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Czech Republic Martina Tesarova Program Manager Partners for Democratic Change Lomena 9 162 00 Praha 6 Tel: 420-2-243-166-30 Fax: 420-243-188-87 E-mail: partners@pdc-cz.cz Website: http://www.pdc-cz.cz/Uvitani/English/index_E.htm Additional Team Members: - Dana Rabinakova, Director, Partners for Democratic Change - Magda Salykova, Charles University - Dagmara Kuratkova, Gymnazium Opatov - Michaela Bloudkova, Charles University Pedagogical Faculty - Dana Mankova; Diana Slechtova - Paradubice Municipal Police STREET LAW PROJECT COMPONENTS: SECONDARY PROGRAM Copies of the text Law for Everyday (400) and the teacher's manual have been distributed in draft form to all teachers attending seminars. The project plans to have copies (2,000) published by September 2001. TEACHER TRAINING The Ministry of Education requested teacher training (18) last year in which a significant number of teachers (500) have been trained. Additional workshops are being funded for the Winter of 2001. A "Citizenship Course" based on civic education and Street Law is being developed for pedagogical students in universities (10). LAW SCHOOL CLINIC Clinics are being developed in three law schools -- Charles, Pilsen and Brno. One hundred law students have been trained to teach the curriculum, and a cadre of lawyers (10) have been trained as resource people. STREET LAW/POLICE IN THE SCHOOLS Working with the Ministry of Interior, a police-teacher partnering program has been developed. Police officers (80 +) have been trained to assist teachers in the classroom in this ongoing initiative. Click here to learn about Cool Cops Click here to see read about a month in the life of the Czech project.