Challenges for the Visegrad Group – The Coronavirus Crises and its Impact on Tourism

AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the regional cooperation which ensures stability and good relations to neighbours and other V4 countries and helps to enforce collaborations across Europe in many fields such as education, tourism and economic development. Another field of activity of the Visegrad Group is a joint positioning in international tourism which will be addressed in this article on the background of the current coronavirus crisis. The empirical part consists of a SWOT analysis for Visegrad group challenges and a PASTA Analysis with which the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the tourism industry in the V4 countries are researched. Lastly, recommendations for possible further actions in times of the coronavirus will be given, and potential future collaborations with the WB6 and EaP countries, also with regard to tourism, will be dealt with briefly. This article summarizes aspects related to tourism market, transport, cultural offer, economy, industry, and environment. The particular focus is also paid to political, economic, sociological, technological, legal and environmental factors of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia and how the current coronavirus and the resulting measures against the spread of it affects the tourism industry in the Visegrad Group countries.

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Investment Attractiveness of Visegrad Group Countries

Banking, Finance, and Accounting ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6268-1.ch041 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 740-775 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tomasz Dorożyński ◽

Anetta Kuna-Marszałek

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Geographic Proximity ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Shared Experiences ◽

Main Determinants ◽

Political Economic ◽

Visegrad Group

The aims of this chapter are to evaluate the main determinants of the inflow of FDI into selected countries of CEE and to examine the volume, dynamics, and structure of FDI inflow into these countries. Due to certain similarities, the authors focus the analysis on four countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. The reasons are geographic proximity, political, economic, and cultural similarities, as well as shared experiences of economic transformation. This chapter focuses on matters pertaining to foreign direct investment, mostly on the reasons motivating FDI inflow in light of selected studies and theories. The authors also provide characteristics of the dynamics and structure of FDI inflow into the V4 countries. The final part of the chapter compares investment attractiveness, the system of incentives, and identifies barriers facing investors in the analyzed countries.

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Investment Attractiveness of Visegrad Group Countries

Geo-Regional Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic Countries, and Russia ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6054-0.ch009 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 239-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tomasz Dorożyński ◽

Anetta Kuna-Marszałek

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Geographic Proximity ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Shared Experiences ◽

Main Determinants ◽

Political Economic ◽

Visegrad Group

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Czech Republic: Defence and Security Strategy within the EU

Urgent Problems of Europe ◽

10.31249/ape/2020.04.11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 255-277

Author(s):

Yulia Shcherbakova ◽

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Regional Cooperation ◽

Geographical Location ◽

European Security ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Defense Strategy ◽

Government Documents ◽

Defense Cooperation ◽

Visegrad Group ◽

The Eu

The article examines the defense strategy of the Czech Republic. Based on the analysis of government documents («Defense Strategy of the Czech Republic 2017,» «Priorities of the Czech Presidency in V4») reveals the goals and objectives of the Czech Republic in the field of European security and defense at the present stage. The country is an independent element not only of global security, but, due to its geographical location in the middle of Europe, and an important element of European security. The article explores the Czech Republic's position on participation in the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Security and Defense (PESCO), multilateral projects outside the EU, military missions and operations of the EU and NATO, as well as bilateral cooperation and within the Visegrad Group (V4) comprising Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia. The Czech Republic's position on military expenditures is being considered, as well as the problem of coexistence of European military structures and NATO. The Czech Republic intends to develop a single European arms market. This includes mandatory investments in the defense industry and the formation of the European Defense Fund, which will be used to invest in member countries. The Czech Republic actively supports and develops bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation with neighboring countries, as well as in a regional format. Defense regional cooperation focuses on two main areas: cooperation with Germany and within the Visegrad Group. Also it observes risks to Czech defense construction revealed due to Coronavirus pandemic.

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The pathogen of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) in the Czech Republic

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE ◽

10.24297/jaa.v5i1.4264 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 538-544

Author(s):

Ivana Safrankova ◽

Kolackova P ◽

Rutivckova G

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Active Compound ◽

Fungal Species ◽

Medicinal Herb ◽

Milk Thistle ◽

Silybum Marianum ◽

The Czech Republic

Milk thistle is grown in the Czech Republic as a medicinal herb; silymarin is isolated from its achenes and used for the production of liver and gallbladder medicine. The quality and content of the active compound is influenced not only by environmental factors, but also by pests and pathogens. The occurrence of pests of milk thistle variety Silyb was observed in two localities during the years 2011 2013. In the year 2011 the mycoflora of seeds of four milk thistle varieties was determined. Representatives of 15 species were isolated from the seeds, most of them saprophytic. 21 fungal species were isolated and identified from milk thistle plants during the vegetation; Septoria silybi among the most important ones. Possibilities of protection of milt thistle against pathogens are discussed.

