Faculty of International Relations

Setting up the coordination mechanism within the Presidency of the Council of the EU: preparation and realization from the perspective of selected Member States, lessons learned, and recommendations for CZ PRES 2022

The Board of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA CR) has decided to finance projects in the field of basic research for the coming year. The competition was great, the agency saw a significant increase in support applications. GA CR will thus distribute funds in the total amount of CZK 4.2 billion.

The FMV Department of International Trade will co-work the research project "GVCs in Central Europe - a Perspective of Automotive Sector after COVID-19" with the support of the Visegrad Fund.

The second year of the PwC Consulting Challenge focused on technology consulting, took place in an unconventional online environment this year. The participants faced solving a real challenge of the Finnish delivery company Wolt, namely regional expansion on the Czech market. In one week, participants had to come up with an overall go-to-market strategy. By connecting business with technology, students tried to ensure the overall simplification and streamlining of the entire process from ordering to delivery. The team, consisting of Julie Janáková, Martin Rampa, Nikola Lomenčíková and Matúš Káčer, got out of almost 100 teams into the final round among the top 10 and placed 3rd. The best  teams presented the case study solution to the jury, which consisted of the top management of both companies.