Projects

The principal goal of the project is a development of already existing research infrastructure providing analytical, information and organizational support for strategic decisions and conceptual planning of the state administration with a basic aim to contribute to the active and efficient participation of the Czech Republic in European Research Area (ERA) namely in international collaboration in research, development and innovation. The project includes also providing a complex system of services to research organizations and entrepreneurs (SMEs in particular) to participate in cooperative research projects in particular through Framework Programmes of EU for research, development and innovation.

Project coordinator: Mr. Karel Klusacek

Module I Manager "Oriented research for strategic decision in reserach, development and innovation": Mr. Michal Pazour

Module II Manager "Servises to national research teams, research organizations and industrial companies to engage in ERA: Mrs. Nada Konickova

Technology Centre coordinates BISONet project (BusInesS and InnOvation Support Network) that provides services of the Enterprise Europe Network in the Czech Republic. The Enterprise Europe Network is the largest network of contact points providing information and advice to EU companies on EU matters, in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The network offers concrete and effective solutions to entrepreneurs and companies in more than 40 countries. The network combines and builds on the former Innovation Relay Centres and Euro Info Centers and covers nearly 600 local partner organisations, employing around 4 000 experienced staff working to support competitiveness of EU businesses.

The CZELO facilitates a direct contact between Czech research and important European institutions, mainly the EC, the European Parliament, and the EU Council. For this purpose the office is located in Brussels. The CZELO also cooperates with Czech regional offices in Brussels. The office, which is funded by the MEYS from the EUPRO programme, provides services to all parties interested in European research cooperation, especially in the Framework Programmes.

Currently the CZELO3 project has been runníing, which follows previous CZELO1 and CZELO2. More details about the period you will find here.

The Regional Innovation Monitor (RIM) is an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. The overall objective of RIM is to contribute to improved competitiveness of EU regions through increasing the effectiveness of their innovation policies and strategies. It does so by providing policymakers and other innovation stakeholders with the analytical framework and tools for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of regional policies and regional innovation systems. RIM covers 20 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

PACITA („Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment“) is a 4-years project financed by the Science in Society scheme of the FP7. The aim of the project is to enhance and expand the European capacity on evidence-based policy-making and policy making based on or using science and research, public engagement in science, two-way communication between scientists and other stakeholders and ethics in science. 

The project provides administrative, managerial and methodological support for the realisation of the Join Programme Initiative (JPI) A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life.