The final conference of project ProAct, a Coordination Action financed within the Regions of Knowledge activity of the European Commission, took place on 20th of September 2007 in Prague. In ProAct, four old and four new EU member states join forces in search of the best innovation of regional innovation policy implementation. The key factors of success in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic are political commitment, funding and appropriate regional conditions. The regional weaknesses are the lack of skilled people for business development support. and Jiří Loudín.
Innovation Biomedical Centre (IBC) is a multipurpose and newly constructed facility located near to the Institute of Experimental Medicine (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) in Prague-Krč. It was erected between August 2007 and March 2008 at a total cost of 2,1 Mil EURO. IBC was inaugurated by Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek on October 7 2008. and Eva Syková.
CERGE-EI and Prof. Jan Švejnar have launched a new project called Institute for Democracy and Economic Analysis (IDEA), a modern and politically independent think-tank that aims to cultivate and upgrade the level of economic debates in this country. One of the first public activities of IDEA was a seminar entitled Unemployment and Economic Outlook for the Czech Republic and Europe that took place on December 14, 2009. and Markéta Mliková, Vilém Semerák.