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Financial support in the form of a donation to our association is very much appreciated. You can donate to support a specific activity or to support the association and its work generally, its website management, etc. All donations are officially recorded in the association’s accounts and sponsors can be mentioned on our website if they wish so.

Account number

We welcome contributions or donations to the bank account at Česká spořitelna:

2105343359/0800; IBAN CZ41 0800 0000002105343359; BIC – Swift code of the bank: GIBACZPX

Our goals

Since the beginning of the existence of Klub Hanoi’s website, or its official registration as a civic association up to the current form of the registered association South East Asia – liaison, we have been developing contacts and cultural mediation between Vietnam, Southeast Asia and the Czech Republic in the broadest sense. Our mission is to enable people living in these cultures to develop effective communication, mutual understanding and, if possible, friendly relations.

Among our goals, which you can find also in the Statues of the association, are:

  • To raise public awareness of Southeast Asia and its history, culture, the beauty of its nature and the way of life of its inhabitants.
  • To develop partnerships, friendships and collaboration with personalities, organizations, and clubs with similar goals and programmes at national and international level.
  • To strive to combat racism and xenophobia within the capabilities of the association.
  • To create an informal social, friendly, contact and information centre.
  • To implement and develop international and development cooperation with the countries of Southeast Asia.
  • To support the integration of nationals of Southeast Asian countries living in the Czech Republic.
  • To support the integration of members of national minorities from Southeast Asia in the Czech Republic.
  • To contribute to the discussions about the future direction of modern Czech and European society as well as the world community based on our own experiences from far away countries.

Activities

We strive to achieve these goals through the following activities:

  • managing and updating websites www.klubhanoi.cz and www.sea-l.cz (currently under construction);
  • organizing lectures, discussions, cultural and popularization events, video programmes and film screenings for both the professional and general public (at schools, offices of authorities, cultural events, etc.);
  • providing support for translating, study, and research activities, expeditions and other activities of individuals and partner organizations;
  • publishing in the media;
  • preparation, implementation, and application of analyses focused on social, cultural, and intercultural issues in the region of Southeast Asia and in the Czech Republic and Europe;
  • implementation and application of development cooperation and exchange of information and outputs of social, cultural, and intercultural analyses;
  • implementation of integration projects for migrants from Southeast Asia living in the Czech Republic;
  • implementation of projects supporting members of national minorities from Southeast Asia in the Czech Republic;
  • providing professional social counselling, social prevention services to help prevent social exclusion and social activation services for families with children, guide and reader services.

You can download an informational leaflet in Czech and Vietnamese here.

You can also download a presentation of our activities, background information, and plans.

Outputs

What we have achieved

Interpreting, Vietnamese
  • We have contributed to the establishment of the specialization of community interpreting in the Czech Republic.
  • We are the first organization teaching simultaneous (cabin) interpreting to Vietnamese in the Czech Republic.
  • We have collaborated on the Czech-Vietnamese version of the dictionary "Slovník pro interkulturní práci" (Dictionary for Intercultural Work) which won the "Best Dictionary in 2015" award by the Union of Interpreters and Translators.
  • We have created and are updating a list of active Czech-Vietnamese interpreters and intercultural assistants recommended by Klub Hanoi.
Integration
  • We are involved in the process of forming the policy of integration of foreigners in the Czech Republic: language exams, main areas of integration of the active state policy.
  • We collaborate on a modification to the methodology of work of civil servants at the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic.
  • We have initiated the introduction of the profession of intercultural work for foreigners – the methodology, content, education, and approval of the profession within the framework of the National Profession System and the National Register of Qualifications.
  • We have created an informational leaflet on intercultural workers; a general one and another one for employers.
  • As the first organization in the Czech Republic, we have developed an accredited course and instructional materials for Czech-Vietnamese intercultural assistants.
  • Our courses for Czech-Vietnamese intercultural assistants have been attended by 128 trainees. 37 successful graduates received a positive reference by Klub Hanoi alongside the accredited certificate.
  • We have collaborated on the development of instructional materials and a qualification course for social workers with a focus on providing counselling and assistance to migrants (Inbáze: Intercultural Competences in Practice).
Czech language courses
  • Our Czech language courses have been attended by around 1,000 students.
  • We are making practical and publicly accessible videos explaining the Czech grammar.
Libraries, publications, translations
  • We have set up a public library with extensive publications on various Vietnam-themed topics.
  • We have set up a Vietnamese section of the MKC Prague library.
  • We have created a detailed list of all Vietnam-themed literature published in the Czech Republic (Slovakia).
  • We have published a very successful publication "S vietnamskými dětmi na českých školách" (With Vietnamese children in Czech schools) (pub. H+H 2006) for teachers and educators working with Vietnamese children as well as the professional and general public. There was a huge interest in the publication and it was reprinted three times!
  • We collaborated on the publication "Česká republika, země a lidé Cộng hòa Séc – Đất nước, con người" (The Czech Republic, country and people Cộng hòa Séc – Đất nước, con người)(pub. Hanoi State University 2006).
  • Our translations: "O jeskyních, vějířích a jiných věcech tohoto světa" (DharmaGaia 2007), “Krejčovský závod Saigon” (Gutenberg 2008)
Vietnam and development cooperation

We have created:

  • a module for social work in the SRV;
  • a module for teacher education for application in the SRV;
  • a module for setting up special classes for children in the SRV including a study plan.

Our aims

Within the framework of its activities and in line with its goals, our association:

Provides high-quality information to others.

The association has been fulfilling this aim from the outset by creating a website informing about the region of Southeast Asia, organizing various educational, cultural and social events, publishing a bulletin, publications, translating literature, organizing professional seminars for adults and children, publishing in the media, being present in the media, participating in expert meetings, conferences, and so on. These activities are organized throughout the Czech Republic and sometimes also abroad (in Vietnam, Germany, Portugal, Austria, etc.). We have organized several hundred events and published a number of pedagogical, professional and art works.

Establishes and develops cooperation between subjects from both cultures in the Czech Republic and the SRV.

Based on our know-how, we introduce innovative institutions into the Czech society (the social interpretation, intercultural assistance, and intercultural mediation professions, the methods of applied research of current problems, etc.), resulting in new professional and non-professional relations. Bilateral relations are developed also as a result of development cooperation projects that the association has in the past implemented and intends to implement in the future. We have, for example, encouraged the introduction of the mandatory A1 level exam for foreigners or the emergence of a new profession of intercultural assistance.

Manages an information office and a cultural educational centre where it supports the integration of migrants in the Czech Republic.

Our information office has already received several hundreds of clients seeking advice on issues related to law, economics, residence, recognition of education, social issues and healthcare, etc. Furthermore, they come to learn Czech and Vietnamese. In addition to that, we refer a large number of clients to other non-profit and other organizations (such as META, Inbáze, IOM Prague, IC Prague, etc.) and at the same time, we encourage these organisations to work more with clients from Southeast Asia.

Acts as a mediator between the two cultures in conflict management.

The association enables the use of the services of intercultural teams of negotiators, facilitators, and mediators in cases of neighbour, marital, and community disputes. This service is very young in the Czech Republic and its spontaneous use in practice is still very rare. However, based on experience from other countries, we believe in a greater use of its potential in the future.

Implements development activities in the SRV.

We have created a knowledge base of the state of social work in the SRV and our own methodology of education of children with disabilities in rural regions of the SRV, and a methodology of training of Vietnamese teachers at primary and vocational schools. Our projects in the SRV have numerous outputs with a high degree of sustainability, especially in the areas of healthcare, education, social work and business development in the given regions.

Strives to use its experience in formulating suggestions for the entire world society.

A new element of the association's activities which was added on the basis of the new statutes is the dissemination of the experience gained in other places (cultures) and their utilization for a philosophical discussion about life in Europe and the world generally. We are currently preparing this activity. We expect it to be launched at the annual celebration of our association this year, during which we are preparing various debates on topics of (not only) identities of people in today's world.

Thank you for your support

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