Czech Embassy in Cairo

Not even the Eid al-Adha holidays prevented President of the 🇪🇬 Agricultural Research Center Dr. Adel Abdel Azim from a fruitful and friendly discussion with 🇨🇿 Ambassador Ivan Jukl. They covered institutional collaboration as well as mutual cooperation in wheat varieties, sugrar beet, potatoes and livestock 🌾🥔🐂
We can share expertise on all the topics with each other 🤝
Thank you, Mr. President, for your warm reception and let us wish Eid Mubarak to you and all your colleagues! ☪️

Education, research and innovation are the cornerstones of economic prosperity.
All the topics were discussed during today's meeting between 🇨🇿 Ambassador Ivan Jukl and 🇪🇬 Minister of Education and Scientific Research H.E. Abdel Aziz Konsowa.
The meeting also covered scholarships 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Horizon Europe programme 🌅🌍 international branches campuses 🏫🎓 and research centers ⚗️🔬
We look forward to further cooperation! 🤝

Today, we hosted a webinar focused on automotive industry in Egypt and hints for the Czech companies on how to get involved in the supply chain and access the market 🇨🇿🚘🇪🇬

Thank you everyone for participating and of course, huge thanks goes to our three esteemed speakers - Mr Karim Naggar, CEO of Kayan Group, Mr Nasser Elsadany, Chairman's Advisor at the Arab Organization of Industrialization and Mr Ahmed Zoheir, Director of Investment Promotion at GAFI!

Today, our Embassy had the great pleasure of hosting the 2nd Academic Gathering of Egyptian Bohemists organized by Veronika Resslová, lecturer of Czech language posted in Egypt by Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy. Professors, researchers, and students gathered to discuss variety of topics ranging from Czech literature and translation to linguistics and didactics. 📚🇨🇿

We highly value the dedication of this active academic community in promoting the Czech language and culture in Egypt. 🇪🇬 We would like to thank all the speakers from Katedra českého jazyka, Fakulta Al-Alsun قسم اللغة التشيكية بكلية الألسن, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR and Katedra Blízkého východu Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy for sharing their expertise and helping to keep the academic dialogue between our nations alive. 👩🏽‍🎓📑

In light of the upcoming next session of the 🇨🇿🇪🇬 joint economic committee, Ambassador Ivan Jukl met H.E. Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Dr Mohamed Farid Saleh 🤝
What was the meeting about? 🤔
For example:
✉️ Handing over a congratulatory letter to the Minister's recent appointment
↪️ Follow-up to last year's joint economic committee
✅️ Organization of the next round of the joint committee in 2026
📈 Current and future Czech investment projects in Egypt in the area of chemicals 🧪 healthcare 🩺 energy ⚡️ and more
💰 Collaboration in pension funds and venture capital

Ambassador Ivan Jukl met with the Minister of Local Development and Environment Dr Manal Awad to discuss strenghtening cooperation between 🇨🇿 and 🇪🇬
The talks focused on opportunities in agriculture and livestock as well as enhancing joint engagement in research and innovation, including within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme Egypt has recently joined 🌾🐑🧪

České vysoké učení technické v Praze
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Czechia has launched the ČVUT Starting Grant – a program for excellent early-career researchers (up to 8 years after PhD) with strong international experience who wish to establish their own independent research group.

The program offers 🔴
- annual funding of up to CZK 4,000,000 (approx. EUR 160,000) for up to three years
- institutional backing and a tenure-track perspective
- a strong focus on research leadership development
- a one-time relocation package of up to CZK 250,000 (approx. EUR 10,000)
Deadline: 30 March 2026

Complete info 🔬
https://www.cvut.cz/en/cvut-starting-grant

Česká centra/Czech Centres

Čtvrtá skupina repatriovaných českých občanů z Izraele a Palestiny dnes v noci odletěla přes Egypt zpět do bezpečí.



Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky
Armáda České republiky

Ambassador Ivan Jukl held a productive meeting with Dr Samar Al-Ahdal, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates 🇨🇿🇪🇬
They discussed bilateral trade and investment cooperation based on the outcomes of the last joint economic committee and they also disclosed a great window of opportunity in R&D 🔎
Cooperation in future mobility seems especially promising given Egypt's recent accession to the EU Horizon Europe programme 🚆🇪🇺

Další vládní speciál s 80 repatriovanými českými občany ze zemí Blízkého východu právě odletěl z egyptského Šarm aš-Šajchu.

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky
Armáda České republiky
Czech Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel
Czech Embassy in Amman