(CDK) Annual Report 2011 - Centrum pro studium demokracie a

Centre for the Study of Democracy
and Culture (CDK)
Annual Report
2011
Basic Data
Name: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK; Centre for the Study of Democracy
and Culture)
Address: Venhudova 17, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Trustees: Ing. Zdeněk Granát, František Mikš
Tel. and Fax: +420 545 213 862
Web: http://www.cdk.cz
Email: [email protected]
Identi�cation Number: 48514314
Tax Identi�cation Number: CZ48514314
Bank Account Number: 120 402 514/0600
IBAN: 3306000000000120402514
BIC: AGPACZPP (GE Money Bank, Lidická 31, 658 34 Brno, Czech Republic)
Mission Statement
�e Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture (Centrum pro studium demokracie a
kultury, CDK) is an independent, non-pro�t educational and cultural organization established
as a civic association in August 1993 in Brno. CDK is founded on the work of earlier initiatives devoted to the development of independent activities and the publication of samizdat
magazines before 1989.
Major goals of CDK are: to contribute to the creation and evolution of democratic political
culture, to emphasize indispensability of Christian values which rank among the fundamental
sources of European civilization, and to highlight signi�cance of interrelationships of political,
economic and cultural areas. In its views on politics and society, CDK subscribes to conservative and liberal beliefs; in religious issues it prefers ecumenical approach. Its activities focus on
the Czech issues as well as on the European one and since 2000 it has devoted part of its energy
to projects in countries which are undergoing democratic transition.
Organizational Structure
CDK comprises two relatively independent yet cooperating institutes: the Institute for Politics and Culture (Institut pro politiku a kulturu, IPK) and the Institute for Christian Studies
(Institut křesťanských studií, IKS). Its outcome in the 2011 was, apart from the rich publication activities, mainly the existence of three independent journals: Kontexty, Revue Politika,
Církevní dějiny.
CDK is run by a four-member Board which elects the Chair and CDK´s Director. Apart from
the Chair and CDK´s Director, Directors of both Institutes are members of the Board. �e
Board’s decisions are carried out by the Executive Director.
In 2011 the CDK staff members:
The CDK Board
prof. Petr Fiala
Zdeněk Granát
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Chair of the Board
Financial Director, head of the publishing house and trustee
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prof. Jiří Hanuš
František Mikš
Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Director of IKS
Director of IPK, trustee
Executive Director
Institute for Politics and Culture
František Mikš
Director
Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Researcher
Iveta Frízlová
Analyst, transformation and democratization projects coordinator
Kateřina Hloušková, Ph.D. Researcher and transformation
and democratization projects coordinator
Ondřej Krutílek
Analyst, project coordinator
Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. Analyst
Institute of Christian Studies
prof. Jiří Hanuš
Director
Jan Vybíral
Researcher
Publishing House and Typographical Studio
Zdeněk Granát
Lenka Váchová
Administration
Michaela Johnová
Libuše Stará
Economic Officer
Internet Bookstore
Whereas the character of the book production, it is necessary for the CDK to have an academic Editorial Board.
The Board’s members:
prof. Jiří Hanuš, (Chair), Historical Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk
University
Stanislav Balík, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk
University
prof. Petr Horák, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
prof. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M., rector of Masaryk University, Department of the International
Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
Michal Kubát, Ph.D., Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Science, Charles
University in Prague
Radim Marada, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk
University
prof. Jiří Munzar, Department of Germanic, Nordic and Dutch Studies, Faculty of Arts,
Masaryk University
Ivana Noble, Ph.D., Protestant �eological Faculty, Charles University in Prague
Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D., Department of the International Relations and European Studies,
Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
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Finances
Revenues: CZK 10,2 million (grants: CZK 3,4 million, donations: CZK 1,6 milion, from
operation: CZK 5,2 million)
Grant-giving institutions: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, City of Brno, US Embassy in Prague
Expenditures: CZK 10,1 million.
