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Competitiveness: Employment issues: Aktuálně.cz: Czechs deserve higher wages. (updated)
Whereas Czech GDP per capita reached 84% of the EU 25 average, Czech gross monthly wage before deductions climbed only to 62% of the EU 25 average in 2014. Deloitte analyst David Marek names the following reasons: 1. High non-wage labor costs, with the share of social insurance on total labor cost...
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Google+Competitiveness: Radio Prague: Ideas: Accelerator seeks to help Czech companies put down roots in US. Prague swop shop site finds treasure in trash
Czech companies, even the biggest of them, do not have a sizable footprint in the United States. The value of Czech exports to the US is approaching around 100 billion crowns, which sounds a lot but is probably a bit disappointing given the size of the overall market. But an initiative from a US b...
Economic Policy: OECD: Reforms to international tax system for curbing avoidance by multinational enterprises. New measures.
The OECD presented today the final package of measures for a comprehensive, coherent and co-ordinated reform of the international tax rules to be discussed by G20 Finance Ministers at their meeting on 8 October, in Lima, Peru. The OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project provides ...
Good Governance: Government approves draft Act on Public Procurement
At its session on 5 October, the Government greenlighted draft Act on Public Procurement. The debate in the Chamber of Deputies should start in the second half of October (19 October). New rules will enable public authorities to reject a bid of a supplier with whom they had a bad experience in the...
Politics: AMSP survey:Czech companies unaware of TTIP
According to a survey conducted by the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic and Ipsos Agency, 74% of respondents (exporters) had no idea what was Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The survey took place during the Czech Business Weekend in...
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.
