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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30th January 2017 / Good governance / Public Procurement

EconLab on UOHS: Despite improvement review procedures still take too long

EconLab, a think tank at the Prague Charles University, analyzed 3,541 first and second instance decisions made by the Office for the Protection of Competition (UOHS) on requests for review of decisions about awarding public contracts in the period 2012 - 2016. To avoid delays, procuring entities overuse tenders without real competition (single-bid tenders) or use the criterion of the lowest price.

29th January 2017 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance available in Czech

The Czech Institute of Directors in cooperation with Czech Deloitte Corporate Governance Center published G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance in Czech language.

26th January 2017 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2016: Fight against corruption in Europe, including Czech Rep, stagnates (updated)

The Czech Republic ranked 47th (score 55) out of 176 countries, compared with 37th place (score 56) in the 2015 CPI ranking. The country reached almost the same scores in 2015 and 2016, but the stagnation means that other countries perform better. Among the EU member states, the country ranks 19th, which is a slight improvement.