votes: educational project PRAGUE STUDENT SUMMIT Prague Student Summit is a prestigious educational project which gives Czech high school and university students a unique insight into the world of diplomacy and international relations The basic idea of the project lies in the interaction of more than 400 students from all over the Czech Republic simulating three key international organizations the United Nations the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union The participants act as the representatives of their nations while trying to resolve current global problems The program consisted of two main parts During workshops students learned confident performance argumentation and rhetorical skills and working with information sources This preparatory part was followed by a final conference Erik Best American Journalist living in Prague and Owner of Fleet Sheet and Mrs Vladimíra Dvořáková Czech political scientist Jan Pýcha Chief Coordinator 128 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADERS MAGAZINE
Cyril Svoboda Czech Minister for Regional Development Jean Fournet former NATO Secretary General Assistant for Public Diplomacy Richard W Graber former Ambassador of the US Mrs Jana Berousková Envoy of US Human Rights Council Štefan Füle Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO Mrs Irena Krasnická Director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Radek Špicar Director of External Affairs of Škoda Auto From left Michal Mejstřík Member of the National Economic Council Jan Mühlfeit Chairman of Europe Microsoft Corporation and Jan Bubeník Founder of Bubeník Partners This year the Opening Ceremony took place on March 6th at Municipal House in Prague Students negotiation continued at the Hotel Hilton Prague until March 9th The program also included a number of social events e g lectures excursions banquets or working breakfasts This year of Prague Student Summit welcomed many outstanding guests namely Cyril Svoboda Czech Minister for Regional Development Richard W Graber former Ambassador of the USA to the Czech Republic Vladimíra Dvořáková a prominent Czech political scientist Erik Best an American journalist living in Prague Marie Chatardová Director of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Radek Špicar Director of the Outer Relations of Škoda Auto Jan Mühlfeit Chairman of Europe Microsoft Corporation Michal Mejstřík Member of the National Economic Coucil Jean Fournet former NATO Secretary General Assistant for Public Diplomacy and Štefan Füle Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO more photos and electronic version available on www leadersmagazine cz
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