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Competitiveness: Safe Harbor: Commissioner Jourová: EC to issue explanation, guidance for companies affected. Other positions included.(updated)
EU Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová told European Parliament's civil liberties and justice committee on 26 October that the EC would soon issue an explanatory communication on the consequences of the ruling and guidance for companies affected. “The biggest challenge” for the EU-U.S. talks now...
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Google+Economic Policy: Eurostat: Czech Republic below EU average in resource productivity
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union, published data on resource productivity across the EU covering the period between 2002 and 2014. Resource productivity quantifies the relation between economic activity (GDP) and the consumption of natural resources and sheds light on how effic...
Competitiveness: Czech Association of Entrepreneurs (AMSP): If you want to succeed in USA, do not wait for TTIP treaty.
The Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic (AMSP) advises SMEs: Do not hesitate; if you want to succeed on the US market, do not wait for the TTIP treaty. Start to work now. The AMSP presents case studies of Czech businesses currently operating on the U...
Good Governance: OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015: Czech Rep should improve quantification of impacts, consultations, ex post evaluation
On 28 October 2015, OECD have published their Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015. Read the press release. The report says the Czech Republic has made a significant progress in ensuring regulatory quality, especially by strengthening its Regulatory Impact Assessment process and its quality oversight th...
Economic Policy: World Bank: Doing Business 2016: Czech Republic up one place in paying taxes (updated)
On 27 October 2015, World Bank Group published their report Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency. New methodology that was used put the Czech Republic to 33rd place in 2015 instead of 44th. In the 2016 report, the country ranked 36th, lagging behind Slovakia (29th), for...
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.
