ICNP-  -cz and Czech Nursing Jana Marečková, Palacký University, Olomouc Jan Vejvalka, Charles University, Prague

(Pre-) History fall Ioana Moisil, first contacts with ICNP, seek for partners in nursing spring Ioana insists, promises a trip to Maribor summer first (0-th) draft translation of ICNP-  into Czech fall conference in Maribor

ICNP-  -cz-0.1 fall presentation to the Min of Health Council for Nursing fall project proposal for Charles University winter bi-lingual representation of ICNP-  -cz- 0.1 (Excel, printed form) spring new search for partners spring project proposal for Czech Universities’ Development Fund summer Conference in Sibiu, translation finished

Czech Nursing - University Programmes Bachelor degree - 6 faculties (Prague, Olomouc, Brno, Plzeň, České Budějovice) Master degree - Olomouc (programmes in education and in management) Doctor degree - none

Czech Nursing - Professional Organizations Czech Association of Nursing - member of ICN Union of Nursing Czech Midwives’ Accociation Common meeting of these three organizations in May 2000, provisional Council for Nursing Research and Education (faculty staff, college staff, practicing nurses) - ambition to become an advisory board to Min of Edu and Min of Health AIM - TO TRANSFORM LEGISLATION TOWARDS TRANSPARENT PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES

ICNP-  -cz-0.1 its objective (similarly to this version of classification itself) is 1. to allow Czech nursing community to take part in the discussion on concepts and definitions included in this version of ICNP classification and 2. to open a discussion on Czech terms used for translation.

ICNP-  -cz - next steps need for “sustainable development” DISSEMINATION & DEVELOPMENT generating projects to move further co-operation with Slovakia winter tools for D&D spring project for Min of Health (recent change of attitude towards informatics and towards nursing) search for funding – generating projects