TOPAZ is a

think-tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental org ...

of the Czech

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

TOP 09 TOP 09 (name derived from cs, Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita, lit=Tradition Responsibility Prosperity) is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. TOP 09 holds 14 seats in the Chamber of ...

, which is its founder. It was established in April 2012 as a civic group, today it operates as an association. Mission of TOPAZ is to transmit conservative ideas to wider partisan and non partisan public and to continue in educational activities that were coordinated by TOP 09 Internal Commission for Education in last years. Content of association's activity is discussion about society-wide topics along with independent experts, cooperation with expert committees of

, fundraising, creation of body alternatives to

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outcomes and creation of analytical and conceptual materials that deal with individual issues and suggest possibilities of solving. Establishment of TOPAZ as an educational platform of

was inspired by similar projects abroad, for instance Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party or

Konrad Adenauer Foundation The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (german: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sank ...

with a bond to the

Christian Democratic Union of Germany The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right ...

Association Leadership

List of TOPAZ leading organs and its members:

Association Director

Karel Schwarzenberg Prince Karel of Schwarzenberg (, born 10 December 1937) is a Czech politician, former leader of the TOP 09 party and was its candidate for president of the Czech Republic in the 2013 election. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP ...

Executive Council

* Reda Ifrah – Executive Council Chairman *

Helena Langšádlová Helena Langšádlová (born 14 October 1963) is a Czech politician, who has served as the Czech Minister for Science and Research in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since December 2021. She has been a member of the Czech parliament since 2010, representing ...

* Jan Husák * Jan Vitula * Marek Ženíšek

Academic Council

* Miroslav Zámečník *

Zdeněk Tůma Zdeněk Tůma (born 19 October 1960) is a Czech economist, who was the Governor of the Czech National Bank from 1 December 2000 to 30 June 2010. He had previously served as Vice Governor of the Bank from 13 February 1999 to 30 November 2000. Care ...

* Hynek Jeřábek

Educational Events and Discussions

TOPAZ organizes

conferences A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main pu ...

and

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s focusing on education of

members and non partisan public. Task of this activity is to bring significant personalities and experts to discussion, local civic initiatives and regular civilians including youth. Point of this discussion is to familiarize public with contributions of

democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose gov ...

and membership in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

and to present conservative

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values in general. The main point is to search and create new opinions that can be used by

in real

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Publication Activity

Outcomes from educational events of TOPAZ create collections that contain contributions of

conference A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...

and

guests. List of collections (date of publication in brackets): * Electromobility: future development of power engineering and transportation (5. 11. 2015) * Social living (28. 5. 2015) * Economy development of Visegrad group (16. 3. 2015) * Power engineering: threats and chances (10. 11. 2014) * Smart Cities Memorandum (9. 9. 2014) * Opinions about Europe (7. 5. 2014) * Do not be afraid of reforms (20. 9. 2012) * Election manual of TOP 09 and Mayors (23. 8. 2012)

Internship Project

Through TOPAZ university students have a chance to participate in an internship in statewide office, parliamentary club and regional offices of

. This project works under association since 2014. TOPAZ cooperates in this project along with Faculty of Social Studies at

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the seco ...

and Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University, Olomouc, (through programme YoungPower). Trainees come also from Faculty of Social Science at

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

or Metropolitan University Prague.

Partners

Partners of TOPAZ are: *

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies The Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, also known as the Martens Centre and previously as the ''Centre for European Studies'', is a think tank and political foundation of the European People's Party (EPP). As the central link of a la ...

References

External links

TOPAZ Home Page

TOPAZ: Public Register Statement

Documents of TOPAZ (Statutes)

TOP 09

YoungPower - UPOL
{{Authority control TOP 09 Think tanks based in the Czech Republic 2012 establishments in the Czech Republic