
For the first time in the Czech Republic, a group of NGOs have banded together to support nine important anti-corruption measures.
They are asking Czech citizens – again, for the first time – to write to their representative Members of Parliament (MPs) and ask them to pledge support for specific anti-corruption legislation. The campaign Rekonstrukce Státu, or the Reconstruction of State, holds MPs responsible for their pledges by posting their positions on the campaign website. One of the demands has already been made into law. The Reconstruction of State initiative is headed by three major NGOs in the Czech Republic: Transparency International, Environmental Law Service and Oživení.
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Brno/Brussels, August 8, 2025 – The Frank Bold expert group has submitted comments to the European Commission on the upcoming package of measures to modernize European electrical grids (the European Grids Package). The proposals are based on proven solutions that were previously published by Frank Bold on the website gridforfuture.eu, and present 8 concrete non-investment measures for more efficient use of existing grid infrastructure.
Following the request of Commissioner Albuquerque, and after intense months of work from experts in the business, investor and audit community, as well national standard setters and civil society experts engaged officially in EFRAG, the revised ESRS are now publicly available and open for consultation until the end of September.