Vysočina Education Teacher training institution Jihlava, Czech Republic

Contacts: – director address: Žižkova 20, Jihlava, telephone:

What is the core programme of Vysočina Education? European projects National educational projects Courses and seminars for teachers Support for national curriculum changes Cooperation with local, regional and national authorities

Vysočina Education – public educational institution Vysočina Education is a public institution established by regional authority. Except own activities Vysočina Education is a support organization for region Vysočina, it helps with international contacts and projects.

Organizing various seminars

Organizing workshops

Projects with Norwegian institutions

Czech Republic = Heart of Europe - republic, parliamentary democracy - population area km 2 - EU member since 2004

Vysočina region

Vysočina

Jihlava – centre of Vysočina region

Area measuring about km2 Only four towns in the region counts more than 20,000 people About inhabitants 76 inhabitants per km2 Vysočina is a rural region Vysočina – basic facts

DID YOU KNOW THAT… … Vysočina has 2,900 km of marked tourist routes and 2,250 km cycling routes? … every eighth pork chop comes from Vysočina? … Vysočina has 2 nature reserves, 9 nature parks, and 170 small protected areas? … about one third of Vysočina’s territory is wooded land? … both the Czech and Moravian metropolitan centers – Prague and Brno – are supplied with drinking water from Vysočina? … there are three UNESCO sites in Vysočina – more than in any other part of the country?

Vysočina Region

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