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Czechstartups.org: Czech car sharing start-up AJO has grown from Brno to Prague
Car sharing services are becoming relatively popular around the world. The most visible company is without the doubt an originally French-based start-up BlaBlaCar. It provides its services in many countries, including Czech Republic where it bought the Czech number one company Jízdomat. A competition is on the rise for them and it comes from Brno.
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The Calvert Journal: Prague and St Petersburg named among world’s top destinations
Prague and St Petersburg are two New East destinations competing on a world level, according to travel site TripAdvisor. The two cities recently placed in the Top 25 World Destinations contest, which forms part of the site's 2017 Travellers' Choice Awards.
Monster.cz: Ostrava - the city of a wide industrial heritage and scarce job openings for non-Czech speakers
Ostrava is sometimes called "Black Ostrava" and "Steel City" due to its heavy industry history. Ostrava's Vitkovice district was the center of the local iron and steel industry for decades. Though, this old image is slowly dispersing with promoting the industrial heritage as a part of an emerging tourism industry.
Eurostat: 1 in 10 Czech employees has temporary contract
The share of employees with a temporary contract has increased slightly since 2010 (around 8%). The gap between the lowest and the highest wages did not widen. In relative terms, low median wages in services and low-skilled jobs recorded the highest growth.
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.
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