The Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (hereafter CSVTS) is an autonomous voluntary civic organization of 67 independent scientific and technical civic associations which are member societies of CSVTS as well as autonomous legal bodies. The mission of the CSVTS is to represent the interests of its member organizations, and to create conditions for securing professional interests, career development and lifelong learning of engineers and technicians.The CSVTS as a representative of the Czech Republic is a member of European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI), a member of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and The CSVTSmember organizations are members of 34 international non-governmental organizations in connection with their professional field. The CSVTS is the only founder of Houses of Technology, Ltd. in Plzen (Pilsen), Pardubice, Ceske Budejovice, Ostrava and Kladno. The Houses of Technology provide a wide range of facilities for organizing educational programmes and training courses in technical and general fields of education, and are holding congresses, conferences, workshops and seminars.