Supreme Audit Office: Czechia lacks comprehensive system for protection of soft targets

Czechia still lacks a comprehensive system for protecting so-called soft targets from terrorist attacks, according to the results of an audit by the Supreme Audit Office. The office looked into the use of money allocated for the protection of soft targets, i.e. schools and public spaces, hospitals or cultural facilities against terrorist and other attacks, between 2016 and 2021.

The Interior Ministry has countered the criticism saying that in line with a Soft Target Protection Plan approved in 2017, it was first providing financial support for so-called non-investment programs, such as security analyses, trainings and seminars. The present phase involves more concrete investments into the system, the ministry said.