ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ce during the holding of an international conferen- Foreword by the Governor of the Liberec Region ce about the nutrition of ZOO-kept animals. After 6 years we could finally meet the promise Dear Citizens of the Liberec region, and we had completed the repairs of the remai- ning sections of roads damaged by the floods. We We, as usual, present you with the annual report also secured new train lines; in particular they were on the activities of the Liberec region, this time for direct trains on favourite touristic routes like Libe- the year 2016. rec-Szklarska Poreba and also Liberec-Doksy. The state of the regional roads is, despite the large in- In October of last year the election of the Liberec vestments, getting better very slowly. That is why Region Council took place, which was won by the we keep working hard on such matters in the new Mayor´s party with over forty thousand votes, and election period. Our goal was, still is and will re- has allowed for the second four-year-period, that main the overall improvement of the road infra- had me become the governor. structure of the Liberec Region. In 2016 the region had taken care of the extraordinary principal in the The report, that you are about to read, brings com- full cost of 50 million CZK within the credit for revi- plex information about the activities of the Libe- talization of second and third class roads bridges in rec Region in the past year, its economic results, the Liberec Region area. investments, the properties recap of the region as well as the funds. We did not forget about the in- Martin Půta, The Governor of the Liberec Region Let us not forget the environment department, -progress projects for the upcoming period either. where the region had authorized the new ten- devices were modernized and new machines were -year Waste Management Plan, which goes hand The finishing City Council of the Liberec Region bought. Other investments into uplifting the bac- in hand with the region´s new grant title focused had at the end of its fourth year submitted the kgrounds and furniture are in process. The patients on the prevention of creating waste and bio-waste Liberec region with a one third less of a debt. This from the Respiratory Disease Medical Centre had management. The Liberec Region, amongst other debt we lowered from 1 billion 152 million CZK to their rooms modernized. The important project, so things, supports the physical education and sports 748 million. During the whole election period the called The Alliance of the Liberec Region Hospitals that are very typical for our area. In 2016 we gran- past City Council, that I was a governor of, had was born, which aims for close cooperation of the ted sports organizations and variety of smaller and secured the highest investments from the Euro- hospitals in Liberec, Turnov, Jablonec nad Nisou larger sports events with the sum of 86 million CZK. pean Union in the whole existence of the Liberec and Česká Lípa. The point of such cooperation lies Region, also thanks to record-breaking savings. in the optimization of care, its cost and profits, sha- But even with those achievements, finished or un- It is then quite obvious, that we ruled the region ring of specific supporting services and analysing finished plans, our efforts remain the same. The reliably and economically for the profit of all its the quality care based on standards. job of leading the Liberec Region surely is a very inhabitants. difficult daily bread, but every time I behold po- In the social affairs department the big 2016 project sitive results, things moving forward and grace of Personally I am very happy for finally being able was the transformations of the women´s facility. people able to see positively, I know, that what we to successfully finish the building of the first Hos- These women had moved from the deficient acco- do, makes sense. And that I intend to continue for pice Care Centre in the Liberec Region. We were mmodation in Mařenice into new modern houses more. among the few last regions without a solid hospi- in Cvikov and Nový Bor. ce centre, where the others had only spoke about its need in the past ten years; we made it happen In the department of education we continued in and in January 2016 admitted its first clients. The very expensive modernization of the high-school full cost of the construction, technologies supply buildings that were refurnished with newer tech- and inner furnishing were around 109 million CZK. nology. We have started with the reconstruction of the Martin Půta European House, that should be the headquarters In the tourism, culture and heritage department The Governor of the Liberec Region for some regional companies that take care of Eu- we managed to finalise the Geography Museum ropean subsidies or are based on the area of the and Gallery reconstruction in Česká