Czech Republic has been granted observer status in CPLP - Community of Countries that is made up of 9 member states with more than 270 million people.

Date: 24 April 2019, from 13:30 at Czernin palace MFA (registration starts at 13:00) Address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the , Loretánské nám. 5, Praha 1

Programme: 13:30-14:00 Opening speech Moderator: Martin Tlapa – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Speakers:  Tomáš Petříček – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic  Luis Tavares – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities of the Republic of Cabo Verde  Teresa Ribeiro – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Salutatory address:  Francisco Ribeiro Telles – Executive secretary of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

14:00-15:15 Panel I Development of trade-economic Relations with Portuguese-speaking countries Moderator: Petr Šelepa, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Portugal Topics and speakers:  Portugal  Czech-Portuguese trade and economic relations o Bořivoj Líbal, Chairman of the Czech-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce o Veronika Debrecéni, Executive Secretary of the Czech-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism   Experiences of Czech Businessmen with the Brazilian Market: o Pavel Šembera, Secretary of Brasil CZ, s.r.o. o Petr Foit, Global Sales Director Export, Linet spol. s r.o.  Perspective of cooperation between the Czech Republic and CPLP o Gonçalo de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão, ambassador of Brazil   Economic and investment environment: o Francisco Lello, Angolan Investment and Export Promotion Agency o Ondřej Suchánek, Člověk v tísni

15:15-15:30 coffee break

15:30-16:45 Panel II Cooperation in education, science and culture with Portuguese-speaking countries Moderator: Iva Svobodová, Professor of Portuguese, Masaryk University Topics and speakers:  Portugal  Activities of Instituto Camões/Portuguese centre in Prague: o Guilherme Figueiredo, head of Instituto Camões  Phenomenon of Portuguese medical students in the Czech Republic: o José Francisco Correia de Lemos Pavão, Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Porto  Brazil  Czech-Brazil Scientific Cooperation o Petr Zelenský, Institute of Czech-Brazilian Academic Cooperation  CPLP  Activities of Czech Lusitanist Society: o Šárka Grauová, Charles University, Faculty of Arts  Angola o Klára Jelínková, Člověk v tísni

16:45-18:00 Reception, Translation Prize Hieronymitae Pragenses ceremony accompanied by musical performance of Camões House Band The group is composed by 2-6 members originating from the Czech Republic, Brazil and . Coming from the jazz or rock background and sharing a common passion for the music from Portuguese-speaking countries they create a very particular fresh music fusion inspired by jazz, pop, Portuguese fado, morna, Brazilian bossa nova, samba and other rhythms.

Working languages will be Portuguese, Czech and English, with simultaneous interpretation.