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Politics: Euractiv.com: Commission plays ‘pivot to Asia’ trade card
European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström presented on 14 October the new forward-looking trade and investment strategy - turning its focus to Asia. This new approach which responds in part to the growing number of global trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), includes opening neg...
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Google+Competitiveness: Foreigners in the Czech Republic: babies, students, entrepreneurs, expats, migrants (updated)
There are 460,000 foreigners living in the Czech Republic (data as of mid-2015). The proportion of foreigners among new-born babies in the Czech Republic has been steadily rising as it was 1.4 percent 10 years ago, while the figure rose to over 3 percent by last year, according to the data publish...
Politics: Prague Post: ECRI: New report critical of Roma education
In a report published on 13 October on the Czech Republic, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), while acknowledging progress in a number of areas, expresses serious concern over the lack of progress in eradicating segregation of Roma children in schools and the prevalence...
Competitiveness: Prague Post: Changing Czech Housework Services Market: The LidskáSíla.cz Start-up
‘Even though cleaning is a 21st-century service available to most households, almost everything about it is wrong – from transparency to trust, quality, prompt delivery and even simplicity,’ says the founder of the start-up Robert Vojáček in an interview for Prague Post. Now all you have to do is ...
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.
