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Czech Republic: Double digit fall in 2Q growth
The Czech economy contracted by 8.4% quarter-on-quarter, or 10.7% year-on-year, which is an unprecedented fall due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The flash 2Q print was, however, a bit better than the market expected, though some revision might come later
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UNYP partners with Perlego to bring free digital textbooks to its students
From September 2020, UNYP will be subscribing to the Perlego textbook platform. This partnership between UNYP and Perlego provides unlimited free digital textbooks to students that allows everyone to continue learning safely anywhere and at any time. Students and faculty will have free access to over 300k book titles, with the goal of 100% access to diverse course readings for graduate and undergraduate programs.
How Pfizer and BioNTech are moving with safety and speed to develop a potential COVID-19 vaccine
Since Pfizer and our collaboration partner, BioNTech, begun our mission to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, safety has been our guiding principle every step of the way.
At the same time, given the urgency of the global pandemic, we continue to move at record-breaking speed. We recently started the phase 2/3 safety and efficacy trial for our lead vaccine candidate, approximately three months after we started the phase 1/2 safety and immunogenicity trials in Germany and the United States for our four initial vaccine candidates. Progressing from the start of clinical testing for a vaccine candidate in small numbers of trial participants to a large-scale efficacy trial is a process that can usually take years, sometimes even a decade.
Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy
- Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
- The City Campus as Idea Factory
- Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
- 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.
Policy pipeline
In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.
