{"id":28688,"date":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspeninstitutece.softmedia.cz\/news-article\/czech-republic-the-shape-were-in-annual-conference-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T23:00:00","slug":"czech-republic-the-shape-were-in-annual-conference-2016","status":"publish","type":"news-article","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/news-article\/czech-republic-the-shape-were-in-annual-conference-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic: The Shape We’re In | Annual conference 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual conference Czech Republic: The Shape We’re In<\/strong> took place on November 10, 2016<\/strong> at the National Gallery in Prague, Veletr\u017en\u00ed pal\u00e1c <\/strong>(Dukelsk\u00fdch hrdin\u016f 47, Prague 7). In collaboration with Forbes Czech Republic<\/strong>, we organized the second edition of the conference, which aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the political, economic and social development of the Czech Republic in a long-term perspective. We focused on the following areas: Governance<\/strong>, Quality of Life<\/strong>, National Security<\/strong>, Economic Potential<\/strong>, and Education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Materials<\/h2>\n
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  • Video stream<\/a><\/strong> from the conference by Czech television – Welcome address (0:00 \u2013 13:15), Governance (13:15 \u2013 80:40), Quality of life (80:48 \u2013 153:20), Keynote by Bohuslav Sobotka (154:50 \u2013 173:00), National security (173:25 \u2013 248:20), Economic potential (248:30 \u2013 320:30), Education (320:56 \u2013 392:50), Conference closing (393:20 \u2013 398:10)<\/li>\n
  • The\u00a0studies <\/strong>in Czech<\/a>\u00a0or in\u00a0English<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n
  • Presentations<\/strong> in Czech:\u00a0Governance<\/a>\u00a0(pdf),\u00a0Quality of life<\/a>\u00a0(pdf),\u00a0National security<\/a>\u00a0(pdf),\u00a0Economic potential<\/a>\u00a0(pdf),\u00a0Education<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Summaries<\/h2>\n

    Governance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    The general level of performance of the institutions of the Czech Republic within developed countries (OECD members) is not very satisfactory. The government, as a result of the elections for the Chamber of Deputies, has within the four-year election cycle only a short amount of time (about a year, max. two years) in which it can enforce radical policy changes. As a result, the government is generally stable but not very operational or progressive. Difficulties with the tangled legal system remain a persistent problem in the government. The complexity that has emerged in some areas of law such as with taxes, is alarming compared to other developed countries.<\/p>\n

    The Czech justice system, as compared to other countries, is not dramatically slow but its weakness lies in the difficult, complex cases, in either criminal or civil law. Additionally, the stagnation of the digitalization of the government\u00a0 is leading to the gradual decay of its\u00a0 global competitiveness.<\/p>\n

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    Karel \u0160imka: „Jednou ze slabin \u010desk\u00fdch instituc\u00ed je absence dlouhdob\u00e9 shody na priorit\u00e1ch“ #cesko2016<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Aspen Institute CE (@AspenInstCE) 10. listopadu 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n