Renewed economic advisory board NERV meets to outline priorities

The government's economic advisory board NERV, reinstated on Wednesday, has met to outline priorities in the coming months, among them the creation of six teams focusing on specific areas of the Czech economy. The teams will deal with - and present recommendations - on issues including pension reform, transparency in public tenders, and EU economic policy. Members will now be assigned to specific groups with the prime minister saying an official announcement will be made in two weeks. NERV was first set up in January 2009 to focus on economic growth. The original council had ten members including Vladimír Dlouhý (an advisor to US investment bank Goldman Sachs), Martin Jahn (president of Automotive Industry Association and CEO of Volkswagen Group in Russia), and others. The renewed body will meet once per month.