CTF Activities
Study tour of Ukrainian experts to the Czech Republic on HIV/AIDS prevention and care in the tourism industry. Prague, Carlsbad, June 16 - 20, 2008 This study tour co-funded by the Czech-UNDP Trust Fund hosted 11 delegates from Ukraine including 2 participants from Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the methodology design of the event was based on background information and a situation analysis presented by UNDP BRC on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine on the one hand, and on developments in the tourism industry on the other hand. It focused on strenghthening of prventive measures against spreading of HIV in the tourism sector without impeding its expeansion. Ukraine is a home to the fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Europe, officially, there are more than 100,000 registered people living with HIV. In this regard, Ukraine is becoming a country that exports HIV - both through foreign tourists who come to Ukraine on vacation and through domestic tourists bound for destinations abroad. Taking into account the Czech long-term practical experience in HIV/AIDS prevention and the fact that the Czech Republic is a country with a strong Ukrainian workforce and experiencing also the phenomenon of sex tourism, sharing the Czech experience was highly benefiting in the process of establishing strong cooperation not only within the private and public sector in Ukraine but also on a cross-border level between Ukraine and the Czech Republic. Read the final report for more information.
Study tour to the Czech Republic on Expanding Options for SMEs through outsourcing, subcontracting and partnership with big businesses for participants from Belarus. Prague, May 12 - 15, 2008 This study tour was co-funded from the Czech - UNDP Trust Fund and the initiative derives from the on-going UNDP project in Belarus on Private Sector Development "Improving the administrative and economic environment for private sector development by facilitating public-private dialogue" implemented by the Republican Fund for Promoting Enterprise Development in co-operation with UNDP Belarus. The participants represented the Council for Enterprise Development (owners and top managers of large and medium-sized enterprises) and leading business associations. The programme of the study tour had the aim to familiarize its participants with subcontracting mechanism in different branches of the Czech economy and with the Czech experience in creating and running industrial clusters and other forms of Business to Business cooperation and mirrored the participants' major interest in relevant expertise and practices. In connection with particular lectures several follow-up activities were identified on which further cooperation with UNDP Belarus and the project on Private Sector Development could be established. Read the final report for more information.
Expert Study tour to the Czech Republic on the Implementation of the information flow on the treatment demands of drug users and Development of the framework of the national system of unique identifiers within the BUMAD Project in Moldova. Prague, May 5 - 9, 2008 This study tour was co-funded from the Czech - UNDP Trust Fund and aimed to implement the "Treatment demand" key Indicator of drug epidemiology in Moldova. Thus, the main purpose was to give a good background to the study tour participants for establishing one of crucial parts of the national drug information system as defined by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, further developed by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and successfully implemented in the Czech Republic within the last 10 years. The programme of the study tour had the aim to familiarize its participants with the practical use of the system of the unique identifier and the benefits of standardized monitoring of high-quality information on the treatment demand indicator and with the further use of such information aiming for better planning of the allocation of public resources and international grants. The Czech experience and know-how was shared during one week of lectures related to mostly practical issues of the Czech system of treatment and services for drug users and visits of institutions and sites working in the area services for drug users. Read the final report for more information. Study tour to the Czech Republic on Economic Transformation for policy makers from Ukraine. Prague, April 7 - 11, 2008 This study tour is considered as a follow-up activity to the seminar on Enhancing capacity Building of the Government of Ukraine in policy-making process with respect to MDGs agenda that took place in Prague in December 2006. This time the event was focused on the Czech experience with Economic Transformation and the participants, officials from the cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and from the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, got acquainted with the Czech approach to challenges the Czech Republic had faced during the economic transition back in 90s and during the last years before joining the European Union. In Ukraine, the transition will remain the topical issue for at least next few years; therefore, there exists a strong need to share experiences from countries that had already undergone through the transitional processes in order to make the Ukrainian state administration more efficient. The programme of the study tour was prepared in consultations with UNDP country office in Ukraine and mirrored the participants' major interest in lectures with a strong practical background and covered topics ranging from methodological approaches of the EU accession process, through the international trade of the Czech Republic, to strategic planning. The participants were offered a general overview of various reform steps in selected Government areas, reform strategy itself and the institutional framework of the transition process. Several follow-up activities were again identified in connection with particular lectures where more detailed analysis would be needed. .jpg) On February 7, the Czech - UNDP Trust Fund organized an informal meeting with its Czech partners - NGOs, private companies and individual consultants - in project implementation in Balkans and CIS countries.The event was hosted by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) at UN House in Prague and its Officer in Cahrge, Michal Broža, welcomed the opportunity to bridge the Czech team working at UNDP BRC with its natural partner in cooperation that UNIC represents. During the meeting, Daniel Hanšpach, Emerging Donors Policy Specialist, set the CTF into the context of Emerging Donors Initiative and summarized the genesis of the Czech - UNDP Trust Fund. Radka Konderlova, CTF Programme Associate, made a brief overview of CTF functioning and of its activities, she also presented several statistics related to the CTF co-financing activities between 2004 and 2007. Milka Bindasová, Procurement Associate, explained UNDP procurement procedures that apply to all tenders organized under the CTF auspices. A lively discussion on lessons learned, experiences from project realization and future cooperation raised a number of suggestions and points that we consider very helpful and inspiring for future communication and work with our implementing partners. The representatives of the Czech - UNDP Trust Fund would like to express their gratitude to employees of the UNIC for their outstanding assistance and support they had generously offered within the meeting organization. You can download the CTF presentation here.
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