Teachers:Charles University in Prague, Charles University Environment Center

Charles University in Prague, Charles University Environment Center
The oldest university in central Europe, Charles University was founded on 7 April 1348 by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia. The Charles University Environment Center, CUEC was founded in 1992 as part of Charles University. The activities of the centre include conducting environmental research; providing environmental expertise and information for students, the staff of the University and for the general public. CUEC collaborates with the parliamentary bodies, state administration, non-governmental organizations and many academic and research institutions in the country and abroad. The Center is in close contact with the work of international bodies, particularly the OECD and EEA.

CUEC has worked on the many projects granted by ministries as well as international organizations and has experience in international research project coordination (e.g. UNDP funded project 'Towards Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic: Building National Capacities' 1998-2001). CUEC has participated in several projects funded by the Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes of the EC (e.g. INFOSDEV). In the field of education, the Centre cooperates closely with the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Social and Cultural Ecology. The Centre is currently involved in EU educational projects funded by the European Social Fund and Leonardo Da Vinci grant schemes.

CUEC consists of the three units: sustainable development indicators, environmental economics, and education and information for sustainable development. CUEC also has an information and resource centre providing computer lab, library, and study rooms. The Center has twenty staff members.

E-learning and sustainable development know-how:

 * VCC-Virtual Copernicus Campus - eLearning 2004
 * CUEC can provide academic expertise in the field of environmental education – through the national “Forum of University Teachers”, Working Group for the National SD Strategy for Education and international UNECE Expert Group on Indicators.
 * CUEC has particular expertise in environmental and sustainable development indicators. It collaborates with the “global indicators community” (UNC sustainable development, UNEP, OECD, European Environment Agency, EUROSTAT) academic institutions and international programmes (SCOPE, JRC, WRI, Wuppertal Institute, IFF University of Klagenfurt). The Sustainable Development Indicators of the SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) project was coordinated by CUEC.

Main contribution to the VCSE Network:
VCSE-partner and Coordinator of VCSE Working Group 2 (WG2): Enlargement of VCSE with new partner universities

Links

 * http://cozp.cuni.cz/