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Politics: Interview with Věra Jourová
Věra Jourová spoke about her wide portfolio in the European Commission led by Jean-Claude Juncker. What initiatives will come this year and how she looks forward to working with the former Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, who offered Věra to share experience? Find more in the exclusive intervie...
Good Governance: “Effective municipal procurement” - Mayors meeting in Brno on March 12th
Mayors of Moravian towns and cities have met in Brno to discuss best practices in public procurement. Jan Farsky of TOP09, Jiri Skuhrovec of zIndex and Michal Jurka of Skanska shared their valuable experiences. Representatives of towns that achieved top results in public procurement analysis zInde...
Politics: European Council President Donald Tusk meets President Obama
The new European Council President Donald Tusk met with his U.S. counterpart, President Obama on Monday 9 March in Washington, D.C. at a bilateral meeting. In his speech, President Tusk reiterated the various conflicts that the Western world is facing – from Ukraine, through ISIS in the Middle East ...
Competitiveness: Brief for Finance Minister Andrej Babiš & Insolvency Position Paper
AmCham members met at a luncheon with Andrej Babiš - the First Deputy Prime Minister for the Economics, Minister of Finance and future Minister of Justice Robert Pelikán on March 6, 2015. As a background document Amcham summarized policies we believe will increase the country’s economic potential, e...
Competitiveness: Roaming surcharges to remain for a couple of years
On 4 March, the Council´s Committee of Permanent Representatives adopted guidelines for negotiations with the European Parliament on the single telecoms package. Based on these guidelines, the Latvian presidency of the Council will shortly begin discussions with the MEPs on the end of roaming surcha...
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.