The SUPER-SME Consortium
Centre for Science, Technology, Society
Studies at the Institute of Philosophy
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep.
STSS Centre
Prague, Czech Republic
www.flu.cas.cz/stss
SUPER-SME Kick-Off: 9-10 February 2006, Metz
STSS Centre Research Topics

Social and cultural context of S&T

Innovation studies

Science and innovation policy
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Knowledge and communication
EU Projects Participation
5 FP: - RECORD (Recognising Central and
Eastern European Centres of RTD)
- TAMI (Technology Assessment in Europe:
Between Method and Impact)
6 FP: - INES (Institutionalisation of Ethics in
Science Policy)
- Pro-Act (Practical Regional Innovation in
Action)
- SUPER-SME
NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 regions in the
Czech Republic
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GDP 2003 by NUTS 3 Regions (EU 25 = 100)
160,0
139,7
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54,1
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Praha
Population
Mid-year population (persons)
- incl. Females (persons)
Migration increase (in promile)
Gross domestic product
(Data 2003)
Share in GDP, Czech Rep.=100
GDP per capita in PPP (purchasing power parity
standards)
Czech Rep.=100
EU 25 = 100
1 165 617
609 819
5,8
23,1
29 888
203,1
139,7
Praha
Labour
Registered unemployement rate (31 Dec)
Unemployed job applicants (31 Dec)
Vacancies (31 Dec)
R&D personnel in FTE by sectors of performance
Business Enterprise sector
Government sector
Higher Education sector
Private Non-Profit sector
Total of R&D personnel in FTE
3,58
26 727
14 598
3 987
4 737
2 997
111
11 832
Praha
R&D indicators
R&D expenditure (CZK mil.)
R&D expenditure, Czech Rep.=100
R&D employes (31 Dec - persons)
R&D personnel in FTE
- incl. females
Expenditure on R&D in sector structure
Business Enterprise sector
Government setor
Higher Education sector
Private Non-Profit sector
13 300
37,9
24 158
11 832
4 215
5 903
4 704
2 601
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Praha
- Industry generates almost 16,5 % of the total gross value
added of the region of Prague;
- Services represents near 83,2 %;
- Agriculture is negligible with only 0.2 % of the gross value
added of the region;
- High concentration of financial and other services and trade.
Business and enterprise units (in thousands)
Private enterpreneurs
Business companies and partnerships
Incl. Joint-stock companies
Cooperatives
State - owned enterprises
288,3
84,7
6,4
5,4
0,2
S&T + Innovation Actors
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Academy of Sciences (30 institutes)
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5 major public (research) universities
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cca. 20 Public Research Organisations

255 (institutional) members of Association of
Research Organisations (both public and private
organisations doing research in some way)
Innovation and Intermediation System

Prague City Development Section

Centre for Regional Development

CzechInvest (Investment and Business
Development Agency)

Prague Economic Chamber

3 Technology Centres (BIC) – (Academy, Charles
University, CTU)
BRIS – Bohemian Regional Innovation
Strategy
project supported by City Prague/ EU in 2002-2004
 developing regional innovation strategy
 proposal of a business service system stemming
from the needs of SMEs

SME needs
 access to funding (venture & seed capital,
innovation angels, etc.)

entrepreneurial know-how (innovation
management, marketing, property rights, etc. –
non-technical skills)

access to international markets
SUPER-SME expectation

Broadening know-how in:
 innovative SME needs and practices
 S&T- business mediating practices
 networking practices
Looking forward to collaboration
STSS Centre
Adolf Filáček (filacek@kav.cas.cz, stsscz@cesnet.cz)
Jiří Loudín (edist@lorien.site.cas.cz, stsscz@cesnet.cz)