1. „Doing Business in the Czech Republic“ Briefing for the Members of the Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce Business Trip to České Budějovice (24 April) and Brno (25-26 April) Ambassador of the Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Petr VOZNICA

2. “CZ-SI trade has been influenced by global challenges, but we survived!”

3. “CZ-SI trade has been influenced by global challenges, but we survive!” ExportImportBalanceTrade-off EURNo.IndexEURNo.IndexEURNo.IndexEUR 199397 37119.-45 53125.-142 90223.-51 840 2004308 21620.108,8298 25125.112,2606 46722.110,49 965 2005359 00121.116,5304 45928.102,1663 46023.109,454 542 2006384 99922.107,2381 16229.125,2766 16126.115,53 837 2007497 32222.129,2439 94528.115,4937 26724.122,357 377 2008563 79420.113,4458 88129.104,31 022 67525.109,1104 913 2009441 00022.78,2339 17031.73,9780 17025.76,3101 830 2010528 10423.119,8401 12131.31.118,3929 22529.119,1126 983 2011583 23124.110,5456 50032.113,71 039 73127.111,9126 731 2012/I45 20625.96,034 21432.100,379 42031.97,810 992

4. “Czech Republic - Your Partner” CZECH REPUBLIC (basic data) Area:78.864 km 2 Population:10.4 mil. (tbc. after census, March 2011) Official language:Czech Languages used in business: English, German, Russian, Slovak Political system:parliamentary republic Currency:1 Czech Crown (CZK) actual exchange rate 1 € = 24,23 CZK Capital:Prague (population 1.2 mil) Administrative division:14 regions (incl. Capital City of Prague)

5. “Why to start business in the Czech Republic?” “Is the investment environment in the Czech Republic friendly enough?” CSS as an invitation to (not only but) the Czech Republic Positive investment conditions; most notable factors are sustained enhancements to the business environment ability of pre-eminent intellectual capital while the others shall not be left out of consideration political and economic stability no discrimination investment protection property right protection profit repatriation acquiring real property

6. “Main Reasons to Invest in the Czech Republic” safe investment environment skilled workforce high share of secondary and tertiary education within the population favorable labor costs and price stability central location in Europe compact and high-quality infrastructure transparent system of investment incentives strong focus on R&D stable social and political system EU membership mentality, culture and attitudes close to western countries enviable life style

7. “CzechInvest – agency for the infusion of foreign investment” Investment opportunities automotive industry aerospace industry electrical engineering and electronics nanotechnologies life sciences cleantech high-tech mechanical engineering IT and software development business support services R&D

8. “The Embassy of the Czech Republic provides support to government-to- government but also business-to-business activities” The aim of Czech Embassy support is to provide a comprehensive, free of charge “service” for small and medium-size (primarily) enterprises survey and analysis of economic trends, provision of economic information needed/requested good offices between CZ and SI enterprises/agencies establishment of business forums/workshops/presentations of CZ enterprises/agencies create conditions for active participation at international fairs development of projects supporting economic diplomacy (AGRA 2011) organization of business delegations to SI,

9. South Bohemia Region - traditionally industrial and agricultural land with opportunities for cooperation in tourism South Bohemia region – České Budějovice (www.jiznicechy.cz)www.jiznicechy.cz - area 10 056 km 2 (12,8% of the Czech Republic) - population 637 460 - 637 municipalities, from it 53 towns - known by its lakes (fish ponds) and beautiful villages - region with developed engineering, textile industry, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and food-processing industry; South Bohemia Regional Chamber of Commerce (www.jhk.cz)www.jhk.cz - aim to support development of entrepreneurial atmosphere and enforcement of entrepreneurs´ interests - Director Ing. Jiří Stráský

10. South Moravia Region – mechanical and electrical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, international fairs, vineyards South Moravia region – Brno (http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihomoravský_kraj )http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihomoravský_kraj - area 7 196,5 km 2 (9% of the Czech Republic) - population 193 930 - 673 municipalities, from it 48 towns - known by its history (Great Moravia, Battle of Austerlitz) and today International Fair Brno - region with developed mechanical and electrical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, food-processing industry, agriculture and high quality of wine; Regional Chamber of Commerce Brno (www.rhkbrno.cz)www.rhkbrno.cz - aim to support entrepreneurs´ activities, enforcement and security of interests of Czech companies - Director Ing. Petr Bajer, CSc.

11. “The Embassy of the Czech Republic provides support to government-to- government but also business-to-business activities” How to find us? Embassy of the Czech Republic Riharjeva 1 Ljubljana tel.: + 386 1 420 24 50 e-mail:ljubljana@embassy.mzv.czljubljana@embassy.mzv.cz,

12. “Who else? Important contacts in Doing Business in the Czech Republic” Ministries Ministry of Foreign Affairshttp://www.mzv.czhttp://www.mzv.cz Ministry of Industry and Trade http://www.mpo.czhttp://www.mpo.cz Ministry of Agriculturehttp://www.mze.czhttp://www.mze.cz Agencies CzechTrade (supporting trade)http://www.czechtrade.czhttp://www.czechtrade.cz CzechInvest (business and investment]http://www.czechinvest.orghttp://www.czechinvest.org Confederation of Industry and Transport http://www.spcr.czhttp://www.spcr.cz General Information Business Info (gateway for business)http://www.businessinfo.czhttp://www.businessinfo.cz,