Investment Climate in the

Martin Partl Director D-A-CH Region Operations CZECHINVEST Investment and Business Development Agency

Ministry of Industry and Trade

CzechInvest HQ Prague, 8 foreign offices, 14 offices in CZ regions

to support foreign direct investment mission to develop local companies to implement business-development programs to improve the business infrastructure Source: CzechInvest, 2015 Our Services for Potential Investors

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Source: CzechInvest, 2015 Priority Sectors (Investment Opportunities)

Aerospace Automotive Business Support Services Energy & Cleantech Hi-tech Engineering ICT Life Sciences Materials and Nanotechnologies R&D

http://www.czechinvest.org/en/target-sectors

Source: CzechInvest, 2015 Czech Republic: Basic Data

Population (2015) 10.5 million

Labour force (2015) 5.3 million

Unemployment (September 2015) 6.0%

GDP p.c. in USD (PPP) (2014) 28 466

GDP growth (2014) 2.0 %

GDP growth (October 2015*) 4.6 %

Annual inflation (October 2015) 0.4% Average monthly

wage (March 2015) € 997 $ 1, 054 Export destinations (2014) Germany (32.0%) Slovak Rep. (8.3%) Poland (5.9%) * current

Source: Czech Statistical Office 2015, Czech Ministry of Finance April 2015, IMF 2015 Basic Economic Indicators

**Forecast

Source: Ministry of Finance. Macroeconomic Forecast. April 2015 Investment Risk Rating

STANDARD COUNTRY AND MOODY ´S FITCH POOR ´S Czech Republic AA- A1 A+

Slovakia A A2 A+

Poland A- A2 A-

Bulgaria BBB Baa2 BBB-

Hungary BB Ba1 BB+

Romania BB+ Baa3 BBB-

Russia BB+ Baa3 BBB-

Note: Foreign Currency Long-Term Sovereign Debt Ratings, January 2015

Source: Czech National Bank, 2015 Global Competitiveness Index Rankings Czech Republic is at the top of the CEE countries in the competitiveness of the world economies

Rank Country Score 1 Switzerland 5.76 2 Singapore 5.68 3 United States 5.61 4 Germany 5.53 5 Netherlands 5,50 ……… 31 Czech Republic 4.69 41 Poland 4.49 63 Hungary 4.25 67 Slovak Republic 4.22

Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 Czech Republic – Competitive Economy Czech Republic ranks 31th among 140 world economies in competitiveness

Competitive Advantages: (Rank) ╌ Trade tariffs (5) ╌ Prevalance of foreign ownership (6) ╌ Primary ed.enrollment (11) ╌ Soundness of banks (13) ╌ Intensity of local competition (14) ╌ Import as a percentage GDP (16) ╌ Flexibility of wage determination (17) ╌ Pay and productivity (18) ╌ Quality of electricity supply (19) ╌ Quality of railroad infrastructure (22) ╌ Local supplier quality (25) ╌ Availability of specialised training services (26 ╌ Soundness of banks (24) ╌ Country credit rating (24) ╌ Int´l Internet bandwidth (25) ╌ Capacity for inovation (26) ╌ Internet acces in schools (29) ╌ PCT patents, applications/mio pop. (28)

Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 Foreign Trade and Investment – Top 10 Foreign Trade according to turnover Foreign Direct Investment Inflow Total USD: 101.42 billions (1999-2014) (1993-2013)

Share in total Share in total FDI Country Country foreign trade (%) inflow (%)

Germany 30,4 Germany 22.0 Slovakia 7,1 Netherlands 17.0 Poland 5,9 Austria 13.3 China (Peoples Republic France 5.7 of) 4,6 United States 5.5 France 4,5 Switzerland 4.6 Austria 4,3 Belgium 4.7 Italy 4,3 United Kingdom 2.0 RussianFederation 3,9 Sweden 1.6 United Kingdom 3,7 Italy 0.8 Netherlands 3,3

Source: Czech Statistical Office 2015; Czech National Bank 2014 CzechInvest´s Projects Structure And Trends Number of projects (1993 – 2014)

MFG SC + TC 200

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

Note: MFG=Manufacturing, SC=Service Center, TC=Technical Center Source: CzechInvest, 2015 Investment Incentives

Supported activities -- Manufacturing industry - Starting or expanding production facilities -- Technology centres - Establishment or expansion of R&D centres -- Business support services centres - Establishment or expansion of shared service centres, SW development centres or high-tech repair centres

Types of Incentives (state aid 25 - 45%, Prague 0)

-- Tax incentive, corporate income tax relief for max.10 years -- Job creation grants, up to 11,100 EUR per each new job created -- Training and retraining grants, 25-50 % of total training costs -- Cash grant on capital investment (in case of strategic investment only )

Source : Act on Investment Incentives No. 72/2000 Coll., CzechInvest 2014 Sources of R&D Funding V EU Fonds -- Budget 2014 – 2020 : 22 Mrd. EUR -- All Regions supported except Prague

V Technology Agency of the Czech Republic EPSILON Programme Support of applied research and experimental development ° Sub-programme 1 - Knowledge-based economy ° Sub-programme 2 - Energy and Materials ° Sub-programme 3 – Environment

VMinistry of Industry and Trade Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness 4,3 Mrd. EUR TRIO Programme Support for applied research and experimental development in the are of Key Enabling Technologies (photonics, nanotechnologies, advanced materials etc.) Sources of R&D Funding

V Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports -- Operational Programme Research, Development and Education -- Priority Axis 1: Enhancing capacities for quality research

V City of Prague Operational Programme Prague – Growth Pole of the Czech Republic ° Priority axis 1: Enhancement of research, technological development and innovation

V Horizon 2020 The EU Framework Programme for R&D Running 2014 - 2020 with a budget over €70 billion International cooperation as an important priority Czech institutions actively seeking partnerships in research consortia CzechInvest Worldwide

South Korea Scandinavia @czechinvest.org [email protected]

USA – East Coast Japan [email protected] Germany @czechinvest.org [email protected]

USA – West Coast UK & Ireland [email protected] @czechinvest.org China –

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Source: CzechInvest, 2015 Thank you for your attention. [email protected] www.czechinvest.org