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President Petr Pavel and First Lady Eva Pavlova ended a two-day trip to the South Moravian Region today. During the visit, the president met with representatives of the region and Brno, held discussions with representatives of technology companies.
The President spoke to the mayors of municipalities that were hit by a devastating tornado two years ago. Among other things, Mrs. Pavlová visited the Danzinger blue print workshop in Olešnice na Moravá.
At the beginning of the trip, President Pavel met with Governor Jan Grolich, Mayor of Brno Markéta Vaňková, and South Moravian representatives.
The South Moravian Region is a champion among regions in supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and new technologies. “Which made it the region that was the first among the regions of the Czech Republic to receive the Business Region of the Year award,” said the president.
He mentioned the availability of education for all age categories of children and students as another positive of the region. On the other hand, he sees transport infrastructure and the level of various quality parameters as problems of life in more remote parts of the region. The topic was also the issue of drought and the possibility of ensuring sufficient water for agricultural production all year round.
Together with the British ambassador, President Pavel subsequently unveiled a commemorative plaque of Czech-British cooperation in the Technology Park in Brno. He also visited the South Moravian Innovation Center, where he debated with representatives of promising companies from small start-ups to companies with billions in turnover. “This center is probably the largest in Central Europe. It can be compared with similar centers in, for example, Eindhoven in the Netherlands and is definitely a place that should inspire followers,” he said.
On the first day of his trip to the South Moravian region, he also visited the Punkevní cave and debated with mayors of municipalities in Blanensko. He talked to them about the unavailability of doctors and dentists. He wants to talk about the problem soon with the Minister of Health Vlastimil Válek.
Today, the presidential couple visited Hrušky in Břeclavsk, where they met with the mayors of the municipalities affected by the June 2021 tornado and with representatives of the Integrated Rescue System. The president talked to them about the way the affected municipalities managed to deal with the two-year-old disaster.
At the end of the trip, President Pavel and his wife visited the archaeological site Hradisko near Mušov and met winemakers in Dolní Dunajovice. From South Moravia, he then headed to Vysočina, where he inspected, among other things, the new Venom and Viper helicopters at the air base in Náměšt nad Oslavou.