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Politics: Greek saga reaching its finale
International creditors and Greece failed to strike a deal on the bailout program last week, on technical level as well as on political level – finance ministers met at a Eurogroup meeting. According to the creditors, their side of the negotiations made as much concessions as realistically possibl...
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Google+Economic Policy: Czech Republic ranks 10th in Global Peace Index, up one place
In June 2015, the Institue for Economics and Peace published its ninth edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness. The index is composed of 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators from respected sources and ranks 162 in...
Politics: Decisive week ahead for Greece
The Greek saga probably enters its decisive moment. Last week no real progress was made in the talks. Formal and informal talks in many formats did not manage to get over the differences. The EU and the IMF want more budget cuts and mainly pension cuts, while for Greece this is a red line. In addi...
Good Governance: AmCham comments to Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Act amendment by Ministry of Justice UPDATED
In May 2015, the Czech Ministry of Justice submitted draft amendment to the Insolvency Act for internal commentary procedure. AmCham represented by members' expert group published a position paper with comments to the ministerial proposal. The document in Czech is available here. In March, AmC...
Economic Policy: Chambers of Commerce submit Joint Position Paper on Temporary Employment Issue
American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Association of Personnel Services Providers, British Chamber of Commerce, German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce, French-Czech Chamber of Commerce, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Korea Trade-Investment Pr...
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.
