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

in eco-innovative activities and potential consumers do not have sufficient market
impulses.
According to analyses, the following are the most important barriers of the supply
of eco-innovations:
● the state support for eco-innovations is not systematic, effective and
coordinated,
● the cooperation between research and development institutions and the private
sector is not sufficient,
● the absence of venture capital and economic stimuli (subsidies, taxes,
amortization),
● a lack of human resources with the required specialization and the necessary
degree of flexibility.
The ongoing evaluation specifies the following priority areas of the potential
support for eco-innovations:
● the second generation of bio-fuels,
● hybrid automobiles,
● technologies for retaining and storing CO2,
● bio-plastics,
● membrane technologies for water filtration,
● utilization of solar energy for air-conditioning,
● decentralized handing of water,
● automatic separation of raw materials from waste,
● new construction materials,
● efficient transmission of heat.
1.2.5 | Outline for the next period in the Czech Republic
At the beginning of 2009, the MoE prepared a document on the update of the
Programme (hereinafter only “Update”), which was discussed and approved by the
MoE on April 10, 2009. The document stresses the issue of eco-innovations and the
suggested measures reflect the impact of the global financial and economic crisis.
For next period, the Update proposes priorities for reducing the emissions of
greenhouse gases and air-polluting elements (with an emphasis on the integrated
approach), the reduction of the quantity of produced and discharged waste water,
a decrease of the quantity of produced waste and the repeated use of waste. The
sector priorities are energy production, transport and the manufacturing industry.
The Update proposes 18 specific measures at four levels of public administration.