Lípa that inclu- region. ded new roof and new facade. This time and mo- ney consuming project was in process for almost In the healthcare department we set up a modern two years and cost the region almost 23 million central dispatching for the Emergency Services and CZK. Other organizations that are not coordinated bought twenty new ambulances and four medical by the Liberec Region got supported, especially be- vehicles in the total worth of 88, 5 million CZK. cause of its importance for the visitors and inhabi- More than 72 million CZK got invested into ther- tants of the region. Over 3, 5 million CZK went into mal-insulation of the main buildings of the hospital the F. X. Šalda Theatre and 750 thousand CZK went in Česká Lípa, local facility for long-term ill pati- into the Naive Theatre of Liberec. The region could ents got reconstructed, the operation rooms and its not forget the ZOO, that was supported for instan- 2 3 Foreword by the Governor of the Liberec Region Foreword by the Governor of the Liberec Region Content Foreword by the Governor of the Liberec Region 2–3 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, PHYSICAL TRAINING, SPORTS AND EMPLOYMENT 73 Education, youth and employment 74–78 Content 4–5 Physical training and sports 79–80 Overview of basic information about the region, including its symbols 6–7 The Structure of the Liberec Region Institutions – 4th and 5th election period 8–9 TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT 81 Liberec Region Council 2016 – 4th and 5th election period 10–11 Transport 82–84 Liberec Region Council Commission 2016 – 4th election period 12–15 Liberec Region Assembly 2016 – 4th and 5th election period 16–21 SOCIAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 85 Liberec Region Committees 2016 – 4th and 5th election period 22–26 Social work unit 86 Funded organization unit 86 GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT 27 Social services unit 86–87 Support of major events in the Liberec Region under the auspices of the Liberec Region Council members 28 Calendar for 2016 28–32 EXTRA-DEPARTMENTAL SECTIONS 89 Public Relations 33 Administrative, legal and control department 90–92 Crisis management of the region 34–37 Overview of Liberec Region contributory organizations till 31/12/2016 93–95 Partner regions to the Liberec Region 38 Managing Director of the Liberec Region Authority foreword 96 Representation of the Liberec Region in the EU 39 The structure of the Liberec Region Authority 97 Urban planning and building regulations 40 Statistická data Krajského úřadu Libereckého kraje 98 HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT 41 Journal, credits 99 Healthcare 42–44 Contact information 100 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, INVESTMENT, PROPERTY ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATICS 45 Liberec Region economy for 2016 46–53 Investment and property administration 54–55 Informatics 56 ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 57 Water management 58 Nature and landscape conservation 58–61 GIS 61 TOURISM, CULTURE AND HERITAGE DEPARTMENT 63 Culture and heritage preservation 64–65 Travel and tourism 66 ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 67 Economic and regional development 68–70 Liberec region and the European Union 70–72 4 5 The content of the annual report The content of the annual report Overview of basic information Symbols of the Region about the region, including its symbols Banners and flags Logo The Liberec Region is situated in the north of the ties. The institutions of regional significance include Czech Republic. The territory includes northern Czech primarily North Bohemian Museum in Liberec, the The logo and flag are in the form of red-blue quar- The logo was created by the motto: „The dynamics - Basin, the Jizera and western Giant Mountains with Regional Gallery in Liberec and the Regional Scien- tered shield, where the first and fourth field is the stability - certainty“. A basic graphical logo motif its foothills and the eastern part of the Lusatian tific Library in Liberec. Among important cultural Czech lion, the second silver a spoked wheel and the is a stylization of continuous movement dynamics. Mountains. Its northern edge consists of a length of institutions there are also F. X. Šalda Theatre with third silver a concave tip that points to the significant Dynamic movement simulates expansion and pro- 20 km border with Germany, which is followed by 130 its scene of the Small Theatre and the Naive Thea- natural landscape, architectural and cultural regi- gress towards general prosperity (red), but cleverly km long border with Poland. The eastern part of the tre Liberec, and Zoological and Botanical Garden in on’s element - Ještěd - and reminds also of genera- based on a healthy balance sheet and responsibili- Region neighbours the Královéhradecký Region, in Liberec.