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Added Value in Partnerships Centre for the
Improvement of Managerial Skills in Research
(CENMAD) Jirí Krátký První regionální rozvojová
a.s. Project partner
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• Content
• About us
• Why we participated in project CENMAD
• Our role in the project
• The approach of our lectors
• Our findings
• Our recommendations
• Our plans
• We are looking for partners

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1. About Us We are a young consultancy team We
do EU project advising project
management research (tourism, regional
development) training Our clients
municipalities, SMEs, NGOs government
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• 2. Why We Participated in CENMAD
• Honor
• Good relations
• Interest in research
• Interest in project management
• The opportunity to apply project management in
  research activities in the Czech Republic

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• 3. Our Role in the Project
• Lectures
• project management
• project management use of Microsoft Project
• Evaluation of students final projects
• Value Added
• experience in project management, especially in
  EU projects (planning, realization, evaluation)

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• 4. The Approach to Our Lectures
• According to best practice, IPMA Competence
  Baseline
• Teach principles of project management
• Apply knowledge in research project design
• Lead to further education in project management
• Our lectors a university teacher and two
  experienced project managers from business

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• 5. Our Findings
• Project managers in the Czech Republic still do
  not know the methods used worldwide in project
  management.
• Managers of research projects are just
  researchers without any special project
  management education.
• EU programmes bring improvement.
• Universities are establishing their project
  offices

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• 6. Our Recommendations
• Create service teams for researchers
• project managers, financial managers, assistants
• Improve project capabilities
• education, certification, partnership
• Give opportunities to young researchers
• Support quality not quantity
• Use EU programs for research managers education

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• 7. Our Plans
• Further cooperation with the University of
  Pardubice
• Project management advising
• Research projects in tourism
• Use the opportunity of EU funding within the
  period 2007 2013

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• 8. We Are Looking for Partners
• Research
• tourism partnership
• destination management
• TSA (Tourism Satellite Account)
• Training
• project management
• EU projects

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THANK YOU. Jirí Krátký První regionální
rozvojová a.s. Pernštýnská 14 530 02
Pardubice Czech Republic T 420 777 140 513 E
jiri.kratky_at_prr.cz
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