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Competitiveness: Senate passed amendments to Public Procurement Act
The Senate passed a legal measurement that was proposed by the Government. The Bill on Public Procurement (zákon o veřejných zakázkách) should amend the currently effective Act. Since January 2014, the Act stipulates that lower value of public tender that should be treated according to the Act. As a...
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Google+Politics: U.S. Homeland Security´s focus to shift from immigration to terrorism
President Obama nominated new Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson to replace Janet Napolitano, who left her post last month to become president of the University of California system. Johnson is former Pentagon´s top lawyer, who formed the nation’s counterterrorism policy, including desig...
Economic Policy: Business Immigration - Comments from employers
Deloitte, PwC, Škoda Auto, IBM, AT&T, CzechInvest, Confederation of Industry and other organizations and companies meets regularly under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the Working Group for Business Imigration (PSEM), further discussions take place under the auspices of th...
Economic Policy: Legal measurement passed by the Senate
At its last plenary session, the Senate passed the legal measurement that was proposed by the Government. The legal measurement regulates the tax on real estate acquisition. The Government proposed the bill in relation to the New Civil Code that should come into force in January, 2014. The governmen...
Politics: European Parliament Session in Strasbourg
On a monthly plenary session in Strasbourg held last week, the MEPs discussed migration policy of the European Union, easing of administrative and bureaucratic borders for foreign professionals, new rules for shale gas extraction and for tobacco products. A minute of silence was held for the hundre...
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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