58th Czech Small Municipalities Day to focus, among other things, on growing community energy sector

This year's autumn Small Municipalities Days will take place on Thursday, 2. 11. 2023 at Prague's O2 universum and on Wednesday, 7. 11. at the Flora Exhibition Centre in Olomouc. Mayors can look forward to interesting presentations and the traditional accompanying exhibition of companies offering products and services for municipalities. Topics will include European and national grant programmes, with practical examples of how to apply for grants, as well as the growing community energy sector, which more and more municipalities have been embracing over the past two years.

• 2. 11. 2023 O2 universum Prague, starting at 9.00
• 7. 11. 2023 Flora Exhibition Centre Olomouc, starting at 9.00

The Small Municipalities Day conference is a great opportunity for mayors to get up-to-date information focused on the effective management of municipalities. Representatives of ministries regularly cover the latest developments in areas such as municipal financing, grant policy and community energy, and present practical advice to help local governments operate more effectively. The conference is complemented by an extensive exhibition of companies offering products and services to municipal authorities.

The traditional main partner is Bonita Group Service s.r.o., which offers municipalities playground and leisure zone projects. For the second year in a row, PKV BUILD, which works in renewable energy and energy savings for municipalities, is also a main partner. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the State Land Office, the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic, the Association of Local Governments of the Czech Republic and the Association for the Renewal of Rural Areas of the Czech Republic are collaborating with the 58th Small Municipalities Day conference. It is organised by Triada, the Czech At-Sign Association. The autumn 58th Small Municipalities Day is supported by 13 media partners.

Source: Public Administration Daily“Participants at the autumn 58th Small Municipalities Day can look forward, for example, to presentations by the Ministry of the Interior on the Impact of amendments to the Municipalities Act and Changes in municipal rule-making. These will help municipal management better navigate the amended legal framework. Mayors should certainly not miss the presentation on Establishing and funding children’s groups in municipalities by Šárka Jelínková, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, who will discuss an issue that has weighed on municipalities for the past decade,” says Vojtěch Dvořáček, programme director of the Small Municipalities Day conference.

Programme:

Opening remarks

Ing. Věra Kovářová, First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech RepublicMgr. Eliška Olšáková, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament and Chair of the Association of Local GovernmentsIng. Radim Sršeň, Ph.D., Deputy Minister, Ministry for Regional DevelopmentMgr. Pavel Drahovzal, Mayor of Velký Osek and Vice-Chair of the Union of Towns and MunicipalitiesJUDr. Radan Večerka, Vice-Chair of the Association for the Renewal of Rural Areas

Redesign and update of national IROP grant schemes – opportunities for (smaller) municipalities

Ing. Radim Sršeň, Ph.D., Deputy Minister, Ministry for Regional Development

Bonita as a market leader

Jan Ťok, Bonita Group Service s.r.o.

The benefits of land consolidation for municipalities

Ing. Dagmar Maňasová, Head of the Kladno Branch, State Land Office

Current issues in municipal finances, including the impact of the consolidation package

Ing. Miroslav Matej, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Local Government Budget Financing, Ministry of Finance

Cloud and municipal information systems – pitfalls and solutions

Pavel Češka, Triada, spol. s r.o.

Support from the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic for 2024 and beyond

Mgr. Martin Kubica, Director of the Environmental Protection Project Implementation Section, SFŽP ČR

Practical preparation for community energy, step by step

Ivan Korolov, PKV BUILD s.r.o.

Obligations under the Right to Digital Services Act for smaller municipalities

Ing. Martin Cerman and Ing. Jan Petr, Digital and Information Agency

Establishing and funding children’s groups in municipalities

Mgr. Šárka Jelínková, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Impact of amendments to the Municipalities Act

Changes in municipal rule-making

Register of annual reports under the Freedom of Information Act

Ing. Bc. Miroslav Veselý, Director of the Public Administration, Supervision and Control Department, Ministry of the Interior