Good governance

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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12th March 2018 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

Michal Nebeský: AmCham is not here to create democracy, but we are here to support it

One hundred years after the founding of the Czech state, its economic and geopolitical situation has never been as successful or certain as it is today. We all should be concerned about the global threat to democracy, and each of us need to remember that voting is our right, but participating in the political life of the country our responsibility. AmCham will continue to pursue its economic agenda in ways that support democratic consensus, and plans to focus again on procurement as way to improve economic competitiveness and strengthening public trust.

7th March 2018 / Good governance / Tax & Finance

Good governance: What we should be discussing about highway tolls

In all the commotion over who will win the highway toll tender, commercially and politically, any chance of a reasonable discussion about why we would want a toll system, and what sort of toll system is best for the country, has been lost. This is a defeat for us all. The purpose of public procurement is to use private money collected through taxes and expend it on public goods that will deliver a higher value to the economy and society than if that money had been spent by individual citizens. Since we have had no public debate on what the value of highway tolls are, we have no way of assessing how much value we would receive from any winner of the tender.

7th March 2018 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

GDPR – Office for personal data protection publishes a risk assessment methodology

On 7 February 2018, the Office for Personal Data Protection (the "Office") published a draft methodology for assessing the risk of personal data processing. The risk of processing is a key factor to correctly determine the corresponding obligations of each data controller and processor under the GDPR