1. In Prague, at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University, in co-operation with the Foundation for the Development of Civil Society and Association Agnes is running for the second or third year the so called postgraduate specialization study program “Managers for the Third Millennium.”  It lasts for 2 semesters (from February to June, a Summer School in August, and from September to December)

–                          Lecturers are there e.g. Dr. Pink, Dr. Ježek, Dr. Frič, Dr. Fryštenská, Mr. Kačaba, Dr. Deverová, Prof. Šiklová end other people from NGOs.

–                          Main topics are:

                                                               i.      Citizen and Civil Society

                                                             ii.      Ethics of the Non-for-Profit Sector

                                                            iii.      State Donation Policy

                                                           iv.      International Co-Operation

                                                             v.      Role of Education

                                                           vi.      Financing of NPOs

                                                          vii.      Strategic Planning

                                                        viii.      Methods and Skills in Communication

                                                           ix.      Chairing Meetings and Making Minutes

                                                             x.      Internal Regulations

                                                           xi.      Supervision

                                                          xii.      Legal Relations in Employment

                                                        xiii.      Property Law

                                                        xiv.      Voluntary Work

                                                         xv.      Taxation of NGOs

                                                        xvi.      Sponsoring and Fundraising

                                                      xvii.      Financial Planning etc.

The lectures are given in two day sessions each month (7 hours per day) in Feb. to June, then there are visits to chosen NGOs followed by tests, elaboration of a short thesis and its presentation to an examination commission. The Charles University issues certificates.

2. The Faculty of Film and Television of the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague runs in the 5^th year of the Magister level study the study program “Management of NGOs” – it lasts for 12 hours of lectures, followed by a test and interview and may be classified by two credits out of 60 needed to graduate.

3. A new course is being prepared by Prof. Rektorik at the Faculty of Public Administration of the Masaryk University in Brno. It is a specialisation in the framework of a bachelor study programe “Economics and Management of NGOs”

–                          Besides prof. Rektorik and Mgr. Kozakova there are mostly external lecturers, like Prof. Purtchert from Frieburg, Germany,  Prof. Telec, Dr. Marek, Dr. Deverová, Dr. Volf

–                          Main topics are

                                                               i.      Microeconomics

                                                             ii.      Introduction to the Management of NGOs

                                                            iii.      Civil Society in a Modern State

                                                           iv.      Macroeconomics

                                                             v.      Public Economy

                                                           vi.      Economical and Social Development

                                                          vii.      Special Mathematics

                                                        viii.      Communications and Public Relations

                                                           ix.      Public Budgets and Procurement in the Czech Republic and in the European Union

                                                             x.      Law for the Economists

                                                           xi.      Philanthropy

                                                          xii.      Accounting and Auditing

                                                        xiii.      Management Theory

                                                        xiv.      Personal Management

                                                         xv.      Fundraising

                                                        xvi.      Taxation of NGOs

                                                      xvii.      Strategic Management

                                                     xviii.      Ethics in Management

                                                        xix.      Development of Managerial Skills

                                                         xx.      Social Policy etc

The study will last for 6 semesters (three years) and shall be a regular facultative part of the Bachelor Degree study at the university.

4. At several other universities in the Czech Republic it is possible to choose an auxiliary study program “Public Economy and NGOs”. It is provided at the Pedagogical University in Pardubice, Mining College in Ostrava, University if Usti nad Labem, University of Economics in Prague