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Achievements of the Czech
Presidency of the Council of the EU
– organisation and communication
Jana HENDRICHOVÁ, State Secretary
Czech EU Presidency Section
([email protected])
September 2009
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
Minister (Deputy Prime Minister) for European
Affairs
- Section for EU Affairs
- Czech EU Presidency Section
Committee of the EU
Sector Co-ordination Groups
Experts and Inter-Sectoral Groups
Central Organisation Group
Roundtable for Communication
PREPARING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - I
Institute of Public Administration – Ministry of
Interior

Central Register of Employees involved in the
Czech Presidency - 2080
New positions in public administration - 338
Central organisation – 25 core staff, 45 contracts,
69 liaison officers
Motivation aspects
PREPARING PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION - II
•Languages (A, F)
•Institutional training
•Sectoral training
•Conferences, seminars, study
visits, secondments
BUDGET
 1,9 billion CZK from the General Treasury
Administration for 2007–2009 (central coordination, new employees, training, security,
cultural events in the CR and in the world)
 Sectoral sources: 1,4 billion CZK
 EU, Council of the EU
 Additional costs: EU 27 summits in the CR,
irregular European Council, communication
campaign, security equipment
 Savings
PRESIDENCY EVENTS
More than 3,000 events in the CR, in Brussels and
elsewhere in the world: meetings of the European Council and
EU Ministers, working meetings, representing the EU Council
in international organisations, in the EP, cultural activities,
incl.:
 550 meetings and conferences in the Czech Republic
 500 cultural events in the world and in the CR
Importance of events taking place in the regions:
 bringing the EU to the people
 drawing attention to the Czech Republic and promoting its
products and services
CENTRALLY ORGANISED
EVENTS IN THE CR
101 events attended by 30 – 450 delegates:
 31 summits and ministerial meetings
 7 summits: EU27-USA, Employment, Southern Corridor,
Eastern Partnership, EU-China, EU-Canada, EU-Japan
 2 meetings of the Government of the Czech Republic:
with the Conference of Presidents of the EP and with the
European Commission
 14 informal meetings of EU Ministers (Prague + regions)
 8 ministerial conferences
 70 working group meetings, conferences and workshops in
the Prague Congress Centre
PRESIDENCY IN NUMBERS I
 From January to June 2009: 30,000
delegates, mostly from abroad visited the
Czech Republic
3,730 journalists, including 2,049 from
abroad at events in the Czech Republic
 www.eu2009.cz – more than 2 million visitors
– the largest audience in recent years!
 Over 4,000 standard pages of texts
translated
80,000 copies of brochures and 30,000
accreditation badges distributed
PRESIDENCY IN NUMBERS II
 Interpreting provided for some 65 events (80
interpreters and 28 booths at the largest event)
 30,000 participants accommodated in the
Czech Republic
 69 “liaison officers” for foreign delegations
 Transport of delegations – 70 cars, 70 minivans,
20 buses
14,000 ties, 7,000 scarves, 36,000 pens
distributed in the Czech Republic
COMMUNICATION
 The www.eu2009.cz website
 The logo
 Translations
 Decorations
 Working with the media
 Information and communication campaign
SELECTED CULTURAL EVENTS
 7 January – opening night; the National Theatre in Prague
 30 January – Czech ball; Brussels
 Decadence – Czech lands 1880 – 1914; Brussels, Namur
 Eurofestivals – Zlín, Č. Budějovice, M. Lázně, Litoměřice, Brno
 One World - Czech Republic, Brussels, Washington D.C.
 Via Lucis 1989-2009 – Brussels
 Europe without barriers – Czech Republic, Brussels, Stockholm
 19 – 20 June 2009 – United Islands of Prague
 26 June 2009 – Street Party, Brussels
 28 June 2009 – Smetana’s Litomyšl – passing to Sweden
PRESIDENCY PARTNERS
Main partners
Media partners