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Newsletter
Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic

Summary 2014 (EN)

Dear Colleagues,

please let me acquaint you through this summary Newsletter with selected activities and events, which took place in 2014.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all Healthy Cities, Towns and Regions and also all partners for their excellent cooperation in the past year. I wish you much health and success in your professional and personal lives in the oncoming year. We hope we will all continue putting our energy into activities related to sustainable development and promotion of a healthy lifestyle in cities, towns and regions throughout the Czech Republic.

(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 our network.

Petr Svec
HCCZ Director
Information and updates

POUR FÉLICITER 2015

The team of Czech Healthy Cities Network wish you a successful year 2015. We would also like to thank you for your support and cooperation.

PF 2015

 

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The Czech Healthy Cities Network has 119 members

The Czech Healthy Cities Network reached a total of 119 members at the end of 2014 – cities, Prague city districts, towns, micro-regions and local action groups. We sincerely welcome all our new members to the association and we wish them much success in all their activities, related to their membership.

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The successes of Healthy Cities on a nationwide level

At the beginning of the year 2014 it was not only members of the HCCZ who won awards for their activities in the field of the quality of public services. Healthy cities Chrudim, Koprivnice, Litomerice and Vsetin and Healthy town Krizanky were all awarded the silver prize for quality in the field of public administration for 2013 and for realisation of a local Agenda 21 (LA21). The Healthy cities of Koprivnice (model CAF), Prestice and Sternberk (ČSN EN ISO 9001) were awarded the silver prize for other methods of quality in the field of public administration. Representatives of Healthy cities Hlucin, Jihlava, Prostejov, Prestice, Ricany, Tabor, Trebic, Uherske Hradiste and Velke Mezirici, the Healthy Moravian-Silesian Region, the Healthy Vysocina Region and the Healthy Prague 21 City District took receipt of the Bronze prize for application of LA21. The representatives of Healthy city Nove Mesto na Morave (model CAF) and the Regional Office of the Moravian-Silesian Region (EMAS) took receipt of the bronze prize for other methods of quality in the field of public administration. The prestigious prize for innovation in the field of public administration for 2013 was awarded to the Healthy city of Jihlava (Commenting on the town plan on-line), Koprivnice (Improvement of the effectiveness of utilisation of the results of quality methods and tools in the field of public administration for management of the Town and Municipal Office in Kopřivnice), twice to Uherske Hradiste (The agenda of the Department of Administration of Municipal Property within the Internet/Intranet environment and e-Analysis of security) and the Healthy Prague - Libus City District (The Prague - Libuš city district’s approach to transformation of migrants from third countries through new legal working habits to an active resident under the conditions of a small city district, particularly using the project titled “Everyone together on the employment market” and other projects).

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Czech Healthy Cities regularly meet at nationwide events. All interested parties are also invited

A number of regular and one-off thematic events, which the Czech Healthy Cities Network (HCCZ) prepared not only for its members, took place throughout the year. The three-day HC Schools, which are part of the professionally accredited education system, always also includes introductory seminars focusing on current topics and are open to all interested parties from among representatives of towns, cities and regions and their professional partners. The HCCZ also organises methodological meetings for regions and Prague city districts for the purpose of sharing best practices. The HCCZ thematic section titled “Involvement of young people in cities“, the ”Volunteering in towns - how to?“ conference and interesting and popular events with international participation on the topic of “Housing estates - what next?“ all took place in 2014.

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Volunteering in the Czech Republic? Examples of cooperation in municipalities

The two-year project by the Czech Healthy Cities Network and other partners from the Czech Republic and abroad, titled “Volunteering and Community Service (performed by unemployed) in Municipalities?“, ended on the last day of November. The topic is not new – a number of elements have been running for many years in this country and abroad. But the interconnection between municipalities and regions and the search for what voluntary work provides them with and, on the contrary, what municipalities can do for voluntary work, is new. Thanks to support by the European Social Fund and the Human Resources and Employment Operation Programme, hundreds of representatives of municipal and regional offices, as well as not-for-profit organizations and other interested parties from all over the Czech Republic could receive training on this topic. Demonstration events were organised, partnerships between municpalities and volunteering organisations were established and interesting publications for laypersons and professionals and a short inspirational film were created.

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Consultations for members of the Czech Healthy Cities Network – personal, by telephone and now also regular webinars

Another service was launched for members of the Czech Healthy Cities Network in 2014. A regular Internet webinar was added to targeted personal or telephone consultations, which are the association’s service most valued by city coordinators.

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The Healthy City Forum is always open to the opinions of residents. The young generation is particularly active

The Public Healthy City Forum is a meeting during which participants determine the biggest problems in the area. This meeting is attended not only by local residents and self-government representatives, but also representatives of not-for-profit organisations, schools and other experts from outside. The Forum also offers inspiration to other interested parties from cities, towns and regions nearby. During the Public Healthy City Forum participants are able to vote on the 10P – ten problems, which are subsequently verified by a questionnaire with the participation of a wider group of residents. Participants of this event are also informed how previous problems, which resulted from the public meeting last year, were resolved.
A Public Healthy City or Town Forum took place in 51 places in 2014. The Public Healthy City Litomerice Forum was attended by the most participants, the event was visited by 200 citizens.

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The Newsletter is published by Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic, contact: HCCZ Office.
HCCZ Newsletter is available at https://www.healthycities.cz/newsletter
The photographs used come from the HCCZ and its members archives.
© HCCZ, 2015 (www.HealthyCities.cz, www.facebook.com/NSZM.CZ, www.DobraPraxe.cz)

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