Co-operating Institutions and Organizations
Partners of the Institute for Politics and Culture
Barrister & Principal
Center for Economics and Politics
Center for European Policy Analysis
Centre for Politics and Euro-Atlantic Partnership
CEVRO - Liberal Conservative Academy
City of Brno
Civic Institute
Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik
DEMAS - Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights
Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk
University
European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament
Foundation New Direction
Government of the Czech Republic
Hynek Fajmon´s office, the MEP
Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University
International Republican Institute
Leadership Academy
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
National Endowment for Democracy
Open Society Fund Prague
Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej
Polish Institute in Prague
South Moravian Region
State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic
Partners of the Institute for Christian Studies
Centre for Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Texts
Centre of Biblical studies, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
City of Brno
Czech Christian Academy
Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
Faculty of �eology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Prague
Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
South Moravian Region
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ACTIVITIES 2011
In 2011 CDK published three journals, 20 books, organized lectures and seminars and focused
on the production of expert and media outputs.
Journals
In 2011 CDK published three journals - Kontexty, Revue Politika and Církevní dějiny.
Kontexty
Kontexty is a two monthly cultural journal which has been
published by the CDK since 2009. However, it follows-up
to the twenty years tradition of publishing its own literary
journal (revue Proglas was established in 1990). One can
�nd prominent Czech authors who contribute to the journal as the writer Pavel Švanda, dramatist Milan Uhde, poet
Petr Motýl, translator Anna Kareninová, writer Ota Filip,
or literary historian and translator Ivana Ryčlová.
�e aim of the Editorial Board is to show the mutually
enriching interconnection of the cultural and social level,
to focus on themes as literature and society, literature and
politics, literature and totalitarianism, art and society, art
and politics etc. Main focus is also on the mutual connection of literature and other �elds of art. Poetry has a large
space in Kontexty.
�e readers appreciate not only a careful selection of texts and a high quality of permanent
and occasional contributors, but also an attempt to present each issue with an original piece of
art and text about less known artists.
�e journal was published with the support of City of Brno and Ministry of Culture of the
Czech Republic in 2011.
Six issues of Vol. III (XXII) were released.
Editors: Petr Fiala, Jiří Hanuš, František Mikš (Editor in Chief )
Executive Editor: Lenka Váchová
Revue Politika
Revue Politika is a social-political revue which has been publish only on-line since 2009 on
http://www.revuepolitika.cz.
Its Editorial Board acknowledges a conservative-liberal opinion position and its aim is to
contribute to the discussion about current social, political and cultural problems. Prominent
Czech and foreign authors contribute to the Revue (scientists, publicists, politicians, writers)
and current political analysis, essays, interviews, studies and translations of the most interesting
texts from foreign papers are regularly published.
In 2011, 12 Issues (and one double issue), Vol. IX were released. Revue has 10 000 unique
hits every months.
Editor in Chief: Ondřej Krutílek
Editorial Board: Stanislav Balík, Tomáš Břicháček, Iveta Frízlová, Petra Kuchyňková,
František Mikš (Chair), Josef Mlejnek jr., Ondřej Šlechta
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Církevní dějiny
Církevní dějiny is an expert journal which focuses on the history of
the church in the Czech lands and in the world. Its main interest is
the history of Christianity within the perspective of today’s historiographic methods.
Every year, two issues of the journal are published and include
high quality, interesting and readable articles. �e Editorial Board
attempts to present a variety of genres (studies, shorter articles, essays, documents, memoirs, reviews, etc.), to mediate domestic and
foreign texts and to present an independent and ecumenical character of the journal. In 2011 two issues, Vol. IV were released.
Editorial Board: Stanislav Balík, Pavel Boček, Jaroslav Cuhra, Petr
Fiala, František X. Halas, Jiří Hanuš (Editor in Chief ), Libor Jan,
Jiří Malíř, Pavel Marek, Jana Nechutová, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Jan Słomka, Jan Stříbrný,
Jaroslav Šebek, Martin Vaňáč, Radomír Vlček, Jaroslav Vokoun, Jan Vybíral (Executive Editor),
Martin Weis.
Books
In 2011 CDK published 20 books – 6 translations, 14 original Czech works. Until 2011, CDK
has published 380 expert books.
Rémi Brague: O Bohu u křesťanů
Hugh Brognan: Alexis de Tocqueville
Michel de Certeau: Psaní dějin
Otto Eibl: Politický prostor a témata v České republice v letech 2006–2008
Lukáš Fasora, Jiří Hanuš, Jiří Malíř, Denisa Nečasová (eds.): Člověk na
Moravě ve druhé polovině 20. století
Pavel Hošek: Židovská teologie křesťanství
Marek Jakoubek: Vojvodovo: kus česko-bulharské historie
Tomáš Katrňák, Petr Fučík: Návrat k sociálnímu původu
Martin Klapetek: Muslimské organizace v Německu, Rakousku a Švýcarsku
Ondřej Krutílek, Petra Kuchyňková, Iveta Frízlová: Monitoring evropské
legislativy 2009–2010
Pavel Marek a kol.: Jan Šrámek a jeho doba
Tomáš Nejeschleba, Václav Němec, Monika Recinová a kol.: Pojetí člověka
v dějinách a současnosti �loso�e I., II.
