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Politics: EP elections polls
Several recent election polls indicate what changes the new European Parliament could suffer after the May elections. The leading political parties, the centre-right EPP and the socialist S&D (previously, and possibly during the following term again named PES) won a little over 200 parliamentary...
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Google+Competitiveness: Amazon is still interested in setting up distribution centre outside Brno
The U.S. online retailer Amazon and mayor Roman Onderka confirmed Amazon´s plan to build a distribution centre outside Brno, after meeting in Luxembourg. Brno municipal assembly is set to vote on the project in two weeks’ time. Another Amazon distribution centre should be built in Dobrovíz, outside ...
Economic Policy: EU unemployment trends confirm North-South divide
According to EC´s European Vacancy Monitor, the trends in unemployment show growing disproportionalities between the Northern and the Southern Member States. Countries such as Austria, Denmark, Sweden or Estonia show a growing shortage of labor supply, while the four Southern Member States, plus oth...
Economic Policy: China closes in on the U.S . in renewable energy, EY says
China installed 12 gigawatts of photovoltaic panels last year, more than the total amount of solar power in operation in the U.S. Further, China installed 14 gigawatts of wind power in 2013. China reached 73.1 out of 100 on the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index in the fourth quarter, up ...
Economic Policy: Government takes step for accepting the Fiscal Compact
The Government announced that it would initiate a discussion in taking steps that would bring about ratification of the Treaty on stability, coordination, and governance within the Economic and Monetary Union (the so-called Fiscal Compact) and primarily the Czech accession to the Treaty. In general,...
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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Policy pipeline
In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.
