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Joint industry letter: Future-proofing the EU Single Market by enabling the free flow of data
Unjustified data localisation requirements in some Member States are increasingly threatening to fragment the Single Market. These barriers undermine the competitiveness of a true Digital Single Market which could provide an estimated EUR 415 billion to the EU’s GDP.
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Eurostat: Enterprise death rate in Czech Rep up by 8% in 2014
The enterprise death rate is expected to increase by more than 8 % in Denmark, Croatia and the Czech Republic, with the biggest rise in Bulgaria and Lithuania, recently published Eurostat data (2014) show..
World Bank blogs: Where do the world’s talents immigrate to?
“We’re the nation that just had six of our scientists and researchers win Nobel Prizes — and every one of them was an immigrant,” U.S. President Barack Obama recently said after the Nobel Prize winners were announced.
Report: Czech Workforce 1: population and employment trends; participation rates by gender and age
AmCham advocacy team have prepared a report on population and employment trends. This report is the first of series addressing the development of the Czech employment and compensation market. The reports start at the national and general economic level; as they progress, they will go into more detail about specific economic sectors, occupations, and regions.
World Bank 2017 Doing Business Report: Czech Republic makes starting a business easier, getting construction permit takes 8 months (updated)
In its 2017 Doing Business report, the World Bank compared business regulations for domestic firms in 190 countries. The Czech Republic ranked 27th in the overall ranking, down one place compared with the previous year.
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.
