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AmCham EU: The Case for Investing in Europe 2017
The Case for Investing in Europe 2017, written by Joseph Quinlan, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, shows that Europe is still the world’s largest economy and continues to offer tremendous investment opportunities for American business.
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The NY Times: Why Libraries are everywhere in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE — In the age of Amazon and the internet, the idea of going to a public library to borrow a book may seem ever more quaint and old-fashioned in many parts of the world, but one country, at least, is clinging to it tenaciously: the Czech Republic, New York Times' Hana de GOEU writes.
Invitation: Conference on Cooperation between the Academic, Private and Public Sector in the Defense Industry
The conference will take place on Friday, November 24, 2017 from 9.00 am, in the Main Hall of the Valdštejn Palace in the Senate of the Czech Republic (the conference will be held in English with translation).
OECD: How’s Life in the Czech Republic? Although well below the OECD average, life satisfaction is among the highest in East European OECD countries
Relative to other OECD countries, the Czech Republic has mixed outcomes across the different well-being dimensions, OECD How's Life report says.
OECD Health Care at a Glance 2017: Since 2001, overweight rose by more than 50% in the Czech Republic
Since 2001, overweight rose by more than 50% in the Czech Republic. Also, international students accounted for about 30% of all medical graduates in the Czech Republic in recent years.
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.
