Issue
Science and innovation are at the heart of government strategy for promoting prosperity and growth. Research and knowledge is increasingly developed and transferred through international collaboration which provides opportunities to work with the best in the world, exchange students and researchers, and gain access to large scale international facilities; leading to mutual benefits for UK and the Czech Republic.
Actions
To promote international collaboration the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office jointly fund the UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN), based in 28 countries around the world.
SIN Czech Republic work to the following global objectives:
influence science and innovation policies of the Czech Republic governments, industry and academia to benefit the UK
improve UK policy based on international experience and emerging opportunities and challenges with the Czech Republic
stimulate strategic science collaborations with the Czech Republic to benefit the UK and deliver wider policy goals
harness the Czech Republic’s international technology partnerships and investment to grow UK innovation capability
Science and Innovation in the Czech Republic
The Science & Innovation Section at the British Embassy in Prague aims to promote Science and Innovation co-operation between the UK and the Czech Republic and to facilitate technology transfer and innovation.
The Section focuses on the following priority sectors:
Biomedical sciences
Nanotechnology
Technology transfer and innovation
European research programmes
Advanced materials and industries
The main partners of the S&I Section are government departments, parliamentary and devolved institutions, public sector bodies, universities, research and trade organisations, and industry. The Embassy also co-operates closely with the British Council on the popularisation of Science and Innovation.
Contact details for SIN Czech Republic team
Dr Otakar Fojt
Thunovska 14
118 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
Email
Otakar.Fojt@fco.gov.uk
Telephone:
+420 257 402 315
Mobile:
+420 737 289 545