An International Symposium "Education - way for the prosperity of future generations" was held in Prague. The symposium was organized by the Czech Agricultural University and took place at Department of Education in Mala Chuchle.  After opening adresses delivered by Mr. Milan Slavik (CAU), Mr. Ales Stanek (Ministry of Agriculture) and Mr. Vojtech Sramek (Ministry of Education)the morning session prezented following papers:

1. Competency in Education (Milan Slavik, Marie Hanusova - Czech Agricultural University, Czech Republic)
2. The Relevancy of Cooperative Movement in Improving Quality of Life and the Role of Education in this Context (Ana Alice Vilas Boas - Federal Rural Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
3. Motivation and Education for Sustainable Agriculture (Tove B. Serup - The Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre, Denmark)
4. Developing Regional Food Systems. Learning to Communicate Social and Environmental Product Qualities of Food (Minna Mikkola - University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland)
5. The Role of Advisory Work in Developing Landscape (Leena Savisalo - Helsinki University, Finland)
6. Improving Social and Environmental Contributions towards Sustainable Agriculture (Kirsten von der Heiden - Technical Univ. Berlin, Centre for Co-operation, Germany)

The afternoon session brought presentations of the Czech and Slovak participants:

1. Educational Programme for Protect Health in Agriculture (Radmila Dytrtova - Czech Agricultural University)
2. Motivation for Agricultural Education in Contemporary Secondary School (Zdenka Hurska - Agricultural Secondary School, Pisek)
3. Agriculture of Tomorrow - Didactic Challenges of Today (Jiri Husa - Secondary Agricultural School, Podebrady)
4. The Higher Technical School, The Secondary School and The Vocational School in Boskovice (Dana Koupa - Agricultural School, Boskovice)
5. Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education - Opportunity and Challenge (Pavel Krpalek - Czech Agricultural University)
6. Education of Young Farmers in New Countries of European Union (Emil Kriz - Czech Agricultural University)
7. The Role of Education for Sustainable Development (Anna Sandanusova -  Univ. of Konstantin Filozof, Nitra and Radmila Dytrtova - Czech Agricultural University)
8. Contribution of  IAFI to Life-Long Education in Agricultural Sector (Zdenka Silhova, Institute of Agricultural and Food Information, Prague)
9. The System of Special Educational Support for Students in Secondary Schools and its Influence at the Beginning of their Tertiary Education (Jiri Votava, Czech Agricultural University)