Under the above legislation it is an association for all licensed architects, licensed architects working in urban development, and the
licensed designers of territorial systems of ecological stability (TSES); it also associates registered resident persons and carries out a
disciplinary supervision over the work of registered resident and visiting persons.
The CCA issues licenses to Czech architects and acts as an admitting authority for architects from the EU who decide to work in the
Czech Republic as visiting or resident persons; it keeps a register of such architects during their stay in the Czech Republic.
The main function of the CCA is to assist both the architects and their clients and, ultimately, the general public. The CCA has always stood
against any useless and unjustified curtailing of the rights of anybody on the market and pursued the establishment of fair conditions on
the market of architectural services.

Through its elected representatives, the CCA strives to carry out all of its entrusted duties in a legal and legitimate manner. It considers
the democratic professional self-administration to be an important aspect of a civil society, a practical tool to manage the so-called free
or independent professions. Through its international activities the CCA advocates particularly the equal rights for Czech architects on
the global market (in comparison with their foreign colleagues) and at the same time helps other Central and East European countries in
establishing professional organizations for architects using its own fairly developed profession legislative.

As to 30. 4. 2008 the CCA registers 3137 authorized architects.

The main fields of activity of the CCA include:
• granting, suspending and withdrawing licenses to and from architects, and qualification and registration admission for resident and visiting architects
• keeping a register of licensed and authorized architects
• Issuing professional regulations (internal regulations and trade documents)
• a disciplinary supervision over the proper execution of profession, including disciplinary proceedings
• together with the promoters of architectural competitions it strives to achieve desirable and fair conditions; the CCA cooperates with such promoters in competition conditions proceeding, naming the juries and supporting their work, the support of the work of professional competition referees, examiners and auditors. It supervises the fairness of competitions held and tender proceedings in architecture and urban development and it gives its opinion on such fairness.
• taking part in the mandatory insurance of architects
• organization of professional seminars, lectures and conferences focused on the life-long education of authorized architects
• distribution of supporting information materials and tools for the activities of architects
• co-operation with universities of architecture, including bringing the Czech educational standards in line with those valid in the EU. The CCA takes part in scientific and art boards, in commissions for final state exams, diploma proceedings and for inaugural and professor proceedings; it cooperates with the Accreditation Commission of the Government of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• co-operation with the Czech Parliament, Government, and other governmental bodies, particularly the Ministry for Regional Development, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Culture on the preparation of certain generally binding regulations; the CCA also cooperates with other governmental bodies on all levels as well as with local authorities
• cooperation with other trade organizations and institutions, especially the Czech Chamber of Licensed Construction Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers; the CCA is a member of the EAA (the Engineers and Architects Association – non-governmental organization under construction) and within its scope cooperates with business associations in the construction industry
• cooperation with international trade institutions, particularly:

– the Architects‘ Council of Europe (ACE), of which the CCA has become a member,
– the International Union of Architects (UIA), a national section of which it forms jointly with the Society of Architects,
– the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), with which the CCA signed a bilateral agreement,
– It is preparing its membership in the IFLA (the International Federation of Landscape Architects)

• contributing to the support of its members through its own Endowment fund, ARCUS, and its participation in the activities of the CFA Foundation
• organization of the CCA Honour, within the scope of which it gives awards to successful personalities in the fields of architecture and town planning
• organizing the Exhibition of essays and dissertations of university graduates who majored in architecture and urbanism or garden and landscape architecture The structure of the CCA:
• general Assembly
• board of Directors
• president of the Chamber
• supervisory Board
• professional Court
• registration Council

Working units of the CCA:
• legislative affairs
• competitions
• education
• performance standards and appraisal
• standards
• monument heritage
• summer Olympic Games preparation in cooperation with Prague
• nature and landscape preservation

The Czech Chamber of Architects
The Czech Chamber of Architects, Josefská 34/6, 118 00, Prague 1,
tel.: +420 257535034, +420 257532186, +420 257532287, fax: +420 257532285, e-mail: cka@cka.cc