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Economic Policy: EC publishes its “textual proposals” for TTIP
On 7 January, the European Commission made an unprecedented step in transparency of a bilateral trade negotiation. As part of the continuous effort, it published its “textual proposals”, that is actual proposals for the legal text made by the Commission in TTIP negotiations, containing the specific ...
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Google+AmCham Policy Report, Issue 1 - January 8
AmCham issued its 1st Policy Report on Good Governance and Economic Development. Competitiveness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Ultimately, whether a country is competitive or not depends on the numbers of positive decisions to invest made by a different investors with disparate inter...
Politics: Government Plan of Legislative Work for 2015
Office of Government of the Czech Republic presented Government Plan of Legislative Work for the year 2015. The plan itself was approved by the Government on 15th December 2014. The Plan itself contains 170 legislative goals of which 18 are legislative objectives, 28 draft laws, 80 draft amendments ...
Economic Policy: European Council approves the €315 billion-worth investment plan
Meeting on 18 December in Brussels, heads of state or government of the EU Member States held a discussion on two major issues the EU is facing. Firstly, the leaders discussed measures to support investment and economic growth. In this context, the presidents and prime ministers welcomed the investm...
Politics: Government priorities in 2014 – Looking back
At the end of the year 2014 government of the Czech Republic issued a short summary that looks back at the year 2014 and at the government priorities that it managed to approve: 1. State budget for 2015 was approved with the deficit of 100 bn CZK that will not exceed 3 % of GDP.2. Year-on-year grow...
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.
