Czech Scientists have received a four year research project (2011-2014), enabling them to continue in their research activities focused on slope stability and phenomena of the glacial lakes outburst flood in the majestic Cordillera Blanca in Peru. Previous research as well as the new project is supported by Peruvian colleagues from Autoridad Nacional Del Agua, Unidad de Glaciologia y Recursos Hidricos, Huaraz. The project will study four topics: spatial and temporal occurrence of landslides; stability calculations of dangerous slopes; GLOF extent modeling; and multi hazard maps preparation. and Jan Klineš, Vít Vilímek, Miroslava Benešová a Petr Bouška.
A meeting of the Visegrad Group of Academies was held in Třešť on September 23-24 and was hosted by Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The Visegrad Group of Academies was initiated in March 2000 by the Slovak Academy of Sciences which organized the first meeting of the representatives of the V4 Academies in Bratislava. and Robert Zika.
The Academy Assembly held its XLII"d Meeting December 13, 2012 in the Municipal House in Vinohrady. It is the supreme self-governing body of the Academy of Sciences responsible for the foremost priority decisions related to the ASCR. By a secret ballot. the Academy Council (executive body of the ASCR) and Council for Sciences (the ASCRS policy body) were elected by the Academy Assembly for the period 2013-2017. and Luděk Svoboda.