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Newsletter
Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic

III/2013 (EN)

Dear Colleagues,

please let me introduce you the new issue of the Czech Healthy Cities Newsletter
which brings you short news and highligts, this time covering mainly
the months of May and June 2013. You will find here interesting info from Czech Healthy
Cities and their association.

(NOTE: Some of the website links are available only in Czech, in that case
you can use the Google Translate toolbar, which can be found on the left side
of the HCCZ web page.)

I believe that this new HCCZ Newsletter will be for you an interesting and useful
source of information and inspiration from Czech Healthy Cities, Municipalities and Regions.

Petr Svec
HCCZ Director and National Healthy City Project Coordinator


Information and updates

The Summer School of Healthy Cities discussed health support, excluded areas, clean mobility and housing

This year's summer school was opened by introductory seminar dedicated to the issue of strategic planning and management in the cities and municipalities. Representatives of Regional Environmental Centre introduced the possibilities of collaboration and information from the field of clean mobility and alternative transportation, Petr Stepanek of the Czech Office of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development presented collaboration of municipalities with business sphere and relations with the quality of housing and the social topic and possibilities of preventing origination of excluded areas. Best practice of municipalities in the same area was dealt with in the contribution by Association for Social Inclusion. The event naturally also included presentations by the host city of Mlada Boleslav as well as collaboration with Skoda Auto, whose training area Na Karmeli hosted the whole three-day event of municipal and regional representatives.

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The Healthy Cities take part of this year's "Injury-Free Days"

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"World No Tobacco Day 2013" was focused on prohibition of tobacco advertisement and non-smoking restaurants

The World No Tobacco Day, dedicated to the prevention of diseases related with use of tobacco products, annually falls on May 31. World No Tobacco Day is supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and last but not least by the Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic (HCCZ). The campaign points out not only the general risks related with smoking, but also the current topics, such as reduction of tobacco products advertising or prohibition of smoking in restaurants. On the national level, the campaign also included a seminar in the CZ Parliament Senate.

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Seminar of Healthy Cities proved municipal interest in public service and development of volunteering

Thematic Section of Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic (HZZC) titled "Public service and volunteering - the current situation and development opportunities in municipalities" took place on May 16, 2013 in Prague at Novotneho Lavka. The aim of the event prepared in collaboration with National Volunteering Centre HESTIA was to introduce approved procedures and offer inspiration on how to use the potential of public service and volunteering in municipalities efficiently.

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Czech Fair Trade cities joined the world declaration

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Database BestPractice.cz contains more than 200 inspiring examples

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Healthy City Forum: information about forty meetings in one place

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© HCCZ, 2013

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