This report was prepared as background for a series of implementation workshops involving the regions of Czechia and the national government. The workshops are part of an OECD project to develop a self-assessment toolkit for barriers to regional innovation diffusion that aims to provide policy makers with a tool to assess strengths and weaknesses of innovation diffusion channels in their regions. This report draws on data collected by the OECD and stakeholder interviews that underpin the workshops at national and regional level in Czechia. It leverages a conceptual framework currently being developed for the project.