The democratic space for civil society has become a topic of significant international debate. Particular concern has been raised toward a worsened situation for human rights defenders and civil society organisations. This thesis aims to gain further understanding of the phenomenon democratic space by examining the situation for human rights defenders and civil society organisations in Viet Nam. This qualitative case study examines the freedom of speech, freedom of expression and opinion, and the freedom of peaceful assembly and association for human rights defenders and civil society organisations through the method of semi-structured interviews. To gain deeper understanding of the current situation in Viet Nam, this study puts forward the question of whether the democratic space can be said to be expanding or shrinking in this contextand if this has an effect on human rights implementation. The collected material revealed an opinion amongst interview respondents that human rights and economic growth have developed at different paces in Viet Nam. The democratic space for civil society has in large expanded during the past twenty years, but is of late revealing restrictions for human rights defenders and civil society organisations working to protect and promote human rights. Respondents expressed optimism toward the widening of democratic space in the long-term, but remained uncertain of the development of human rights implementation in the near future.

The final thesis is focused on the South Moravian municipality Rozkoš. It consists of the theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part mostly defines elementary terms related to municipalities and funding. The practical part describes the municipality Rozkoš and its specific characteristics. The possibilities of further development of the municipality are defined through the analysis of strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore possibilities of funding of future activities are explored. In the conclusion of this thesis the financing methods of Rozkoš municipality{\crq}s development are shown.

This Master's thesis focuses on accountability, which is understood as a relation between an actor and an external forum. The actor is accountable to the forum which means the actor must explain and justify their actions. This thesis regards as actors civil society organizations that provide social services. The thesis explores what forms of accountability are employed in annual reports of civil society organisations that provide social services during Petr Nečas' government and using which discourses. The era of Petr Nečas' government is considered to be an era of neoliberal reforms. The method used in this thesis is Critical Discourse Analysis by Norman Fairclough. The thesis identifies bureaucratic discourse as the dominant and discourse of civil society as the minority. Being accountable through beraucratic discourse serves for legitimizing an organisation. Civil society discourse reflects and forms identities of organizations.

Tato diplomová práce reaguje na chybějící poznatky o zkušenostech spotřebitelských a seniorských organizací občanské společnosti (OOS), které se zapojují do řešení problema- tiky předváděcích akcí v ČR. Práce popisuje široké spektrum aktivit OOS přímo i nepřímo působících proti fenoménu předváděcích akcí; přibližuje zkušenosti z odlišných tematických okruhů, na základě kterých identifikuje dvě hlavní témata, která i nadále negativně působí: stagnující či stoupající počty nově podvedených osob a sociální osamělost seniorů. Na základě některých společných rysů obou problémů práce upozorňuje na některé společné kořeny obou problémů, na dosavadní, zpravidla úzkou specializaci ve zvolených oborech a nezbytnost mezioborové a instrumentální spolupráce.