Annual Report 2012 Oživení’s Activities in 2011 Were Made Possible by Financial Support from:

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We also thank the following for their material support: 1

Contents

Our Donors inner cover

A Word of Introduction 4

I. Corruption-Less Programme 8 Areas of Activity 8 Public Procurement 10 Corruption-Less Platform 14 Legal and Anti-Corruption Consulting Centre 16 The Reconstruction of the State 22 International Cooperation 23

II. Sustainable Transport Programme 26 Areas of Activity 26 Education Towards Sustainable Transport at School 28 Student Critical Mass Bike Ride 32 “We Want to Be Seen!” Campaign 33 Pedestrians United – Portal for reporting problems with the pedestrian infrastructure in 34 Partnership in the Project “Message to the Mayor” – Encouraging Civic Participation in V4 Region 35 Lobbing 36

III. Financial report 38

Structure of Organisation 45

Friends of Oživení Club 48 SUSTA DEVE LOP RES PO NS

AD MIN IS A IN ABLE P MENT S IB LE PUBL IC TRA TI ON 4

A Word of Introduction

Dear friends and supporters, In the year 2012, Oživení celebrated its 15th birthday. Looking back at the results we have achieved, I would say, we managed some things excellently, and other things went well, but there is still a lot to learn. Our organization was originally created with the aim of promoting and supporting the meaningful restoration of public spaces; by doing that, we intended to participate in the creation and maintenance of healthy sustainable development within our communities. Over the past 15 years, our organization has undergone a considerable shift in focus and several changes have taken place. Today, our fundamental tasks are the consolidation of democracy and supporting the rule of law in the . We focus in particular on the economical management of public funds, and promoting the principles of transparency and efficient functioning of the public administration. Allow me here, in the introduction to this annual report, to take a short look back; I would like to highlight ten achievements that my colleagues and I consider the most important in the history of our NGO Oživení.

Public contracts are more transparent. Together with other non-profit organizations and experts we actively promoted desirable changes to the revised Public Procurement Act. Also thanks to our efforts the amendment passed in the year 2012 brings greater transparency and a more open competition to public procurements. Public contracts are now under greater public supervision.

Thanks to the realized traffic calming, i.e. various modifications to roads and public spaces, pedestrians and cyclists can move about more safely and more comfortably at more than 100 places in Prague. Seventy of these sites are located in the neighborhood of schools and were adjusted within the Safe Routes to School programme. In cooperation with experts on transportation, we also produced 78 so-called “input cards”: these are used as a basis for project documentation aimed at eliminating barriers and dangerous points – from the perspective of cyclists. One third of these cards have already been implemented and about ten are in the process of implementation. Also thanks to our activities, Prague is becoming a better place to live. 5

We provide a communication platform for over 100 active local citizens, representatives in local councils and experts in related fields. The Corruption-less Platform meets the need for an informal exchange of anti-corruption know-how and the dissemination of experience from individual municipalities and their local politics. Thanks to the systematic work on individual cases, Oživení managed to build a stable legal consulting centre .

We have helped to protect the uniqueness of the Green Belt along the former Iron Curtain, which became – thanks to the inaccessibility of the territory in the past – a refuge for rare and endangered plants and animals. In 2007, a 35 km long segment of the Upper Palatine Forest was highlighted as a good model of meaningful and considerate use of this territory. There are also information panels covering various aspects of the territory from both a natural and cultural-historical perspective. 15 organizations from all European countries where the Iron Curtain was in place took part in the project.

Together with other organizations and individuals we stood by the birth of Prague’s annual critical mass bike rides in the year 2001 and also by other events that promote environmentally friendly transportation. The year 2006 was a breakthrough, 360 people cycled through Prague’s main road (otherwise only used by cars) – compared with several dozens in the previous years. Today, 3000 to 5000 people participate in Prague’s critical mass bike rides.

Newspapers and journals that promote the ruling parties cost hundreds of millions Czech crowns of public money a year. In co-operation with Otevřená společnost (The Open Society) and IuRe, we produced the first content analysis of municipal periodicals ever . For municipalities, we prepared recommendations that reflect the principles of objective dissemination of information: both from the perspective of the overall layout and organization as well as content. 6

More than 10 000 pupils and students from 35 schools in various have been involved in the Safe Routes to School programme, within which they map their routes to school and indicate dangerous and otherwise problematic places. Based on these surveys, traffic studies are created. These studies serve as a basis for further negotiations to modify the sites so that the children have a safer way to school either on foot or by bike. The programme has been running for 14 years, in co-operation with the civic association Pražské matky (Prague Mothers).

We introduced a code of ethics for local authorities as a tool for promoting transparent decision-making and for regulating situations in which there is a conflict of interests. We offered a model Code of Ethics for Municipal Representatives to the local authorities to use. In the following years, some of our recommendations were accepted in several Czech cities, e.g. in Prague in 2005.

We were the first to receive copies of declarations of assets of members of parliament, senators and members of the government in 2002 and published them on our website. Until then, the declarations had been available only to a restricted group of journalists, which did not enable sufficient public scrutiny. We had been publishing this information every year until a new law was passed, covering the issue of conflict of interests. Since 2006, the declarations of assets have been published by the state and the law also applies to selected officials of the local administration. 7

We contributed to several major legislative changes in the area of transportation . In the year 2000 we pushed through the priority for pedestrians on crossings, and it was included into the traffic code. In 2009, we achieved the renewal of 79 out of 111 pedestrian crossings leading over tram lines, which were eliminated by the city of Prague in response to a decree of the Ministry of Transport, which only permitted crossings over tram lines with traffic lights. At the same time, we initiated the change of that decree, which now allows the existence of crossings over the rails without light-signaling: this was welcome by thousands of Prague pedestrians.

We believe that our existing efforts gradually bear fruits, even though the feast we are hoping for is still a very long way to go. The successes we have achieved and the valuable experience we have gained would not have been possible without your support, for which let me say thank you on behalf of the entire organization.

