CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy

CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy
Founded August 1999
Founder Ivan Langer
Type association
Focus Political education and transmission of Liberal conservative ideas to public
Location
Employees
12
Website http://www.cevro.cz (Czech)

CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy is a think-tank of Czech political party Civic Democratic Party.[1][2] It was established in 1999 by Ivan Langer.[3][4]

According to Ivan Langer, the founder of CEVRO: "CEVRO creates a comprehensive system that enriches ideal and communication skills of everyone, who is willing to improve his abilities." The main goal of CEVRO is to improve political culture, education in social sciences and support of democracy and freedom around the world.[5]

CEVRO Institute

See also: CEVRO Institute

CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy established CEVRO institute on September 15th, 2005 as its own private university. It offers a wide range of majors in social sciences on both BA and MA levels and several professional post-graduate programs. It is focused on education and research in the area of social sciences with practical use in public life. Educational programmes include Politology, International relations, Law, Economy and Public Administration.

Association Leadership

Activities

Political Education

There are three programmes in category Political education:[6]

CEVRO provides an education of members of the Civic Democracy Party. The goal is to improve the expertise and communication preparedness or good governance and to carry out its regular functions, including functioning in stressful situations.

Another project is called Women and politics. Its goal is to help to achieve a greater participation of women in Czech politics.

The Liberal Conservative Academy is a one-year interdisciplinary study program of economics, international relations, political science, political marketing, law, communications and public presentations. Graduates receive „Liberal Conservative Academy Diploma".

Democracy Assistance

CEVRO participates in a few programs to support democracy abroad. It includes transition of Egypt to democracy or annual trips to Prague for democracy activists from countries such as Belarus, Cuba or Burma.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Špicar, Radek. "Think-tanky: mají je už i ODS a ČSSD". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "V Praze zahájil činnost think-tank spojený s hnutím ANO". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Policy Analysis in the Czech Republic. Bristol: University of Bristol. 2016. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-44731-814-9.
  4. ↑ Bartoš, Adam (18 April 2008). "Švejnar chce dát Česku think tank. Máme je už dávno, diví se Langer". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Liberálně-konzervativní akademie. Liberal Conservative Academy". docplayer.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ info@eltoro.cz, EL TORO, e-mail:. "CEVRO - Political Education". www.cevro.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ↑ info@eltoro.cz, EL TORO, e-mail:. "CEVRO - Democracy assistance". www.cevro.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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