Project Objective:
The aim of the project was to elaborate chapters on selected topics from a socioeconomic analysis, a SWOT analysis and the formulation of a strategy proposal for the NDP and forming a system of priority axes. The goal for IEEP specialists was to elaborate or participate in particular chapters – Innovations and Knowledge Economy, Accessibility and Infrastructure, Macroeconomic Analysis and Prognosis. In the course of particular chapters elaborating the principle of partnership was respected and their subject was discussed with respective institutions from public administration, NGO etc.

Brief Summary:
In connection with preparing for a new programme period of European Union policy for social and economic cohesion 2007–2013, it was necessary to update the National Development Plan 2004–2006 (NDP). The project was realized through cooperation with four institutions and selected chapters were elaborated by a specialist from the Institute for Economic and Environmental Policy at the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration University of Economics, Prague. The National Development Plan was prepared as a key document for the National Strategic Reference Framework of the Czech Republic which is presently the strategic document for negotiations with European Commission about the programme period 2007–2013. Thus the NDP serves as the basic material for negotiations with European Commission. Priority axes and the goals of the NDP stem from the defined strategy and then they are projected onto the structure of the prepared operational programs in the Czech Republic.

Outputs:
The National Development Plan for the period 2007–2013