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OECD Regions at a Glance 2016: Czech regions get high scores for education, low for housing, income, civic engagement, health
Recently published OECD Regions at a Glance report says that all the Czech regions rank among the top 20% of the OECD regions in the areas of education (share of labour force with at least a secondary degree), with Prague in the top 5%. The country has large regional disparities in access to services, jobs, and community, the latter being the third largest regional gap among OECD countries.
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Czech scientists could halt zika virus | Czech healthcare R&D could make use of private funding
Czech scientists from the Biological Centre of the Czech Academy of Science, based in Ceske Budejovice, in cooperation with Brno Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in Prague found a substance that could halt zika virus, the ihned.cz server informed. Czech healthcare R&D could make use of private funding
How can implementation of MEAT quality criteria increase efficiency of hospitals - workshop materials
On June 7, about 50 representatives of hospitals and medical devices companies met to attend the presentations and workshop about implementation of MEAT quality criterias according to Public Procurement Law in force from October 1, 2016. Ideas were presented by Gunnar Goblirsch - Stockholm County Council, Sweden, Yves Verboven - MedTech Europe, Joana Candeias - Ministry of Health Care, Portugal and Vlastimil Fiedler - Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic. The presentations are available inside.
OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2016: In Czech Republic investment of pension funds & all retirement vehicles at 8.3% of GDP
Total investment of pension funds and all retirement vehicles amounted to 8.3% of GDP in 2015, recently published OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2016says. OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index is among the lowest in the OECD area.
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.
