Development Strategies ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Charles University are scattered over many different locations – not only in Prague, but a cities. In view of this situation, the university plans to focus in future on the developm campuses. The key aim for the next years are Biocentre and Globcentre of the Albertov Campus, the te Research Centre in Hradec Králové (MEPHARED), the campus of the Faculty of Medicine in Pil BIOMEDIC) and the reconstruction of the former students' hall for the needs of the Faculty The University’s strategic development goals mean that it must be well prepared not only t to developments in Czech tertiary education, but also to play a proactive role in influenc developments. Moreover, the ongoing development of the University itself makes it essentia carefully judged balance between two parallel requirements: on the one hand the growing nu and the widening range of activities pursued at the University’s various faculties and cen other hand the need to strengthen the cohesion of the University as a unified entity. Achieving these goals requires detailed analysis of current trends and impacts, including benchmarking methods. One of the foundation stones of the University’s development strateg development projects – including projects financed from EU Structural Funds.