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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:
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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.
ILO: Unemployment in Czech Rep projected at 3.9% in 2017, 4.4% in 2018
According to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2017, as economic growth stabilizes in Eastern Europe, the unemployment rate is projected to decline, but only gradually. This reflects falling unemployment rates in most of the countries in the region, notably the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, largely offset by increasing unemployment in Bulgaria, Romania and the Russian Federation.
Working for Health: Five year action plan for health employment & inclusive economic growth adopted
The World Health Assembly today adopted a joint ILO OECD WHO five-year action plan aimed at working with countries and key stakeholders to make progress towards expanding and transforming the health and social workforce.
Radio Praha: European nuclear industry ponders problems in Prague
Prague this week hosted the 12th annual meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum, an opportunity for those in government, the industry, regulators, and European authorities to get together and try to plot the future for one of the continent’s key industries and energy sources. The room for cutting construction costs and how to deal with highly radioactive nuclear waste were two of the main subjects for debate this year, Radio Praha wrote.
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.
