Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

This section details initiatives to make government a competitive advantage. It includes analysis and reports of government initiatives, as well as data on accountability and performance measures.

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1st February 2016 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


AmCham Policy Report 2016, Issue 1 - February 1

AmCham published its 1st Policy Report on Good Governance and Economic Development in 2016. Last fall, AmCham debated what our advocacy priorities should be for 2016. We made a strategic choice. We would get back to what we like to do: pursue economic development issues. Since so many others had jumped into the fight against corruption, we felt we could cut back our hours there, and start examining how research could contribute to higher value-added exports, or how the Prague-Brno corridor could become the primary catalyst for the Central European region. We slid good government to fourth, and last, place among our economic priorities. Read the report...
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27th January 2016 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Transparency International Czech Republic: Corruption Perceptions Index 2015: Czech Rep. up 16 places, still far bellow European average

Transparency International released their Corruption Perceptions Index 2015, with Czech Republic moving up from 53rd place in 2014 to 37th place in 2015 in this worldwide ranking. Among the EU member states, the Czech Republic ranks 22nd, compared with 25th place in 2014. "We expected the upward trend to continue, but not such a steep improvement...
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24th January 2016 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


CTK: Five embassies launch anti-corruption campaign in Czech Republic

The embassies of Britain, Canada, Norway, South Korea and the United States in the Czech Republic have just launched a six-week anti-corruption campaign aimed to share experience in fighting corruption in various spheres, the Czech News Agency informed..  
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic