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Roadmap of Large Research
Infrastructures of the Czech
Republic for the years 2016-2022
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Karmelitska 529/5
118 12 Prague 1
Czech Republic
Prague, November 2019
www.msmt.cz
978-80-87601-43-3
Foreword
Roadmap of Large Research
Infrastructures of the Czech Republic
for the years 2016-2022
R
esearch infrastructures are one of the key pillars of national would be hard to otherwise be obtained by individual stakeholders which the research community in the Czech Republic is participating
research and innovation systems of the EU Member States, the exclusively using the capacities of their home institutions. From this in international research infrastructures outside the Czech Republic
European Research Area as a whole, and other formations of perspective, research infrastructures – open to all their potential user (beyond the Czech memberships in international R&D organisations
the macro-regional and global dimension and impact. They form the communities – help increase the efficiency of expenditures invested in established under international public law). All these large research
backbone network for excellent basic and applied research and they research, development and innovation. infrastructures have been approved by the Government of the Czech
are a platform for the development of the most advanced technologies Besides the benefits of new scientific findings and the develop- Republic for public funding until 2022.
that are characterised by large knowledge-intensity and a potential ment of new technologies that are applied in innovative products I truly appreciate the work of the International Assessment Com-
to be applied in innovative goods and services with high added value. and services, investments in research infrastructures also significantly mittee, which in 2017 evaluated the large research infrastructures
Research infrastructures concentrate above-critical amount of overlap with other socio-economic spheres. Research infrastructures of the Czech Republic, the work of my colleagues from the Ministry
material, human and financial resources in their capacities, which contribute to the development of entire industries and, from the of Education, Youth and Sports, who created appropriate conditions
are necessary to obtain breakthrough knowledge and bring solutions geographic perspective, of entire territorial units, as well as regional for the work of the Committee, and, last but not least, the enormous
to the socio-economic challenges that we are facing. Through their and macro-regional levels of both a national and international nature. engagement of individual research infrastructure teams that have made
equipment, they provide unique opportunities to conduct exceptional Therefore, more and more stakeholders pay attention to research it possible for this Roadmap to be introduced to both professionals and
scientific experiments and research. The users of the research infra- infrastructures. the general public in the Czech Republic, Europe and around the world.
structures come from both the research community and the industrial The research community in the Czech Republic has a wide range
(business) sector that can use the research infrastructures under of expertise that enables to operate a number of research infra-
commercial conditions. structures – in the Czech Republic, these are referred to as “large
Since research infrastructures significantly overlap with the educa- research infrastructures” – with significant international overlaps
tional and industrial areas, they represent the optimal environment to and also allows it to participate in the most important European and
effectively connect the segments of the knowledge triangle, resulting global research facilities that specialise in the physical sciences and
in strong interactions between education, research and industry. engineering, energy, environmental sciences, biological and medical Robert Plaga, Ph.D.
Thanks to the research infrastructures, we have been able to push sciences, as well as health and food and social sciences and human- Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
the boundaries of human knowledge towards unexplored horizons. ities. These large research infrastructures are complemented by the of the Czech Republic
The research infrastructures are also places providing excellent op- Czech e-infrastructure that provides appropriate ICT services to the
portunities for the development of top-class professional careers for large research infrastructures’ operators and users, designed for their
those who operate the research infrastructures and for those who specific individual needs.
use them, i.e. researchers and innovators. This trend requires that the Czech Republic continues fostering
The construction of research infrastructures, the development of favourable legal and financial environment for the operation and
their experimental facilities and the modernisation of their capacities further development of large research infrastructures of the Czech
also provides great opportunities for enterprises that participate in Republic. Only a strategic approach that provides a stable system
procurements to supply such facilities. The public contracts stimulate of public funding will enable the sustainable development of large
businesses to develop state-of-the-art technologies and to increase research infrastructures of the Czech Republic over the long term.
their innovation capabilities and skills. Businesses can then apply For that reason, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, as the
also the advanced know-how, which results from the research and central body of the Czech Republic responsible for the large research
development conducted in research infrastructures, as they can act infrastructures’ policy-making, their support from the public funds of
as partners and participate in follow-up collaborative research and the Czech Republic, and international cooperation and internationali-
development projects of research infrastructures’ users from the public sation, will continue both with the trends that have been established
research area, using knowledge that has been obtained by use of the and with the harmonisation of the Czech research infrastructures’
research infrastructures. policy in compliance with good practice examples provided by the
International “single-sited” research infrastructures, research infra- European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI). The
structures of a distributed nature formed by national “nodes” of the development of large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic
Member States involved, and virtual e-infrastructures, all accessible to will then enhance research, development and innovation, as well as
their user communities on the principle of open access policy, make it the international competitiveness of both the Czech Republic and
possible to address socio-economic challenges much more effectively. the entire EU.
Sharing expertise in research infrastructures also helps prevent the Therefore, I am very pleased that I can introduce to you this up-
fragmentation of investments and duplication of efforts by research, date to the Roadmap of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech
development and innovation funding providers and beneficiaries, i.e. Republic for the years 2016-2022, published in 2019, which shows
research organisations. how the Czech Republic is responding to the challenges and oppor-
Operating research infrastructures fully in compliance with the tunities in the field of research infrastructures. The Roadmap includes
policy of open access to their capacities and within an integrated 48 large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic operated
international environment enables their users to achieve results that in a wide range of scientific fields, including 12 projects through
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Contents
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1. Research infrastructures in the European Research Area 4 10. Structure 23
Host and Partner Institutions of Large Research Infrastructure Projects 24
2. Large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic 5 International Research Infrastructures located abroad and participated
by the Czech Republic 26
10.1 Physical sciences and engineering 28
3. Investments made in large research infrastructures of the Czech 10.2 Energy 58
Republic with the use of EU Cohesion Policy instruments 6 10.3 Environmental sciences 70
10.4 Health and food 82
10.5 Social sciences and humanities 98
4. Typology of large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic 7
10.6 e-Infrastructures 112
5. International cooperation and internationalisation of large
11. Annexes 120
research infrastructures of the Czech Republic 9
Annexes 1: Large research infrastructures approved by the Government of the Czech
Republic for financing from the public funds of the Czech Republic until 2022 120
6. International evaluation of large research infrastructures Annexes 2: International Assessment Committee of Large Research Infrastructures
of the Czech Republic 11 of the Czech Republic in 2017 132
Annexes 3: International Assessment Committee evaluating the benefits of Czech memberships
7. Evaluation of benefits of Czech memberships in international in international R&D organisations founded under international public law in 2016 133
R&D organisations founded under international public law 13 Annexes 4: Working Group for the preparation of the 2019 update to the Roadmap
of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech Republic for the years 2016-2022 134
8. Alignment of periodic updates to the Roadmap of Large Research Annexes 5: Membership of the Czech Republic in international R&D organisations
Infrastructures of the Czech Republic with the process of periodic established under international public law 135
updates to the ESFRI Roadmap 15 Annexes 6: Membership of the Czech Republic in European Research Infrastructure
Consortia (ERIC) 136
9. Summary and outlook for the period after 2022 16 Annexes 7: Involvement of the Czech Republic in research infrastructures listed in the 2018
update to the Roadmap of European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) 138
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Roadmap of Large Research
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Research infrastructures ERIC legal entities, and a transnational access
to their capacities.
in the European Research Area In 2014, EU legal regulations setting the
conditions for the provision of state aid for
research, development and innovation from
public funds, brought about a legislative
definition of a research infrastructure,
T
taking into consideration the specifics of its
he ever-growing importance of research importance and impact. In 2006, the ESFRI At the legislative level, the increased em- financing: “Research infrastructure means fa-
infrastructures in relation to the en- prepared the first ESFRI Roadmap, which phasis placed on research infrastructures of cilities, resources and related services that are
hancement of national research and was later updated in 2008, 2010, 2016 and European relevance has brought a brand new used by the scientific community to conduct
innovation systems of the EU Member States, 2018. The following update to the ESFRI EU legal framework which defines the princi- research in their respective fields and covers
the European Research Area (hereinafter Roadmap is planned for 2021. The ESFRI ples for the governance of European research scientific equipment or sets of instruments,
the “ERA”) as a whole, and the international Roadmap includes research infrastructures infrastructures jointly operated by at least knowledge-based resources such as collec-
competitiveness of EU Member States and the of European importance, whose designs and three EU Member States. Since 2009, this tions, archives or structured scientific informa-
European economy in the global context is concepts have been already successfully put brand new type of legal entity, a European tion, enabling information and communication
reflected in a number of important measures into practice by their host countries (ESFRI Research Infrastructure Consortium1 technology-based infrastructures such as grid,
that have been taken over the past period. Landmarks) or which are under preparation (hereinafter the “ERIC”), has made it pos- computing, software and communication, or
In 2002, following a decision taken by the or in their construction phase (ESFRI Pro- sible to adopt fully flexible models for the any other entity of a unique nature essential
EU Competitiveness Council formed by EU jects), and places them in the context of the management of research infrastructures of to conduct research. Such infrastructures
Member States’ Ministers responsible for re- European research infrastructure landscape a European nature. The ERIC legal entities may be ‘single-sited’ or ‘distributed’ (an or-
search, the European Strategy Forum on in the form of an analytical study. and the “representing entities” of ERIC Mem- ganised network of resources) in accordance principle of open access policy. The concentra-
Research Infrastructures (hereinafter the Parallel to the ESFRI, a specific expert fo- ber States participating in the operation of with Article 2(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No tion of knowledge and technology potential CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche
“ESFRI”) was established. The ESFRI gathers rum was set in 2003 to focus on European European research infrastructures can also 723/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the Community and required material, personnel and finan- Nucléaire) – ALICE Experiment
delegates from the EU Member States, the research infrastructures that are specialised enjoy some advantages that are otherwise legal framework for a European Research cial resources within research infrastructures
Directorate General for Research and Inno- in ICT, the e-IRG (e-Infrastructures Reflection associated with the status of an international Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).”2 eliminate the necessity to acquire facilities of
vation of the European Commission, and As- Group). The foundation of the e-IRG empha- organisation established under the interna- The growing demand for research infra- the same cost at other research organisations
sociated Countries under the EU Framework sized the particular role of the European e-in- tional public law, such as VAT or concise tax structures due to the increasing pressure on specialising in similar research, development
Programmes for research, development and frastructure, which represents the backbone exemption and special rules for procurements. successful addressing socio-economic and innovation goals.
