The Czech Ministry of Regional Development plans to set up a public investments academy which will be responsible for educational programmes about public investments including public procurement, as well as preparing and applying strategy and analysis documents to be released in the academy's name. The academy will start work in June 2015. Its first task entails the education of state administration project managers specialising in large-scale projects co-financed from structural funds.
The academy should work closely with individual experts already active in the area of public investments. It will also organise regular professional conferences and meetings to share new findings and good practices. Other goals include supporting relations between public administration and the non-profit and business sectors.