24 May 2012 ČTK  (Czech News Agency)

Prague, May 23 (CTK) - The Czech Student Association seeks more cooperation between universities and firms within a new project, Education Inventory, that will be launched Wednesday in order to increase interconnection of the academic and business sectors, Hospodarske noviny (HN) daily writes.

November 4th, 2011

The cause of the failure of reforms is often insufficient support in media. This is one of the reasons why ISEA in 2009 initiated project “Platform of PersonalitiesSupporting Reforms”.

November 3rd, 2011

ISEA cooperates with many Czech and international institutions and partners.

November 2nd, 2011

After 10 years it was necessary to strengthen the research part of ISEA and change also the governing bodies, therefore the general assembly approved new Articles of ISEA (Stanovy). November 2nd, 2011

November 1st, 2011

The experts of ISEA actively participate in spreading the results of the research done by ISEA in all types of media.

October 31st, 2011

Measuring the influence of ISEA can be split to indicators of demand and indicators of impact.

October 30th, 2011

Strategy of ISEA for the implementation of reforms in the Czech Republic and public activities of its members, in particular in connection with the reform of the educational system, is what OECD exports refer to as “political economy of reform”. Mastering this strategy is considered to be the key condition of successful reform. Political economy of reform is nothing else than the ability to communicate long-term positive effects of the reform to politicians, interest groups and the public, and thus overcome prevailing short-term perspectives, which are usually dominated by negative effects related to the initial costs (sacrifices) of a reform.

October 29th, 2011

The mission of ISEA is to carry out basic, oriented and applied research contributing to the formulation and implementation of economic and social strategies and effective solution of social and economic problems.

October 28th, 2011

By the number of own experts ISEA is a relatively small research institution, nevertheless it is one of the most visible Czech think-tanks.

October 27th, 2011

ISEA is intentionally independent of political parties. A dominant financial partner is in the long run the Open Society Fund Prague, thanks to which ISEA has been since the beginning financially and institutionally independent from the state and interest groups.