Regions of the Czech Republic

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Central Bohemia is the largest region in the Czech Republic and includes the nation’s capital, Prague. It has 1,144 municipalities across 26 districts and strong economic ties with Prague. The region is home to many historical sites, including two UNESCO heritage sites and protected landscape areas.

Major companies, such as Škoda Auto, Toyota, Valeo, AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE, Eaton, RIGAKU, Foxconn, LINET, Lego, Amazon, Philip Morris, and Procter & Gamble, have headquarters or operations in Central Bohemia. The region’s development is focused on becoming a leader in technologies and innovations, attracting businesses and fostering economic growth.

The region has attracted significant investments in science and research, and top research centers of transnational importance have been established here, such as ELI ERIC and HiLASE for high-power laser technologies, BIOCEV for medical research and drug discovery, and UCEEB for energy-efficient buildings. These institutions reinforce the region’s technological leadership.

In addition, the Central Bohemian Innovation Center (SIC) supportsand accelerates the growth of companies through innovation and contributes to the local business environment, from start-ups, spin-offs, to expanding companies. SIC connects research centres and businesses to enhance the region’s innovation potential. Since 2015, it has helped over 500 companies innovate, expand, secure investors, and create new jobs while accelerating more than 150 research projects toward market application. Additionally, SIC coordinates digitalization efforts within the European Digital Innovation Hub Brain4Industry, aiding businesses in adopting digital technologies and artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and competitiveness. It also attracts talent from around the world through the MERIT Fellowship Programme, a postdoc mobility program.

The Central Bohemia Region promotes investment opportunities, particularly in high-value-added fields and services, ensuring continued economic development and technological leadership.

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The Pilsen Region is driven by research, development, and innovation, making it one of the most advanced and productive regions in the Czech Republic. Pilsen, and the entire region, were made famous in the past by globally successful brands, such as Pilsner Urquell and Škoda. Today, these traditional areas are carried on effectively by both the business and research sectors in the Pilsen Region, while new fields are also developing, often through start-up projects. The Pilsen Region builds on long-standing industrial experience and supports research, development, and innovation at the same time, shaping the future and making the region not only a great place for business and studying, but also for living.

There are more than 100 scientific, research, and development teams operating in the Pilsen Region, spread across various disciplines and topics. They can be found in companies, research centres, faculties, and science departments of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, as well as the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Pilsen. The connection with the private sector also earns the teams a lot of recognition internationally. We have excelled in the long term in the areas we concentrate in, which are five so-called specializations - Biomedicine & Technology in Healthcare, Smart Mobility, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Modern Energy Industry, and New Materials & Technologies.

The Pilsen Region wants to be a region of the future, and as such, has long supported activities in the field of innovations and their development, for example through the “Smart Accelerator for the Pilsen Region” project.

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 The Ústí Region is therefore focusing on new opportunities in the field of clean energy sources, particularly development of the hydrogen economy. The region has its own hydrogen strategy focusing on the development of an integrated hydrogen chain from production, transport and storage to final consumption. An important institution is the relatively young Energy Center of the ÚstíRegion (ECUK), which provides a wide variety of services and consultancy. There is also potential for the use of geothermal energy in the region, including research with an international dimension and subsequent application in practice. In the area of public research institutions, the region has strong research background in green and sustainable chemicals and nanotechnology, and it is developing the area of digitalisation through the collection, analysis and provision of open data and data analysis in line with Smart City/Region principles.  

 Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Ústí nad Labem is active in the region and its activities reflect the interests of the Ústí Region, ranging from the development of quality education to research and the development of renewable and emission-free energy, including, for example, the creation of a network of scientific institutes cooperating on research in the field of renewable energy sources and the use of hydrogen in modern carbon-free energy. New study programmes, including a PhD programme, are being developed to train future professionals in innovative and transformational areas of the economy (clean energy, hydrogen).  

 The Ústí Region is also attractive in terms of tourism (f.e. the well-known Bohemian Switzerland). Among the mining monuments in the Saxon and Bohemian Ore Mountains found on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Ústí Region contains the Krupka Mining Landscape and the Mednik Mining Landscape. Another UNESCO World Heritage site in the Ústí Region is Zatec and the Zatec hop landscape, which is the first hop-growing area in the world to be awarded this status. 

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Located in the centre of the Czech Republic, the Pardubice Region will be ranked among important transport hubs in the near future due to the development of road, rail, air and water transport. It is an attractive region thanks not only to its high degree of safety, housing quality, health and life satisfaction, but also to its long industrial tradition. The decision two nearby cities – Pardubice and Hradec Králové – to join forces in the implementation of Integrated Territorial Investments in the Hradec-Pardubice agglomeration, thus further enhancing the area’s attractiveness, has proven to be the right step. The dominant role in the region’s economy is played by the manufacturing industry, which is driven by enterprises buttressed by their own research. The region is home to large companies that develop, produce and sell innovative final products and are competitive on the European and global scale, as well as innovation champions among small and medium-sized enterprises with a significant proportion of their own research at the international level, particularly in radio technology, chemistry and biomedicine. A positive aspect is that three-fourths of research funding comes from the private sector. Basic research is conducted at the University of Pardubice, which is developing successfully and where new space for collaboration is being opened. The P-PINK business incubator, whose operation is focused on active support for start-ups, was established in 2018.  

The Pardubice Region offers a combination of beautiful countryside and magnificent history, arts, captivating music and all possible kinds of sports. The most important events undoubtedly include Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival, the Grand Pardubice Steeplechase and the Golden Helmet. The region is also associated with the taste of Pardubice gingerbread and the presence of horses, which are an essential part of the region. When visiting the Pardubice Region, you will be able to familiarise yourself with the local traditions including handicrafts, see numerous castles and chateaux, ancient military forts and fortifications, urban conservation areas and many attractive examples of Renaissance, Baroque, Art Nouveau and modern interwar architecture. 

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More detailed information was not provided.

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More detailed information was not provided.