Phillipe Nemo: Co je Západ?
Ivana Noble, Jiří Hanuš a kol.: Křesťanství a romantismus
Ivana Pečinková (ed.): Euro versus koruna
Aneta Pinková: Zaměstnavatelské a podnikatelské organizace v ČR:
Prosazování organizovaných zájmů
Roger Scruton: O potřebnosti národů
Lenka Špičanová: Komparativní analýza kon�iktů v Acehu a na Východním
Timoru
John z Taizé: Cesta Páně
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Projects
In 2011, CDK implemented several long term projects:
Educational Institute for Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Ukraine – second year.
With support of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Long term project focused on forming Ukrainian civil society and young people from the
Kharkiv region. Prominent Czech experts on democracy and civil society visit Kharkiv to give
lectures and seminars. CDK organizes 10day study visit in the Czech Republic for most successful students.
The Project Quaestiones Quodlibetales
Quaestiones Quodlibetales is the title of an exceptional series that creates
a space for discussions on current and interesting topics from the areas
of history, religion, philosophy, and art. Four volumes are published every
year.
In 2011 the following titles were published: Phillipe Nemo: Co je
Západ?; Ivana Noble, Jiří Hanuš a kol.: Křesťanství a romantismus; Roger
Scruton: O potřebnosti národů; Pavel Hošek: Židovská teologie křesťanství.
The Project History and Culture
CDK systematically introduces to the expert public current trends and research methods
and results in cultural history, particularly in relation to religion, theology, sociology, political
science and cultural anthropology.
The Project Politics and Religion
CDK’s goal is to go beyond the existing fragmented research of politics and religion in individual disciplines and to attempt to create a platform for interdisciplinary research and an open
space for the transparent presentation of results.
Symposium “European Union, Euro and the economic crisis: common interests of the
Czech Republic and Poland in the context of the Polish EU Council presidency”
Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej was the cooperating partner in the project which was supported
by Czech-Polish Forum. �e main goal of the project was to clarify positions of two Central
European countries, to link two separated streams of expert and ideological thinking in relation
to the EU – Czech and Polish – into one. �e essays of prominent expert from both countries
related to the European integration issues, which reacted to one another, were published in
Revue Politika, Kontexty and on the Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej website. Moreover, book called
„Bezpłodny sojusz: Polska i Czechy w Unii Europejskiej“ edited by Ondřej Krutílek and Artur
Wolka was published in Poland.
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Events
The second year of the project titled Educational Institute for Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Ukraine
�e second year of the project titled “Educational Institute for Democracy and Civil Society in
Eastern Ukraine” started with a ceremony in the auditorium of the Kharkiv National University
of Economics on 24 October 2011. �e project followed the one with the same title, “Educational Institute for Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Ukraine”, which took place in 20092010 and was also �nanced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Among the guests at the opening ceremony in March were apart from CDK representatives
and the non-pro�t organization Union of Young Europeans, General Consul of the Czech
Republic in Donetsk, Antonín Murgaš, and the head of Kharkiv’s International Department,
Viktor Rud and Vladimir Yermachenko, vice rector at the Kharkiv National University of Economics.
More than 160 students and teachers from nine local universities participated in 2011
project. �ere were 12 lectures in March divided in three days (more than 20 hours of intensive
education).
In May and September two similar seminars took place. Practical seminar ended the educational cycle in November 2011 where experts on the project management Veronika Štěrbová
(Eurovisions a.s.), Sabina Dvořáková (DEMAS), and Pavel Loutocký (Secretary of Brno City
Hall) participated. Practical seminar helped students to get a feedback on their own projects
which were in English and Russian. �e project ideas included: internet education for seniors,
hippotherapy, ecological education, an incubator for start-up companies, youth in the countryside, the creation of an internet website providing information about the tax system, and
a small business association. Most students had found in advance how they could implement
their projects and even contacted potential local participants (university, city, etc.). CKD will
follow these activities. We believe some will be implemented in the future. Fifty students who
met the criteria were granted certi�cates in the lifelong study program accredited by the Czech
Ministry of Education Of the Czech Republic. Five most successful students participated in
10days study visit in Brno.
