Industrial research: outcomes from five out of eight audited projects not put into practice, problems found with other projects as well
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) audited industrial research projects, which were managed by Technology Agency of the Czech Republic in the period from 2011 to 2014. Auditors selected and scrutinized 35 projects, which were granted CZK 425 million in total. The SAO was not allowed to scrutinize around half of the amount (CZK 217 million) as the SAO’s powers are limited by the law.