Americké centrum, Tržiště 13, Praha 1

ASSOCIATED EVENTS: Provincial Reconstruction Teams – What’s next? January 25 - 28, 2010

§       Help for Afghanistan    Photo exhibition by Iva Zímová, January 19 – February 5, 2010

§       Czechs in Afghanistan   Exhibition of photos and objects from Afghanistan,  January 19 – February 5, 2010

§       Monday, January 25, 2010

WHERE:   American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana

WHEN:     6 p.m.

WHAT:     AFGHANISTAN TODAY     Film screening and discussion

Opening of the photo exhibition “Help for Afghanistan” with photographer Iva Zímová.  Screening of a new Afghan feature film “The Roots” (in Dari with English subtitles) followed by a short discussion.

The program will be in English translated into Czech. Admission is free of charge.

§       Tuesday, January 26, 2010

WHERE:   American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana

WHEN:     5 p.m.  

WHAT:     RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN Film screening and discussion  

Premiere of the new documentary about the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar entitled “Czech Aid under the Hindu Kush” with movie director Lukáš Roganský.  Panel discussion with members of international Provincial Reconstruction Teams about the challenges of the Afghanistan reconstruction. 

The program will be in English translated into Czech.  Admission is free of charge.

§       Wednesday, January 27, 2010

WHERE:   Hungarian Cultural Centre in Prague, Rytířská 27, Prague 1

WHEN:     5 p.m.

WHAT:     AFGHAN REALITY THROUGH THE EYES OF JOURNALISTS          Discussion

Panel discussion of Czech journalists debating how the PRT concept and objectives, shown in a short documentary filmed by the Czech Defense Ministry, is reflected in the day-to-day reality they saw while visiting Afghanistan. Documentary exhibition: “Making the Future Safe” about humanitarian and development efforts in Afghanistan.

 The program will be only in Czech.  Admission is free of charge.

§       Thursday, January 28, 2010

WHERE:   Moravian Library, Kounicova 65a, Brno

WHEN:     4.30 p.m.

WHAT:     CHALLENGES FOR AFGHANISTAN      Film screening and discussion

Screening of the new Afghan documentary movie entitled “The Roots” (in Dari with English subtitles) followed by the discussion with USAID expert Dawn Liberi and Andrew Mann, American diplomat who spent 2 years in Afghanistan.       

The program will be in English translated into Czech.  Admission is free of charge.                     

Please check the details and look for changes at www.americkecentrum.cz or www.prtconference.org

Good day,

Let us invite you to a unique series of programs organized in Prague and Brno in late January, the Conference on the work of Provincial Reconstruction Teams. We will be happy if any of the programs you select, or recommend it to friends, colleagues and people who are interested in the fate of Afghanistan. We offer one week, several exhibitions and premieres of films about contemporary Afghanistan and its reconstruction. The meaning and the results will discuss Afghan, Czech, American and other experts, diplomats, NGO workers and government humanitarian organizations, journalists. Details of the programs you clicking the names. Please pay attention to the venue, because not all public events are held at the American Center.

Have a good time, See you Mirek Konvalina,