Yours sincerely,

Štěpán Rattay The Director of Oživení o.s. 8 Corruption-Less Programme

With a long-term commitment for increasing the efficiency and transparency of public administration, we participate in eliminating uneconomical actions as well as manipulations of public procurement, conflicts of interest, nepotism, and other forms of abusing public power for private gains. We provide a comprehensive service to the victims of corruption which includes legal advice. We reveal and publicize cases of mismanagement and corruption. We cooperate with law enforcement authorities, carry out research, analyses, and anti-corruption audits, and we propose and promote systemic improvements. We are trying to increase the openness of decision-making and management of public institutions, ensure that public officials be personally liable and strengthen the active participation of citizens. The main areas of our interest include the right to information, public procurement, management of public property and redistribution of public funds. Last but not least, we take part in spreading anti-corruption know-how, educating and networking anti-corruption and civic activists. 9

Our activities and objectives: Increasing the transparency of public administration Enforcing personal liability of public officials Monitoring the management of public property Striving for systemic changes via analysing corruption risks and creating anti-corruption strategies at the level of public administration Providing legal advice and anti-corruption counseling Watchdog activities and publicizing corruption scandals Spreading anti-corruption know-how and networking anti-corruption activists Lobbying for anti-corruption legislative changes 10

Public Procurement

Legislation In April 2012 a large amendment to the Public Procurement Act (the so-called transparent-making amendment) came into effect. The change significantly increased the transparency of public procurement in the Czech Republic and opened the way to better public control. The amendment was approved owing to a long-term joint effort of a wide range of organizations and experts, in which Oživení played an active role. Oživení participated in negotiations within an expert group at the Czech Ministry of Regional Development– Platform for Transparent Public Procurement. Thanks to the active monitoring of the legislative process and publicity in the media, we managed to stop various changes proposed by members of the parliament, that were going against the logic and objectives of the amendment. Thus, our effort to increase the transparency of the entire procurement procedure was successful.

Creating comprehensive measures Already during the legislative work on the amendment to the Public Procurement Act, it became obvious that the amendment by itself was not sufficient to guarantee a really transparent and cost-efficient public procurement process. That is why this year we created an extensive comparative analysis, “More than the Public Procurement Act: Cost-efficiency, Transparency and Accountability in Public Purchases”, with the aim of bringing solid arguments and proposals for further reform of the system of procurement in the Czech Republic and initiating academic and public debate on particular reform steps. The results of the analysis were discussed within a group of experts in September 2012 and the outcome of this discussion was drafted into a position paper which proposed additional reform moves by the government in this area. The purpose of the proposed measures is to implement such systemic tools in the investment process of the public administration in order to exert greater pressure towards efficiency and usefulness of public spending and increase personal liability for the decisions taken. This would considerably reduce the room for corruption, which is characteristic of badly prepared, poorly controlled, or inexpedient public projects. Various points in the position paper have become part of the government's anti-corruption strategy for 2013 – 2014. The government committed itself to preparing a strategy for public purchases in the Czech Republic by October 2013. 11

Improving the public procurement practices For the needs of the regional and local authorities, we created a methodology to reduce the risk of corruption in the whole project cycle – from the planning of a contract to its full implementation. The methodology summarizes our current anti-corruption know-how, knowledge gained from the monitoring of corruption scandals, and the findings of anti-corruption audits carried out in selected local administrations in the Czech Republic. The methodology provides a list of basic regulatory and organizational measures, which every local government can, within its authority, implement under the current legislation.

In relation with the publishing of the methodology and with the new legislation on public procurement coming into effect, Oživení organized 6 seminars for local authorities headed by the theme “the prevention of corruption in public procurement”. The seminars took place in the following municipilaties: Kravaře in Silesia, Jihlava, Břeclav, Veselí nad Moravou, Zlín and Chrudim. The seminars were attended by 109 civil servants and public officials who engage themselves in the public procurement agenda.

Martin Kameník and Jiří Skuhrovec introduce the launching of the Internet portal vsechnyzakazky.cz at a press conference. 12

Transparency of public contracts in practice In June 2012, we launched a unique Internet portal vsechnyzakazky.cz, in cooperation with Datlab s. r. o. (s.r.o. meaning “ltd.”); it is an alternative information system on public procurement. In an easily accessible way, the portal displays all closed procurement proceedings under the Public Procurement Act in the Czech Republic. The portal allows you to search easily and intuitively for relevant contracts, contracting authorities or vendors. It allows for the creation of individual data sets according to the chosen search criteria, and it provides an opportunity for user-friendly work with data. The results are displayed according to the following indicators: Top 10 largest contracts, suppliers, contracting authorities, sectoral structure, the types of the proceedings used, competition in the published tenders. The portal can be used by reporters, analysts, students, and also by local watchdogs or officials of the public administration.

More about the legal case of the overpriced tender for the municipal newsletter of can be found at www.bezkorupce.cz/kauzy 13

In 2012, within our anti-corruption counseling, we handled a series of cases that were related to the mismanagement of the public procurement, either in the form of a breach of principles of fair competition, flawed and careless preparation of the contracts or law evasion. District Prague 3 license proceeding for an overpriced town hall periodical District Prague 12 public contract for a new city hall District Starý Lískovec, a change of specification after the expiration of the deadline for offer submissions Pardubice Crematory public procurement outside the boundaries of the Public Procurement Act Academy of Fine Arts the winning offer did not meet the requirements of the contracting authority regarding the subject of the public contract The City of Prague discriminatory criteria relating to the subject of a small-scale contract School canteens ordering services worth 35 million crowns without a public tender České Budějovice the requirements of the public contract based on the preferences of the contractor, abuse of public power District giving reasons for a public contract worth 610 million Czech crowns The Ministry of Agriculture excluding a participant of a public tender because of an extremely low price of the offer District non-disclosure of a framework contract

The project was supported with funding from the Siemens Integrity Initiative. 14

Corruption-Less Platform

For several years, Oživení has been coordinating a communication network of local activists and politicians (mostly opposition) as well as experts from professional non-profit organizations. It is a colorful mixture of those who are not indifferent to the wasteful and non-transparent (mis)management of public resources within their local governments, as well as to conflicts of interest and other phenomena encouraging corruption environment, and those who handle similar problems professionally. In 2012, the number of participants exceeded the magical figure of 111. In addition to the technicalities of communication, Oživení also provides professional service and arranges, if necessary, external consultations.

