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Radisson Blu Alcron, Štěpánská 40, Praha 1, 08:00
AmCham offices, Dušní 10, Praha 1, 09:00
AmCham offices, Dušní 10, Prague 1, 09:30
AmCham offices, Dušní 10, Prague 1, 09:00
October 05, 2012
More Than Public Procuremnet Act - analysis by Oživení
Non-profit organization Oživení issued a publication MORE THAN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT: economy, transparency and accountability in public purchases. The study addresses the situation of public procurement in the Czech Republic, in particular in connection with economically irresponsible behaviour and corruption. The ambition of this study is to provide an objective description of this unsatisfactory state while also offering some possible starting points toward steering it in the right direction. You can download the publication in English here. There is also a Czech version available here.
October 05, 2012
Labour Code&Social Affairs Committee Minutes 3.10.2012
AmCham Labour Code&Social Affairs Committee met on 3 October to discuss upcoming plans and activities. The minutes of the meeting you can find attached (available under username and password). Next activity planned is a presentation of Petr Bezouška about the new Labour code. For the next 2 years in positions of chairman and vicechairwoman stay Ladislav Smejkal and Milena Jabůrková. Next meeting of LCSAC will take place at the beginning of December at AmCham offices.
September 21, 2012
Act on Lobbying in internal comment procedure
On 21 September, the Government published an official wording of the Act on Lobbying. In fact, by approving the Act, the Czech Republic would enact a regulatory approach to lobbying activities as such. The Act defines the process of lobbying as influencing public officials with decisive rights. It stipulates a list of the public officials that should be treated under the Act regarding lobbying activities. Except for deputies and senators, other high state, regional and local officials and representative are included (the list varies from 2,000 to 80,000 officials according to different variants of the Act). The Government welcomes any consultation in the internal comment procedure till 22 October.
September 20, 2012
Survey on Act on Public Contracts
Six months after it became effective, the amendment to the Act on Public Contracts has been evaluated positively by six out of ten companies. Despite that fact, companies do not believe that it addresses all corruption risks. The amendment to the Act on Public Contracts, which has been effective since 1 April this year, contributes to greater transparency and limits opportunities for corruption in the Czech Republic. This is the opinion of 59.1% of Czech companies. However, the majority of companies (54.5%) believe that the amendment does not address all risks of possible manipulation and only a small portion of companies (4.6%) agree with it without reservation. These are the results of the latest survey carried out by the Ambruz & Dark/Deloitte Legal cooperating law offices, which monitored the opinions of Czech firms on this issue six months after the amendment became effective. The survey you can find attached (Czech&English version).
September 19, 2012
Act on Political Parties Financing - Government´s discussion interrupted
Government´s discussion on 19 September on Act on public control over financial management of political parties and political movements by Ministry of Interior was interrupted. This Act is a part of the good governance (anticorruption) system. The new Act has 2 parts: 1st dealing with the Office for the Supervision of the management of political parties. 2nd dealing with Amendment of the original Act. The full text on new Act you can find attached.
October 04, 2012
2012 best office publication_partial English version available
Articles from 2012 best office publication that have been delivered also in English language are available at www.czechmarketplace.cz. All the links together can be found in the attached document or here.
September 27, 2012
Supported employment – service that will help you assess your recruitment needs
On September 26, AmCham held a seminar prepared in cooperation with the Czech Union for Supported Employment. You can download presentations and additional information about this topic.
September 25, 2012
Marketing Committee minutes from Sep25
AmCham Marketing Committee met to discuss upcoming events and activities. Minutes of the meeting is attached (available under your username and password).
Todays´ points of the discussion:
Events planning
September 25, 2012
LinkedIn: boost your business through smart social networking_presentation
Presentation from the organized workshop on smart usage of LinkedIn to boost company´s business is available to download under your username and password.
September 21, 2012
Finance committee / further activities
AmCham Finance committee members met on September 20 to discuss further activities.
1] Next CFO' s Roundtable / October 10, 9.00am, AmCham offices
2] Roundtable on Regional HQs, SSCs and R&D Centers - Czech competitiveness to attract them/Experiences and overview
3) Best office publication - distribuce
October 09, 2012
One World, Many Voices - Grant Competition Opening
AmCham continues in its philanthropic project One World, Many Voices already for 9 years. Newly from 2012, AmCham would like to support community involvement, boost communication skills in English language and foster application of theoretical knowledge in practice by a project realization. Click on the title to read more.
October 03, 2012
AmCham organized the informational meeting for member companies interested in the possibility to adopt a schools through the program ASET. Presentations from the meeting and further information can be found attached as well as the link to the short video showing how the ethical education looks like in practice. For more information about the program please contact Lucie Vrbova at lvrbova@amcham.cz.
September 20, 2012
2012 Best Office Publication - Increasing Companies´ Efficiency_printed copies available to order
Let us cordially inform you that AmCham has recently published 2012 Best Office Publication focused on Increasing Companies´ Efficiency. To download the electronic publication please follow the link: www/files/2012 Best Office Publication_web version.pdf
Printed copies for the distribution will be available soon. You can now send your orders.
September 18, 2012
3D Print Days Prague 2012_October 9, 2012, Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
The American Embassy Prague is planning the DIGITAL PROTOTYPING AND 3D PRINT DAYS conference, an event that will support and summarize the current status of the practical use of the digital prototyping and 3D printing. Autodesk, Stratasys and 3D Systems are Lead Partners for the event.
August 20, 2012
See the invitation to the first annual fundraising PRO-AM tournament, UNICEF GOLF CUP. You can play with golf professionals, relax, network and support the UNICEF project Schools for Africa.
August 08, 2012
Human Asset 2012_8th Annual Pan European HCM Excellence Summit_Nov13-15, Budapest
The Human Asset Summit series was created 7 years ago to address the most pressing challenges of people professionals across the continent. The summit content has been thoroughly researched and updated to ensure that all business critical issues are addressed, offering tangible ideas and
true take-away for participants.
Special discount for AmCham CR members - 10 %.
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