innovation and facilitates their strategic de- ICT environment, capacities and services for Research infrastructures are also includ- challenges, requiring knowledge-intensive
bates regarding issues of policy-making for conducting research, development and inno- ed in the EU Framework Programmes for and technologically most advanced solutions,
research infrastructures of European nature, vation across all branches and fields of science. research, development and innovation also requires a specific approach to be taken
as one of their priorities. In this respect, towards the research infrastructures’ public
their key importance, benefit and impact on administration with respect to political, legal
a progressive ERA development is confirmed and financial coordination, including the ability
by their inclusion into the Excellent Science to undertake long-term commitments at the
pillar of the Horizon 2020, the EU Framework national, European, macro-regional and global
Programme for Research and Innovation levels. Only favourable environment that pro-
(2014-2020). Research infrastructures will vides a long-term stable and predictable sys-
also be included in the Open Science pillar of tem of research infrastructures’ public funding 1/ Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June
the Horizon Europe, the 9th EU Framework enables research infrastructures and their 2009 on the Community legal framework for a European
Programme for Research and Innovation users to achieve all their objectives. Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) as amended
(2021-2027). The budget resources of EU Research infrastructures fundamentally by Council Regulation (EU) No 1261/2013 of 2 Decem-
Framework Programmes for research, de- help make the support of research, de- ber 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 con-
velopment and innovation are used for the velopment and innovation from public cerning the Community legal framework for a European
preparatory phases of European research funds more efficient. They are unique fa- Research Infrastructures Consortium (ERIC).
infrastructures and their internationally-in- cilities at an exceptional level of knowledge 2/ Framework for State Aid for Research and De-
tegrating activities leading to the establish- and technology, and are hosted by their host velopment and Innovation (2014/C 198/01) and the
ment of international consortia, especially institutions, ensuring their operation and fur- Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June
ther investment development, for the use by 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible
all their potential users from the research with the internal market in application of Articles 107
ELI Beamlines (Extreme Light Infrastructure) community and the industrial sector on the and 108 of the Treaty.
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Roadmap of Large Research Roadmap of Large Research
Infrastructures of the Czech Republic Infrastructures of the Czech Republic
for the years 2016-2022 for the years 2016-2022
Large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic Investments made in large research infrastructures
of the Czech Republic with the use of EU Cohesion
Policy instruments
O
ver the past few years, the Czech policy-making and public funding of large re- vation in its role of an expert advisory and
Republic has also responded to the search infrastructures in the Czech Republic. consulting body to the Government of the
increasing importance of research in- Since 2009, importance attributed to Czech Republic. The Council acts on the su-
C
frastructures and for the purpose of showing the large research infrastructures has been preme level and gathers representatives of
them as one of the key elements of the enhanced by the fact that proposals to fi- the most important research, development omplementarily to the state budget came from the Operational Programme Czech Republic has been the Operational
national research and innovation system, nance large research infrastructures from the and innovation stakeholders in the Czech expenditures of the Czech Republic Prague – Competitiveness (hereinafter the Programme Research, Development and
a number of measures towards creating a sta- MEYS’s budget are submitted to the Govern- Republic that represent the public research spent on research, development and “OP PC”). In many cases, investments have Education (hereinafter the “OP RDE”) under
ble environment for research infrastructures’ ment of the Czech Republic for approval as sector and the industrial sphere. innovation, that are used to cover the oper- helped to achieve breakthrough technology which a series of specific calls for the purpose
construction, operation and further invest- the only individual research, development and A specialised communication and mar- ation costs of large research infrastructures, modernisation at already operating large re- of financing the investment costs of large
ment development has been taken. innovation projects in the Czech Republic. keting portal of the large research in- investment costs to modernise the facilities, search infrastructures or the development research infrastructures of the Czech Republic
In 2009, a new legislative instrument3 Stakeholders engaged in the support of frastructures of the Czech Republic both enabling to maintain the research infrastruc- of brand new large research infrastructures was announced for the 2016 to 2019 and
to support research infrastructures from large research infrastructures from the public for Czech and foreign users is the website tures at an exceptional and internationally that have proved not only their Czech na- 2020 to 2022 periods.
the public funds of the Czech Republic was funds of the Czech Republic are coordinated https://www.vyzkumne-infrastruktury.cz/ competitive level, are primarily covered with tion-wide, but also European, macro-region- Beyond the scope of financing the invest-
integrated into the legal regulations that within two expert advisory and consulting en/, operated by the CESNET e-infrastruc- the use of EU Cohesion Policy instruments, i.e. al, and exceptionally also global dimensions, ment costs of large research infrastructures
stipulate the conditions for the provision of bodies. The first of these coordination plat- ture in cooperation with the MEYS and other the European Structural and Investment importance and impact (e.g. ELI Beamlines). that are located in the Czech Republic, funds
aid for research, development and innova- forms is the Council for Large Research partners. Funds (hereinafter the “ESIF”). For the 2016 to 2022 period, the Czech drawn from the EU Cohesion Policy instru-
tion. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Infrastructures, an expert advisory body es- Between 2007 and 2015, the invest- Republic followed up the model of comple- ments are used to cover the costs of de-
Sports (hereinafter the “MEYS”) has become tablished by the Minister of Education, Youth ments in large research infrastructures mentary funding of operation and investment velopment and “in-kind” deliveries of
the central public administration body of the and Sports. The Council joins the officially were made mainly under the Operational costs of large research infrastructures with technology equipment into European
Czech Republic responsible for supporting delegated representatives of the MEYS, the Programme Research and Development the use of state budget expenditures on re- research infrastructures in which the Czech
“large research infrastructures” and in its Council for Research, Development and Inno- for Innovation (hereinafter the “OP RDI”). search, development and innovation and ESIF. Republic participates (e.g. European Spalla-
role as the administrator of the international vation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Investments of a smaller scale that were made The instrument used to cover the investment tion Source) and where the Czech Republic
cooperation of the Czech Republic in research Czech Academy of Sciences, the Czech Rectors in the region of the Capital City of Prague costs of large research infrastructures of the will be able to use experimental facilities once
and development, it has started to promote Conference, the Council of Higher Education they have entered the user phase.
the internationalisation and international co- Institutions, and last but not least, the most
operation of large research infrastructures of important large research infrastructures of
the Czech Republic and their membership in the Czech Republic operated in individual
consortia, especially in ERIC legal entities. scientific fields. The Council also includes the
Under the current legal regulations of Czech delegates to the ESFRI forum as well
the Czech Republic, the capacity of a large as representatives of the National Contact
research infrastructures is defined as “a re- Point for the support of research infrastruc-
search infrastructure4 that is a research fa- tures from EU Framework Programmes for
cility necessary for conducting comprehensive research, development and innovation. The
research and development with high financial other coordination platform is the Council
and technology demands, approved by the for Research, Development and Inno-
Government and established to be also used
by other research organisations.”
In 2010, the MEYS prepared the Roadmap 3/ Act No 130/2002 Coll., on the Support of Research,
of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech Experimental Development and Innovation from Public
Republic for the first time. Its structure and Funds and on Amendments to Some Related Act (the
contents correspond to the ESFRI Roadmap. Act on the Support of Research, Experimental Devel-
It was updated in 2011 and 2015 and the opment and Innovation), as amended.
presented Roadmap of Large Research 4/ Article 2(91) of Commission Regulation (EU) No
Infrastructures of the Czech Republic for 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain cat-
the years 2016-2022, updated in 2019, egories of aid compatible with the internal market COMPASS (Tokamak for Thermonuclear
provides the most current overview of the in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty. Fusion Research)
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Typology of large research infrastructures Nevertheless, there are also international
research infrastructures that have neither the
SPIRAL2-CZ (Système de Production
d’Ions Radioactifs Accélérés en Ligne de
Czech Republic does not exist at the level of
a Government body of the Czech Republic.
of the Czech Republic
ERIC legal form nor international public law 2ème génération). Therefore, the engagement of the Czech Re-
based framework, but are established on the public in these facilities is provided through
legal basis of their host countries (e.g. Jules Beyond the scope of the above typology, the- the research community itself. However, this
Horowitz Reactor). In this case, the state does re is a specific type of research infrastructure does not diminish the importance of such en-
not act as a member of these legal entities that is not funded from the grant for large gagement even though with respect to the
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and the state does not pay for mandatory research infrastructures, but that uses anoth- source of funding, it is not supported from
he basic typology of research infrastruc- commissioned research infrastructures – can liveries of experimental equipment (e.g. membership duties with respect to the given er legislative framework of funding (admin- a grant for large research infrastructures
tures divides facilities into three groups: also be found in the research and innovation to CERN). If such an international research legal entity (typically, these include manda- istered by the MEYS) and which brings the and it cannot be included in the presented
single-sited research infrastructures system of the Czech Republic. infrastructure is an international organisation tory membership fees or “in-kind” form of Czech Republic’s membership in interna- Roadmap in the form of partial large research
situated in one place, distributed research One specific type of large research infra- founded under international public law and/ participation in the operations and/or further tional R&D organisations founded under infrastructure projects of the Czech Republic.
infrastructures including a larger number of structure project in the Czech Republic is the or ERIC, any other obligations related to the investment development of the international international public law. In this respect,
capacities situated in different places, and project implemented for the purpose of secur- Czech membership (i.e. typically the payment research infrastructure). In this case, a large the Czech Republic is a Member State in the
virtual research infrastructures. From the ing the Czech participation in an international of mandatory membership fees) are fulfilled research infrastructure can be seen as an following organisations:
perspective of life cycle stages, research research infrastructure located abroad. The by the MEYS in its role as a public adminis- access point to an international research
infrastructures are classified into research purpose of such a large research infrastruc- tration body of the Czech Republic exercising infrastructure where the large research in- CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche
infrastructures in the preparatory phase, ture project is typically to secure the Czech membership rights in such an international frastructure project holder deals with require- Nucléaire);
implementation / construction phase, share in the construction and/or upgrade legal entity. ments on behalf of the user community of the EMBC (European Molecular Biology Con-
operation phase and decommissioning of technological equipment of an inter- Czech Republic that for ERIC legal entities ference);
phase. All of the above types of research national research infrastructure in the and/or international organisations founded EMBL (European Molecular Biology Lab-
infrastructures – with the exception of de- form of development and “in-kind” de- CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) under international public law are addressed oratory, including ELIXIR);
directly by the MEYS on behalf of the Czech ESA (European Space Agency);
Republic as a Member State of such legal ESO (European Southern Observatory, in-
entities. cluding ELT – Extremely Large Telescope);
The following projects referred to with JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Re-
their acronyms represent the above cate- search).
gories of large research infrastructures in-
cluded in the Roadmap of Large Research Through its membership in NATO (North
Infrastructures of the Czech Republic and are Atlantic Treaty Organisation), the Czech Re-
funded under the relevant grant (international public has become a Member State of the
research infrastructures that the Czech user international organisation VKIFD (Von Kar-
community can access are provided in pa- man Institute for Fluid Dynamics). Through
rentheses): membership in EURATOM (European Atomic
Energy Community), the Czech Republic has
AUGER-CZ (Pierre Auger Observatory); participated in the ITER (International Ther-
BNL-CZ (Brookhaven National Laboratory); monuclear Experimental Reactor) project.
CERN-CZ (Conseil Européen pour la Last but not least, a specific form of the
Recherche Nucléaire); Czech Republic’s involvement in international
CTA-CZ (Cherenkov Telescope Array); research infrastructures is the participation
ESS Scandinavia-CZ (European Spalla- in the following international facilities: ESRF
tion Source); (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) and
EST-CZ (European Solar Telescope); ILL (Institut Laue-Langevin) in France and Eu-
EU-ARC.CZ (Atacama Large Millimeter / ropean XFEL (European X-Ray Free Electron
Submillimeter Array); Laser Facility) in Germany. Membership in the
FAIR-CZ (Facility for Antiproton and Ion above organisations is not provided through
Research); large research infrastructure projects. Given
Fermilab-CZ (Fermi National Accelerator the legal nature of these international entities
Laboratory); that do not show signs of an internation-
JHR-CZ (Jules Horowitz Reactor); al intergovernmental organisation founded
LSM-CZ (Laboratoire Souterrain de Mo- under international public law or the ERIC
dane); legal framework, the membership duty of the
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International cooperation and internationalisation material and financial resources is not broad
enough that they could build and operate such
operation phase of the large research infra-
structure ELI Beamlines, the Czech pillar of the
of large research infrastructures of the Czech Republic research infrastructures and fully use their user
capacities at the national level.
ELI (Extreme Light Infrastructure) European
research infrastructure.
Also for the above reasons, the MEYS In the following period, the Czech Republic
supports intensive international cooperation is expected to become one of the founding
of large research infrastructures of the Czech Member States of ERIC legal entities in
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Republic and their integration within the ERA whose establishment the MEYS and the re-
nternational cooperation of large research operated at the level of the host states would research infrastructures as their preparato- and enters into the legal entities that manage search community in the Czech Republic has
infrastructures of the Czech Republic is enable. Typically, the process of research in- ry and construction phases are implemented the work of research infrastructures at the been intensively participating. They include
a crucial prerequisite for the establish- frastructure internationalisation is conducted through numerous international consortia that international level in its role as the public the European research infrastructures:
ment in the ERA and other macro-regional at the international level, especially for re- associate a large number of countries, and administration body of the Czech Republic
research infrastructure networks, including on search infrastructures specialising in biological through their national research and industrial responsible for the given subject-matter. The ACTRIS (Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases
the global level. At the same time, the interna- and medical sciences (e.g. Instruct-ERIC and communities, also a wide range of specialised Czech Republic has become a Member Research Infrastructure);
tionalisation of large research infrastructures BBMRI-ERIC), social sciences and humanities knowledge, technology expertise and person- State of 14 ERIC legal entities: AnaEE (Infrastructure for Analysis and
of the Czech Republic is also important to (e.g. CESSDA ERIC and CLARIN ERIC) and nel, material and financial resources. Typical Experimentation on Ecosystems);
maximise the use of their potential, both in environmental sciences (e.g. ICOS ERIC), but examples of this type of international cooper- BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanks and Biomolecular CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array);
relation to the Czech domestic and foreign is not unusual for research infrastructures ation are mainly extensive research infrastruc- Resources Research Infrastructure Con- DANUBIUS-RI (International Centre for
user communities. that area operated in the field of physical tures operated in the field of physical sciences sortium); Advanced Studies on River-Sea Systems);
In international research infrastructure sciences and engineering (e.g. CERIC-ERIC). and engineering (e.g. CERN). It can be said CERIC-ERIC (Central European Research INFRAFRONTIER (European Research
networks that associate mainly distributed The basic pre-requisite for research infrastruc- that many single-sited international research Infrastructure Consortium); Infrastructure for the Generation, Phe-
research infrastructures across the ERA ture internationalisation is the international infrastructures could never have been built CESSDA ERIC (Consortium of European notyping, Archiving and Distribution of
(and very often adopt the ERIC legal form), interoperability of e-infrastructure that pro- without extensive international cooperation. Social Science Data Archives); Model Mammalian Genomes).
the expertise and capacities of research in- vides them suitably dimensioned ICT services Even in the most advanced countries, the range CLARIN ERIC (Common Language Re-
frastructures can be effectively shared and (e.g. PRACE). of knowledge and technology, and personnel, sources and Technology Infrastructure); In addition, the Czech Republic is a Member
a much wider portfolio of experimental equip- For single-sited international research DARIAH ERIC (Digital Research Infra- State of international research infrastruc-
ment, knowledge and services than the sole infrastructures, international cooperation structure for the Arts and Humanities) tures listed as international organisations
potential of their individual national nodes is the very reason for the formation of such ELI Beamlines (Extreme Light Infrastructure) EATRIS ERIC (European Advanced Trans- founded under international public law
lational Research Infrastructure in Medi- and specified in Chapter 4 of the Roadmap,
cine); namely CERN, EMBC, EMBL, ESA, ESO and
ECRIN-ERIC (European Clinical Research JINR.
Infrastructure Network); Through its research community, the Czech
ESS ERIC (European Social Survey); Republic is also involved in other European
Euro-BioImaging ERIC (European Re- and global research infrastructures that
search Infrastructure for Imaging Tech- do not have an international legal form.
nologies in Biological and Biomedical Beyond the research infrastructures listed
Sciences); above in Chapter 4 of the Roadmap, they in-
European Spallation Source ERIC; clude research infrastructures such as PRACE,
EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC (European Infra- GÉANT, EGI or GLIF. The involvement of the
structure of Open Screening Platforms for Czech Republic in European infrastructures
Chemical Biology); included in the most current version of the
ICOS ERIC (Integrated Carbon Observa- 2018 ESFRI Roadmap is covered in more de-
tion System); tail in Chapter 8 of the Roadmap.
Instruct-ERIC (Integrated Structural Bi-
ology European Research Infrastructure
Consortium);
SHARE-ERIC (Survey of Health, Ageing
and Retirement in Europe).
In 2020, the ELI ERIC legal entity will be es-
tablished with the Czech Republic as a found-
ing member. The legal entity will manage the
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Infrastructures of the Czech Republic
for the years 2016-2022
International evaluation of large research CZ-OPENSCREEN (National Infrastructure for
infrastructures of the Czech Republic Chemical Biology)
form of consensus reports of a pre-defined
structure. In compliance with the evaluation
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methodology, large research infrastructures
ince 2010, large research infrastruc- and 2022 would be conditioned on a positive in which a large research infrastructure and new submitted proposals thereof were
tures of the Czech Republic have been outcome of their 2017 interim evaluation. reflects on and addresses the needs of granted a score indicating their summary
financed from the public funds of the Moreover, the Roadmap of Large Research its user community from the research and qualitative level on a scale from 5 to 0
Czech Republic under a specific grant scheme, Infrastructures of the Czech Republic for the industrial sphere and contributes to the where 5 was the highest score and 1 was the
following the introduction of a relevant leg- years 2016-2022 stipulated that in 2017, development of scientific field of its spe- lowest. Large research infrastructures that
islative instrument into the legal framework a call will be announced for an ex-ante eval- cialisation; received 0 were found by the International
of the Czech Republic in 2009. Since 2014, uation of brand new large research infra- Cooperation – the cooperation of Assessment Committee to be non-compliant
large research infrastructures of the structure project proposals. Therefore, the a large research infrastructure with with the basic qualitative criteria of large
Czech Republic have been subject to second round of international evaluation other research infrastructures, research research infrastructures.
evaluations that are made periodically of large research infrastructures was or- organisations and industrial partners in Based on the outcomes of the in-
and are organised in the form of an in- ganised in 2017 under the auspices of the Czech Republic, the ERA and all over ternational evaluation that took place
ternational peer-review. the MEYS. The assessment included both the world; in 2017, the Government of the Czech
The first of these international assess- large research infrastructures that had Open access policy – the manner of Republic approved 48 large research in-
ment processes was organised by the MEYS been funded, for which it was an inter- organising open access to the capacities frastructures, including 7 new proposals,
in 2014. It served as an instrument to obtain im evaluation, and large research infra- that a large research infrastructure offers to be funded from the public funds of the
independent expert opinions for the purpose structure project proposals that have to its user community; Czech Republic in the period until 2022.
of taking evidence-based political decisions been developed in the Czech Republic Use of capacities – the analysis of struc- tions made by the International Assess- Physical sciences and engineering; Their list is provided in Annex 1.
by the Government of the Czech Republic on since 2014 as brand new and for which ture and the number of users of a large ment Committee have been reflected; Energy; Members of the International Assessment
the financing of large research infrastructures it was an ex-ante evaluation. research infrastructure in the Czech Re- Communication and marketing strat- Environmental sciences; Committee of large research infrastructures of
from the public funds of the Czech Republic The international assessment of public and abroad and the intensity of use egy – the communication of a large re- Health and food (≈ biological and the Czech Republic and new proposals thereof
for the 2016 to 2019 period. In addition to the large research infrastructures followed of its capacities that are made accessible search infrastructure in relation to both medical sciences); from 2017 are listed in Annex 2.
decision on which large research infrastruc- the evaluation methodology that has in the open access regime; experts and the general public, including Social sciences and humanities (≈ so-
tures that were funded then would continue been applied in the Czech Republic since Research results – the quantity and the development of popularisation activ- cial and cultural innovation);
receiving support from the Government of the 2014 and is inspired by ESFRI evaluation quality of research, development and in- ities. e-Infrastructures (≈ data, computing
Czech Republic, the evaluation process also processes. Prior to the announcement of novation results achieved by the users of and digital research infrastructures).
had an important structuring nature. As many a call to submit documents for evaluation, a large research infrastructure by using The evaluation of large research infrastruc-
investment projects financed between 2007 the subject-matter methodical procedures its capacities available in the open access tures and new submitted proposals was Large research infrastructures and their new
and 2015 by the use of ESIF were gradually were consulted and also approved in the regime, including their benefits for the made by the International Assessment proposals were evaluated by the International
completed, the purpose of the assessment platform of the Council for Large Research development of new technologies; Committee that included 6 scientific panels Assessment Committee based on submitted
was to evaluate the capacities that have Infrastructures. Strategy development – the strategy of with 5 members, each of which 4 members documentation and with the help of outputs
been newly developed with the help of EU As far as evaluation criteria are con- further investment development of a large always were from abroad, 1 member was from an independent external international
Cohesion Policy tools to operate them based cerned, the assessment of large research in- research infrastructure over a short- and from the Czech Republic and 1 was the Chair peer-review which involved 3 independent
on the open access large research infrastruc- frastructures and new designs thereof were long-term horizon, including a feasibility of the panel. The International Assessment peer reviews prepared for each large re-
ture principle. Subsequently, following the focused on assessing the following aspects: strategy and a SWOT analysis; Committee also had a Chair overseeing the search infrastructure, or a proposal thereof.
outcomes of international assessment Budget – the operation and investment evaluation work of the specialised panels so Another input to the evaluation were per-
conducted in 2014, the Government of Expertise – the knowledge and technolo- costs of a large research infrastructure that each panel applied the evaluation cri- sonal interviews organised between rep-
the Czech Republic approved 58 large gy provided by a large research infrastruc- over the period until 2022, including de- teria to the same extent and with the same resentatives of large research infrastructures
research infrastructures to be funded ture to its user community based on the tailed specifications of individual budget relevance. The specialisation of panels on the or those who submitted new proposals and
from public resources between 2016 principle of open access to its capacities; items; International Assessment Committee corre- members of the panels of the International
and 2019. Management – the governance structure Progress over the past period – the sponded to the classification of the Roadmap Assessment Committee. However, the summa-
At the same time, the decision adopted and the procuring of HR resources to oper- main milestones achieved by a large re- of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech ry decision on the outcome of each evaluation
by the Government of the Czech Republic ate a large research infrastructure on the search infrastructure in the period from Republic for the years 2016-2022 and the was the sole responsibility of the panels of
provided that the continuation of funding of principle of open access to its capacities; the last international evaluation in 2014 ESFRI Roadmap. Their expertise included the the International Assessment Committee
large research infrastructures between 2020 Importance and benefits – the manner and the manner in which recommenda- following scientific domains: which prepared the final outcomes in the
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Infrastructures of the Czech Republic
for the years 2016-2022
Evaluation of benefits of Czech memberships procurements for development and sup-
plies of experimental facilities and selection
the level of managerial, administrative, re-
search and/or technical positions and the
personal interviews between the scientific
panels of the International Assessment Com-
in international R&D organisations founded procedures to staff open job positions;
Benefits in the field of research – the
manner in which the Czech Republic uses
the potential offered by an international
mittee and delegates from the Czech Republic
(representing either the MEYS or the relevant
under international public law
structure and the number of members of R&D organisation in the field of HR devel- research community) in the governing bodies
the Czech research community that uses opment with respect to training, research, of the relevant international organisation.
the capacities of an international R&D development and innovation; The evaluation of benefits of Czech mem-
organisation and the intensity of use of Communication strategy – the man- berships in international R&D organisations
capacities by the research community in ner in which the Czech membership in an carried out in 2016 provided the MEYS inde-
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the Czech Republic, including the quantity international R&D organisation is publicly pendent expert opinions that are further used
nalogically to the international evalu- international R&D organisations jointly form ternational R&D organisations with a similar and quality of research results achieved communicated both to experts and to the by the MEYS to adopt measures leading
ation of large research infrastructures a comprehensive methodical framework for focus. with the help of an international R&D or- general public in the Czech Republic with to the maximisation of benefits that the
that are funded in the Czech Republic evaluating large research infrastructures of As far as evaluation criteria are con- ganisation’s capacities; respect to the dissemination of information Czech memberships in the international R&D
through a particularly dedicated grant instru- both a national and international nature in cerned, the assessment focused on the fol- Contributions in the field of technolo- on the success that the international R&D organisations potentially bring. Another cycle
ment of the MEYS, since 2016, the MEYS has whose construction, operations and further lowing aspects: gy development and innovation – the organisation has achieved with the Czech focused, among other things, on an eval-
also been assessing the benefits of Czech development the Czech Republic takes part. transfer of knowledge obtained with the contribution and on the opportunities that uation of the effectiveness and impact of
memberships in international R&D organ- The first cycle of assessment of bene- Participation and engagement man- use of an international R&D organisa- the international R&D organisation offers measures that have been adopted will
isations established under international fits of Czech memberships in internation- agement – the manner in which the Czech tion’s capacities during the development to the research and industrial community take place in 2021.
public law. Similarly to the evaluation of large al R&D organisations established under Republic engages in the managing bodies of new technologies and innovative prod- in the Czech Republic. The members of the 2016 International
research infrastructures, the evaluation pro- international public law was organised by of an international R&D organisation, in- ucts and services and the intensity of en- Assessment Committee that evaluated the
cess is fully based on the principles of interna- the MEYS in 2016. The evaluation focused cluding the manner of coordinating the gagement of industrial sector of the Czech An external input to the evaluation performed benefits of Czech memberships in international
tional peer-review and the applied methodical on the benefits for the Czech Republic under preparation of the Czech positions and Republic in the development and deliveries by the International Assessment Committee R&D organisations founded under internation-
approach can be seen as complementary to its memberships in the international organi- statements and the manner in which the of technological equipment requested by was the outcome of an international peer-re- al public law are listed in Annex 3.
the methodical approach taken towards the sations CERN, EMBC, EMBL, ESA, ESO, JINR research and industrial communities re- an international R&D organisation; view which always involved 2 peer-reviews
assessment of large research infrastructures. and VKIFD. The assessment was performed by ceive information on the possible use of Benefits in the field of HR develop- that the International Assessment Committee
The methodology for evaluating large research the International Assessment Committee the potential that the Czech membership ment – the manner in which the Czech took into consideration in its summary evalua-
infrastructures and the methodology for as- comprising 10 members, including Chair, and brings, especially with respect to projects Republic is represented in the management tion, which was prepared in the form of con- ESO (European Southern Observatory) – ALMA
sessing the benefits of Czech memberships in divided into 3 scientific panels evaluating in- of research, development and innovation, of an international R&D organisation at sensus reports. The evaluation also involved (Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array)
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Alignment of periodic updates to the Roadmap of Large Summary and outlook for the period after 2022
Research Infrastructures of the Czech Republic with
the process of periodic updates to the ESFRI Roadmap
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ince 2002, the EU research infrastruc- ciated Countries is documented by the suc- spans several decades. Therefore, it is nec-
tures’ policy-making has undergone cessful ESFRI forum, the intensively used essary to pay attention to taking a strategic
unprecedented development and has ERIC legal framework and the support approach towards research infrastructures’
registered noticeable progress at all levels of European research infrastructures
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policy-making that must also be reflected in
he Czech Republic has been a long-term research infrastructures can receive political of political, legal and financial coordina- from EU Framework Programmes for long-term political commitments in re-
and an active member of the ESFRI, support from the MEYS for their participation. tion. The specific approach taken by the Czech research, development and innovation, lation to research infrastructures’ fund-
both in terms of adopting ESFRI good In practice, this means that the MEYS organis- Republic with respect to the issue of research as well as from the ESIF. The periodically ing. On the one hand, research infrastruc-
practice examples in research infrastructures’ es international evaluations of large research infrastructures dates back to 2009 and has updated ESFRI Roadmap jointly with national tures are the backbone network for excellent
policy-making, and in terms of engaging in the infrastructures in the Czech Republic so that been adopted after a certain amount of delay. research infrastructure roadmaps of ESFRI research, development and innovation with
ESFRI working groups, including the supreme it precedes the evaluations of European re- However, the 10th anniversary of the large Member States present a vast landscape of high knowledge and technology demands.
bodies. Between 2016 and 2018, the Czech search infrastructures that are submitted for research infrastructures of the Czech Re- research infrastructures that brings the On the other hand, there are 2 necessary
delegate to the ESFRI, Dr Jan Hrušák, was ESFRI Roadmap updates. Large research public, framed by the latest 2019 update most advanced knowledge and technol- preconditions for their construction, opera-
a member of the ESFRI Executive Board and infrastructures that succeed in an evalu- to the Roadmap of Large Research Infra- ogy to the research and industrial communi- tion and long-term sustainable development:
an ESFRI Vice-Chair. In 2018, he was also ation organised in the Czech Republic, or structures of the Czech Republic for the ties that are needed for excellent research, budgetary stability and predictability of
elected the ESFRI Chair beginning 1st January those for which a political commitment years 2016-2022, documents the successes development and innovation.
2019. Dr Jan Hrušák has been the first has been adopted as far as their fund- achieved at the national level. Research infrastructures are facilities
ESFRI Chair coming from the Central and ing from the public funds of the Czech Enhancing the political, legal and financial showing advanced knowledge and tech- ESO (European Southern Observatory) – ELT
Eastern European countries that joined Republic is concerned, or for which such coordination of EU Member States and Asso- nology demands and their life cycle usually (Extremely Large Telescope)
the EU during the 2004 expansion. political commitment can be anticipated
From the perspective of national road- in the near future, can ask the MEYS for
maps of research infrastructures of countries political support for their participation
involved in the ESFRI, an important aspect in European research infrastructure pro-
of the roadmapping is the synchronisation posals applied to updates made to the
of periodic updates to the roadmap with pe- ESFRI Roadmap.
riodic updates to the ESFRI Roadmap. The The political commitment of the Govern-
synchronisation is also important because ment of the Czech Republic regarding the
national entities that engage into new pro- financing of large research infrastructures
posals of European research infrastructures from the public funds of the Czech Republic
that are submitted to be included into the for the period ending in 2022 will guide the
ESFRI Roadmap updates ask for political sup- MEYS in its decision on providing political sup-
port through their national ESFRI delegates. port to those proposals of European research
Political support means that a given ESFRI infrastructures with the Czech participation
Member State can guarantee that the con- that will apply for the ESFRI Project status in
tribution of its national research community the 2021 ESFRI Roadmap update.
to the implementation of a new submitted Currently, the Czech Republic is par-
project of a European research infrastructure ticipating in 28 (out of a total 55) Euro-
is supported with a commitment to such en- pean research infrastructures listed in
gagement at the national level, or at least the most recent 2018 ESFRI Roadmap
with the assumption that such commitment update. Out of those, 23 European research
will be made in the near future. infrastructures have the status of an ESFRI
The Czech Republic synchronises the pro- Landmark (out of a total of 37) and 5 have the
cesses of periodic updates to the Roadmap status of an ESFRI Project (out of a total of
of Large Research Infrastructures with the 18). An overview of the Czech engagement in
processes of periodic updates to the ESFRI European research infrastructures included in
Roadmap so that the stakeholders participat- the 2018 ESFRI Roadmap is listed in Annex 7.
ing in new submitted proposals of European
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