Coordination at national level

• Author: Jakub Tomsej
• Pages: 82-84

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9 COORDINATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Coordination of issues regarding anti-discrimination on all the grounds covered by this

report is divided mainly between:

- The Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman)227 - Anti-D iscrimination Act in general

- The Government Council for National Minorities228 - advisory, initiative and co-

ordinating body of the Government

The Government Council for National Minorities is concerned with matters of policy towards

national minorities and their members. The Council consists of the members of ministries,

the Office of the President of Czechia, the Office of Public Defender of Rights, the

Government Commissioner for Human Rights and one or two representatives of 14 national

minorities in Czechia.

- The Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs229 – initiative and advisory body

of the Government

The Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs assists on a systematic basis in the

integration of Roma community. The Council supports cooperation of ministries and

provides groundwork document s for the creation and application of Government policy in

relation to Roma communities.

- The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs230 - employment and labour relations, social

benefits

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is an authority of the state administration for

social and labour relat ions, safety of labour, employment and retraining, collective

bargaining, wages and other remuneration for work, pension s ecurity, health insurance,

sickness benefits, social care, working conditions of women and young people, legal

protection in maternity, family and child care, care for citizens with special assistance

requirements and other wage and social policies.

- The Ministry of the Interior231 - service by members of the security forc es

The Ministry of th e Interior is a central authori ty of the state administration for internal

affairs, in particular for public order an d other matters relating t o internal security within

its defined scope of competence, including: supervision of road traffic protection; first

names and surnames; registers of births, marriages and deaths; nationality; identity

cards; residence reporting; register of inhabitants and personal identification numbers; the

right of association and the right of assembly; registration of organisations with

international links; public collections; maintaining archives; firearms and ammunition; fire

protection; travel documents; granting residence to foreign nationals and refug ee status;

the territorial structure of the state, national borders, th eir surveying, maintenance and

documentation; state symbols; state, economic and service secrets.

227 For further information see: www.ochrance.cz/.

228 For further information see: http://www.vlada.cz/en/pracovni-a-poradni-organy-vlady/rnm/historie-a-

soucasnost-rady-en-16666/.

229 For further information see: http://www.vlada.cz/en/ppov/zalezitosti-romske-komunity/the-council-for-

roma-community-affairs--50634/.

230 For further information see: https://www.mpsv.cz/.

231 For further information see: http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/.