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ITU: Czech Republic ranks 32nd globally, 21nd in Europe in ICT development
The 2016 edition of the Measuring the Information Society Report by ITU features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index (IDI). The IDI 2016 captures the level of ICT developments in 175 economies worldwide and compares progress since the year 2014. The Czech Republic ranks 32nd globally, 21nd in Europe.
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AMO: Rethinking V4’s Eurozone Dilemmas after the UK Referendum
The policy paper Rethinking V4’s Eurozone Dilemmas after the UK Referendum published by the Association for International Affairs (AMO) provides a list of seven recommendations for the Visegrad Group (including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Recommendations take into account current political reality within the V4, foremost the fact that the adoption of the euro over the coming years is – for various reasons – inconceivable in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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.
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.
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.
