scholarly journals The Evolution of Methodical Approaches for Evaluation the Efficiency of the Activities of Scientific and Research Organizations in the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
І. A. Zhukovych ◽  
I. Yu. Yehorov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Organization Of Science

The article deals with the evolution of methodological approaches used in the Czech Republic to assess the effectiveness of scientific institutions. This country shares common features with Ukraine in the organization of science and it is one of the most successful examples of socio-economic and organizational reforms in Eastern Europe. It is showed that the evaluation method, introduced in the Czech Republic since 2004, was initially purely quantitative and focused exclusively on research results such as publications, patents, prototypes, and the like. Authors conclude that the quantitative assessment did not take into account the quality of research; they also poorly reflected the importance of the results, and encouraged scientific organizations to play a dishonest game with inflating the values of individual indicators. Aggregation of all indicators into one complex indicator did not allow to evaluate the efficiency of the institution’s activities correctly, and bibliometric indicators strongly depended on the citation culture in a particular scientific discipline. The key elements of the implemented new assessment methodology (M17+) are considered, in which preference is given to the informed expert reviews, which involve a set of available indicators together with other information to make a decision on the overall assessment more comprehensive. Use M17+ will provide the following opportunities: to evaluate the results and impact of scientific activities; to make a general forecast for the development of enterprises; evaluate departmental structures and different missions of institutions under evaluation; to utilize views of the partners; evaluate the institution in the national and international contexts; provide information for the allocation of public funds secured for the institutional development of scientific institutions. The conclusion is made that the switching from the simplified, purely mechanistic approaches to assessment indicates the recognition of the complexity of scientific activities and the diversity of functions of research institutes in the socio-economic development of the state. Studying the experience of evaluating research institutions in the Czech Republic is of great importance for Ukraine as a country with European integration intentions, especially in the context of limited funding for science and increased difficulties with obtaining the budget money.

Experiences in the Field of Radioactive Materials Seizures in the Czech Republic

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Svoboda ◽  
Josef Podlaha ◽  
David Sˇi´r ◽  
Josef Mudra
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Radioactive Materials ◽  
Nuclear Research Institute ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Radioactive Sources

In recent years, the amount of radioactive materials seizures (captured radioactive materials) has been rising. It was above all due to newly installed detection facilities that were able to check metallic scrap during its collection in scrap yards or on the entrance to iron-mills, checking municipal waste upon entrance to municipal disposal sites, even incineration plants, or through checking vehicles going through the borders of the Czech Republic. Most cases bore a relationship to secondary raw materials or they were connected to the application of machines and installations made from contaminated metallic materials. However, in accordance to our experience, the number of cases of seizures of materials and devices containing radioactive sources used in the public domain was lower, but not negligible, in the municipal storage yards or incineration plants. Atomic Act No. 18/1997 Coll. will apply to everybody who provides activities leading to exposure, mandatory assurance as high radiation safety as risk of the endangering of life, personal health and environment is as low as reasonably achievable in according to social and economic aspects. Hence, attention on the examination of all cases of the radioactive material seizure based on detection facilities alarm or reasonably grounds suspicion arising from the other information is important. Therefore, a service carried out by group of workers who ensure assessment of captured radioactive materials and eventual retrieval of radioactive sources from the municipal waste has come into existence in the Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc. This service has covered also transport, storage, processing and disposal of found radioactive sources. This service has arisen especially for municipal disposal sites, but later on even other companies took advantage of this service like incineration plants, the State Office for Nuclear Safety, etc. Our experience in the field of ensuring assessment of captured radioactive materials and eventual retrieval of radioactive sources will be presented in the paper.

scholarly journals The involvement of Czechia in the international cooperation in the security research in the years 2010–2015

Ergo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Kučera ◽  
Martin Faťun ◽  
Daniel Frank ◽  
Tomáš Vondrák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Security Research ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Expert Workshop

