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Elections and Politics: Assessing the landscape at the start of the Election Campaign
Does anybody really feel like doing this?
Like its fellow citizens in France, England and America, Czechs head to polls this autumn to choose a new parliament, which will also decide the new prime minister and government. Although politics is already in tumult- Finance Minister Babis left the government and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was removed as party chair and election leader- the general population does not appear either too upset or enthusiastic about what has happened. The following primer tries to give you an assessment of where we stand today, and what each party needs to do to improve their standing in the next parliament. Our analysis will be updated in September.
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NFPK: The Role of Public Procurement Administrators – Compet Consult
One of the activities pursued by the Anticorruption Endowment in the field of public procurement is to monitor the performance of administrators. An administrator is the entrepreneur to whom the principal has delegated his legal obligations and responsibilities in awarding a public procurement contract. The administrator is an external consultant that formulates procurement specifications and supervises all steps and moves resulting in his principal’s entering into the contract. But problems arise if the administrator plays foul or his mission is to ensure that the contract goes to a prechosen contractor.
AmCham CZ: Projects for Prague
The aim of the project is to push the government to support certain development projects that would result in wide economic benefit for the country. AmCham would identify public and private projects that would have a wide economic impact, and promote their accelerated development. The Real Estate Council recommends the following projects for Prague:
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.
