On October 19, 2021, an informal meeting of MEYS CR representatives lead by dr. Marek Vyšinka (research and development section of MEYS) with investigators of infrastrutural projects EU.ARC (ALMA), EST-CZ, and CTA-CZ took place at the observatory in Ondřejov.
The Council of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) elected Dušan Mandát the member of the Scientific Technical Committee of ESO (STC). STC is the main advisory body of the Council and the Director General on scientific and technical matters. STC is composed of representatives of ESO member states and Dušan Mandát will replace at this position Dr.
Dr. Dušan Mandát from the Joint Laboratory of Optics visited in the past days together with his colleagues from FZU Dr. J. Vícha and Ing. A. Bakalová Arequipa in Peru, the candidate site for building of the future Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO).