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20th January 2016 / Competitiveness / Trade and Investment


Aviationpros.com: General Electric to Build Turboprop Center of Excellence in Czech Republic to Manufacture Advanced Turboprop Engines for Textron

GE Aviation announced plans to build its new turboprop development, test and engine production headquarters in the Czech Republic, creating more than 500 new jobs.

 

20th January 2016 / Good governance / Technology, R&D and Innovation


Government will collect results of innovations and cooperation between scientists and businesses

The Government wants to put together and analyze information on results of innovations and outcomes of contractual research performed by scientists for private sector entities. 

17th January 2016 / Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs


WEF: Future of jobs 2016 | Czech labor market, trends

While only a minority of the world’s global workforce of more than three billion people is directly employed by large and emerging multinational employers, these companies often act as anchors for smaller firms and local entrepreneurship ecosystems. Therefore, in addition to their own significant share of employment, workforce-planning decisions by these firms have the potential to transform local labour markets through indirect employment and by setting the pace for changing skills and occupational requirements, World Economic Forum's recently published analysis Future of jobs 2016 says.

Also, pay rises in the past were more than covered by productivity increases, a new trend might emerge in the Czech Republic where increased pay is no longer offset by productivity gains.

17th January 2016 / Competitiveness / Tax & Finance


Eurostat: Largest fall in tax-to-GDP ratio in 2014 in the Czech Republic

According to Eurostat, the overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of GDP, stood at 40.0% in the European Union (EU) in 2014, compared with 39.9% in 2013. Compared with 2013, the tax-to-GDP ratio decreased in 2014 in the Czech Republic.

 

15th January 2016 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation


Radio Prague: Czech research could help pave way for rapid data storage. Czech scientists help explain early universe

Czech researchers from the Academy of Science have taken part in a discovery which could dramatically increase the speed of saving computer data. Also, Czech scientists have contributed to research explaining the state of the galaxy today...

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

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