V4 leaders sign the Warsaw Declaration on innovation

The leaders of Visegrad Group members – Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Czechia, signed the Warsaw Declaration on innovation in the CEE during the Innovation Summit held in Warsaw. “The declaration opens up a path to innovation, so that the CEE region can be competitive with the most innovative global economies,” Polish Deputy Minister of Development Jadwiga Emilewicz said. The document pledges to strengthen collaboration in research, technology, innovation and digitization. The group will use its International Visegrad Fund to fund R&D projects run by scientists and entrepreneurs. In 2017, the fund will have €8 million to spend. The group wants to focus first on the 5th generation of mobile networks technologies (5G), where it believes it gain a competitive edge. V4 members also declared to promote regional start-ups on international markets.