Students:SWOT-discussion

Economy modernisation of industry (environmental friendly, more competitive, employment, use border region, industrial zones- brownfields, help with writting projects to get a money) tourism (one plattform for services in region- www site, hiking tracks, building tourism infrastructure, UNESCO, marketing- advertise, cultural heritage) GOALS Major goals: UNESCO Economy Employment of local - Infrastructure: roads, telecommunication, networks getting the people connected (incubators, hub) - Loans for small and medium enterprices, administration support - Joint venture businesses - PR (attractive region for starting businesses) - Renewable energz (future) integrating existing infrastructure - BAT – administration and finance support

Bussiness divers Modern and border crossing infrastructure Incresing tourism (UNESCO) - Platform for tourist Services to inform tourists, to support them better infrastructure - C=B cooperation o PR together o Unesco

Social and cultural Education Public infrastructure (health structure, cultural things, better transport) Working community Cultural conservation - Construction of mining museum - Reconstruction of architectural heritage - Recreation of traditional arts o Handcraft, „how was it“, - Open air museum - Wiki pages with languages german, czech, english - Jezery castle environmental education centre, volunteering (castle as a symbol) - Local festivals (city, community - Educational projects :students programs, cooperation with universities - Also for public and teachers - Scholarship (sponsored by CC) - Handcraft school - Language competences: cooperation between czech and german schools - Integration of roma (5 percent in cc) Stable policy Good image of the region Environment Good, healthy environment Protection of cultural and natural heritage - Connecting protected areas, building corridors geocatching - Communication: websites, guide books, administration ( languages: cz, eng, ger) - Creating chko natural protected area - Lobbying: being paid for leaving coal in the earth (example equador) - Education for sustainable development o School projects - Help to start local eco businesses - Support local garden projects - Local plants Higher propotian of renewable energy - Recultivation including production of renewable energy there like biomass production (soil rich enough for that) and solar panels (not in Ecoagriculture - Support local producers o Marketing o Pr

Mining limits Facts: - limits are setted, but the law can be changed by the government - Law base is very weak - Uncertainity for the life of locals and for tourist businesses - Breaking means: o Air pollution o Destruction  Cities  Nature  Infrastructure o Single focused economy o Independency of energy in Cze, sell to another countries (export rate of energy already 30 percent) o Possible transformation of CC  alternative sources  biomass o substitutes to local villages o figure out another possibilities for employment o predomination of CC  other projects without CC support/ influences discussion : - village cannot be rebuilt (Simon) extention with strict limitations - Larissa/ Martin : can’t trust CC, much room for interpretation, no guarantee - Not so many people know about topic in detail, very unstable government - Simon: „Dirty Thirty“ research from Greenpeace: the worstest one power plant, emission trading would be a chance, - Red list: in the East „new thing“ Don’t know about, are not known and researched, noboby cares, - Miša: in Germany red list strong argument - Petr: Opposition very weak - Martin: Most important: Possibility to develop, her eis no clear expression of participation, - Breaking limit seems the easiest and cheapest way to get the coal, but they need other technologies for environmental better way to extract the coal -