ADOPTION OF MODERN ICT IN REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE - SITUATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Globalization was in the eighties characterized by arrival of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) and the internet. It allowed, for instance, global trading in real time and had an impact at transport price reduction of cargo, people and money. New forms of exchange of information simplified expansion and corporate governance. In the domain of information politics of individual states, the European Union sets its goals with the help of so called eEurope initiatives. The last initiatives are named eEurope 2005 and i2010 and Digital Agenda for Europe 2020 which is one of the seven parts of The Europe 2020 strategy. Among them are: Innovation Union - to improve framework conditions and access to finance for research and innovation, Youth on the move - to enhance the performance of education systems and to reinforce the international attractiveness of Europe's higher education, A digital agenda for Europe - to speed up the roll-out of high-speed Internet and reap the benefits of a digital single market for households and firms. Department of Information Technologies conducts long-term extensive research of ICT equipment of full-time students and students of combined form (from 2011 onwards) of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (FEM CULS Prague). The level of ICT equipment in the Czech regions is rated based on results from surveys of regional consultation centers (Klatovy, Hradec Kralove, Litomerice, Jicin, Sezimovo Usti) in confrontation with students from Central Bohemian region and Prague.