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Department for Expatriate Affairs

Since February 1, 2019 Jiří KRÁTKÝ has been appointed  as Special Envoy for Expatriate Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

The Office of the Special Envoy is located at:

Loretánská ul. 6, 118 00 – Praha 1
E-mail: zkz@mzv.cz


Compatriot folklore dance group, Nova Petrópolis, Brazil

The Department for Expatriate Affairs

  • promotes cooperation with Czech communities around the world through:
    • the provision of financial donations for the communities' cultural projects (including the projects run by the Czech School Without Borders), for the maintenance and repairs of the Czech schools, cultural facilities and small monuments abroad,
    • an educational programme for Czechs living abroad:
      • Summer course in Poděbrady,
      • one- and two-semester study courses at public universities in the Czech Republic,
      • Czech language teaching course for teachers from the communities,
      • sending of teachers to Czech communities abroad,
      • sending of lecturers of the Czech Language and Literature to the whole world
  • provides:
    • for the issuing of certificates of belonging to the Czech community living abroad,
    • an information service for Czech societies around the world, regularly updating directories of Czech societies abroad.

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People abroad who claim Czech origin 90 kB pdf (Adobe Acrobat document) Jul 19, 2011

How to: Postal voting for Czechs living abroad

10.04.2025 / 13:59 | Aktualizováno: 10.04.2025 / 14:22

Czechs living abroad will vote by mail for the first time in the parliamentary elections 2025. Voters need to fulfil several conditions to be eligible to vote by mail. 

Conference of Czech Compatriot Schools in Germany

08.04.2025 / 09:23 | Aktualizováno: 08.04.2025 / 09:30

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At the weekend of 22-23 March 2025, a conference of Czech Compatriot Schools took place in Dresden. The conference was organised by Schola Ludus, the largest of the Czech Compatriot Schools in… 

Vilma Iggers Passed Away

28.02.2025 / 09:25 | Aktualizováno: 16.04.2025 / 11:27

On 24 February 2025, Wilma Iggers, a prominent Germanist and cultural historian passed away at the age of 103. 

Special Envoy Krátký Met with New MP for Czech Community in Romanian Parliament

22.01.2025 / 13:58 | Aktualizováno: 10.04.2025 / 13:59

The Special Envoy for Expatriate Affairs, Jiří Krátký, met with the first ever Deputy in the Romanian Parliament for the independent Czech compatriot minority in Romania, Štefan Bouda. The… 

Special Envoy Jiří Krátký Met with Jaroslav Svěcený

22.01.2025 / 12:47 | Aktualizováno: 27.02.2025 / 12:48

The Special Envoy for Expatriate Affairs, Jiří Krátký, met with a prominent Czech violinist, Jaroslav Svěcený, to discuss connecting of the Czech culture abroad with the expatriate community… 

Meeting of Special Envoy Krátký with Principle of Czech School in Miami

14.01.2025 / 14:54 | Aktualizováno: 26.02.2025 / 14:56

The Special Envoy for Expatriate Affairs, Jiří Krátký, met with the Principle of the Czech School in Miami, Jitka Putra, who is also the representative of the Honorary Consulate of the Czech… 

The first of the expert debates on the postal voting answered questions of Czech voters abroad

18.11.2024 / 17:16 | Aktualizováno: 28.11.2024 / 17:26

The call for timely registration on the special voters' list and completion of the necessary formalities or the detailed process of the newly introduced postal voting for Czechs abroad was heard… 

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