Study Program in Burma
CDK cooperates on the management of a two-year project called “Burma Foreign Affairs and
Transition Study Program”. �is project takes place from January 2011 through December
2012 at the �ai-Burma border and is co-�nanced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Czech Republic.
�e following donors are also involved in this project: the National Endowment for Democracy, the Open Society Foundations, and the Norwegian Rafto Foundation. �e coordinator
is in touch with several Burmese organizations (HREIB, ALTSEAN-Burma, Burma Partnership, AAPPB, Burma Fund, ND Burma, and EarthRights International School) and foreign
advocacy partners (People in Need, Burma Campaign UK, World Movement for Democracy,
and Human Rights Watch).
�e aim of this project is to train sixteen selected representatives of the Burma opposition
and civic groups in issues of human rights, political science, and international relations. �e
training also focuses on issues such as communication, politics, and negotiation. �e training
lasts for ten months. �e program consists of all-day lessons and distance lectures. �e new
study guide on transition is being prepared in cooperation with CDK experts. �e distance
lectures started in May 2011 as videoconference, each lasted 70 minutes. Among guests were
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Šimon Pánek (People in Need), Mark Farmaner (Burma Campaign UK), Renee Xia (Chinese
Human Rights Defenders), Han Dongfan (China Labour Bulletin), �un Saray (ADHOC,
Cambodia), Haris Azhar (KontraS, Indonesia), Yuyun (HRWG, Indonesia), Jaroslav Valuch,
Lubomír Kopeček, Vít Hloušek, František Mikš, Ivo Pospíšil, Jan Holzer, Roman Chytilek a
Miroslav Mareš.
In the second half of November 2011, CDK representative spent one week in the �ai cities
of Chiang Mai and Mae Sot where he lectured at two seminars organized within this project.
Conference “Ukraine on its road to European integration”
CDK and Union of Young Europeans organized a Czech-Ukrainian student conference at
Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University called “Ukraine on its road to European integration” on 6th January 2011. �e conference was part of broader study trip for Ukrainian students
during which they visited Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Brno, Karlovy Vary, Dresden, and Krakow.
Among speakers were Petra Kuchyňková (FSS MU, CDK), Oleg Lesnyj (Ukrainian Meridian), Kateřina Hloušková (CDK), and Jaroslav Pešek.
Euro versus Crown: When will it burst?
On 17th October 2011 CDK organized a conference called “Euro
versus Crown: When will it burst?”. �e event was under aegis of
the Committee on EU Affairs, the Senate of the Czech Republic
and took place in the main hall of Valdštejn Palace. Number of
personalities who are professionally interested in the topic attended the conference: Miroslav Singer (Governor of the Czech
National Bank), Luděk Sefzig (Cchair of the Committee on EU
Affairs, the Senate), Pavel Mertlík (main economist in Reiffeisenbank), Hynek Fajmon (MEP for ODS), Jan Mládek (economist
and Chair in Fontes Renum), Pavel Kohout (economist and Director for strategy in Partners).
Expert outputs
Analysis of the EU legislation and monitoring of the EU politics
Since 2004 a department for EU legislative and politics analysis has worked under the Institute
for Politics and Culture of CDK. It closely cooperates with MEP Hynek Fajmon. �is department wrote 11 regular monitoring reports of the EU legislation in 2011 (monthly, during the
summer holidays the monitoring is for two months). �e monitoring is a demanded product by
the European and Czech members of parliament, politicians and experts. 3500 readers receive
it every month. �is department has also published several texts on the EU topics.
Seminar about democratic transition in Egypt
CDK representative Stanislav Balík attended in May 2011 by request of Czech Ministry of
Foreign Affairs seminar aimed at sharing the experience with the transition of Visegrad countries organized by the Czech Embassy in Cairo. He presented his text on Czech democratic
transition in judiciary.
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Media outputs
Apart from the texts published in CDK´s journals, CDK´s employees published texts in other
media in 2011: Mladá fronta Dnes, Lidové noviny, Hospodářské noviny, weekly Re�ex, Týden,
South-Moravian daily Rovnost, Euroskop website. �ey also participated as experts in programs in the Czech TV and the Czech Radio.
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