The first issue of this year's Echo magazine presents two articles in English. They are extensive analytical articles on the Czech Republic's participation in the FP, #### namely with contributions of D. Frank
and P. Pracna. another articles in English is an interview with the director of the European ESS Infrastructure, which touches Brexit.
The contributions in Czech are an article about the EU transition to the circular economy, and the text about results of the TWINNING and ERA Chairs 2017 calls.

(To make the English part of the magazine at least a bit visually different from the Czech one, it will be printed on colored paper from this number on.)

• Zdeněk Kučera, Tomáš Vondrák: Research and development for Industry 4.0 – the position of the Czech Republic in cognitive computing and robotics
• Miroslav Kostić: Efficiency of regional innovation policy tools: Support of innovative business in the South Moravian Region
• Miroslav Kostić: Efficiency of regional innovation policy tools: Support to research-industry cooperation through the JIC Voucher programme
• Miroslav Kostić: Efficiency of regional innovation policy tools: Support to incoming talents and specialists in the South Moravian Region