Final Academic & Practical Workshop “Urban Post-COVID Recovery in the V4 Countries: Towards Effective Sectoral Policies?” and Book Launch

Final Academic & Practical Workshop "Urban Post-COVID Recovery in the V4 Countries: Towards Effective Sectoral Policies?" and Book Launch is the most important stage of the works on creating the catalogue of the good practices in the field of the post-COVID recovery conducted by municipal self-governments in V4 countries. The event consists of three parts: Academic Workshop (with the participation of academics representing applicant and partners who present and discuss the final versions of the chapters devoted to the issue of the post-COVID recovery in V4 countries as well as the invited academics), Round Table Debate (with the participation of applicant, partners and practitioners dealing with the issue of post-COVID recovery in V4 countries), Young Practitioners Forum (with the participation of students interested in post-COVID recovery in V4 countries). The event is a public event, therefore not only the researchers representing the applicant and the partners, but also practitioners are invited to take part in. The event is also open to all academics, interest groups, local and regional authorities and media. The Book Launch is an integral part of the event. https://politologia.uwr.edu.pl/en/science-and-research/granty-i-projekty-badawcze/urban-post-covid-recovery-in-the-v4-countries/

International kick-off meeting

A full day international kick-off meeting including workshops for the project team and invited participants (25 persons in total: 10CZ, 10PL, 5 SK). (The exact date will be defined later.) Aims of the meeting (agenda): - to provide information about the project and invite ombudspersons (and similar positions) of 3 partner countries to collaboration; - to establish the V4 OmbudsLink Network and to engage ombudspersons to further work; - to define a detailed list of challenges for ombudspersons within the general framework of the project; - to set up detailed tasks and expected results for working groups. The workshops will be run by experts from each partner country (2 CZ,1 PL, 1 SK - members of the project team). Agenda includes plenary presentations and discussion but also work in groups, which will be dedicated to 3 problem areas defined for the project. Conclusions and summary of the meeting will be sent to participants afterwards. Meeting will be held in Krakow, Poland (and will be hosted by one of the Universities - members of ASBiR Association). Meals (dinner a night ahead, lunch and coffee breaks) for participants will be covered by grant and participants are expected to cover travel and hotels on their own. https://ombudsplatforma.cz/mezinarodni-zahajovaci-setkani-projektu-v4-ombudslink-v-krakove/?swcfpc=1

4. Theoretical training

The coordinators and volunteers of the main exercise take part in theoritical training. It is a preparatory training before the main exercise. They develop the training of voluntary organizations, practice skills, devise the necessary equipment, determine the duration of the training elements and establish rules. The roles and tasks between each other are divided here for the duration of the training. Here, the organizations get to know their areas of operation in detail, and each other's legal areas of expertise are also discussed. The formation of a unified approach begins. The members of organizations participating in the training on the coordination of disasters. They get to know the liquidation tactics expected in practice. https://www.facebook.com/jointpreparedness