Abstract The aim of the paper is to assess the Czech participation in international cooperation in the security research and to identify obstacles which prevent a higher involvement of research teams from the Czech Republic in this cooperation. The methodological approach to the analysis and the used data sources are briefly described in the first part of the paper. In the next part we present the results of the analysis of the participation of entities from the Czech Republic in projects dealing with security issues, which were supported by the 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development and Horizon 2020, and by some other programs supporting the international cooperation in R&D. The obtained information is supplemented by results of the questionnaire survey between research organizations active in security research and by the findings of the expert workshop.

scholarly journals The Czech Republic in FP7: Low participation with high collaborative excellence

Ergo ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Research Development ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Simple Index ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Index 2 ◽  
Framework Programmes

The Framework Programmes for research and technological development (FPs) are very important instruments fostering the growth of the European Union’s potential needed to achieve breakthrough solutions to urgent and difficult problems that are unlikely to be properly tackled at the level of individual national research and development systems. The FPs mainly support projects with considerable “European added value” that stem from transnational collaboration in research, development, and innovation (R&D&I). However, attempts to measure the collaboration [1, 8] are still rather rare and usually based on analysing project results. This article deals with a simple index [2, 3], which might be interpreted as representing the value of “collaborative potential” of EU member countries. Namely, for each given country the index quantifies the ability of its teams to collaborate in transnational consortia with teams from the most prestigious European scientific institutions. Since the “standard” indicators used in FP assessment characterize the participation of member countries in FP7 rather than quantitatively analyse their collaboration [4, 1], the proposed index should complement the usual studies focused on analysing per country participation in FP7. This article confirms the low participation of Czech (CZ) teams in FP7, which was discussed in many previous studies. However, we want to argue that the participating CZ teams collaborate with teams from premier European institutions more intensively than teams from many other member countries.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of the Biological Parts of the National Curricula in Lower Secondary Education in the Czech Republic and Selected Post-Communist Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Poupová ◽  
Vanda Janštová ◽  
Radim Kuba ◽  
Jan Mourek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Biological Knowledge ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Biological Part ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

In the Czech Republic, a revision of the national curricular documents for primary and secondary education is being prepared and intensively discussed. The aim of this paper is therefore to contribute to the ongoing professional discussion and to select the key aspects of foreign curricular documents that may be inspiring for the Czech curricular reform.In our study, we compare the concept of the biological part of the valid national curricular documents for lower secondary education (from the 6th to the 9th grades), the second stage of basic school in the Czech Republic, with five selected post-communist European countries, namely Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. We focused on the following key aspects: a) the major characteristics of biology as a school subject (or the biological part of the subject “science”); b) specification and arrangement of subject matter; c) biology as a scientific discipline; d) didactic recommendations and requirements; e) the way of treating crucial biological disciplines; f) other criteria, such as emphasis on local regions or public engagement.We consider the Estonian and Slovenian educational programmes to be the most inspiring ones, since they elaborate general educational objectives to the level of particular learning content and standards of knowledge. We also find the links to practical work and ICT and connections between biology and general competences very useful when using the documents in classroom practice. The Slovenian document offers an inspiring holistic approach to teaching of biological issues. The Estonian curriculum is a good example of incorporating local aspects, such as typical local ecosystems. The national curricula of both countries recognise biological knowledge and scientific literacy as being very important for the lives of the individual as well as for society.

scholarly journals Checklist of Champion Trees in The Czech Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luboš Úradníček ◽  
Martin Šrámek ◽  
Jaromíra Dreslerová
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
National Database ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Lime Tree ◽  
Tilia Platyphyllos ◽  
The World ◽  
Other Information

