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Competitiveness: DVTV: VIDEO: Story of KOH-I-NOOR in China
Drop in demand for Koh-i-noor HARDTMUTH ("school") products in Russia, means drop in production and need to dismiss employees. Koh-i-noor director Vlastislav Bříza ml. is reluctant to dismiss staff (around 150) in the Czech Republic, where the company was established in 1790, and decides to close ...
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Google+Politics: Greece headed for snap elections after Tsipras resigns
On 19 August, the European Commission officially signed the new Memorandum of Understanding with Greece, thus giving the final go to the third bailout for the troubled country. The new program, financed through the eurozone´s permanent bailout fund (ESM), will provide Greece with up to €86 billion...
Economic Policy: On Czech GDP growth. Analyses, trends (updated)
CTK: The Czech Statistical Office (CSU) confirmed the strong 4.4 percent annual growth of the economy in Q2 in its revised estimate made public on 28 August, and improved the preliminary estimate of a quarter-on-quarter rise from 0.9 to 1 percent...Manufacturing increased by 7.0 percent on the yea...
Politics:: Echo24.cz: Petition against xenophobia signed by 500 Czech scientists. More reactions, interviews (updated)
Five hundred representatives of Czech academic and research organisations signed and released the Scientists against fear and indifference petition against rising xenophobia and radicalization of the Czech society. Read more here (in Czech). Also, click on the DVTV interview with Czech writer Pet...
Competitiveness: People in Need: Inclusion is worthwhile. Support to teachers is the key.
According to outcomes of a survey carried out by the People in Need (Člověk v tísni) NGO in cooperation with the Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech teachers are increasingly more willing to include children with various handicaps in regular classrooms...Find out more in an interview with Tomáš H...
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.
