| EDUCON | |
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| Type | non-governmental, non-political, non-profit association |
| Legal status | 2001 |
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Website | http://www.educon.cz/eng/?id=55-home |
Relation to Future Worlds Center
Partners with Future Worlds Center in MDGs- Media for Development Goals and Youth Ambassadors for Millennium Development Goals
EDUCON, Prague is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit association of citizens, individual and legal persons according to the Czech Republic law No. 83/90. The mandate of EDUCON is to facilitate sharing of know-how, information and experience from various areas of the Czech Republic economy, including providing technical assistance to developing and transition countries. Its goal is to improve the level of knowledge and know-how of managers and specialists from institutions, educational organisations, non-governmental and private sector from the Czech Republic and from developing and transition countries. In order to fulfil its mission and to achieve the objectives declared, EDUCON orients its activities mainly in the following areas:
1. organising educational courses and study tours for managers and specialists from institutions, universities and firms and experts from the Czech Republic and from developing countries, 2. organising and realising advisory and consulting missions in developing countries, 3. upon request, providing the information from particular areas of the Czech Republic economy, 4. systematic providing indispensable information and information databases up-dates, 5. maintaining and developing the co-operation within a network of institutions, firms and experts and the database of lectures, 6. organising the agreed common events of its members, 7. providing the agreed services to its members, 8. systematic creating and innovating the necessary professional and material capacities.
EDUCON was established as a non-governmental organisation. EDUCON has been established by persons with long-term experience in the area of providing of development assistance and co-operation with the UN agencies.