Competitiveness
1.96%
of GDP, total expenditure on R&D in Czechia, 2022
Good
governance
156th
place out of 190 countries in construction approval process
Politics
Economic
policy
2:1
business-to-other research investment goal

News

Spotlight issue

3rd April 2020 / Amcham advocacy news / Employment and Social Affairs

Program Antivirus: Handbook for Employers

The Program “Antivirus” (Regimes A and B) is aiming at protecting jobs and decreasing negative impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, providing financial compensation of employment costs to avoid layoffs.

 

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2nd April 2020 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry

COVID-19: Check your contracts and talk to your business partners

A compact guidance from Taylor Wessing Czech Republic on how to approach business difficulties resulting from the corona crisis. 

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2nd April 2020 / Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs

Covid-19: Antivirus Employment Retention Program for March

The government has approved the Antivirus program to compensate employers’ salary costs from March 12 until the end of April (for now). 

 

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1st April 2020 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry

Government regulations and amendments to acts associated with the Covid-19 pandemic

We are monitoring for you the news concerning government regulations and amendments to acts associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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1st April 2020 / Good governance / Health Care

COVID-19 & healthcare & law

Healthcare has been impacted heavily in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the situation is constantly evolving. We have prepared an overview of legal implications of COVID-19 on this sector.

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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.

Policy pipeline

In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.

Czech republic CZ

Czech Statistical Office: The Czech Economy Development (H2 2023)

7.05.2024

Ministry of Finance: Convergence Programme of the Czech Republic (April 2024)

30.04.2024

vlada.cz: Prime Minister Fiala held talks with US President Biden at the White House. They addressed strategic, defence and economic cooperation

20.04.2024

European union CZ
AmCham EU recommendations to the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

19.09.2024

Czechia 20 years in the EU - publication (in Czech)

7.05.2024

AmCham EU signs the Antwerp Declaration, joining in the call for a more competitive EU

2.05.2024

Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic

Eli Lilly ČR, s.r.o. Clifford Chance Prague LLP, organizační složka GE Aerospace s.r.o. Panattoni Europe CETIN a.s.