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Competitiveness: Eurostat: Czechs 2nd in EU28 in travelling for personal purposes
According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, the share of the population (aged 15+) taking part in tourism trips for personal purposes in the Czech Republic is as big as 83.9% (compared with the EU28 average of 61.1.%). Czechs travel for pleasure, but the winner in this cat...
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Google+Economic Policy: OECD: Education at a Glance 2015: Czech Rep: good ICT, problem-solving skills among tertiary-educated adults, education sector not seen as innovative
On 24 November 2015, OECD published the 2015 Education at a Glance report measuring state of education worldwide. The report analyses the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries, as well as Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Russian F...
Economic Policy: Czech Association of Exporters on CNB interventions, higher wages (updated)
Click on the video from the XI Export Forum organized by the Czech Association of Exporters on 14-15 November 2015. The Association presented their ananlysis 22 years of Czech export. Czech export generated 84.6% of GDP in 2014, compared with 41.3% in 1993. Since 1993, the average wage in the Czec...
Competitiveness: TTIP will not change labor law standards - Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
The TTIP agreement should be in line with core standards set by the International Labor Organization, director of the Department for International Trade Policy, Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, Lucie Vondráčková said at a workshop held in the Senate, the Upper Chamber of the Czech Parliament....
Good Governance: EconLab/Charles University/ceska-justice.cz: Mandatory disclosure of contract data - one mistake per contract on average found
Profile of a contractor is an electronic tool that makes some public contracts data accessible to public. EconLab, an organization at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University in Prague, used software to go through all contractors' profiles and found many mistakes - one mistake per con...
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.
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Policy pipeline
In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.