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Assessment of the Readiness and Resilience of Czech Society against Water-Related Crises

Hydrology ◽

10.3390/hydrology8010014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Štěpán Kavan ◽

Šárka Kročová ◽

Jiří Pokorný

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Multicriteria Analysis ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Comparison Method ◽

Internal Environment ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Triangle Method ◽

Czech Society ◽

The Individual

This assessment of societal readiness and resilience to water-related situations in the Czech Republic focuses on an interdisciplinary approach in the Czech Republic for solving this problem. The goal of the article is to evaluate and characterize the preparedness for handling water-related crises. The analysis is carried out via a SWOT analysis, which is a universal analytical method used to understand and interpret strengths and weaknesses and to identify opportunities and threats. For the calculation of the weight factor of the SWOT analysis, an assessment was determined based on the multicriteria analysis. The pair comparison method was used to determine the relative importance of the parameters of the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The Fuller Triangle method was chosen for the system used to make the comparisons of the individual criteria. The uniqueness of the study consists of the issue of water management, which is thus reflected from a non-traditional perspective, being a contemporary model—the paradigm of the view on the preparedness of the planning documentation as one of the characteristics of societal resilience for water-related crises. The result of the research is the fact that a positive approach prevails in the researched area from the perspective of preparedness for water-related crises. For the creation of the conditions, the factors arising from the internal environment currently prevail slightly over those arising from the external environment.

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Evaluation of the Current Approach to Education of Security Issues at Selected Universities Preparing Future Pedagogues

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131910684 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 10684

Author(s):

Stepan Kavan

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Current Approach ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Primary Method ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Security Issues ◽

Minimum Standards ◽

Current State ◽

New Knowledge

This paper deals with education in security issues. The aim of this work is to examine and evaluate the current approach to education of future educators in the field of security issues at selected universities in the Czech Republic. The primary method of research was a survey through questionnaires, where information was collected at selected universities. The evaluation is performed using SWOT analysis. The fragmentation and inconsistency of the approach of individual universities is evident from the results of the survey. New knowledge, which is based on the research, is the identification of the current state of training of future teachers in the field of security. The result of the survey is used by an expert group of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic as input information for the development of minimum standards for pedagogical universities.

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DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS GRADUATES

Engineering Economics ◽

10.5755/j01.ee.31.2.24751 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 211-220

Author(s):

Emília Krajňáková ◽

Vaida Pilinkienė ◽

Patrik Bulko

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Economic Development ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Gross Domestic Product ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Domestic Product ◽

Experimental Development ◽

Correlation Relationship ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Impact

The scope of the data presented in this study offers a comprehensive view of the issue of the HEI graduates employability in the Czech Republic and also in the Slovak Republic – related to determinants of economic development and their impact on them. This paper examines the impact of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by only higher education sector and foreign direct investment on HEI graduates employability. The results indicate that correlation between unemployment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP, GERD and FDI values was very big. Correlation relationship of similar determinants, except determinant GERD in conditions of the Czech Republic was characterized as weak. On the other hand, significantly stronger (very big to perfect) correlation affecting employment of tertiary educated Czechs regarding to indicators of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by sector of higher education and foreign direct investments as well. In conditions of the Slovak Republic, correlation relationship between employment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP was almost perfect.

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Potential of open data in the Czech Republic

Central European Journal of Management ◽

10.5817/cejm2016-1-2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jan Boubin

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Economic Development ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Innovation Management ◽

Open Data ◽

Current Situation ◽

The European Union ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Government ◽

Further Development

The paper Potential of open data in the Czech Republic deals with the current situation of open data government and autonomous institutions in the Czech Republic in comparison with other European Union countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium, Austria, Estonia, ...) and defines the possibilities of open data economic development of the Czech Republic. Methodology of the paper includes a search resources dealing with the issue of open data in the Czech Republic and the European Union, comparing the obtained data, the analysis of obtained data and draft of recommendations for further development. The first part is an evaluation of the current situation and the situation compared with other EU countries. Further conditions for further development and evaluation of the potential of open data for the Czech Republic. The final section of the paper deals with evaluation of possibilities open application data management processes of companies in the Czech Republic in terms of strategic and innovation management. The result is an overview of the potential use of open data in the context of economic development and an estimate of the trend in applications open at the government level.

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The Attractiveness of Selected Central European Countries for Winter Sports and Mountain Hiking

Turyzm ◽

10.2478/tour-2018-0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 35-40

Author(s):

Kinga Krzesiwo ◽

Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss ◽

Michał Żemła

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Mass Scale ◽

European Countries ◽

Mountainous Areas ◽

Winter Sports ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Central European ◽

Downhill Skiing ◽

Visegrad Group

Abstract Hiking, downhill skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular forms of active tourism in mountainous areas. Their popularity and their mass scale do not only result from the presence of the appropriate landscape, but also from its appropriate development. The objective of the article is to attempt to assess the attractiveness of selected Central European countries in terms of winter sports and mountain hiking, to consider the opinions of students who live in Visegrad Group countries, as well as to evaluate the barriers to development of their competitive offers. According to respondents, the most attractive countries for winter sports are Austria and Slovakia, and the least attractive are Hungary, Romania and Lithuania. In turn, according to the students, the best conditions for mountain hiking are in Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. In addition, respondents from particular countries assessed domestic offers highly.

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