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 PLUS 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 50 countries worldwide. The network 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.

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

New technologies lead to changes in the needs and behavior of people and put new demands on the settlements structure and their relationships. The project Influence of new settlement structures technologies and the structure of settlements (TES) aims to analyze new technological trends,
to describe their expected spatial impacts and to recommend steps that could effectively respond to planning activities of new trends. The project results will form the basis for planning activities and regional policy handled by the Ministry for Regional Development. The effort will be in finding mechanisms for the sustainable development of settlements and regions and to help better synergies on the territory arrangement interests.

SiS.net is the network of NCPs specialised in supporting the Science with and for Society programme of Horizon 2020. SiS.net provides high quality services to Science with and for Society stakeholders, authorities, research institutions and enterprises on the opportunities offered by Horizon 2020 to boost integration of scientific achievements into society and engage the public in science.
The main objectives are to increase dialogue and collaboration between Science with and for Society stakeholders, for example: CSO's, cities, research funding agencies, science centers,  science museums, media organisations and education establishments and for the second to enhance the visibility of the Science with and for Society programme.