CZECHINVEST Technology Day on Research, Development and Innovation Czech Republic, Belgium and Luxembourg Stanislav Martínek October 19th, 2009 Director of Investment Division
CZECHINVEST´S MISSION To support foreign direct investment Handling of investment incentives Business property and supplier identification “Aftercare“ services Implement the business-development programs Access to EU structural funds To improve current business environment Cluster and industrial parks development Improvement of legislative environment Source: CzechInvest, 2009 2
CI PROJECTS – STRUCTURE AND TRENDS * Source: CzechInvest, 2009 3
INNOVATION PROCESS Invent Develop Produce and sell POTENTIAL Innovation – Industrial property rights protection Prototype POTENTIAL INNOVATION – innovation project Place product on the market Invent Develop Produce and sell Concept Need to realise R&D -- R&D capacities -- workforce, laboratories, testing, equipment Need to implement R&D results in production -- production capacities
Thank you for your attention CzechInvest, the Investment and Business Development Agency, is an agency of the Ministry of Industry & Trade of the Czech Republic © Copyright, CzechInvest 2009. All rights reserved Thank you for your attention Stanislav Martínek Director of Investment Division PHONE: +420 296 342 502 E-MAIL: stanislav.martinek@czechinvest.org