The Czech Energy Employers’ Association is a voluntary, independent and open interest organisation uniting employers in the field of electricity and heat production and distribution and related fields, as well as other legal entities operating in the energy sector and vocational schools focused on energy. It is a trade association within the meaning of the relevant legislation.

The association develops its activities and activities on the territory of the Czech Republic and cooperates with similar organisations outside the Czech Republic. An example is the cooperation with associations from the Federal Republic of Germany, Slovakia, Russia, etc. On the territory of the Czech Republic, CSZE closely cooperates with e.g. with the SP CR and its expert departments and commissions, especially in the area of social partnership and energy policy and legislation, with the Czech Heat Association, the Employers’ Association of the Mining and Oil Industry, the Czech Gas Association and the Czech-Moravian Electrical Association. Cooperation is taking place in areas of common interest – implementation of ASEC, technical education, energy and raw materials security, support for energy engineering and the electrical engineering industry.

CSZE organizes conferences and seminars for its members on the following topics: labour relations, professional education, tax and accounting issues, current legislation, immission damage, VEP, PCBs, waste and TP, OSH issues, etc. Furthermore, the Union organizes professional activities and other educational events for employees of the Union’s member entities on current problems of the electricity, heating, raw materials mining and technical education sectors.

The Union produces technical and argumentative materials to defend and promote the legitimate interests and needs of member organisations, including translations of EU documents relating to the energy sector.

It organises an intra-union comment procedure on submitted draft legislative norms and other documents, which it forwards to the relevant institutions.

The CSZE supports further development of nuclear power in the Czech Republic as an important and stabilizing element for ensuring sufficient electricity in the long term, supports the development of the heating industry and the use of the advantages of CHP even in conditions of stricter emission limits, demands from RES operators greater responsibility for the stability of the electricity system, seeks to limit external political and economic interference in the investment environment in the energy sector, etc.

The Union supports technical education at all levels of the educational process to ensure the next generation of technically educated and qualified energy professionals. It uses the Sectoral Council for Energy and membership in expert committees of relevant institutions to formulate CSZE requirements for the education system for technical disciplines. It promotes cooperation between member schools and economic organisations. It is involved in the development of educational projects financed by EU structural funds. CSZE participates in the tripartite working team meeting
for Education and comments on the outcomes of the MoEYS.

The main objective of the Association’s activities is to contribute to and protect the reputation of the Czech energy sector, as well as to protect the interests and good name of the Association and its members, to represent, promote and defend the common business and employer interests of its members in dialogue with the Parliament of the Czech Republic, the Government of the Czech Republic, political parties and movements and other national
and international institutions.

The Union represents its members in collective bargaining and concludes higher level collective agreements on their behalf with the relevant ECHO and ČOSE trade unions

The Union is a collective member of the Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic, a member of the international electricity union EURELECTRIC based in Brussels, a member of the International Organization of
for social safety of the Cologne-based ISSA and a member of the international technical section for live work of the LWA.

The Association is the publisher of the professional journal Energetika.