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PwC's Peter Chrenko: "Willingness to change the law substantially won't cumulate twice."
If the Ministry of Finance intends to draft a new income tax act, the question is, whether the ambition behind is pure legislative perfectionism or the overall tax policy would be reviewed and revised, too, says Peter Chrenko, Partner, PwC Czech Republic in an interview on evidence-based tax policy as well as BEPS/ATAD projects. Read details inside. Uvnitř rozhovor i v českém jazyce.
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Invitation: TTIP: Win-Win for All?
The conference TTIP: Win-Win for All? to be held on 30 May in Prague will present the findings of a study on the potential impact of TTIP on the EU by the World Trade Institute (WTI) of the University of Bern, Switzerland. It will also explore some of the opportunities and challenges presented by TTIP for both the EU and the US.
Trade SIA on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA
Ecorys drafted a report, Sustainability Impact Assessment, that contains the overall economic, social, human rights and environmental impacts analyses. Also the first steps (i.e. the baseline and an overview of the market access issues) of the in-depth sector studies are included in the report.
WHO World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Czech Republic: Healthy life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years
Published every year since 2005, WHO’s “World Health Statistics” is the source of information on the health of the world’s people. It contains data from 194 countries on a range of mortality, disease and health system indicators, including life expectancy, illness and death from key diseases, health services and treatments, financial investment in health, and risk factors and behaviours that affect health. As for the Czech Republic, the 2016 WHO report shows...
AmCham President, Citibank's M.Nebeský on Radio Zet: "I am very optimistic - we will fare well in this new, fast era overloaded with data and information."
Before WW2 the then Czechoslovakia belonged to a group of countries with the highest GDP. The socialist regime turned the country into a developing market. According to Michal Nebeský, Managing Director, Citibank Czech Republic and the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic, the Czech Republic has been gradually gaining back its position. Nevertheless, we are a “country of assembly lines” attractive for investors due to qualified and cheap labor force. Knowing this we should use flexibility, creativity and innovations, he says in an interview for Radio Zet.
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.
