PH Ambassador Visits Czech Universities to Boost Academic and Research Cooperation
Top photo: Philippine Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez (middle), flanked by Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and Consul General, a.h. Bretislav Skacel, exchanges views and ideas with Vice Rector Bretislav Dančák and Mrs. Violeta Osouchova at Masaryk University in Brno on 12 May 2023. Bottom, left photo: Rector Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš welcomes PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez to Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. Bottom, right photo: PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez (R side, middle), flanked by Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and Consul General, a.h. Bretislav Skacel, raises a point with Rector Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš at Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photos)
PRAGUE, 22 May 2023 – Philippine Ambassador to the Czech Republic Eduardo R. Meñez visited Masaryk University and Mendel University on 12 May 2023 to explore the expansion of cooperation in education and research with Philippine universities.
In Masaryk University, Ambassador Meñez and Vice Rector Dr. Břetislav Dančák discussed the current status of relationship between the university and Philippine counterparts and exchanged views on possible new areas of collaboration, including cybersecurity and regional political-economic security relations.
Masaryk University is a research university. Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who recently visited the Philippines and held a meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in April 2023, was once its rector.
In Mendel University, Ambassador Meñez and Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš, Rector of Mendel University, discussed exchanges between students, researchers, and faculties and programs to address the effects of climate change on agriculture and food security. They also explored new areas of possible cooperation, such as in biotechnology, food technology, and fish and meat production.
The visit, the first among many that the Ambassador will undertake during the year, is significant as it supports one of the main priorities of the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. – agriculture and food security.
Mendel University, which has cooperation agreements with eight universities in the Philippines, is a public institution with one institute and five faculties, among which are agri-sciences, forestry and wood technology, and horticulture. END
Vice Rector Bretislav Dančák welcomes Philippine Ambassador to the Czech Republic Eduardo R. Meñez to Masaryk University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photo)
Philippine Ambassador to the Czech Republic Eduardo R. Meñez signs the memorial book at Masaryk University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photo)
Left photo: PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez, together with Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares, discusses PH priorities in agriculture in his meeting with officials of Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. Right photo: Rector Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš (middle), together with Vice Rector for Strategy and Sustainability Doc.Ing. Martin Klimanek (R) and Vice Rector for International and Public Affairs Prof. Ing. Jiri Skladanka (L), meets PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez and his team at Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photos)
Left photo: Vice Rector Prof. Ing. Jiri Skladanka and Rector Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš look on as PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez signs the memorial book at Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. Right photo: Rector Prof. Dr. Jan Mareš and PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez share a light moment while touring the fishery laboratory at Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photos)
Left photo: Insects in your meatloaf. PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez tries the meat, mixed with edible insects, produced at the food technology laboratory of Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. Right photo: Cheers to a new beer recipe: PH Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez, together with university and embassy officials, taste the beer that will soon be launched in honor of the geneticist that the school was named after at the food technology laboratory of Mendel University in Brno on 12 May 2023. (Prague PE photos)
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