The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN CZECHIA*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 15 reform support projects for Czechia:
- Economic Security in Technologies and Resources in the Czech Republic
- Equal Access: Comprehensive Modernizing Student Support Systems
- Implementing the EU NIS 2 cyber-security directive
Multi-country projects:
- Improving capacity in Member States to effectively implement the Pillar 2 Directive
- Participation of the Czech National Bank in the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - second edition
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- Strengthening Detection and Reporting of Bid Rigging in Czechia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, and Portugal
- AI4SMARTAUDIT - AI for EU Funds audit
- Implementing Effective Green Budgeting Practices
- Strengthening the effectiveness of the EU sanctions instrument by aligning formulations in EU legal texts
- Czech Workforce Future Skills Portal
- Improving Sustainability Reporting for Businesses
- PACE - Schengen cooperation (police cooperation, information system and implementation of new EU legislation)
- PACE - Implementation of the digital transformation chapter of RRP
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 9 reform support projects for Czechia:
- Towards a harmonised microcredentials ecosystem in Czechia
- Update of the SME Support Strategy 2021+
Multi-country projects:
- PACE - Comparison of water management policy and drought management in the Czech Republic with the countries of Southern Europe
- PACE - Support to the enhancement of Public Administration awareness about the possibilities of cross-border exchanges and internships
- Promoting the mental health of youth by addressing the risks of online gambling and gaming
- Supporting FDI screening reforms in Europe: Developing solutions to identified and emerging challenges
- Enhance tax administration reforms through Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) in Czechia
- Social Climate Plan for Czechia
- Strengthen the national child protection system of the Czech Republic
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 11 reform support projects for Czechia:
- Developing a comprehensive framework for the monitoring and evaluation of early childhood education and care in the Czech Republic
- Strengthening the efficiency of the judicial system in the Czech Republic
- Supporting businesses to achieve a higher level of digitalization
- Sustainable Finance Policy Options
Multi-country projects:
- Supporting the Czech Republic to implement spending reviews and build a performance budgeting framework
- Climate adaptation
- Mapping competencies of national authorities in the area of implementation of EU restrictive measures. Best practices and legislative recommendations.
- Supporting evidence-based regulatory practice and policy coherence for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Czechia
- Implementation of Housing Reform
- Proof of concept of AI models in market abuse monitoring
- Developing in-house capacity for Latvia and other Member States
In 2022, the Commission approved 13 reform projects for Czechia:
- Methodology for the application of the DNSH principle at the national level
- Implementation of Digital Transformation pillar of the National Recovery Plan
- Recommendations how to achieve carbon neutrality and to set up of regulatory framework.
- Regional and local authorities – Enhancing cooperation & Quality of public administration
- Support to the Implementation of the Just Transition in the Czech Republic
- Insurance supervision - improvement of the supervisory review process relating to the assessment of adequacy of reinsurance programs
- Examining Technology-driven solutions to facilitate Third Country Nationals’ access to essential information
- General Technical Support for the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (control, communication and methodology)
Multi-country projects:
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - CNB
- Support to REPowerEU
- Chainalysis as a tool to reduce the risk of circumvention of sanctions, that are imposed to Russia, using virtual assets
- Building capacity for evidence-informed policymaking in governance and public administration in a post-pandemic Europe
- AML risk analysis and supervision in the area of correspondent banking, Czechia
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 10 reform projects for Czechia:
- Reform of the business support provided by the state agencies
- Strategy of the ICT development within the Ministry of the Interior
- Improvements in governance of strategic planning of public infrastructure investments
- Creation of the National Coordinator of Intelligent and Sustainable Mobility
- Improving Digital Infrastructure - Very High Capacity Network development
- Strengthening the government capacity for gender-sensitive and inclusive recovery
- Public procurement documentation of the new Integrated Foreigners Administration System (IFAS)
- Feasibility Study on the potential of data in financial services
- Setting up a Framework for Health System Performance Assessment
- General technical support for the implementation of Czech Republic’s Recovery and Resilience Plan
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
The commission helped establish a coherent and effective national sustainable finance ecosystem in the Czech Republic, aimed at mobilizing both the public and private sectors to utilize sustainable finance instruments.
The commission support the Czech authorities in developing a comprehensive and coherent system to evaluate and monitor the quality of early childhood education and care for children aged 0-6 years.
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