F(o)unding Culture - Experience of Central Europe and the United States. May 22, 2013 in New York City, USA.

1. Public Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Czech Republic
Jan Bondy

2. Funding of Public Diplomacy Projects
Funds allocated to Czech Embassies in 2009 - 2013
2009
(including Czech EU
Presidency)
2010 2011 2012 2013
39.69 million 11.13 million 10.06 million 8 million 8 million
39.69
11.13 10.06
8 8
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

3. Public Diplomacy - Conferences
“Culture and Diplomacy” Conference (April 2012)
The Czernin Palace hosted an opening session of a series of
international conferences Culture Plus which aims to explore the
importance of culture in other fields, i.e. the issues such as the
relation between culture and economy, culture and media or culture
vis-à-vis diplomacy and politics. The opening session brought
together panellists from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and
Denmark, currently presiding the EU, as well as the president of the
EUNIC global network and members of the “More Europe” initiative.

4. Public Diplomacy - Conferences
“Twenty Years of Independent Czech and Slovak Diplomacies”
Conference (February 2013)
The Czernin Palace hosted a conference on the division of the
Czechoslovak foreign service, with the participation of the current
foreign ministers of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and many
distinguished guests from abroad. Through their personal
recollections, the ministers and ambassadors also addressed the topic
of further development of the two independent
diplomacies, as well as the issue of the EU and NATO accession of
both countries.

5. Public Diplomacy – Selected Conferences in 2012
Prague European Energy Forum (February 2012)
The Prague Agenda conference (April 2012)
East–West Business Forum (September 2012)
Czech Statehood Days (September 2012)
The EU Enlargement conference (October 2012)
Conference Non-conventional sources of natural gass, (1/24), Conference Czech-Slovenian
relations in 20th century (2/14), Conference Energy security in Central and Eastern Europe
(2/20), Conference Commencement of European year of active aging and inter-
generational solidarity (3/1), Francofonia competition accompanied by an exhibition
(3/20), Prague Transatlantic Talks 2012 (4/18), Conference 20 years after the dissolution of
Yugoslavia (5/3, Prague Journalist Forum (5/9-11/5), Round Table Quo vadis Ukraine
(5/24), Conference What to expect from the Cypriot EU Presidency (18.6.), Conference
Czech-German Relations - 20 years from signing (10/5), Meeting of Barmese and
Belorussian activists (10/24-10/25), Conference Visegrad 4 and Germany (11/13-
11/14), EBRD Conference (11/14)

6. Public Diplomacy – Czech-German Relations
“Twenty Years From Signing“ conference (5 October 2012)
The conference was held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the
signing of the Czech-German Agreement on Neighbourliness and Friendly
Cooperation. It was dedicated to the history of relations between the two
nations and to possible prospects for their future development. A special
attention was paid to the status of the German minority in the Czech countries.
“Visegrad Group and Germany“ (13-14 November 2012)
The aim of the conference was to outline new possibilities of cooperation
between the V4 countries and Germany, especially in the field of economics and
energy industry.
The German foreign minister Guido
Westerwelle visiting the Czech
Republic, 6 March 2012

7. Public events in the Czernin gardens to highlight
important foreign policy issues and anniversaries
Ten Years After the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks in New York and
Washington (11 September 2011)
- Concert of the Plastic People of the Universe music band
- Exhibition of Jan Šibík photographs and “Beating Heroes!” sculpture of
Antonín Kašpar, “Logar Reconstruction”
- Events were organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and
the Military History Institute, Czech Centres Prague and the American
Center

8. Public events in the Czernin gardens to highlight
important foreign policy issues and anniversaries
The 67th Anniversary of the End of the World War II (8 May
2012)
- Concert of Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers
- Exhibition of war-period posters, photographs and military
equipment
- Event was organized in cooperation with the Military History
Institute and Czech Centres Prague

9. Public events in the Czernin gardens to highlight
important foreign policy issues and anniversaries
Evening dedicated to the refugee and social integration
issue (September 2012)
- Concert of the AllStar Refjúdží Band
- The event featured an exhibition “We are from the same planet” of the
photographer Jindřich Štreit and the journalist Martina
Vašíčková, documenting the lives of people born hundreds of miles away, who
decided to stay in the Czech Republic.
- It was organized in cooperation with the Czech Centres Prague, Caritas
Czech Republic and the Archa Theatre.

10. Public Diplomacy - Other Public Events
Open Doors Day 2012
On 8 May and 23 September 2012, the Czernin Palace, the largest
baroque building of the kind and the seat of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Czech Republic, opened its doors to the general public.
More than 7,000 visitors came to see the state rooms, Masaryk’s
apartment and the palace gardens.

