Rector's Directive No. 33/2016












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            Effect: 1 January 2017





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            * Crisis Communication and Interventions in Emergency Situations and Crisis Situations wit
            of Student Mobility

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            * Article I – Introduction

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            With respect to the increasing number of emergency situations and crisis situations (“ES” 
            respectively) relating to stays of students of Charles University abroad (“Outbound Studen

            of foreign students at Charles University (“Incoming Students”), the Rector of Charles Uni
            directive to minimise the impacts of such situations on students, effective as of 1st Janu


            The procedure to manage ES and CS focuses on student mobility within the framework of both
            agreements and the Erasmus+ Programme. Crisis management mechanisms are reserved solely fo
            extremely serious ES and CS (e.g., serious crime: battery, rape, disappearance, kidnapping

            etc.; natural or anthropogenic crisis: natural disasters, mass contagion, large catastroph
            social crisis, war, terrorism, etc.).



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            * Article II – Crisis Communication Working Groups

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            For the purposes of crisis communication, the Rector of Charles University establishes the
            “Crisis Communication of Charles University for Student Mobility” as a part of the Emergen

            Charles University. The members of the working group are as follows: Chief Financial Offic
            for International Relations and Mobility, the head of the Information, Advisory and Social
            the head of the Security Department, the head of the Foreign Relations Department, and the

            Public Relations Department.



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            * Article III – Means of Crisis Communication
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            The Rector of Charles University establishes the following means of crisis communication f
            communication with both outbound students and incoming students:
            • e-mail boxes (for outbound students: pomoc@cuni.cz; for incoming students: emergency@cun

            • information for students regarding procedures in the case of ES and CS in both Czech and
              website of Charles University (Students: practical information);
            • mobile phone numbers;

            • information materials for both incoming and outbound students.



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            * Article IV – Duties of Faculties
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            The Rector of Charles University obliges the faculties to adopt measures to minimise the i
            and CS in the case of student mobility within the framework of faculty agreements, and in 
            the mobility of foreign students coming within the framework of programmes outside the sco

            Programme and inter-university agreements. The faculties will provide the contact details 
            officer in charge of crisis communication activities at the faculty level to the Foreign A
            of the Rector’s Office and the Information, Advisory and Social Affairs Centre of the Rect



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            * Article V – Duties of Students
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            In compliance with this directive, an outbound student is obliged to ensure he/she has suf

            insurance valid in the relevant country, to register in the system of Voluntary Registrati
            Citizens Travelling Abroad (DROZD), to provide the University with valid contact details a
            will be available while abroad, as well as the contact details of an emergency contact. An

            is obliged to provide proof of valid insurance for the Czech Republic and to provide Charl
            with his/her valid contact details (including contact details of a contact/close person).




            In Prague on 21st November 2016



                                                                  Prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., MBA

            Rector