Government

• The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports [Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy, MŠMT] is responsible for public administration in education, for developing educational, youth and sport policies and international cooperation in these fields. The ministry has no direct control over schools, but prepares the legislative and methodical documents on school attendance and absenteeism (see lower in section Helpful links). 
• The National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic [Národní pedagogický institut České republiky, NPI CR] was established in 2020 by the subsequent mergers of several institutes of the Ministry of Education. It addresses a wide array of agendas (as curriculum development and continuing professional development of teachers and school leaders). It is also responsible for providing guidance on primary prevention and counselling in individual schools and for overseeing the regional psychological/counselling services. As such, NPI CR shall also develop programs, standards and tools for prevention of youth risk behavior including the truancy and absenteeism.
• The Czech School Inspectorate [Česká školní inspekce, ČŠI] monitors and evaluates nursery, primary and secondary schools and other school facilities. In recent years, the ČŠI has acquired some data about attendance in visited schools, pointing at the high absenteeism as a problem in some areas. 
• The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs [Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí, MPSV] is responsible among others for family policy and child protection. The practice of state care for minor children is devolved to the municipal/local authorities of social and legal protection of children [orgány sociálně-právní ochrany dětí – OSPOD]. Schools have to report the cases of high unexcused absences as a sign of child neglect to the OSPOD authority. The quality and effects of the cooperation with OSPOD are not analysed and intervention probably takes place only in very serious cases.
• The Agency for Social Inclusion [Agentura pro sociální začleňování] has been established by the Ministry of the Regional Development of the Czech Republic to provide support to local governments (municipalities) in the process of social inclusion, e.g. to ensure equal access to education for all citizens. Special focus is on socially excluded areas. As truancy and absenteeism have been recognised as major obstacle to the provision of quality education in the socially excluded areas, the agency keeps an eye on attendance issues and shares some cases of local good practice in the area of school attendance. 

Academia

• Centre for adolescent and developmental psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague. Day centre for adolescents provides counselling and therapy to children with school phobia. 
• Dominik Dvořák is a research fellow at the Institute for Research and Development of Education at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague. His interests include curriculum theory and development, educational trajectories of young people, and use of indicators as absences and dropout to monitor system and provide early support to students. 
• Petr Hlaďo is Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno. His interests include decision-making of students concerning their educational and vocational career, career counselling, career development of adolescents and transition to the labour market, absences and dropout in vocational education and training. 

NGOs

• People in Need [Člověk v tísni] is a NGO providing emergency relief to people during natural disasters or at times of major international crisis, and at the same time, this organisation focuses on delivering long-term aid to people living in poverty and deplorable living conditions across Africa, Asia and Europe. Since 1999, People in Need began addressing the issue of social exclusion in the Czech Republic. Monitoring of chronic absenteeism and support of school attendance is an important part of this work. Contact person: Daniel Hůle
• Česká spořitelna Foundation [Nadace České spořitelny]. The main mission of the Foundation is the support of systemic-wide innovation in education leading to a healthy society where everyone can develop their potential, find their place and live a happy life. In 2021, The Foundation commissioned a major report on inequality in Czech education, stressing high absenteeism as a major mechanism contributing to poor achievement and attainment.