On November 1 and 2, 2017, lectures were held within the framework of the first stage (first year) of the implementation of the project of the International Visegrad Fund aimed at implementing the training course «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» for students of the specialty «Political Science» of the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University of «Ostroh Academy».

Guest lecturer:

Petr Jüptner is the Director of Institute of Political Studies of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He was researcher of projects of the Czech Science Foundation (2006-2008 Postdoctoral Grant “Europeanization of Czech Local Politics. Political Science Analysis of European Legislative Trends”, 2010-2012 “Instruments for amalgamation of fragmented local governments. Analysis of experiences and practice across European countries: references for Czech Republic.”). He is focused on local government and on problematic of direct mayor elections. Since 2011 he is working as director of Institute of Political Studies.