Šimon Šimíček

28 years oldZlínSTAN

Running for STAN

Main topics

social services

Zlín must actively respond to the demographic ageing of the population. My goal is to increase the budget of the social affairs department and direct these funds into developing outreach social services working with seniors, building new care homes for seniors and special-regime homes. I also want to bring educational programmes to the city aimed at family carers, teaching them how to care for a senior at home. Another of my priorities is increasing funding for services that work with people with mental illness, above all increasing their capacity so that we shorten the waiting time for the help these people need.

greenery

While Starostové were leading the city of Zlín, a number of successful projects were created that changed the face of public space and created places where people like to meet and spend their free time. Park Komenského and the Centrální park on Jižní Svahy are examples of how well-thought-out investment in greenery and a quality environment brings long-term benefits for the city's residents.

budget and finances

The city budget must be drawn up transparently and with residents actively involved in deciding where public money should go. For every larger investment, I want it to be clearly stated why it's being made, how many people will actually use it and what its long-term return for the city is. Zlín deserves financial management that people can rely on and have a say in.

A few words about me

My name is Šimon Šimíček, I'm 28 and I've lived in Zlín all my life. I work as a social worker – I work with children, teenagers and young adults, but I also have experience working with seniors. This is my fifth year being active in STAN, and the same goes for mSTAN.

I remember how Zlín developed under the leadership of Starostové. Today I feel it's more likely standing still, and that bothers me. I want to get back to a Zlín where things are happening again – transparently and with people, not without them.

I'm also involved in preparing STAN's programme for this year's municipal elections, where I focus mainly on the social sphere and data analysis – for example the budget for social services or the capacity of care facilities for seniors. I want Zlín to hold up even in twenty years, when there will be significantly more seniors here than today, and for the city to be prepared for it in time, not too late. Otherwise, almost every day I walk my two dogs around the local district of Malenovice, or play something.

The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.