Events 2007

Signing of U.S.-Czech Science and Technology Agreement

Ambassador Graber and Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Dana Kuchtová signed a U.S.-Czech Science and Technology Agreement

September 7, 2007

U.S. Ambassador Richard Graber and Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Dana Kuchtová signed September 6 a U.S.-Czech Science and Technology Agreement. The official signing ceremony was held in the premises of the Ministry of Education.

The agreement builds on an agreement signed in June 1998.  It promotes dynamic and effective cooperation among a broad array of scientific organizations and individual scientists in both countries. The aim is to develop, support and facilitate scientific and technological cooperation including basic research, applied research and development.  Cooperative activities may include coordinated programs and joint research projects, joint scientific workshops, conferences and symposia, exchange of scientific and technological information, exchange of scientists, specialists, and researchers, exchange or sharing of equipment or materials.

Ambassador Graber comments: "This agreement builds on the strong record of scientific cooperation between our two countries to further our mutual efforts and address some of the most difficult scientific challenges facing the world today."