S2E National Event: CZECH REPUBLIC
- 03 Mar 2016 to 03 Mar 2016
- Prague (CZ)
The CZECH REPUBLIC National Event was co-organised by the S3 Platform - S2E project and the Government Office the Czech Republic.
Read moreAgenda and Presentations
Full agenda of the event.
The Research and innovation context and the implementation of synergies - Moderator: Colin Wolfe (European Commission, DG REGIO)
- Synergies with Research & Innovation Funds: Stairway to Excellence - Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Czech profile in terms of FP participation and ESIF (*) - Mathieu Doussineau (European Commission, DG JRC)
- The Czech Research & Innovation Ecosystem - Arnost Marks (Deputy Director for science, research and innovation, Government Office of the Czech Republic)
- Factors facilitating and hindering the implementation of Synergies in Czech Republic - Pavla Zizalova (Country expert for S2E)
(*) The S2E National "facts and figures" document was the basis for this presentation. It contains key messages, based on the presented quantitative indicators, and provides as full a picture as possible of how and where European funding dedicated to R&I is spent.
Synergies in Practice and table discussion - Moderator: Nida Kamil Ozbolat (European Commission, DG JRC)
- The Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) Case: Translating Infrastructure into Capacity Development - Markus Dettenhofer (Executive Director of the CEITEC)
- Synergies and large infrastructures - Louis Philippe Carrier (JASPER, European Investment Bank)
- Implementation of synergies of EU funding at the Jožef Stefan Institute - Špela Stres (Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation - Jožef Stefan Institute in Lubjana)
Policy debate on the Czech research and innovation ecosystem Moderator: Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- State of play of the smart specialisation strategy (RIS3) implementation in CZ - Jitka Vocaškova (European Commission, DG REGIO)
- Czech activity for the implementation of the new EU funding programmes - Tomáš Novotný (Ministry of Industry and Trade of the CR/OP Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness),
- Czech activity for the implementation of the new EU funding programmes - Václav Velčovský (Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the CR/Programme of Research, Development and Education)
Cases of Synergies implementation and related initiatives - Moderator: Mathieu Doussineau (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Example of synergy implementation - Jan Džugan (COMTES FHT Inc.)
- Example of synergy implementation - Zdeněk Kůs (Czech Chamber of Rectors)
- The Seal of Excellence initiative - Mersia Panagiotakou (European Commission, DG RTD)
- MIRRIS roadmap and recommendations for better participation to the ERA - Anita Tregner-Mlinaric (META- GROUP)
Conclusions and ways forward
Practical Information
- When
- 03 Mar 2016 to 03 Mar 2016
- Where
- Prague (CZ)
- Registration Information
- Participation was by invitation only.
Description
The "Stairway to Excellence" European Pilot Project is centred on:
- Providing assistance to the 13 Members States (and their regions) which joined the EU after 2004 with the aim of closing the innovation gap and promoting excellence in all regions and EU countries;
- Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.
The CZECH REPUBLIC National Event was organised jointly by the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (S3 Platform, S2E project) and the Government Office the Czech Republic.
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVENT OF CZECH REPUBLIC: "The Synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and Research and Innovation Funding" was issued as an outcome of it and will cover the Main Issues under the different topics brought at the event.
Objectives of the event:
- A better understanding of Czech national (and regional) innovation ecosystem(s) with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between different EU funding programmes for research and innovation
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in the Member State
Who should attend? (Participants: around 100 people)
- Czech National and Regional Managing Authorities
- Czech National Contact Points from the past Framework Programmes and Horizon 2020 and other EU-funded programmes
- Czech National and Regional authorities in charge of smart specialisation strategies
- Members of the Horizon 2020 programme committee
- Selected national and international experts on EU funding programmes and regional policy
- Selected representatives from businesses
- Selected representatives from universities, research centres and any other organization with experience and/or interest in EU-funded programmes
Venue
Zlatý sál Lichtenštejnský palác
U Sovových mlýnů 506/4, 118 00 Praha
