We visit the German-Czech Chamber of Commerce in the Czech capital, Prague. The organisation helps set up contacts for German investors looking to co-operate with Czech firms, or start their own operations.Our reporter Ute Schneider meets up with Mirjam Schwan, the co-ordinator for one of the chamber’s biggest success stories, the Volkswagen subsidiary Skoda. Mirjam Schwan believes it is particularly important to promote innovation and research during this time of economic crisis. The Czech Republic has one of the strongest economies in eastern Europe and business has boomed in recent years. But with the global economic crisis, zero growth is now predicted for 2009.