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21st June 2021 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs


Innovative workforce is the most important issue this country will be facing in the next years

AmCham Human Resources Committee session moderated by Weston Stacey, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic on June 15 opened a series of AmCham General Assembly 2021 events focused on the issue of emerging from Covid combined with best practices from day-to-day operations of businesses during the pandemic.

21st June 2021 / Economic policy / Business and Industry


AmCham General Assembly 2021: Innovating the Innovation Economy - Outline

AmCham members are invited to AmCham 2021 General Assembly to be held in the course of June. See the agenda. 

18th June 2021 / Good governance / Social Responsibility


LINET Provides Support to the Côte d'Ivoire in the Fight Against COVID-19

Twenty Eleganza 1 beds, worth €40,000, were donated by LINET as direct aid to the Côte d'Ivoire's healthcare system in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation will be used at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire (Chu) in Treichville, which is part of the Abidjan metropolitan agglomeration.

18th June 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Detailed home office regulation still not in sight (II): employee monitoring

In this article, we deal with the pitfalls that the monitoring of employees working from home may pose for employers. In this case, the employer’s right to know whether employees are performing the assigned work during working hours and are not misusing working tools issued to them stands against the employees' right to privacy.

 

18th June 2021 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


Remote life: Automation, application reduction, and automatic tracking of KPIs can help improve your team’s work habits

Promptly sending employees to their home offices is how most organizations responded to the coronavirus crisis. This resulted in a change of the typical work model, leaving a room for its improvement. The scope of work itself has remained the same or similar, but the work environment, work habits, cooperation, and communication between colleagues have changed dramatically. So, how can managers reduce and prevent the potential negative effects of this change on employees? Conversely, how can they take advantage of the benefits of working from home and adaptive or hybrid workplaces? The answer is a better use of artificial intelligence and data.

Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy

  1. Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
  2. The City Campus as Idea Factory
  3. Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
  4. Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization

Advocacy Priorities for 2023 
 
Technology, People, Infrastructure

 

Actions Recommended in Areas:

1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.

2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).

3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.

4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.

5. Immigration of STEM Talents.

6. Digitization of Immigration. 

7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.

8. Digitization of Land Use.

9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.

 

 

Read the documents in English and Czech.

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