism, forestry, alternative industry and
  agriculture

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OLOMOUC

• The fifth largest city
• in Czech Republic.
• Population about
• 100.000.
• Traditional trade and
• transport intersection.
• Natural centre of an
• area known as
• Haná region.

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PREROV

• Important railroad
• Intersection.
• Industrial town
• (machinery,chemistry).
• Population almost
• 50.000.
• In the neighbouring
• town (Hranice) Philips
• plant - the largest
• investment in CR.

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PROSTEJOV

• Town in the southern
• part of the Olomouc
• Region.
• Population almost
• 50.000.
• Textile, clothing, machinery
• and food processing
• industry. Good transport
• connection highway to
• Brno and Prague.

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SUMPERK

• Gate to the Jeseniky
• mountains centre for
• sports and recreation.
• Population almost
• 30.000.
• Industrial,
• adminstrative and
• cultural centre of
• north-west Moravia.

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JESENIK

• Population 12.000.
• Centre of
• tourism in the
• Jeseniky Mountains.
• Centre of winter
• Sports.
• Spa town.
• Vicinity of the Polish
• border.

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RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE REGION
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REGION TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY OF CITIZENS

• MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
• social care
• protection of environment and sustainable
  development
• transport and communications
• education, information
• cultural development
• maintenance of law and order

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BODIES OF REGION

• Regional Assembly
• Regional Council
• Regional Authority
• Committees
• Commissions
• Responsibilities of the individual bodies are
  specified by the Law 129/2000 L.C. on Regions

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REGIONAL ASSEMBLY

• Elected by citizens of the Region
• Election period 4 years
• 55 members

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• POLITICAL PARTIES REPRESENTED IN THE ASSEMBLY OF
  OLOMOUC REGION
• ODS (Civic Democratic Party 21 members
• CSSD (Czech Social Democratic Party) 10
  members
• KDU CSL - Christian Democratic Union Czech
  Peoples Party 9 members
• KSCM (Czech and Moravian Communist Party) 15
  members

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• REGIONAL COUNCIL
• Body of the Region, executing local government
• Elected by the Regional Assembly and from its
  members
• Consists of President of the Region, Deputy
  Presidents, Councilors
• 11 members
• Political parties ODS (8 members), KDU CSL (3
  members)

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• COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
• Committee Assembly can establish committees as
  its initiative and review bodies. Committee
  reports to the Assembly.
• Financial Committee
• Review Committee
• Committee for Education and Employment
• Committee for Strategic Development and
  International Relations
• Commission Commissions are established by the
  Council as its initiative and advisory bodies.
• 12 commissions (IT, Youth and Sports, enviroment
  etc.)

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• PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE REGION
• Represent the Region outwardly
• Elected by the Regional Assembly and from its
  members
• Czech citizens
• Report to the Regional Assembly
• Olomouc Region
• President Ivan Kosatik
• Vice-Presidents Pavel Horak
• Jitka Chalankova Ladislav
  Kavrik
• Pavel Sekanina

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• DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
• Appointed by the President of the Region (after
  approval of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)
• Employee of the Region
• Head of the Regional Authority
• Controls and monitors activities of institutions
  administrated by the Region
• Director of the Olomouc Regional Authority Mr.
  Libor Kolar

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Regional Authority of the Olomouc Region

• Consists of 15 departments
• 455 employees (31. 12. 2004)
• Field offices in Jesenik and Sumperk

