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Nanofibres get Best Cooperation of the Year 2017 Award + VIDEOS
The winner of the 2017 Best Cooperation of the Year Award is a project of applied research including the Centre of Materials and Nanotechnologies at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, and the PARDAM company. The result of the cooperation are unique nanofibres with high humidity sorption capacity that can be used in a number of industrial fields.
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University of Technology in Brno opens first university 3D printing lab in Czech Republic
Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, offers students enrolled at the university the possibility to use a brand new strojLAB facility and its cutting-edge equipment to develop their own prototypes.
Radio Praha: High-speed rail network plan spells enormous investment for Prague
Plans to build a high-speed rail network in the Czech Republic will greatly impact Prague, which will alone require investment of at least CZK 80 billion, iHned.cz reported. Among expected projects are tunnels and an underground extension of the city’s Main Station, Radio Praha writes.
AmCham Central Europe 2017 Tax Conference: a brief look at three factors of an effective tax system | Thoughts & Quotes
...no one can deny that taxes are what we pay for an organized government. Or that taxes are a tool to shift resources from private investment to public investment; in other words, to shift the intent of investment from private focus with possible public benefit to public focus with possible private benefit.... Read also more thoughts from the 2017 AmCham Regional Tax Conference:
ILO Global Wage Report 2016/17: Wage inequality between individuals is greater than wage inequality between enterprises in Czech Rep
In the Czech Republic, wage inequality between individuals is much greater than wage inequality between enterprises, ILO Global Wage Report 2016/17 says.
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.
