CEVRO is a

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affiliated with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), a political party in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It was established in 1999 by

Ivan Langer Ivan Langer (born 1 January 1967 in Olomouc) is a former Czech politician. He has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 1991. From 1996 to 2010 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (in 1996-2006 a vice-chairman), serving ...

. According to Ivan Langer, the main goal of CEVRO is to improve political culture, education in social sciences and support of democracy and freedom around the world.

CEVRO Institute

On September 15th, 2005, CEVRO established its own private university, the CEVRO Institute, providing social science education at BA and MA levels and several professional post-graduate programs. It is focused on education and research in the area of social sciences and public policy. Educational programmes include political science, international relations, law, economics, and public administration.

Management

*Management Board **

, Chairman ** Jiří Frgal ** Ladislav Mrklas **

Jan Zahradil Jan Zahradil (born 30 March 1963) is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) who has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the Czech Republic entered the European Union in 2004. Zahradil also served as Member of t ...

*Supervisory Board **

Oldřich Vlasák Oldřich Vlasák (born 26 November 1955) is a conservative politician who advocates for the interests of self-governing municipalities, cities and regions. He served as Vice-President of the European Parliament between 2012 and 2014. Biography ...

, Chairman ** Roman Brncal **

Jaroslav Salivar Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

*Executive Team **Director:

Jiří Kozák Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B * Jiří Antonín Benda * Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * Ji ...

**Project Manager: Anežka Fuchsová **Project Manager - Coordinator of the Liberal-Conservative Academy:

Lucie Buchtíková Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl, British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz, American actress * Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthaza ...

**Coordinator of the Liberal-Conservative Academy:

Daniel Bielczyk Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

**Political Marketing Coordinator:

Marek Buchta Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The titl ...

**Project Manager:

Lukáš Rieger Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas. Popularity In 2013 it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia. Meaning and different spellings * Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ) * Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس) * Armenian - Ղ ...

**Project Manager:

Petra Jišová Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Jab ...

**Project Egypt: Mohamed Saad

Activities

Political education

The academy's political education activities consist of three programmes: * education of ODS members, with an aim of improving the expertise, good governance and communication preparedness within the party. * Women and Politics, a programme aimed at increasing the participation of women in Czech politics. * the Liberal Conservative Academy, a one-year interdisciplinary study program of economics, international relations, political science, political marketing, law, communications and public presentations. Graduates receive a Liberal Conservative Academy Diploma.

Democracy Assistance

CEVRO participates in programmes to support democracy abroad, including the transition of Egypt to democracy, and annual trips to Prague for democracy activists from countries such as

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and

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References

{{Civic Democratic Party (ODS) , state=autocollapse Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Think tanks based in the Czech Republic 1999 establishments in the Czech Republic