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The European Employment Observatory (EEO) has just published its regular newsletter covering developments in employment policy at the EU level. The newsletter is published in cooperation with CERGE-EI and ICF GHK consultancy. EEO is supported by a network of national labour market experts (SYSDEM network) from leading independent research institutions in the EEO countries, and the Czech Republic is represented by CERGE-EI faculty member Daniel Münich.

This EEO newsletter covers the following developments in employment policy at the EU level:
 
■ Labour Market Update
■ Three pillars for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
■ EGF Funding
■ ESF funding for lifelong learning is, for many, a needed lifelong investment
■ The Working Time Directive review is extended
■ Improvement of apprenticeships and traineeships to boost youth employment
■ Tackling the woes of European illiteracy
■ First microcredit provider for Italy, as the Progress Microfinance tool proves a success.

You can read the entire newsletter here.

We are delighted to welcome Patrick Gaulé who has joined CERGE-EI as an Assistant Professor in September. He is an an applied microeconomist specialized in the economics of science and innovation. Check out his research here on his personal site.

Prior to coming to Prague, Professor Gaulé was a research associate at Harvard University and a post-doctoral research fellow at the MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Although the deserted streets of Prague might give the impression that everyone has gone on vacation, CERGE-EI has remained in the limelight throughout the summer [all links are to pieces in Czech]. In an article about the most inspiring and promising young Czechs, the leading business weekly Ekonom included CERGE-EI faculty member Michal Bauer on its “Six Czechs of the future” list. The weekly also featured an interview with Professor Bauer discussing his views on the role of economics in development, microfinance, and his career trajectory.

Professors Štěpán Jurajda and Daniel Münich have managed to wake up Czech academia from its August slumber with a new study about the evaluation of research results in the Czech Republic. The study provides a unique overview of the institutions which produce the highest amount of scientific output in dozens of research fields. Additionally, the authors discuss the problems with the current research evaluation system in the country and offer some cautionary remarks about the direction it should take. The study was featured on the front page of the Czech business daily Hospodářské noviny and in its topic-of-the-day article, together with an interview with Daniel Münich. The study has also provoked a lively and much-needed public discussion among experts about the shortcomings of the current evaluation system and about the possibility for improvements.