Last year, we focused intensely on the issue of the decision-making processes within municipalities. Among other things, we thoroughly analyzed the question of the publication of records of the meetings of municipal assemblies, which has become a burning issue in recent years after the Office for Personal Data Protection began sending dozens of informal warnings to municipalities, threatening them with severe sanctions. The attention these activities received, had a very negative impact on the trend of municipalities opening themselves up to their citizens. We analyzed the whole problem including the legal issues in detail. The results can be found on the webpage http://www.bezkorupce.cz/videozaznamy/ . The website also contains a reference to a detailed analysis, also comprising legal opposition. Together with dozens of local representatives and mayors, we have appealed to the data protection authority to take the results of our detailed analysis into account and to reflect them in its position. This effort has not brought much success yet. The authority is very hostile to any criticism of its incompetent decisions. At present we therefore look into the option to clarify the whole issue directly within the law.

In order to not only address the dark side of the decision-making in the municipalities, we decided to map also the best practices in transparent decision-making in municipalities throughout the whole process – from publication of background materials for committees and departmens of the municipal assembly and municipal council, to the publication of the output of these institutions. We did not find a municipality which would publish everything on a sufficient scale (although some municipalities are trying very hard), however, a comprehensive manual originated from our survey. The manual shows, how the ideal publication of information might look like. You can find sources of inspiration here: http://www.bezkorupce.cz/nase- temata/rozhodovaci-procesy-obci/dobra-praxe-rozhodovaci-procesy/ . 15

Workshops, trainings and seminars Oživení focuses on raising awareness of “its” topics – transparency, corruption, conflict of interests etc – among the respective stakeholders both from the public and among the representatives of public administration. In the last year, we arranged several trainings including a seminar for active citizens from Brno focusing on local watchdog activities.

We have arranged a weekend-long anti-corruption seminar for those interested, not only for the members of the Corruption-less Platform, eight times so far; it was most recently devoted to four key areas: the treatment of tangible and financial assets of the local government, decision-making processes, public procurement and the companies controlled by local governments. The special guest at the most recent seminar was a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court, Jiří Passer.

We also organized 6 workshops for local governments with the theme “preventing corruption in public procurement”. The seminars took place in Kravaře in Silesia, Jihlava, Břeclav, Veselí nad Moravou, Zlín and Chrudim. 109 civil servants and elected officials who are engaged in the public procurement agenda participated.

Libor Michálek gives a lecture in the field of financial assets at the anti-corruption workshop in Rozsochatec.

The project was supported with funding from the Stefan Batory Foundation and Otakar Motejl Fund. 16

Legal and Anti-Corruption Consulting Centre

Our legal consulting centre was professionalized and fully launched. This was possible also thanks to the support of the project “Anti-corruption Hotline 199”, which Oživení was running from January 2011 to April 2012. Within projects supported by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, we deepened the counselling service provided to the public. After the closure of the line 199 we continued to provide anti-corruption counselling within the project “30 Cases of Corruption”.

30 Cases of Corruption and Inefficiency The project “30 cases of Corruption” was focused on searching for and comprehensively processing specific legal cases related to the most relevant social issues, such as non-transparent, or even illegally awarded public procurement, inefficient management of public property (municipalities, regions, state), absence of the enforcement of damages, which are caused by the ill decisions of political authorities or officials, and a hidden public support, in other words areas with the greatest corruption potential.

Within the project “30 Cases of Corruption” we have expanded an Internet database of corruption scandals by more than 30 new cases. Comprehensive processing and publicizing of specific cases (http://www.bezkorupce.cz/kauzy ) proved very suitable as a motivational tool and also as a feedback for notifiers including those who in many cases want to remain anonymous. Also, the comprehensive publication of the cases proved to be beneficial for the representatives of local governments. Such publications provide an incentive to open the debate over possible changes in the status quo. The database of corruption cases also became an extensive source for consulting in the field of various administrative and criminal actions.

More on illegal awarding of public contract for cremation furnace of Crematorium in Pardubice read on www.bezkorupce.cz/kauzy. 17

During the year 2012, 140 subjects (114 new ones) received a consultation. During this period, Oživení submitted 7 criminal actions and 11 suggestions to the Office for the Protection of Competition to review the procedure of the contracting authority. It has initiated 10 judicial proceedings (of which 5 judicial proceedings in the same calendar year ended by final judgment, with the action of Oživení being fully granted). Last but not least Oživení also publicized over twenty scandals.

Summary of outputs of legal consulting

7 criminal actions

20 11 140 suggestions to cases the Office for the publicized submissions Protection of Competition

10 judicial proceedings

On-line counselling The on-line legal counselling centre on the website of Oživení was updated and continuously upgraded throughout the year 2012. Traffic of the website www.bezkorupce.cz in the year 2012 amounted 61 845 unique visits, which is 5153 unique visits monthly on average. Analysis of the visits to the sub-pages shows that about 7 % of visitors visit the online conunselling centre. That is the level of interest in the legal advice we provide compared to the total number of unique visitors of the website bezkorupce.cz. 18

Currently, the legal conselling centre includes the folloving areas: access to information – from the perspective of a citizen and an elected official; public procurement; conflict of interests; decision-making processes in municipalities; management of local government's property; subsidies.

The project was supported with funding from the Ministry of the Interior, Otakar Motejl Fund, and Stefan Batory Foundation.

Anti-corruption audits of local administrations In 2012, we continued to carry out an anti-corruption audit of seven local governments. The following municipalities took part: Karlovy Vary, Hodonín, Lanškroun, Černošice, Srch, Psáry, and Tisá. The audit focused on examining high-risk areas of public procurement, managing public property, subsidies, information policy and media policy of local administrations, transparent decision-making processes of local governments, the functioning of companies controlled by the local administration, and the handling of citizens' complaints. Providing a set of proposals and recommendations is part of the project. The local administrations are free to implement them. You can find more comprehensive results of the specific audit reports at the website http://www.bezkorupce.cz/audity-samosprav .

