For more than a year, Open Society Fund Prague has been collaborating with the regional governorates of the Czech Republic in developing an inclusive education strategy. Karlovy Vary governorate was the first one to start the work and it is…
The European Union’s National Roma Integration Strategies hold little prospect for change when it comes to quality inclusive education for hundreds of thousands of Roma children across Europe. When it comes to education, children don’t have years to wait until…
You might think it impossible to rap about inclusive education, but you would be wrong. Last week, at Prague’s Lucerna Palace, an art nouveau entertainment complex built by Vaclav Havel’s grandfather, Gypsy Crew took the stage. Its four members, all…
Every journey begins with a small step, every race has a starting line. Keep on reaching for your goal, don’t give up, just give it time... These are the words that children sing at a primary school in Leicester, one…
In recent weeks, Czech politicians have distanced themselves from the European Union. Concern about the financial crisis has led a number of politicians to encourage the idea that the Czech Republic does not need the EU and that the country…
Ondrej Liska is a politician in the Czech Republic, former Minister of Education and Chairman of the Green Party. In this interview, Bernard Rorke discusses the impact of European Union (EU) funding, EU integration strategies and European litigation on the…
A fact-finding mission to Macedonia has confirmed our concerns that two planned hydro power plants are set to destroy important natural habitats in the Mavrovo National Park Last week I visited the Mavrovo National Park in Macedonia where both the…
