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1st December 2022 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


Approximately 60 % of consumers in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia use smartphones to shop and pay online

Did you know that approximately 60 % of consumers in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia use smartphones to shop and pay online and 1 out of 4 pay with a mobile device contactless in-store? Mobile devices are becoming an essential part of our everyday life, including all shopping related activities.

1st December 2022 / Good governance / Social Responsibility


Let's help speed up digital inclusion in the Czech Republic so that everyone can benefit from the advantages of the digital age

Get up to six months of technical support thanks to the Google.org Fellowship program and up to 2 million euros in funding for your project under the Tech for Social Good grant call.

1st December 2022 / Good governance / Social Responsibility


LINET Group donated 15 beds for the intensive care unit at the Lviv City Hospital worth almost 300,000 EUR

LINET Group SE, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Consulate General in Lviv, donated 15 beds for the intensive care unit at the Lviv City Hospital worth almost 300,000 EUR!

30th November 2022 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Legal Update - November 2022

News in legislation
  • Amendment to the Act on electronic acts and documents authorised conversion

 

28th November 2022 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


GDPR Legal Update - Autumn 2022

  • The transitional period of the original standard contractual clauses comes to an end! 
  • Traffic camera footage provided to tax authorities 
  • ÚOOÚ: Nové hrozby pro ochranu osobních údajů
  • 226 cookie complaints

Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy

  1. Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
  2. The City Campus as Idea Factory
  3. Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
  4. 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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