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Economic Policy: Romea.cz/CTK: Czech Education Ministry says inclusion will cost more than one billion crowns per year
The recently approved amendment to the Schools Act that is meant to improve conditions for including disadvantaged children in mainstream schools could mean additional demands on the state budget in excess of one billion crowns in 2017 and 1.5 billion in 2018, according to Czech Education Ministry...
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Google+Good Governance:Visegradgroup.eu:Czech Republic remains an investment haven for Azerbaijani officials
In 2012, a journalist Khadija Ismayilova investigated Azerbaijani officials’s investments in the Czech Republic. She was arrested soon afterwards. Three years later, we focus on the development of the story within the context of Czech-Azerbaijani relations....Read more....
Economic Policy: EU and Vietnam reach an agreement on free trade
After two and a half years of negotiations, the EU and Vietnam agreed last week in principle on a free trade agreement. The deal will eliminate almost all tariffs and dramatically reduce other non-tariff barriers in Vietnam for EU products. Investment and government procurement for EU companies wi...
OECD: Czech Republic has 6th lowest venture capital investments
According to the data in the newest OECD Entrepreneurship at a glance publication, the Czech Republic had 6th lowest volume of venture capital investments (12.03m USD) out of 34 OECD member states. At the top of the ranking there were United States of America. Greece ranked last. The services sect...
HN interview with Commissioner Jourová:some EU member states lose 5% of GDP per year due to low employment of women
Originally, the European Commission planned to have equal participation of women and men in the EU’’s labor market by 2020. Nowadays, 2081 seems to be a more likely date. Some EU member states lose 5% of GDP due to low participation of women in the economy, says European Commissioner for Justice, ...
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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