Economics Institute of the CERGE-EI in partnership with the CERGE-EI Foundation contextualize course materials and livestream two specialized courses: Finance and Ethics (Fall 2024) and Climate Change Economics (Spring 2025) to five partner institutions in Visegrad and beyond.
This project builds on the established Distance Learning Program and expands it to develop localized course materials. Local instructors at partner institutions contextualize the course content by providing local examples or case studies. They collaborate with the main instructors and CERGE-EI senior faculty mentors to contextualize the course materials and lead the weekly local sessions, featuring tailored course content. The localized content makes the course material more relevant, attractive, and understandable for students, fostering their understanding of the course topics, its relevance and its applicability. We work primarily with regional universities serving students outside of the main cities and centers.
Prague workshop (August 29 – September 4, 2025) will provide local instructors with networking opportunities. The workshop combines project related discussions of teaching experiences with further pedagogical training for local instructors. Participants will also reflect on feedback and finalize localized course materials for future use. The developed materials will be published on this website and made available for faculty and students interested in these topics.
The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad+ Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
