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Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
1. Self-introduction
Name:
Vit Pekarek
Organization:
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Current role:
Head of business, marketing and public procurement dpt.
Background:
Doctor´s degree in International Economics Relations, University of
Economics, Prague, Czech Rep.
Email:
[email protected]
About CHMI
2. Czech Republic- map
About CHMI
2. Czech - figures
Population:
~ 10,534,000
Annual GDP:
~ 3883,8 mld. CZK ~ 152,- mld. EUR
(agriculture: 2.4 %, industry: 31.8 %, services: 59.9 %;
construction industry: 5,9%)
Main industry:
automotive and transport engineering, mining industry,
chemicals industry (petrochemicals, chemicals, rubber
industry, plastic materials, pharmaceutical and
cosmetic industry, foodstuff infustry (Meat products,
Milk production, Beer: Pilsner, Budvar, Budweiser),
building industry, textiles industry.
Natural hazards:
flooding,
CHMI Mission
CHMI is National meteorological service & National hydrological service &
National service for air quality.
Belongs under the Ministry of Environment (partly donated institution).
„The CHMI mission is to serve as national institution of the Czech
Republic in the field of Air Quality, Hydrology, Water Quality,
Climatology and Meteorology and to provide objective professional
expertize and service.“
About CHMI
Yearly budget app. 750 mil.CZK (31 mil.€, or 38 mil.$).
Funding Sources:
- app. 180 mil. CZK from commercial activities
- app. 380 mil. CZK from MoE
The CHMI had 692 employees in 2014.
Strength/Weakness:
+ weather and flood forecasting and warning in
the Czech Republic
- PR
Gaps funding:
for example: financing of new investments under
the new Czech Act on Cyber Security
http://www.chmi.cz, http://hydro.chmi.cz
CHMI
4. Expectations from workshop
• knowledge how to set up specific SEB-studies for Czech
Hydrometeorologic Institut.