11. Public events in the Czernin gardens to highlight
important foreign policy issues and anniversaries
Celebrations of Croatia’s entry to the European Union (8 May 2013)
- Concert of the Kampanel band from Croatia and Čechomor
band
- Accompanying exhibitions “Magic Croatia”, “Moravian Croats”, “Europe
Without Barriers”, an information stall offering Croatian specialties
- Organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Croatia in the Czech
Republic, the European Commission Representation in the Czech
Republic and the Association of Croatian nationals in the Czech Republic

12. Public Diplomacy – Gratias Agit Award
Gratias Agit Award of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Czech Republic
“Gratias Agit” is awarded annually by the Czech foreign minister to outstanding
personalities or organizations for the promotion of the good name of the
Czech Republic abroad.
-Twelve laureates received the Award in 2012.
- The award is a crystal carving in the shape of a globe, a diploma and a
commemorative badge.

13. Public Diplomacy – Diplomatic Salons
Discussions with students on foreign policy issues
The 1st Diplomatic Salon (October 2012)
- attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Karel
Schwarzenberg
- debates on the situation in “high-risk” territories
(Afghanistan, Syria and Iran), on human rights issues (Burma and
Russia) and on the economic foreign policy making
-The 2nd Diplomatic Salon (November 2012)
- dedicated to the topic of “the Czech Republic’s Economic
Diplomacy”

14. Public Diplomacy - Exhibitions
The 800th Anniversary of
the Golden Bull of Sicily
- 26 October 2012
- 5 Czech-English panel
discussions
- organized in cooperation
with the National Archives

15. Public Diplomacy - Exhibitions
Franz Kafka
- 8 panel discussions
- exhibition dedicated to the life
and work of the writer
- in English, Czech and German
- organized in cooperation with
the Franz Kafka Society

16. Public Diplomacy – Exhibitions
Twenty Years of the Czech
Republic
- 14 panel discussions
- Featuring topics from the
Czech
history, science, economics, cult
ure, art and sports
- in English, Spanish and
Russian
- organized in cooperation with
the National Museum/the
Museum of History

17. Public Diplomacy - Exhibitions
List of all exhibitions in Czech
www.mzv.cz -> Zahraniční vztahy -> Veřejná diplomacie ->
Kultura v ČR -> výstavy -> Přílohy – Plán putovních výstav
OVD 2012

18. PowerPoint Presentation “Welcome to the Czech
Republic” in EN, GE, SP, FR, RU and Chinese

19. PowerPoint presentation “Welcome to the Czech
Republic” in
English, German, Spanish, French, Russian and
Chinese
www.mzv.cz -> o ministerstvu -> prezentace ČR ->
Česká republika – powerpointová prezentace

20. New publications for the use of diplomatic missions
Prague Historical
(in two trilingual versions, English-
Russian-Spanish and English-German-
French)
Prague – The Golden City
(English, German, French, Italian, Spa
nish, Russian and Chinese)

21. New publications for the use of diplomatic missions
Traditional Czech Cuisine
(in
English, French, German, Spanish, Rus
sian and Italian)

22. Presentation and gift items in the uniform visual
style – 2011

23. New presentation and gift items in the uniform
visual style – 2012

24. Public Diplomacy Department’s other roles
Our role vis-à-vis agreements on the legal status of the
Czech Centres abroad and foreign cultural institutes in
the Czech Republic
The Public Diplomacy Department is currently responsible for
administration of agreements on the legal status of the Czech
Centres abroad. It is also in charge of agreements on the legal
status of foreign cultural institutes in the Czech Republic. It
cooperates closely with the International Law Department, the
Diplomatic Protocol, the relevant country desk and the relevant
diplomatic mission, and the Czech Centres.

25. Public Diplomacy Yearbooks in Czech - 2011 & 2012
www.mzv.cz
–> zahraniční vztahy
–> veřejná diplomacie
–> ke stažení
–> „Veřejná diplomacie
2011“
a
–> „Veřejná
diplomacie 2012“

26. Public Diplomacy Yearbook 2011 & 2012

27. Public Diplomacy in the Czech Republic

28. Important Anniversaries in 2013
1150 years - 5 July 863, the arrival of Saints Cyril and
Methodius to Moravia
650 years - 15 June 1363, Wenceslaus IV became the King
of Bohemia
150 years - 9 March 1863, the foundation of “Umělecká
beseda”, the first Czech artists’ association
130 years - 30 April 1883, the birth of Jaroslav Hašek (3
January 1923, 90 years from his death)
130 years - 3 July 1883, the birth of Franz Kafka
100 years - 1 April 1913, the foundation of the Jedlička
Institute
100 years - 20 April 1913, the birth of Jan Anastasius
Opasek
20 years - 1 January 1993, the formation of the Czech
Republic

29. Thank you for your attention