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Good Governance: Chamber of Deputies passes Act on Registry of Contracts. Public contracts over CZK50,000 to be published, otherwise will be invalid.
110 out of 116 MPs voted for the Chamber of Deputies' version of the draft Act on Registry of Contracts on 24 November 2015. Only 27 MPs supported the Senate's version of the bill that did not include strict disclosure rules. Public contracts will be published in a central online registry from mid...
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Google+Competitiveness: Best place for living in Czech Rep is Prague - survey
It is much easier to get a job in Prague compared with other regions in the country, the Prague region has the highest average wage and the highest quality of health care services plus the greatest number of foundations and non-profit organizations beneficial for the society, states a survey measu...
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...
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...
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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