1. Vysočina Education Teacher training institution www.vys-edu.cz Jihlava, Czech Republic

2. Contacts: krivanek@vys-edu.cz – director dolejska@vys-edu.cz metelkova@vys-edu.cz address: Žižkova 20, Jihlava, 58601 telephone: 00420567 306 617 krivanek@vys-edu.cz dolejska@vys-edu.cz metelkova@vys-edu.cz

3. What is the core programme of Vysočina Education? European projects National educational projects Courses and seminars for teachers Support for national curriculum changes Cooperation with local, regional and national authorities

4. Vysočina Education – public educational institution Vysočina Education is a public institution established by regional authority. Except own activities Vysočina Education is a support organization for region Vysočina, it helps with international contacts and projects.

5. Organizing various seminars

6. Organizing workshops

7. Projects with Norwegian institutions

8. Czech Republic = Heart of Europe - republic, parliamentary democracy - population - 10 424 926 - area 78 887 km 2 - EU member since 2004

9. Vysočina region

10. Vysočina

11. Jihlava – centre of Vysočina region

12. Area measuring about 6 800 km2 Only four towns in the region counts more than 20,000 people About 510 000 inhabitants 76 inhabitants per km2 Vysočina is a rural region Vysočina – basic facts

13. DID YOU KNOW THAT… … Vysočina has 2,900 km of marked tourist routes and 2,250 km cycling routes? … every eighth pork chop comes from Vysočina? … Vysočina has 2 nature reserves, 9 nature parks, and 170 small protected areas? … about one third of Vysočina’s territory is wooded land? … both the Czech and Moravian metropolitan centers – Prague and Brno – are supplied with drinking water from Vysočina? … there are three UNESCO sites in Vysočina – more than in any other part of the country?

14. Vysočina Region

15. Thank you for attention. See you in Vysočina region.