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Euro Health Consumer Index 2015: Czech Rep. 13th out of 35 countries - patient surveys, study
The Euro Health Consumer Index 2006 had France as the champion with 768 points out of 1000. In the EHCI 2015, the Czech Republic at that level of achievement is 13th among 35 countries. Top performance ten years ago has today become European average, says the study. Eight countries, all Western European, are scoring above 800 points of the maximum 1000. These are followed at some little distance by four other affluent countries (Denmark, Sweden, France and Austria) “not quite making it” for different reasons. The first CEE country, the Czech Republic, is closing in, now only 14 points behind Austria. So how do national health care systems perform in the eyes of consumers/patients? As for the Czech Republic, patients' responses have shown good access to care...
EconLab: Czech single-bid procurement in 2015: Czech Republic among worst EU member states
Single-bid procurement is a case of public procurement where there is only one bid. In 2015, there were 6,409 such tenders in the Czech Republic reaching total volume of EUR 2 bn. This is the highest number of such tenders recorded so far. Although labelled as highly exceptional form of public procurement, they accounted for approximately 1/3 of all tenders in the country, which places the Czech Republic into a group of the worst performing countries in the EU...
AmCham Policy Report 2016, Issue 1 - February 1
AmCham published its 1st Policy Report on Good Governance and Economic Development in 2016.
Last fall, AmCham debated what our advocacy priorities should be for 2016. We made a strategic choice. We would get back to what we like to do: pursue economic development issues. Since so many others had jumped into the fight against corruption, we felt we could cut back our hours there, and start examining how research could contribute to higher value-added exports, or how the Prague-Brno corridor could become the primary catalyst for the Central European region. We slid good government to fourth, and last, place among our economic priorities. Read the report...
Arcadis: International Construction Costs Index: Competitive euro boosts investment attractiveness of Eurozone cities. Prague ranks 38th
Many European cities experience a growing attractiveness for construction and investment in the world in which to build, according to the International Construction Costs Index published today by Arcadis consultancy. The index, which analyzes the relative cost of construction across 44 major cities, finds that economic recovery and currency exchange rate fluctuations have triggered some big movements in the relative construction cost rankings...
ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP letter to EC on Posting of Workers Directive
On 29 January, representatives of the European Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC), BUSINESSEUROPE, the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized enterprises (UEAPME), and European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP) sent a letter to Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, and Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility on Posting of Workers directive...
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.