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30 Jan

Economics of Good and Evil - theatre show based on the book of Tomáš Sedláček_held in English, January 30, 2012

Cinema ATLAS, Sokolovská 371/1, Prague 8, 19:30

01 Feb

GM Breakfast - CAPACITY FULL, February 01, 2012

Prague Marriott Hotel, V Celnici 8, 08:00

01 Feb

Committee for Labor and Social Affairs - CANCELLED, February 01, 2012

AmCham Offices, Dušní 10, Prague 1, 09:00

01 Feb

Real Estate Committee, February 01, 2012

AmCham offices, Dušní 10, Prague 1, 09:00

02 Feb

Current Economic situation - What to do and How to survive next 2 years?, February 02, 2012

Holiday Inn Prague Congress Centre, Na Pankráci 15/1684, Praha 4, 09:00

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January 16, 2012

Platform for Transparent Public Tenders reject Senate's changing proposals to Public Procurement Bill

On Jan 13, the Council of the Platform for Transparent Public Tenders rejected the Senate's changing proposals related to ownership transparency and supported the version of the Public Procurement Bill approved by the Chamber of Deputies on Nov 4, 2011. The issue of ownership transparency should be dealt with outside the Public Procurement Act, the Platform Council agreed. The Council expressed support to the solution that is currently being sought by the Ministry of Justice (within the so-called Act on Transparency). Details (in Czech) are available at http://www.transparentnizakazky.cz/.

December 16, 2011

Committee for Labor and Social Affairs plans activities for 2012

AmCham Committee for Labor and Social Affairs met December 14 to evaluate activities in 2011 and plan steps for 2012.

December 16, 2011

Senate sends Public Procurement Act Amendment back to the Chamber, with a changing proposal

The Upper Chamber of the Czech Parliament voted on the amendment to the Public Procurement Act at its session on December 14. Senators are sending the amendment back to the Chamber of Deputies with a changing proposal by Nadační fond proti korupci that requires uncovering the ownership structure of winning bidders.

December 09, 2011

AmCham is prepared to help with the implementation of the Government's Competitiveness Strategy

AmCham members discussed the implementation of the Strategy of International Competitiveness of the Czech Republic with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Tlapa and Head of the EU Internal Market and Services Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Filip Svoboda. Topics discussed included R&D, innovations, human resource develoipment and energy efficiency, among others.

December 09, 2011

Public Procurement Act Amendment in the Senate: Nadační fond proti korupci submits ownership structure transparency proposal

Over the past few weeks, the Expert Group of the Platform for Transparent Public Procurement has discussed the Nadační fond proti korupci-Veřejnost proti korupci proposal to require ownership structure declarations from bidders. The Platform agreed that ownership of companies doing business with the state should be fully transparent, and that this issue should be addressed in legislation outside of the act on public procurement. The Senate will debate the proposal at its session starting on December 7.

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January 27, 2012

Workshop: Making IT security empowering, rather than paralysing

AmCham IT commttee organized first small workshop in 2012 on Making IT security empowering, rather than paralysing - best practices.

January 27, 2012

AmCham HR Committee met on January 27, 2012

AmCham HR Committee met on January 27 to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes of the committee attached.

January 25, 2012

AmCham Marketing Committee met on January 25, 2012

AmCham Marketing Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes to the meeting can be found in the attachement.

January 20, 2012

AmCham Finance Committee met on January 19 - Minutes

AmCham Finance Committee met on Thursday, January 19, to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes of the meeting are attached. Members interested to join the Finance Committee please contact Renata Paceltová at rpaceltova@amcham.cz

January 18, 2012

AmCham IT Committee met on January 17 - Minutes

AmCham IT Committee met on Tuesday, January 17, to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes of the meeting are attached. Members interested to join the IT Committee please contact Renata Paceltová at rpaceltova@amcham.cz

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Regus Business Centre, s.r.o.
Weber Shandwick
Bayer Czech Republic
NSG Morison Advisory s.r.o.
ORANGE GROUP a.s.

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January 26, 2012

7th Regional Tax Conference will be held on March 6, 2012, in Prague

7th Regional Tax Conference, this year hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic, will be held on March 6, 2012, in Prague, Czech Republic. The annual tax conference brings together experts from around the V4 region to discuss the results of past reforms and debate the merits of planned reforms at the national and European level.

The conference will be attended by businesspeople and both public and private sectors’ tax experts working in Central Europe. Tentative program with the invitation is attached.

December 20, 2011

AmCham wishes its members Successful year 2012

December 08, 2011

Update of members´ database contacts

We kindly ask you to take several minutes and update contacts that are mentioned in your member´s profile so your profile is complete and update and we are sure that information is delivered to competent people.
You can update your profile at www.amcham.cz after registering under your username and password. If you miss your log-in data please contact Jan Rambousek at jrambousek@amcham.cz.

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December 01, 2011

Czech TATRA gains international recognition for its new TATRA PHOENIX truck

TATRA’s newest vehicle, the TATRA PHOENIX , was the second highest rated truck in the overall standings of International Truck of the Year 2012, the latest edition of a prestigious annual international industry contest.

November 30, 2011

Global Survey on Business Integrity Education

Within the frames of the Integrity Education Project, the Center for Integrity in Business and Government (CIBG) has developed this Global Survey, an analytical instrument to map some of the most relevant issues related to knowledge and skills to be developed by integrity education in MBA programs. The link to the survey is: https://ceubusiness.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9AcREJkyFZa6O4k.

November 18, 2011

TI Seminar: Greater Transparency in Political Party Financing (Nov 22, 2011)

Transparency International in cooperation with the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Science, and embassies of Canada, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Sweden, USA, and UK, will discuss political party financing at a seminar to be held on November 22, 2011 at the American Centre, Tržiště 13, Prague 1.