As part of the Respekt Global Europe Series, organized by Respekt Institut in partnership with the British Embassy in Prague, Czech economists were invited to discuss the issues of the global financial and economic crisis and the London Summit of the G-20 coming up in early April. The idea was to provide feedback on the priorities envisioned for the summit from Czech experts’ points of view. Several of them have also agreed to shoot short interviews on the fringes of the roundtable. Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at ČSOB and member of the National Economic Council at the Czech government provided opening remarks at the roundtable and shot the following interview after the event.

Tomáš Sedláček put focus on the need of the governments to stabilize public finance and decrease public debt. Martin Tlapa, Czech deputy minister of industry and trade, stressed the need to finalize the Doha Round of WTO negotiations and encourage international trade. Read more to see following videos. Otevřít celý příspěvek »

Caroline Flint, UK Minister of State for Europe, speaks with Marek Havrda of Respekt Institut about climate change and the challenges and opportunities it brings for the European Union regarding its competitiveness on the global market and its relationship with other major actors in the international community.

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Respekt Institute is holding second seminar in partnership with British Embassy in Prague to consider global issues affecting the European Union. On Wednesday UK Minister for EU, Caroline Flint, and Director General, Enterprise and Business Group at UK Industry Ministry, Mark Gibson, will discuss with experts from Czech Republic issues affecting competitiveness and the EU’s leading role tackling global climate change and the shift to a low carbon economy.

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Baroness Morgan (then UK Minister for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) summarises her impressions from a roundtable that Respekt Institut organised in partnership with the British Embassy in Prague in October 2008. The roundtable was part of a series regarding the global dimension of the EU as the Czech Republic assumes the Presidency of the European Council in early 2009.

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We are inviting leading experts in these fields to attend the events and would be very pleased if you would be able to attend a breakfast discussion to take place at from 0800 to 0930 on Friday 3 October at Café Louvre, Národní 22, Praha 1. Attending from the UK will be UK Minister Baroness Morgan who is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality, and the discussion will focus on issues affecting the EU global competitiveness such as labour market flexibility, higher education, research and development, and intellectual property rights.

We would be very grateful if you could contact Jan Kurka (e-mail: kurka@respekt.cz, phone: 773119995) as soon as possible as numbers are limited.

This seminar is hold by Respekt Institute in partnership with the British Embassy in Prague.