Analyza ú asti eskych organizací v Rámcovém programu pro konkurenceschopnost a inovace

The article deals with Czech participation in the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). CIP has been one of the European tools to support economic development and competitiveness of EU member states. The article describes each of the operational programmes the CIP is divided into. It analyzes the common characteristics of projects with Czech participation, as well as the structure of Czech participants. In order to provide relevant results, the article uses Polish and Slovak participation in CIP projects as a benchmark.