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14th August 2024 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Amendment to allow employees to self-schedule their working hours

The Ministry of Labour has set for itself the commendable goal to make labour-law regulation more flexible. To this end, it drafted several amendments to the Labour Code. One of the most significant changes to have already passed the legislative process is the possibility for employees to self-schedule their working hours.

12th August 2024 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry


Deloitte Property Index: Living in Europe: Housing Trends and Prices 2024

The latest data indicates that the Czech Republic is the least affordable country for home ownership among the 18 countries surveyed. A standard new dwelling purchase requires Czechs to invest an equivalent of 13.3 gross annual salaries, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since the previous edition of the Property Index.

9th August 2024 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


The key to accelerating AI development? Pragmatism plus imagination

Leaders are treating generative AI as less of a curiosity and more an integral part of business. McKinsey research sheds light on who is using AI, how they’re using it, and the challenges that remain.

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8th August 2024 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


Revolution in data management? New law promises breakthrough in access to public administration data

Will it be data and not the citizens that will circulate between authorities, as the government promised in its manifesto? In April, the Digital and Information Agency published a draft of a new law on data management and controlled access to data. Its aim is to make the transfer of data between the public administration and the private sector more efficient.

7th August 2024 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs


Deloitte Global 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey Country profile: Czech Republic

Key global findings:

Marking its 13th annual edition, Deloitte’s 2024 Gen Z and millennial Survey connected with more than 22,800 respondents in 44 countries to explore their attitudes about work and the transforming world around them.

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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