Abstract An increasing number of people all around the world have become interested in remarkable and magnificent trees in recent years. Accessible databases of champion trees are available. Unfortunately, the Czech Republic does not have a single database of remarkable or champion trees. We have old tradition to find and describe an old and monumental trees in our country. In 1899 the first book was issued about it. Many of the biggest specimens are already registered in the Monumental Trees database, which is run by the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, registered a total of 25,598 memorable trees in 2017. Not all remarkable or champion trees are designated as memorable. Due too we present the known data on champion trees in an independent checklist. There are shown 116 species of trees with their girth and other information as height, GPS coordinate etc. from various sources. This checklist is a basis for a future one national database. When comparing the champion trees of the Czech Republic with the databases of other European states, particularly that of Monumental Trees, it emerges that we are not far from coming first. The Czech champion tree, Vejda's Lime Tree in Pastviny (Tilia platyphyllos Scop.) measured 1,305 cm at girth in 2015. We would like to prepare one integrated Czech database of remarkable trees and champion trees by help of the Professor August Bayer Foundation as soon as possible.

scholarly journals K počiatkom Archívu Slovenského národného múzea. Príspevok k životu a dielu Márie Jeršovej Opočenskej

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Elena Machajdíková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Museum Management ◽  
Cultural Institution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Source Of Information

The cultural heritage of the nation is protected by memory institutions, which consist, largely, of museums. One of the largest cultural institutions in Slovakia is the Slovak National Museum. Its archive has become a permanent source of information both on the institutional development of this longest continuously operating national cultural institution and the development of museum management in Slovakia. The article provides a brief overview of accessible archival sources on the history of the Slovak National Museum and, moreover, recalls the merits of some important personalities from the Czech Republic working in the field of preservation for Slovakia’s cultural heritage.

scholarly journals Impact of Institutions and Human Capital on CO2 Emissions in EU Transition Economies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
Yilmaz Bayar ◽  
Vladimir Smirnov ◽  
Marina Danilina ◽  
Natalia Kabanova
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Integration Analysis

Environmental degradation is one of the most significant problems of the globalized world. This paper explores the impact of institutional development and human capital on CO2 emissions in 11 EU transition economies over the period of 2000–2018 through co-integration analysis. The co-integration analysis revealed that human capital negatively affected CO2 emissions in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovenia, and that institutions had a negative impact on CO2 emissions in the Czech Republic. However, both institutions and human capital positively affected CO2 emissions in Latvia and Lithuania.

scholarly journals The spatial distribution of gambling and its economic benefits to municipalities in the Czech Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fiedor ◽  
Zdeněk Szczyrba ◽  
Miloslav Šerý ◽  
Irena Smolová ◽  
Václav Toušek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
The Other ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Negative Impacts

AbstractGambling is a specific type of economic activity that significantly affects many aspects of society. It is associated mainly with negative impacts on the lives of individuals and their families, but it also has a positive economic impact on the public budgets of states, regions and municipalities. In this article, we focus on a geographic assessment of the development of gambling in the Czech Republic, which is based on a spatial analysis of data on licensed games and data on the revenues of municipalities arising from gambling. It turns out that the occurrence of gambling is strongly influenced by binary centre/periphery dichotomy, with the exception of the Czech-Austrian and Czech-German border areas which are characterised by a high concentration of casinos resulting from more rigid regulation of gambling on the other side of the border. In this research, the authors develop an innovative scientific discipline within Czech human geography: The geography of gambling.

scholarly journals Legal analysis of the new register of research organizations

Ergo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Martin Kobert
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Body ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
State Administration

AbstractIn the middle of 2017 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports published a new register of research organizations as part of an ongoing effort to establish, within the framework of the Czech Republic state administration, a central body responsible for assessing the defining attributes of research organizations, thereby removing the need for each grantor to conduct such assessment individually. The consequence of this measure is to effectively replace the existing register maintained by the Research, Development and Innovation Council, which essentially has no legal relevance compared to this new register. Successful completion of the assessment is a requirement for research organizations to obtain funding not considered to be state aid therefore the existence of a legally binding register is crucial even though the above mentioned authorities do not perceive it this way. This approach questions the future of the register itself underscored by the fact that it has been marred by legislative errors. However, the register now works and more than 112 entities (updated to 14th of December 2017) are registered and available for grantors to use to assess beneficiaries. The aim of this article is presentation with its legal substance and analysis of its meaning for potential registrants, especially in the context of providing grants, including the relevant issues.

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