The project was supported with funding from Otakar Motejl Fund and from budgets of local authorities. 19

Evaluating Transparency of Regions http://www.hodnocenikraju.cz/

in 2012, Oživení in co-operation with the Otakar Motejl Fund carried out the project “Evaluating Transparency of Regions”, which examined and evaluated the situation in regions from the perspective of information openness. We assessed the willingness to publish key information about specific areas, the availability of information, but also the willingness of regions to implement some basic anti-corruption instruments, which are closely related to transparency. The purpose of the entire comparison was to help the citizens form a basic idea about the functioning of regional governments and at the same time provide potential background material for media work. For the evaluation, the following ten topics were selected. They cover a wide spectrum of authority of the regional administration.

access to information subsidies and grants public procurement ethics and conflict of interests management of public assets public participation in the decision-making allowance organizations and companies partly owned by the region media policy budget local planning 20

In the future, we would like to follow up the Evaluating Transparency of Regions project. One of possible paths is repeating the evaluation of transparency regularly, so that we'll be able to measure the trends the regional administrations are following. Considering the fact that in the pre-election time we could register several promises and commitments to improve the current conditions with respect to our project, we will also be able to confront the regional authorities with the extent to which they fulfilled their promises. Apart from re-evaluating transparency, there is alsothe possibility of a progressive deepening of the level of evaluation in some of the monitored areas starting next year, in that case the project would be extended by another qualitative level.

The project was supported with funding from the Otakar Motejl Fund.

Controlling of the functioning of the Conflicts of Interest Act in practice

In spring 2012, Oživení submitted 122 notifications of offenses of public officials (in particular members of the government, members of parliament, and regional councillors). Individual misconducts concerned stating incomplete or untrue information in the submitted Public Official Asset Declaration.

Decisions on offenses acquired according to the 106/1999 Act

11%

we received the text of the decision the authority refuses to make the text available

89% 21

During the year 2012, we were facing civil servants who were not able to or did not want to deal with the offenses of politicians. It was particularly difficult to find out what specific results were achieved in the individual procedures and why. Although Oživení asked for notifications of the measures taken with respect to Act on Minor Offences, apart from a few totally exceptional cases, Oživení did not receive any relevant information from the public administration.

Only using large-scale action according to the Free Access to Information Act (156 requests for information, 39 complaints, 24 appeals) we managed to obtain 108 decisions. The remaining 14 disputes about information still continue, some of these decisions are in the hands of the courts.

The results of the testing of the Conflict of Interest Act in practice are very unsatisfactory given the perspective of the (dis)functioning of the law. Out of 122 cases only 28 public officials were found guilty. Although the law enables to impose a fine of up to 50,000 CZK for the offence, in practice the sanctions are absolutely negligible. Committing an offense against the Conflict of Interest Act was, according to our investigation, mostly not liable to any penalty. Alternatively only a warning was issued or symbolic fines in the range from 1.000 CZK to 5,000 CZK were imposed.

Offenses commited by public officials, the results of proceedings – 2012

28.23% someone found guilty result unknown

17.14% proceeding halted 73.60% The filed action was suspended

4.30%

The analysis and results of the investigation of Oživení in 2012 were publicized on an ongoing basis and now they form a basis for the government’s anti-corruption strategy and considerations for amending the Conflict of Interest Act.

The project was supported with funding from the Otakar Motejl Fund. 22

The Reconstruction of the State

The end of the year 2011 brought together representatives from non-governmental anti-corruption organizations, renowned experts and experts from the academic sphere with the objective of a common plan which would send a clear impulse to stimulate changes in the fight against corruption in the Czech Republic.

The Reconstruction of the State is a project in which more than twenty anti-corruption organizations, experts and many socially responsible firms participate. Its aim is to implement concrete measures necessary for limiting systemic political corruption which, due to its extent today, threatens the legitimacy of our democratic state. Together with allies across the political spectrum, we prepared a plan to carry through nine RESTs that this country has been missing for over 20 years.

Transparent financing of political parties and election campaigns. Electronic declarations of assets upon taking up an office. Contracts on the Internet. Abolition of anonymous shares. Professional appointments to supervisory boards. Depoliticization of the government. Public Prosecutor’s Office without political interference in investigations. Transparent legislative process. Extension of powers of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO).

The guarantors of the project are Transparency International Czech Republic, Environmental Law Service and Oživení. 23

International Cooperation

How can we draw inspiration from foreign examples of good practices that can be used to improve anti-corruption measures in the Czech Republic? This was the subject of the meetings and exchange of experiences between representatives of both governmental and non-governmental anti-corruption organizations and media representatives from the Czech Republic, Moldova and Georgia organized under the program East East Beyond Boarders as well as the meetings arranged in Tbilisi and Prague at the end of year. Quality legislative measures are not usually part of the Czech export, but the support of implementation of good quality legislation, proposals of non-legislative measures and in particular the role of an active civil society can represent inspirational anti-corruption tools for countries such as the Republic of Moldova and Georgia. The project continues in 2013. It will conclude with a meeting of participants in Moldova which will include representatives of state institutions and a summary of the impulses given and taken and effective anti-corruption measures discussed at the common round table.

The debate with the delegates from Georgia and Moldova within the international project under the program East East Beyond Boarders.

The project was supported by funding from the Open Society Fund Prague. 24

In the year 2012 we represented a group of Czech organizations in an international project Inside the EU: Governance & Accountability Project. The common network, inter alia, maps the status and social role of watchdog and advocacy organizations in the countries of the European Union and aims at enhancing their financial sustainability by lobbying in Brussels during the preparation of grant proceedings supporting non-profit values among other things. Their conditions are currently such that their administration is extremely demanding and for small organizations these funds are totally unreachable. Importantly watchdog and advocacy activities have an irreplaceable function in promoting values posed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union at the local level, and that is why we consider it important to provide a favorable environment for their activities. More detailed information about the project can be found here: http://watchdog.org.pl/106,inisde_the_eu_governance__accountability_ project.html.

