Environmental Technologies and Eco-innovation in the Czech ...

Conclusion
The application of environmentally and eco-innovative technologies brought
about the required positive effects of reducing industrial pollution and increasing
environmental protection at the European level.
Environmentally friendly technologies can not only be applied in Europe, but can
also serve as an export that fulfils two functions – these technologies represent an
opportunity for better production and further innovation while helping to reduce
environmental burdens where they are utilized. The transfer of know-how in the area of
environmental technologies and eco-innovation, especially to Third World countries,
is also viewed by the European Commission as an important environmental protection
tool that requires increased attention these days.
The publication is an initial look into the issue of environmental technologies and
eco-innovation in the Czech Republic. Concrete examples of successful development,
production and the application of different technologies in practice prove that the
Czech Republic is a country with a high potential of using advanced technologies in
a number of industries and agricultural branches and that there is a high potential
for their further application. Neither the definitions of sectors, nor the list of
individual technologies are either final or closed. On the contrary, eco-innovation and
environmental technologies can be applied in a wide range of situations in the Czech
Republic.
This is also proved by the 8 th edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard that
was introduced in Brussels on 22 January 2009. The document compares the levels of
innovative systems between EU member state policies and other selected countries.
The Czech Republic ranked 15 th out of the EU27 and is among “moderate innovators”.
The Czech Republic’s innovation efficiency is below the EU27 average, but the annual
growth of the innovation index, used to measure innovation efficiency, is above the
EU27 average.
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