The Centre of Administration and Operations of the CAS
The CAS institutes’ first port of call
They said about the Centre of Administration and Operations

I will happily turn to the professional team at EURAXESS time and time again. They react very quickly to our incoming staff members’ questions and other needs. I highly value their assistance and am glad that I can rely on the services they provide.

A big thank you to the whole EURAXESS team for your long-term support, services and approachability—you have taken good care of me and my family. I really appreciate your pleasant and professional approach!

The children’s groups made it possible for me to return to work. The fact that my son can attend a children’s group that is operated by my employer is very advantageous when it comes to balancing the demands of work and family.

The “TGM Networking” exhibition (2020) was organized with the support the CAS’s Centre of Administration and Operations. It made everything easier. Our colleagues helped us to discuss our ideas, concept and select the exhibition design company.
Olga Lakomá
HR generalist
HiLASE – Institute of Physics, CAS
Oleksandr Shapoval
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, CAS
Sylva Neumanová
Centre of Administration and Operations, CAS
Martin Jemelka
Masaryk Institute and Archives, CAS

I would like to thank the CAS Technology Transfer Office for their assistance with commercialising our findings. I appreciate their exceptional professionalism and how systematic they are in their work.

I appreciate that I don't need to put out a call for tender for energy supply and thanks to the Centre of Administration and Operations we can be sure of a good price.

We are pleased with how professional the children’s group staff are. The care they take of our children goes well beyond their duties.

We were surprised at how reasonably an academic event, such as an international conference, can be organised when using the services of the CAS’s Centre of Administration and Operations.
Bohdan Růžička
Deputy Director
Institute of Scientific Instruments, CAS
Ondřej Ševeček
Director
Institute of Philosophy, CAS
Růžena Ferusová Živorová
Finance department
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS
Jiří Hejnar
Head of Laboratory, Viral and Cellular Genetics
Institute of Molecular Genetics, CAS
Centre of Administration and Operations in numbers
The Centre of Administration and Operations
25
years supporting the CAS institutes400
employees8
specialised divisionsWe publish public outreach magazines
6000
copies of the quarterlyA / Magazín
10 000
copies of the magazineA / Easy
70
extensive articles every yearWe run the Academia publishing house
1953
Academia was founded100
or more titles are published every year44 000
is the number of pages our editors read each yearWe organise science festivals
20 000
people participated in the 2025Week of The Czech Academy Of Sciences
45 000
visitors came to the 2026Science Fair
6 000
people attended Brain Week2026
We run our own hotel facilities
4
hotels18 500
guests accommodated every year3000
guests from the Academy’s institutesWe run our own childcare facilities
4
children’s daycare groups3
locations in Prague and subsidisedplaces in Brno
64
childcare placesWe offer conference services
14
stylish lecture halls and meeting rooms5
locations280
conferences and events per yearEURAXESS – researcher mobility