The project was supported by funding from the Open Society Fund Prague.

Georgia In the spring 2012, a follow-up international conference with the name “Public Administration Reform at the Local and Regional Level” took place under the auspices of Czech Republic’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg.

The international meeting took place with the participation of experts from many countries of the former Eastern block. These experts debated the topics concerning the development of democracy at the local level, supporting the financial autonomy of local and regional authorities, reducing disparities between regions, cooperation of the administration with the civil society, participation of civil society at the local and regional level, and the e-governance. A representative of Oživení spoke at the conference giving an introduction to possible tools and measures which can eliminate uneconomical and corrupt actions on the local level.

The international conference was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the European Commission under the program Eastern Partnership for reform of the public administration area. 25

Ukraine During the year 2012, Oživení was invited by its partner organization Transparency International Czech Republic to cooperate with Ukrainian non-governmental organization TORO. The aim of this meeting was exchanging anti-corruption know-how and advice by setting up an information standard in the field of public procurement in Ukraine.

Bulgaria At the end of 2012, we were invited to an anti-corruption conference with the name EU Anti-Corruption Report – the first regional workshop. The meeting, organised by the European Commission, was attended by representatives from EU Member States Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, , and Slovenia. The aim of the seminar was to obtain relevant information about the real state of the fight against corruption in the individual Member States of the EU from representatives of non-governmental organizations, the media, civil servants, and justice for the European Commission. Key topics of the workshop were the funding of political parties, lobbying, conflict of interests, protection of whistle blowers, evaluation of operation of justice and the Prosecutor's Office, and the perceived role and functioning of (in)dependent media.

transparent public administration without corruption 26 Sustainable Transport

Student Critical Mass Bike Ride Car Free Day 22 September 2012 photo Štěpán Hon

Under this programme we pursue the long-term goal of promoting and supporting environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Our main focuses are attempting to reduce the excessive automobile burden in Prague, ensuring higher safety and comfort for pedestrians on their everyday trips through the city, creating safe and interconnected infrastructure for cyclists in Prague and organizing public awareness campaigns for the general public, public administration and experts in the field to support low-energy transportation. We devote special attention to the most vulnerable users, among them to such groups of pedestrians as children, seniors, parents with strollers or people with reduced mobility. 27

Among our main goals with these activities are: safe, comfortable and interconnected routes for pedestrians in the City of Prague quality and full-fledged infrastructure for cyclists in Prague safe and healthy routes to schools environmental education, consulting and public awareness raising promotion of sustainable transport modes traffic calming protecting air quality 28

Education Towards Sustainable Transport at Schools

In the year 2012 our two years´ project “Education towards Sustainable Mobility at Schools” went on as part of Oživení´s activities by which we went to schools to educate students and teachers about sustainable transport and development .

Our goal of activities in this area is to teach children to be active citizens who take notice of their surroundings, are aware of the connection between human behaviour and its impact on the environment, and who can formulate demands for improvement and achieve change. For this reason they are not just students, teachers and parents who are involved in implementing school projects, but also other entities from the wider community around the schools who have the right or responsibility to comment on the given issue and the power to deal with it (municipal district employees, politicians, the police, special interest groups, active individuals). We provided consulting to schools in dealing with traffic issues and putting together school mobility plans (long-term strategies for supporting environmentally friendly modes of transportation of students); we worked with experts (in particular traffic planners and environmentalists) we organized a lot of public awareness actions, seminars and workshops in which we involved students, teachers, representatives of public administration and NGOs, and we workwd out instructional materials for teachers to use them during classes of environmental, transportation or civic studies. 29

Consulting and promotion of community proposals to solve municipal transport problems We went on enforcing realization of transport measures for schools proposed within the programme “Safe Routes to Schools” in which we have been cooparating with Prague Mothers for the long time. In particular the transport measures were planned for routes to these Prague schools: SPŠS Dušní and ZŠ st. Voršila in , ZŠ , ZŠ Zlíchov and Waldorfská ZŠ in , ZŠ Lupáčova in Prague 3 and ZŠ st. Augustin in Praguer 4.

Within our activities for sustainable transport we took part in a happening of ZŠ Chvaly “On scooters around Horní Počernice” and we supported a happening “Billboards and Children´s World” organized by students of Waldorfská ZŠ in Jinonice Prague district.

promotion of sustainable transportation 30

City for People Workshop

City for People Workshop NTM, 19. 10. 2011 photo Oživení

We went on implementing the workshop “City for People” at the Technical Museum which we had prepared in cooperation with a group of experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture and education.

The goal of this workshop, aimed at students in the senior years of primary schools, was to acquaint them in an interactive manner with terms such as public space and its function, transportation, sustainable transport, sustainable development, architecture and urban planning and to stimulate in them an active way of thinking about the issue of the shape of today's cities and life within them. The workshop makes use of the new “Architecture, Building and Design” exhibition at the National Technical Museum in Prague, where creative activities for children can be exploited in a modern fashion.

The workshop shows children various forms of the city and teaches them to perceive its current state while also thinking about what form would be ideal. It supports an active civic approach to the issue, above all showing them that if they see a gap between the actual and desired state of things, they can demand change from the responsible entities. 31

Instructional DVD “Sustainable Transport”

Sample from DVD Sustainable Transport – Let´s learn in the context

We have finished editing our interactive DVD entitled “Sustainable Transport, or Let's Learn in Context” which is intended for both primary and secondary schools and offers teachers and students interconnected topics – air quality, noise pollution, green space, public space, carbon footprint, pedestrian and bicycle transport – intended for instructions in classes on environmental, transportation, personal and social or media studies. The common thread through the various topics is transportation and looking at it from various points of view – how it influences the quality of the environment and what impact it has on both human health and other aspects of human life. The goal of this interactive instructional tool is to increase public awareness and raise the young generation to support and make greater use of environmentally friendly and healthy methods of transportation, such as walking or riding a bike, and to actively protect the environment.

