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ISTROANALYTICA RESEARCH: COVID-19 IMPACT ON SLOVAK CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
According to 75% of participating companies, COVID-19 economy crisis further negatively impacted the already weakened construction sector.
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WILL WE SURVIVE WITH 167 EUR PER MONTH IN 2050?
By 2050, Slovakia will be smaller by 300ths inhabitants and the population will become radically older. Only 1,5 persons will be eonomically active per 1 pensioner. The cost of pension and healtcare system will rise steeply with less people to "feed" it. New Family Policy is the solution.
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AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW DOES NOT SUPPORT HEALTHY FOOD FOR CHILDREN
Lowest price for food procured to schools still remains the major criteria. Procurement of key public projects will not be dramatically shortened. Public procurement could become more expensive.
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NEW PLANNING OFFICE FOR 36M EUR WILL NOT SPEED-UP AND SIMPLIFY CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Municipalities to loose control over the construction process to central Government. Less transparency for owners of neighboring real estate. A missed opportunity to go truly online.
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350THS. SLOVAK JOBS ARE ENDANGERED DURING 2021 - 2035
Due to robotization, automation, and advancing EU cohesion, Machinery, Automotive, Construction, and Transport are most endangered. Job creation opportunities exist in Services, Health and Social Care, Agriculture, and R&D.
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SLOVAKIA LACKS ALMOST 1,100 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND PAEDIATRICS
Rural regions are most affected by the shortage of these doctors and their aging. IstroAnalytica proposes to invest up to 3% of the national Recovery and Resilience Fund to solve the issue.
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CONSTRUCTION PERMIT COULD BE ISSUED WITHIN 40 DAYS, WITH LEGISLATION CHANGES
Making the process online-only, improving quality of public data, and streamlining objection raising are key to improvement. Large strategic investments of the Government should be treated in fast-track mode.
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SLOVAK RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN NEEDS REWORK
The Plan lacks tangible benefits and has no implementation structure. It fails to meet the criteria set by European Commission.
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E-BIKE SUBSIDY WOULD BRING 250 MILLION "GREEN" KILOMETERS PER YEAR
With EUR 1000 subsidy for recreational and cargo e-bike purchases the annual „green“ kilometers of the subsidized e-bikes would reach 250 million. Total cost of 3-year subsidy program would amount to EUR 34 million. In addition, the program would support creation of hundreds of jobs, especially in regions.
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ISTROANALYTICA PROPOSES 300 EUR ONE-TIME PANDEMIC CHILD COMPENSATION
Additional EUR 100 per child to be paid monthly to all Slovak families until COVID-19 pandemics subsides. IstroAnalytica also proposes systemic changes to increase pandemic sick leave and parental care compensation to fully cover lost income to pandemics.
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LOCKDOWN NOT EFFECTIVE FOR OVER 2 MILLION SLOVAK PEOPLE
Since January 2021, IstroAnalytica repeatedly warns that the lockdown introduced by the Slovak Government does not cover more than 2 million people. Furthermore, the mass antigen testing may actually stimulate people mobility with the illusion of not being infected with COVID-19.
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SLOVAKIA CONSTANTLY DELAYS EUR 1.4 BILLION INVESTMENT INTO BROADBAND
Slovakia needs to make an investment of at least EUR 1.4 billion in order to cover over 2 million of all Slovak households with fast broadband. The Government should play a key role in coordination and subsidization of infrastructure deployment, with telecom services providers as partners.
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HOW TO SHORTEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT TO 100 DAYS WITH 4 KEY CHANGES
Substantial reduction in public procurement process duration can be achieved by eliminating redundant checks, prevention of speculative objections, adjustment of financial limits, and introduction of transparent fast-track procurement for top strategic projects of the Government.
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BACK TO SCHOOL WITH 4-DAY SCHOOL WEEK
Monday to Thursday school week may enable children to go back to school from February 2021. Priority vaccination of teachers would enable to fully open schools from the beginning of May. In the meantime, vitamins package distributed free-of charge to teachers would improve their chances against COVID-19.
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FROM BRATISLAVA TO KOŠICE IN 2 HOURS BY TRAIN MAY BE REAL, BUT NOT IN SLOVAKIA.
IstroAnalytica proposes a radical EUR 10 billion investment to overcome key transportation issue that remains unsolved for decades.
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10 EUR A MONTH WILL HELP SAVE PENSIONERS FROM CORONAVIRUS
The Government should distribute monthly requirements of vitamins B, C, D and zinc to more than 1 million elderly pensioners. Such vitamin support would help to protect them against COVID-19 until their full vaccination, and cost less than 10 euros per month and person.
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ANALYSIS: TO FOLLOW THE SUCCESS OF ISRAEL, GOOD VACCINATION STRATEGY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH
Slovak vaccination strategy contains several factors that can negatively affect the success of a quick vaccination. How to make it real?
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SLOVAKIA HAS UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITIES TO DOUBLE ITS VACCINATION CAPACITY
IstroAnalytica proposes to abolish mandatory pre-vaccination testing for coronavirus and move freed staff capacities from testing to vaccination. General practitioners should also be involved in the vaccination process. Massive media campaign to support vaccination is missing.
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Mr. Helexa focuses on corporate transformation and management of highly complex  projects and programs. In the past, he served as CEO and Chairman of the BoD of Slovak Post and held other important assignments in private and public sector.

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Mr. Miškovič held top positions in corporate finance and business strategy consulting. He gained substantial experience in the public sector holding positions Top Adviser for strategic projects and public policy in various parts of the Slovak Government.

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