Although the Czech Republic has set itself the goal of becoming an innovation leader in its innovation strategy for 2030, it is failing to meet this target compared to other European Union countries.
Digital technical maps lack reliable information about the locations of gas pipelines, water pipes, sewer systems, electrical and communication cables, and other elements of technical infrastructure.
In an audit of the Energy Regulatory Office's (ERO) management of selected state assets and funds totalling CZK 114 million, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) did not find any material shortcomings.
In 2024, the Government of the Czech Republic decided that by 2030, 30% of consumed energy should come from renewable sources. Therefore, it is necessary to connect photovoltaic power systems with a capacity of 10.1 GWp and wind turbines with a capacity of 1.5 GW..
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has distributed over CZK 30 billion for the development of universities without making it clear how this financial support has specifically improved teaching.
The vehicle checkweighing system has failed in its primary function of protecting the transport infrastructure from overloaded vehicles through effective prevention and enforcement of sanctions.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) invested almost CZK 1.8 billion in the modernisation of the Czech Armed Forces' training facilities between 2019 and 2024.
Between 2014 and 2024, the Ministry of Regional Development (MoRD) invested a total of CZK 5.97 billion from national and European Union funds in the development of infrastructure for regional social services.
The Supreme Audit Office examined the Ministry of the Interior’s plan to develop an information system (eSeL) for the electronic drafting and publication of legal regulations in the Czech Republic over the course of three years – from 2017 to 2020.
The report contains findings from 29 audits completed last year at a total of 127 institutions. It examined finances and assets worth a total of CZK 83 billion.
European programmes and projects, for which the Czech Republic also draws considerable sums from European funds, must also be well promoted.
At the traditional meeting of SAO representatives with EU Ambassadors held the SAO President Miloslav Kala spoke about the current use of EU subsidies and how they should be used in the next programming period 2028+ to increase the competitiveness of EU countries.
On Friday and Saturday, 7 and 8 March 2025, participants of the 6th edition of the Public Administration Hackathon demonstrated how open data can contribute to the development of new applications and websites that improve citizens' daily lives.
The SAO's audit focused on the money spent between 2017 and 2023 to support the digitalisation of libraries showed that the Ministry of Culture directed the funds to the real needs of libraries, but set the digitalisation objectives very generally...
Between 2019 and 2023, state financial aid of CZK 1.1 billion led to the regeneration of 122 brownfields out of a total of 979 which are exclusively publicly owned.
In mid-December last year, the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) approved the appointment of the SAO Member Mr Daniel Reisiegel.
Between the years 2014 and 2023, a state and EU financial aid amounting to CZK 9.5 billion was provided to municipalities for the construction and reconstruction of pavements and footpaths.
The Ministry of the Interior purchased equipment worth CZK 2.4 billion between 2018 and 2022 without taking into account the needs of police officers. The result was surplus supplies on the one hand and a shortage of equipment on the other.
The state spent a total of CZK 36.2 billion on land consolidation between the years 1991 and 2023. By the end of 2023, comprehensive land consolidation had been completed in one quarter of the 12,232 cadastral territories.
In the twenty years that the Czech Republic has been a member of the EU, the difference between revenues from and contributions to the European budget, the so-called net position of the Czech Republic, has reached CZK one trillion.