We distributed the interactive DVD to primary and secondary schools or NGOs in Prague or elsewhere in the Czech Republic and we presented it at the EVVO conference in Prague and also on other occasions. The DVD is avalaible free of charge and interested persons or organizations can ask for it at [email protected]

Supported by the City of Prague and the Prague 5 Municipal District 32

Student Critical Mass Bike Ride

Student Critical Mass Bike Ride Car Free Day 22 September 2012 photo Štěpán Hon

As part of European Mobility Week the third annual student critical mass bike ride was held on international Car Free Day on 22 September, organised in cooperation with the civic association the initiative Auto*mat.

Roughly two hundred students from six secondary schools navigated the route from Pankrác to Kampa and back, mostly on the main roadway. At Kampa the students had the task of writing up proposals for improving the traffic situation in Prague with a focus on the conditions for cycling in Prague. The event was highly successful, in large part thanks to cooperation from the Police of the Czech Republic, who helped ensure a smooth trip through Prague.

The goal of student critical mass bike rides is to promote urban cycling and to support its use for everyday trips around Prague by young and old alike.

Supported by the Partnership Foundation and the City of Prague 33

“We Want to Be Seen!” Campaign

Campaign “We Want to Be Seen!” competition photograph photo Adéla Kviderová, Andrea Burianová

Campaign “We Want to Be Seen!” competition photograph photo Jonáš Knetl

At the end of 2012 we collaborated with Prague Mothers and the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation to launch the third year of a photography contest for schools which was part of a campaign for greater visibility and safety for pedestrians and cyclists in the winter months. Fourty-two schools from the Czech Republic took part, sending in over 250 photographs. The goal of the “We Want to be Seen” campaign is to make the public familiar with reflective items and their use in everyday life as essential and important elements of clothing, bicycles or baggage that can often save a pedestrian’s or cyclist's life. The award ceremony was held on 26 February 2013 in the Kampa Theatre.

Campaign supported by 3M, BESIP, Nakolobce.cz, Foto Škoda and the City of Prague. 34

Pedestrians United Portal for reporting problems with the pedestrian infrastructure in Prague

In collaboration with Prague Mothers we launched a web portal “Pedestrians United” ( www.chodcisobe.cz ) on 10 February as a simple to use and easy available tool for reporting problems that Prague pedestrians face on their trips through the City.

Through this portal citizen´s comments are registered, displayed on the map and forwarded to representatives of Prague districts. They can use it to achieve a comprehensive overview of problems with the infrastructure for pedestrians within their locality and to inform their citizens. On the other hand the citizens can observe and evaluate how their comments are treated, sample localized updates and news, hold a ballot about the most problematic places and thanks to linkage with social media communicate with each other.

The portal was presented at the workshop on the use of new social media for Czech NGOs and on the occasion of a contest of documentary films “One World Social Innovation” within the festival “One World 2012”, at the workshop of representatives of NGOs from V4 countries in Bratislava (see bellow) and at the conference on effectivity of campaigns to support road safety (CERSC 2012) in the section “Young Experts” In Budapest.

Project supported by the Open Society Found and International Visegrad Fund, portal developed in collaboration with the organization Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť. 35

Before and after modification of intersection Ruská x Volyňská photo Prague District 10

Partnership in the project “Message to the Mayor” – Encouraging Civic Participation in V4 Region

As partners within this project we closely collaborated with the Slovak organization Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť (SGI) that runs a similar but broadly conceived portal “Message for Mayor” whose editorial system is also used by “Pedestrians United”. The project concerned the sharing of know-how on the operation of both portals and on communication with local governments when dealing with the complaints, adapting the portal “Pedestrians United” to Czech conditions and its promotion among the general public. Part of the project activities was the workshop held in Bratislava on 27–28 February in which representatives of several associations from V4 countries took part.

Supported by International Visegrad Fund. 36

Lobbying

Oživení has long been active in putting pressure on the proper places (representatives of state administration and local government) to create better conditions for safer and more pleasant movement of pedestrians and cyclists in the streets of the capital. In order to achieve this it uses its position inside the structure of public administration as well as long-term cooperation with other institutions and nongovernmental organisations, including the media.

BESIP working group at the Prague City Hall Transportation Department As a member of this working group we deal with the issue of pedestrian and cyclist road safety in the streets of Prague. Every year we approach city representatives with a request to increase the designated funding for BESIP, which is part of the transportation budget and which finances programmes such as Safe Routes to Schools. We also try to advocate for road modifications designed in traffic studies as part of Safe Routes to Schools or in cooperation with citizens or citizen initiatives which are meant to ensure higher safety for children and others on their way to school.

Reconstruction of intersection Ostrovní x Voršilská, photo Oživení 37

The following road modifications were made in 2012: road modifications at intersections of Ostrovní x Spálená, Ostrovní x Mikulandská a Ostrovní x Voršilská (SRS 2000, ZŠ st. Voršila, Prague 1) road modification at the crossing in front of Jeseniova street (SRS 2009, ZŠ Jeseniova, Prague 3) instalation of retarders in the shape of targets near the school (SRS 2011, Waldorfská ZŠ, Jinonice, Praha 5) commencement of reconstruction of the intersection Na Křenkově x Ke Smíchovu, reconstruction of a parking lot in front of the school and modification of a bus stop near the school (SRS 2009, ZŠ Slivenec, Praha Slivenec) change of transport regime in Stoliňská street (SRS 2011, ZŠ CHVALY, Prague – HORNÍ Počernice) several smaller modifications near ZŠ Veronské nám. in (SRS 2011)

New crossing in front of ZŠ Jeseniova, Prague 3 photo Oživení 38

Financial Report 2012

Balance sheet as of 31.12.2011 rounded to the whole thousands Balance as Balance as of first day as of last day of fiscal period of fiscal period ASSETS Intangible fixed assets 00 Tangible fixed assets 51,000 26,000 Financial fixed assets 00 Inventories 0 11,000 Receivables 40,000 131,000 Cash in hand 31,000 14,000 Cash in bank 1,473,000 1,086,000 Other assets 13,000 8,000 TOTAL ASSETS 1,608,000 1,276,000

