FINANCING OF THE PUBLIC RESEARCH                    INSTITUTION


                                          PETRA ADÁMKOVÁ


                                           PETR MRKÝVKA


Key words

Public research institutions, public allowance organizaton, legal personality,  property


With effect from 1.1. 2007 a new corporation of public law has been formated into severally types
budget organisations in Czech Republic – Public Research Institution. It have happened under
authority of the Public Research Institution Act No. 341/2005, which have been accepted on
28.7.2005 and became operative on the day of publication 13.9.2005. Depending upon law construction
mentioned § 31 subs.1 this act selected public allowance organizations have been transformed into
public research institutions with effect from 1.1. 2007  and have been registered in official
registry of  public research institutions which is guide Ministry od Education. The reason of
acceptance new corporation in the spere of suicidology and research was the fact, that until then
dominant form of allowance organization was not convenient in long-term aspekt. Particularly
depending on membership of Czech Republic in European Union. Member countries of EU is not analogue
in corporations of research and developement because its legal personality is restricted of having
no holding and having no guarantee-ability for obligations (it is usually ether autonomous
corporation including all discretions and duties or activity appropriate of public abroad). Until
date legal personality there was barriers to direct cooperation with foreign institute and to
participation in consortium on solutions to projects of framework programs EU as well as other
activities European research area which gave rise to diminishing returns of means embedded by Czech
Republic. But not all departmental research institutes were transform by admited legal form. This
transformation have been out of small proportion of research and developement allowance
organisations and some of allowance organisations researching mainly specification as public order.
As well as research institutes which are  activity appropriate of public could not be converted to
new form according to above-cited Act because these institutes had not legal personality. Public
research institution have become propered variant for the transform of this depertmental research
institute`s part which had a form of public allowance organizations, universal form for public and
for statutory founders which  are acting in public service area – i.e. in educational field, public
health, etc. This readjustment of law allow better and more effective utilisation of financial
ressource by the research institutes and raise alternative resources for financing of research and
developement e.g. attainment of  makings from other activity, confinancing from the  private
sources, unnecessary property release, better organization savings, participation in external
programs etc. It brings higher autonomy and lability research station especially at economic
sphere. Thanks this readjustment of law can be done much more for better support and better
remunderation foexcelent research worker, for reciprocal profitable university interface, for
marked consolidation direct cooperation with bussines sphere which is of benefit to both parties,
for effective developing another activities of workplace, for construction of spin-off companies
and other institutions, which are going to support to better use to researching work – all in
compliance with criteria of law and under the conditions of not break an open economic competition
by this new activities and under the conditions of not using general budget`s grants for commercial
purpose and over the ambit of this legislation. Public research institutions have got over first
year of availability. This year was in token of administration and staffing arrangement, including
modification of property relations. On the subject of previous legal regulation, this regulation
contribute to more effective using potential financial resources in the sphere of research without
question.


The Public Research Institution is corporation its main object of aktivity is research, including
assurance of research infrastructure, which is definition by support of research and developement
act. The public research institution assurance research by its main object of aktivity. This
research is support especially from public funds, under the conditions for providing public support
which are given by the European Community due.


Contact : p.adamkova@mail.muni.cz