A summit meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) Council at ministerial level was held in Paris in the presence of transport minister Martin Kupka. Delegates from 31 countries discussed the priorities of the European Space Agency for the coming years, the use of space technology in industry and the budget for ESA's science and technology programmes.
The interactive app for motorcyclists, which introduces the risks of real road traffic, received another award; it was ranked third among all national digitalisation projects of public administration in the Czech Republic. The award is announced annually by the Egovernment Magazine. The Road Safety Team has been working on the app for four years together with the Association of Driving Schools of the Czech Republic and other partners. In the development they also used their own experience from teaching motorcyclists.
At the Mobility Education Summit in Abu Dhabi the Ministry of Transport presented Czech projects involving driver education and testing. It presented a new set of test questions for students of driving schools, an interactive application simulating dangerous situations in traffic called “Hazard Perception” and traffic education projects Učme se přežít (“Learn to Survive”) and Start Driving.
On Friday, transport minister Martin Kupka attended the presentation of the completed chassis of the satellite for the PLATO space science mission. It was made by the Brno-based company S.A.B. Aerospace s.r.o. and will hand over the equipment to the European Space Agency (ESA) main contractor, OHB System AG, in the coming weeks. The chassis will be fitted with other systems and the complete chassis will be delivered to ESA. At the moment it is the most advanced and costly space project of its kind in our country.
The possibility of using European Investment Bank (EIB) funds for the construction of transport infrastructure has been confirmed by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Czech Republic and the European Investment Bank. EIB's financial and technical support will be aimed at financing railway projects between 2023 and 2027 up to a maximum of EUR 7 billion.
Personalities from the Czech automotive, railway and aviation industries, together with representatives of key government organizations, academia and innovation infrastructure, officially launched the Mobility Innovation Hub. The aim of this hub is to effectively transfer innovations into practice by connecting the stakeholders.