LIABILITIES Owen equity 351,000 326,000 Funds 491,000 595,000 Economic outturn 104,000 27,000 Rezerves 00 Non-current liabilities 00 Current liabilities 521,000 164,000 Other liabilities 141,000 164,000 TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,608,000 1,276,000 39

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TABLE OF GAINS AND LOSSES as of 31.12.2012 (in CZK) rounded to the whole thousands Main Economic Total activity activity EXPENDITURES Consumption of material 77,000 0 77,000 Consumption of energy 66,000 4,000 70,000 Repairs and maintenance 5,000 0 5,000 Representation costs 1,000 0 1,000 Office rent 176,000 10,000 186,000 Telecommunication and postage 280,000 0 280,000 Software 22,000 0 22,000 Court fees 46,000 0 46,000 Travel costs 82,000 0 82,000 Legal consulting and expert advice 3,630,000 0 3,630,000 Other services 684,000 22,000 704,000 Wages 1,096,000 2,000 1,099,000 Legal social insurance 266,000 0 266,000 Legal social costs 4,000 0 4,000 Exchange rate losses 88,000 0 88,000 Donations 6,000 0 6,000 Other expenditures 15,000 0 15,000 Depreciation 26,000 0 26,000 EXPENDITURES TOTAL 6,570,000 38,000 6,607,000

REVENUE Revenue from sale of services 1,063,000 17,000 1,080,000 Interest 7,000 7,000 Exchange rate revenue 1,000 1,000 Other revenue 45,000 45,000 Contributions received (grants, donations) 4,371,000 4,371,000 Operating subsidies 1,130,000 1,130,000 REVENUE TOTAL 6,617,000 17,000 6,634,000

ECONOMIC RESULT 48,000 -21,000 27,000 40

Appendix to financial statement – selected data

Name of entity: Oživení Legal form: občanské sdružení Address: Lublaňská 18, Praha 2 Registration date: 13.11.97 Registration number: II./S-OVS/1-34032/97-R u Ministerstva vnitra ČR Identification number: 67365353 Fiscal period: 1.1.2012 – 31.12.2012 Balance sheet date: 31.12.12 Date of preparation of accounts: 21.3.13

Objectives – development of civic society, democracy and rule of law – furthering the principle of partnership in the non-profit sector – protection of nature and the countryside and cultural monuments – support and advocacy for principles of sustainable transport – proliferation of environmental values through environmental education and public awareness

Other activities – Advisory and consultancy services, processing of analyses and expert opinions – After school training and education, organisation of seminars inclusive of teaching and lecturing

Statutory authorities until 20 May 2011 Štěpán Rattay – director, Tomáš Krámár – chairman since 20 May 2011 Radana Tichavská – director, Štěpán Rattay – chairman

Own assets 325,534.00 Kč 41

Economic result broken down by type of activity: The entity carries out its main activity in compliance with the definition of the purpose for which it was founded.

Income tax breaks: The tax base of the entity was determined by transforming the economic result according to the valid provisions of the Income Tax Act. The entity took advantage of the option of reducing its tax base by CZK 47,909 according to the provisions of Section 20 (7) of the Income Tax Act.

Method settling economic result from previous fiscal periods: Based on approval of the economic result (ER) by the general assembly, accounts were settled for the 2011 ER into the Own Sources Fund. As of the balance sheet date, CZK 325,534 was on the Own Assets account and CZK 595,452.16 in the Own Sources Fund.

Information on employees: The entity employs two employees (expressed in an equivalent of the number of average full time employees for the financial year)

Remuneration to the statutory representatives and control authorities: The amount of remuneration to the statutory representatives for this financial year amounts CZK 0,- .

Commentary on significant items on the balance sheet and table of gains and losses: The primary source from which the activity of the civic association Oživení was funded in 2011 was contributions and subsidies in the total amount of CZK 5,501,000,-. 42

Expenditures by activities

Enforcement of anti-corruption tools and promoting transparency 2,631,674 Anti-corruption legal consulting 1,714,000 Anti-corruption audits and strategy 840,000 Networking anti-corruption activists and their support in the fight against corruption 528,470 Dissemination of anti-corruption know-how 199,843 Scoring of transparency in regions 360,000 Environmental education and public awareness 333,081 6,607,068

Environmental education Enforcement of and public awareness anti-corruption tools and 5% promoting transparency 40% Scoring of transparency in regions 5%

Dissemination of anti-corruption know-how 3%

Networking anti-corruption activists and their support in the fight against corruption 8%

Anti-corruption audits and strategy Anti-corruption legal consulting 13% 26% 43

Expenditures by source

Ministry of the Interior of the CR 1,000,000 Batory Foundation 451,793 Open Society Fund 1,292,147 Siemens Integrity Initiative 2,373,144 U. S. Department of State 96,000 The Norwegian Embassy 34,000 Partnership Fundation 43,000 The Visegrad Fund 65,896 Own activities Bezkorupce 960,119 Own activities Doprava 224,185 Friends club 29,284 Economic activities 37,500 6,607,068

Ministry of the Interior of the CR Batory Foundation

Economic activities Open Society Fund

Friends club

Own activities Doprava

Own activities Bezkorupce

The Visegrad Fund

Partnership Fundation

The Norwegian Embassy

U. S. Department of State Siemens Integrity Initiative 44

Auditor’s Report 45 46

Structure of Organisation The supreme body of the civic association Oživení is the general assembly of its members, which elects the association chairman and approves the position of association director. The chairman and director are the association's governing bodies.

