Fourth Annual Run of DZS Awards Introduced the Most Successful Projects in International Education

The winners of the DZS Awards have been announced. Exceptional projects financed through DZS programmes were recognized.

The nominees were able to compete in seven categories. Unlike previous years, the categories did not reflect individual educational programmes but educational priorities. We are responding to the efforts of the European Commission and Strategy 2030+ to focus on topics crucial for the development of education. Projects therefore competed in these categories: inclusion and diversity, ecological sustainability, digitalisation, participation, flexibility, innovation, and internationalisation. A special award category was also created for individual international students who studied in Czechia and individual Czech students who studied abroad.

“The DZS awards are the annual showcase of the best projects in international education. It makes me very happy that we see so many exceptional projects every year. It is a proof that there are countless organisations, institutions and individuals who have the interest and the will to work on making education better,” said Michal Uhl, Director of the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS) on the significance of the awards. 

The successful projects were nominated by DZS representatives who have followed the projects from the submission until the final report. From the final count of 61 nominated projects, 33 went on to the final round, where 25 committee members chose a winner of each category. The awards were presented by Peter Gazdík, Minister for Education, Youth and Sports, Deputy Minister Václav Velčovský, Director of Czech Centers Ondřej Černý, Director of NPI Ivo Jupa and other notable representatives of the field of education. 

"It’s wonderful to see how many schools and other organisations are striving to contribute to the internationalisation of education in the Czech Republic, follow trends and apply new methods. I consider programs of international education to be an essential tool in reaching the goals of Strategy 2030+. I want to thank everyone who, thanks for them, are driving the Czech educational system forward," said Petr Gazdík, Minister for Education, Youth and Sports at the ceremony.

WINNERS OF DZS AWARDS 2021
 

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

• Project: Hastrman z Heleny, filmová pohádka
  Realized by: Klára Jíchová
  Programme: Programme for the Support of Czech Cultural Heritage Abroad
   
• Project: Tradiční recepty našich babiček
  Realized by: Duha Keška
  Programme: European Solidarity Corps

• Project: Inovace vzdělávání v hipoterapii – rozšíření kompetencí lektorů
  Realized by: Česká hiporehabilitační společnost
  Programme: Erasmus+ Adult Education
   

ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINIBILITY

• Project: Making knowledge together – addressing climate change through innovative place based education and blended learning
  Realized by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
  Programme: Erasmus+ Higher Education
   
• Project: Když se Zemi špatně dýchá, zavolá si pomocníka
  Realized by: Základní škola a Praktická škola U Trojice, Havlíčkův Brod a Základní škola Přimda
  Programme: eTwinning

DIGITALIZATION

• Project: Robot píše poezii
  Realized by: Jitka Hejlová
  Programme: Programme for the Support of Czech Cultural Heritage Abroad

• Project: Development of Computational Thinking
  Realized by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra technické a informační výchovy
  Programme: CEEPUS

PARTICIPATION

• Project: After-school club at Scioskola
  Realized by: 1. ScioŠkola Praha – základní škola
  Programme: European Solidarity Corps

• Project: UMĚNÍ – ŘEMESLA – ZKUŠENOSTI
  Realized by: 1. Vyšší odborná škola textilních řemesel a Střední umělecká škola textilních řemesel, Praha 1, U Půjčovny 9
  Programme: Erasmus+ VET
   
• Project: Young EU enterpreneurs
  Realized by: Střední průmyslová škol Brno, Purkyňova
  Programme: eTwinning

FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION

• Project: Pollution Diaries
  Realized by: Veronika Resslová
  Programme: Programme for the Support of Czech Cultural Heritage Abroad

• Project: ThinkFilM: Herní principy v neformálním vzdělávání
  Realized by: NaFilM
  Programme: Erasmus+ Youth

INTERNACIONALIZATION

• Project: European history, politics, culture and memory
  Realized by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Filozofická fakulta
  Programme: CEEPUS
   
• Projekt: Roots
  Realized by: Obchodní akademie, Karviná
  Programme: Erasmus+ School Education
   
• Project: Reducing Workplace Stress for Young People by Building Career Management Skills
  Realized by: AKLUB Centrum vzdělávání a poradenství
  Programme: Erasmus+ Youth
   
• Project: Letní kolegia České Budějovice a Poděbrady
  Realized by: Jihočeská univerzita České Budějovice a Universität Wien, Ústav jazykové a odborné přípravy, UK a Fachhochschule Burgenland
  Programme: AKTION Czech Republic - Austria

PARTICIPANT LEAVING CZECHIA

• Participant: Hana Dvořáčková
  Sending organisation: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava
  Programme: CEEPUS

• Participant:Markéta Pincová
  Sending organisation: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
  Programme: EEA GRANTS
   

FOREIGN PARTICIPANT IN CZECHIA

• Participant:Vlatka Daněk
  University: Univerzita Karlova v Praze

• Participant:Melvin Alexis Lara de Leon
  University: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava
   
• Participant: María Ximena Xavier Suaréz Salgado
  University: Univerzita Hradec Králové
   
• Participant:Jan Valošek 
  University: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci