Prague, July 3 (CTK) – Delana Mikolasova, from the North Africa and Middle East Department of the Czech Foreign Ministry, will take up the new post of scientific diplomat in Israel this autumn, Adela Klimesova, from the press department of the office of the first deputy prime minister for science, told CTK Friday.
Her major tasks will be the establishment of contacts with Israeli scientists, research institutions and innovative firms and support for their cooperation with Czech scientific-research institutions and industrial enterprises.
“My goal is to support the emergence of Czech-Israeli research programmes, particularly in the fields of biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, IT and engineering. There is a big research potential and opportunities for commercial use in these branches,” Mikolasova wrote in her press release.
“I also want to focus on a better use of new scientific-research centres that have been built in the Czech Republic with EU support,” Mikolasova wrote.
The diplomatic post is for two years and it can be extended. Its establishment is covered by the government Council for Research, Development and Innovations.
“In cooperation with Israeli teams, our scientists can get among the absolute scientific top. Israel is one of the best in the world in innovations, implementation of scientific results and support for start-ups,” said Pavel Belobradek, deputy prime minister and head of the government council.
It was due to these facts that Israel was chosen as a pilot state for the post of a scientific diplomat, he said.
Belobradek said this form of cooperation is also considered in Germany and the United States.
Mikolasova, 29, focused on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East peace process at the Foreign Ministry. She has spent some time on study, working and research stays in Israel, Indonesia and the Netherlands.
She also worked in Tel Aviv as a coordinator of projects in the education and marketing analyses spheres.
Mikolasova studied at the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry. She speaks English, Spanish and Hebrew.