Association members as of 31 December 2012: Štěpán Rattay – Chairman Radana Tichavská – Executive Director Jarmila Johnová – Member Lenka Petráková – Member Petra Lukešová – Member Eva Šuchmanová – Member Martin Kameník – Member Jan Regal – Member Pavel Nepivoda – Member Tomáš Kramár – Member Marie Čiverná – Member Lenka Franková – Member Petra Bielinová – Member Vít Sochovský – Member Kristýna Andrlová – Member Jan Kotecký – Member

The following worked for Oživení in 2012: Štěpán Rattay – association chairman, programme Corruption-less Radana Tichavská – executive director and financial management Marie Čiverná – office management Petra Lukešová – programme Sustainable Transport Jarmila Johnová – programme Sustainable Transport Eva Šuchmanová – programme Sustainable Transport Martin Kameník – programme Corruption-less Kristýna Andrlová – programme Corruption-less Jan Kotecký – programme Corruption-less Lenka Petráková – programme Corruption-less Tomáš Jirovec – programme Corruption-less Nicola Švandová – programme Corruption-less Petra Bielinová – legal consulting centre, programme Corruption-less Lenka Franková – legal consulting centre, programme Corruption-less Vít Sochovský – legal consulting centre, programme Corruption-less 47

The following worked with us over the course of 2011:

People: Oldřich Kužílek, Svatopluk Bártík, Libor Michálek, Klára Danningerová, Hana Šišláková, Matěj Hollan, Marek Sezima, Jaromír Adamec, Radka Soukupová, Petr Prchal, Filip Černý, Lukáš Landa, Tereza Kručínská, Vojtěch Blažek, Luděk Jíra, Marek Pokorný, Petr Dovolil, Jiří Skuhrovec, Filip Šanc, Tomáš Plhoň, Jakub Krafka, Kristýna Andrlová, Roman Štec, Roman Krajči, Milan Vácha, Michaela Valentová, Barbora Kolárová, Petr Šmíd, Květoslav Syrový, Tomáš Cach, Miloš Milner, Šárka Matoušková, Vavřinec Veselý, Míla Janišová, Petr Janiš, Jana Pírková, Vratislav Filer, Vít Masare, Tereza Vohryzková, Martin Skalský, Jan Krčmář, Karel Goldmann, Václav Mucala, Petr Holý, Jaroslav Mach, Štěpán Hon, Antonín Jirát, Eva Rychlíková, Jaroslav Hořín, Jaroslav Valůch, Kamila Prousková, Jaroslav Kučera, Olga Boučková, Erik Čipera, Ondřej Růžička, Marián Kišďurka, Ctibor Košťál, Michael Šimonfy, Petra Siganová, Mojmír Kučera, Alena Volfová, Ladislava Bímová, Ivona Komárková, Martin Březina, Bohdan Salvet, Milan Hausner, Karin Juráková, Petr Erlebach, Barbora Koláčková, Martin Šubrt, Libor Kozák, Božena Makúchová, Pavel Borovička, Tomáš Pravda, Jaroslav Veselý, Eva Dvořáková

Organisations and other entities: Transparency International ČR, Transparency International Slovensko, Transparency International Moldávie, Transparency International Gruzie, Ekologický právní servis, Otevřená společnost, Člověk v Tísni, Europeum, European Alternatives - Transeuropa Prague, Datlab s. r. o., Magistrát města Karlovy Vary, Městský úřad Hodonín, Městský úřad Lanškroun, Obecní úřad Srch, Obecní úřad Psáry, Obecní úřad Tisá, hlavní město Praha, Pražské matky, o. s., Auto*mat, o. s., Arnika, o. s., Asistence, o. s., Projektmedia, s. r. o., PROFIMEDIA, s. r. o., Nadace Partnerství, Národní technické muzeum, Prahounakole.cz, Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť, iniciativa Pražské fórum, Klub K2, Dataservis, s. r. o., iniciativa Vraťte nám jedenáctku, sdružení Cibulka, Cellula

Our thanks to all donors, individual donors and members of the Friends of Oživení Club who supported and worked with us in 2011.

Thanks to you we could help in the fight against corruption and further the principles of sustainable transport. 48

Bezkorupce Dlouhodobě usilujeme o snižování míry korupce, střetu zájmů, klientelismu a dalších forem zneužívání veřejné moci k soukromému prospěchu.

Friends of Oživení Club Less corruption, healthier cities and municipal development

For 15 years now we have been helping create a functional and self-confident civil society and advocating for principles of transparent public administration and sustainable development.

Civic Association Oživení

• We watch over the public procurement process. • We press charges for acts of corruption. • We follow the distribution of state subsidies and other public aid. • We carry out anti-corruption audits. • We monitor conflict of interest of public officials and financially irresponsible management of public assets. • We come up with systemic measures and anti-corruption strategies. • We take part in the legislative process. • We publicise important cases of corruption and transportation issues in the media. • We provide legal services and counselling in the areas of corruption, conflict of interest and sustainable transport. • We organise educational seminars and conference for the public sector, experts and the public. • We lobby on behalf of pedestrians and cyclists and propose systemic measures. • We run public awareness campaigns and happenings to improve the quality of life in the city. • As part of the programme Safe Routes to School we help change the public space so that students can transport themselves safely by foot or bicycle.

We have realised more than 40 projects in support of developing civic society and the environment that we live in.. Udržitelná doprava Věnujeme se snižování nadměrné automobilové zátěže, zajištění většího bezpečí a lepších podmínek pro chodce, cyklisty a děti.

Why a friends club?

For the activity of an organisation such as ours which serves as a watchdog and pushes for changes, it is vital that we be independent and maintain an objective approach. One of the fundamental pillars of financial stability and being able to do a good job is having a solid base of supporters who share the values we seek to further.

Only a large number of minor donors who contribute to the running of our organisations over the long-term, even if only a small amount, can form a truly independent source of funding – and at the same time it gives strength to our voice!

That is why we are asking for support from you, our friends.

Anybody can become a friend of Oživení. More information on how to become a member of the Friends of Oživení Club and what advantages it brings you can be found at http://klub.oziveni.cz or you can contact us by telephone at +420 608 732 091 . We will be happy to answer your questions.

Oživení extends its thanks to all those who become members of our club or support the activity of our organisation in any other way.

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