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Abstract
The surveying profession in the Czech Republic has been always closely connected and influenced by the latest developments in the countries belonging to the European area, be it what is today understood by European Union or the European Continent as delimited by cartographers. The road to the Czech EU membership started in November 1989 by the sudden and important political end economic changes leading to privatization, restitution of property, lifting of trade barriers, free movement of goods, services and personnel. Embargo on certain products and instruments mainly in the field of information technology were lifted. About 50% of best-qualified surveyors decided to go private. The tasks connected with renewal of real estate cadastre were enormous. Technical schools and Universities had to cope not only with the new technology and with the most recent applications of geoinformatics but also with the high flood of new students, expecting to obtain an attractive qualification in profession, that would enable them to make a good living and to find new opportunities within the European Union that the vast majority of the population wished to join as soon as possible. After nearly 15 years of hard and complicated political and economic negotiations and preparations it did happen on the 1 May 2004. But the reality of EU membership was somewhat different from the expectations. The economy has changed due to the technology, the EU tries to challenge the globalization by growing number of directives and regulations, people are on the move from country to country bringing with them new habits, new values and new ethics. The directives of free movement of personnel and mutual recognition are understood differently in different countries. The expectations are sometimes contradictory to what has been expected by individual citizen. Our profession is changing and we are not always ready to accept the necessity of continuous learning and flexibility. Professionals want to get good and lucrative jobs and they are not prepared to change their domicile and move to different towns or countries. Surveying companies want to be competitive on the market but are not ready to employ cheaper qualified labor. These are the some paradigms also our profession has to cope with – be it a new or old EU member country.