The CEP is one of parts of the R&D Information System. The CEP has collected an information about R&D projects supported by different state and other public budgets, according to the R&D Act [Code number 130/2002].
R&D project data have been given into the CEP by all public sponsors (different ministries and other state offices with the responsibility for a state R&D project financial aid, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic and local authorities [territorial self-government]).
CEP database is administered by the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic since 1993, publicly accessible data are updated quarterly.Direct searching in the CEP database is possible through the user application.