Czech Republic has been granted observer status in CPLP - Community of Portuguese Language 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 Czech Republic, 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 Portugal 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 Brazil 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 Angola 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 France. 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, Cape Verde morna, Brazilian bossa nova, samba and other lusophone rhythms. Working languages will be Portuguese, Czech and English, with simultaneous interpretation. .