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AmCham Policy Report, Issue 3 - February 25
AmCham issued its 3rd Policy Report on Good Governance and Economic Development. Elections are not where democracy is won. Democracy is won in the weeks between votes, in the daily struggle between a state that instinctively tries to amass power, and a public which must strain to ensure its civil l...
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Google+Economic Policy: Greece reaches interim deal with the creditors
After weeks of discussions, allegations and suspicion, the Eurogroup finally reached an agreement on the Greek bailout program in the evening of 20 February. It truly is a last-minute achievement – the program was originally set to end on 28 February and without any follow-up arrangement, Greece wou...
Economic Policy: Meeting of economic ministers on Action Plan of Economic Growth
On Tuesday 17th February Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met with his economic ministers to discuss and asses the steps taken according to the Action Plan of Support of Economic Growth and Employment in the Czech Republic. The result of this meeting stated that that the government had successfully f...
Politics: EU gives diplomacy in Ukraine a chance
Foreign ministers of the EU member states met on Monday 9 February in Brussels at a Foreign Affairs Council. Due to escalating violence in Eastern Ukraine, the ministers adopted unanimously a list of additional persons and entities to be added to the already existing asset-freeze and visa-ban measur...
Economic Policy: TTIP debate in the Czech Republic
On 6th February Jolana Mungeng the cabinet member of EU Commissioner for Commerce Cecilia Malmström visited Prague at the invitation of Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Vladimír Bärtl to strengthen the dialogue on TTIP between European Commission and EU member states, their MPs and civil soc...
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.
