Association for Civic Education and Democracy

Sdružení pro výchovu k občanství a demokracii

 Activities of our Association

Association for Civic Education and Democracy, briefly SVOD (in Czech), is an open, apolitical and voluntary association of citizens which keep in mind the importance of education to citizenship for further development of democracy in our country. The main goal is the improvement of current status in this education.

Our main goal is to prepare every pupil for the role of a well-informed citizen, being able to take responsibility and make decisions, expressing views, respecting the others and actively participating in public life. Very inventive work is required to stimulate our students to adopt and internalize their attitudes. Certain optimal proportion between the information and the knowledge/experience offered in civic education (and other subjects respecting interdisciplinary relationships) or gathered by students themselves, and between the students' attitudes and their emotional motivation must be respected to reach the educational effect in its complexity.

 

SVOD annual meeting 2007 & Annual Report 2006

 

9th Student Conference "To the Roots of Democracy 2007/2008"

Main price: Linda Thielová, Brno - Problems of International Divorce and Child´s Rights

Next price: Lukáš Zícha, Poděbrady - Behaviour of Politicians

Next price: Martin Vodraška, Praha - Horní Počernice - Young Communal Statesman of Europe

Special price: Aneta Marušková, Beroun - Adoption at a Distance at Lithuania and Belorussia

 

8th Student Conference "To the Roots of Democracy 2007" - Topic:

„Non-governmental Organisations in our Region“

List of Submitted Contributions (czech & english summary)

Mine price: Petr Vohnický - Citizens association Divadelní Luhačovice

Next price: Jana Flachsová - Beneficial Public Organization DROP-IN

Next price: Jan Vodrážka - Pleasure and Distress Live with Children

 

List of Submitted Contributions  - 2005

6th Student Conference: To The Roots of Democracy 2005,

Topic: The Role of Men and Women in The Present World

 

The Prague Post - October 20 - 26, 2004 (from www.praguepost.com: "ISP outreach spreads new methods")

 

New Executive Committee of the Association (since 27th March 2004)

 

„NEW WAYS OF EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP“

Teachers Conference – Prague 2003

SVOD annual meeting and autumn seminar

Metamorphoses around and in us (Jitka Kašová)

Summer school 2002

Application for membership

Our activities:

Project:"Education to citizenship and democracy"

Competition of secondary schools "To The Roots of Democracy"

"New horizons of civic education" (course for pedagogical faculties)