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OLOMOUC REGION CULTURE, QUALITY OF LIFE
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NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE 
OLOMOUC, HOLY TRINITY COLUMNINSCRIBED TO THE
WORLD HERITAGE LIST OF UNESCO IN 2000
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NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE
Olomouc, collection of Baroque fountains and
Columns
Ceasars fountain
Neptuns fountain
Herkules fountain
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CULTURAL HERITAGE, OLOMOUC
Monastery Hradisko founded in 1178
Archbishops palace bishopric
1063 archbishopric 1777
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CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Castles and chateaus of the Olomouc region
Bouzov
Sternberk
Namest na Hane
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CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Castles and chateaus of the Olomouc region
Helfstyn
Javornik
Velke Losiny
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PALACKY UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1573 7 faculties Philosohical Theologi
cal Juridical Paedagogical Medical Natural
sciences Sports
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SPA RESORTS
Slatinice District Olomouc Curing of locomotive
organs, obesity
Velke Losiny District Sumperk Curing of
respiration and nerve diseases
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SPA RESORTS
Lazne Lipova District Jesenik Curing of
dermatologic diseases, diabetes, obesity
Lazne Jesenik District Jesenik Curing of
nerve diseases, hydrotherapy
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LEISURE ACTIVITIES
skiing
cycling
tourism
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Education system in the Czech Republic
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Scheme of Education System in the Czech Republic
Day-care Centres Voluntary 3(2) 6 years
Special Schools
Conservatories (for talented children) 6
year 8-year - dance
Special Day-care centres
Elementary Schools Compulsory 9-year
attendance 6 15 years
Grammar School (for talented children ) 8-year (
11- 19 years) 6-year ( 13- 19 years)
Special Elementary Schools
Secondary Schools Grammar SVS
ATC Schools 15-19 years 15-19 years 15 - 18
years
certificate
15-19 years leaving examination
Special Secondary Schools 1 or 2-year

• Handicaps
• Mental
• Hearing
• Sight
• Physical
• Combined

Tertiary Schools College, University
HSS 3 years 5 years 2- 3 years Bc.
Mgr. leaving cert.
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Preschool education

• Day-care centres for the education of children of
  preschool age are not part of the system of
  compulsory education.
• There are usually children from 3 to 6 years old
• Day-care centres may be established and run by
  municipalities, Churches or private entities

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Elementary Education

• Children must start attending at 6 and there are
  nine compulsory grades.
• The school is divided in the first and second
  level.
• The first level comprises grades 1 to 5 and the
  second level grades 6 to 9.

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Secondary Education

• Secondary schools are divided in the following
  categories
• Grammar Schools
•  Secondary Vocational Schools
•  Apprentice Training Centres  
• The schools provide general education and
  professional education differentiated according
  to the selected specialization.
• Totally 139 schools and school institutions in
  the Olomouc Region
• Region is a founder of secondary schools

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Grammar Schools

• Provide general education, preparing their
  students particularly for further academic
  education. These are
• Four-year schools for students from 9th grades
  of elementary schools
• Six-year schools for students from 7th grades of
  elementary schools
• Eight-year schools for students from 5th grades
  of elementary schools
•  Students graduate after passing a school-leaving
  exam.

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Secondary vocational schools

• Four-year study programmes specializing in
  management, economy, agriculture, health-service,
  arts, education, etc.
• Provide professional education with practice.
• Students graduate after passing a school-leaving
  exam, comprising general and professional
  subjects.

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Types of secondary vocational schools

• Business academies, medical schools,
  hotel-management schools, technical schools,
  schools of agriculture, schools of education,
  schools of arts.
• A specific type of a secondary school are
  conservatories, specializing in singing, music,
  dance or drama.

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Apprentice Training Centres

• Training programmes of two, three and four years.
  
• Major emphasis is placed on practical training.
• Students are prepared for qualified labour jobs
  and for some technical positions of operational
  character.
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Tertiary Education

• Higher Secondary Schools
• after school-leaving exams
• provide practical qualification for future work
  at management positions
• three years study programmes
• graduates are awarded the title of DiS (certified
  specialist, not University title)

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Tertiary Education

• Colleges
• Provide 3 or 5 years-study programmes
• 3 years title Bc.
• 5 years title Mgr.
• Types
• Universities (Charles University, Palacký
  Universtiy, etc.)
• Colleges
• Private schools

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