The opportunity
2/2 · Clear, recurring pain
Small Czech villages must look after the affairs of adults a court says can't manage alone, and in many the mayor does it personally.2 sourcesochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden,…In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”
- 15,527 adults rely on a town or village to run their affairs.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- In 2020, 330 mayors did this work themselves.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- 61% of small municipalities doing it call it a burden.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
The opportunity
About this section
- What this shows
- The problem as it is today: what goes wrong, and who it costs.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Documented pain means you will not have to convince buyers the problem exists before you can sell them the fix.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means clear, recurring pain: documented complaints, a petition or industry pressure. Scattered complaints make it 1/2.
Small Czech villages must look after the affairs of adults a court says can't manage alone, and in many the mayor does it personally.2 sourcesochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden,…In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”
- 15,527 adults rely on a town or village to run their affairs.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- In 2020, 330 mayors did this work themselves.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- 61% of small municipalities doing it call it a burden.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
The law calls this public guardianship: when no relative or other person can look after an adult's affairs, a court hands them to a town or village.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czCivil Code § 485 — inventory and yearly accounts (another site)Whoever manages the person's property for them sends the court an inventory within two months of appointment and yearly accounts by 30 June. The town then manages the person's money and property, and sends the court yearly accounts.Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czCivil Code § 485 — inventory and yearly accounts (another site)Whoever manages the person's property for them sends the court an inventory within two months of appointment and yearly accounts by 30 June.
- 1,466 of the country's 6,254 municipalities do this work, and 75% of them are small villages.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- In 2022, 1,282 of the 1,406 municipalities doing it looked after only one to three people.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- Where there is no employee for it, the mayor does the work.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- Mayors describe court hearings, weekend requests to consent to a medical procedure, and losing track of each person.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
The ombudsman, the public defender of rights, surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April and May 2025:ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- 46% do this work, and 18% still handle minor-offence cases themselves.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- Of those that handle minor offences, 69% call them a burden.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- About two in five see this work and minor-offence cases as of little benefit to their residents.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- The lawyers and commission members that minor-offence cases require cost more than the fines bring in.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- Municipalities asked for the right to hand this work to another town by contract.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).” In 2016, half of the municipalities asked said they would welcome it.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
In spring 2026 the same office asked 1,126 authorities how they handle official proceedings, and the smallest municipalities named staffing, expertise and technical capacity as what holds them back.eso.ochrance.czOmbudsman — how 1,126 offices run official proceedings (another site)A second ombudsman survey, of 1,126 authorities in spring 2026, found offices work from their own settled habits rather than written rules, and the smallest municipalities named staffing, expertise and technical capacity as what holds them back.In the source’s words“Externí metodika může tam, kde zákon připouští různé výklady či postupy, nabídnout jednotné doporučení. Ve většině zkoumaných oblastí o externí metodiku přitom projevuje zájem více než polovina úřadů.”
Suggested solution
Build case-management software for the town offices that take on this work, with a file per person, their money and the yearly accounts for the court, as 1 company already does in Sweden.
- Court. Today: Makes the village responsible for the person. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: the court still decides this.
- Mayor or a town-hall official. Today: Takes on the work, often untrained. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: the town still names who does it.
- The mayor or official. Today: Keeps the person's money and property. With the suggested solution: Keeps each account in one shared ledger.
- The mayor. Today: Goes to court hearings and gives hospital consents. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: these still need a person.
- The mayor or official. Today: Sends the court yearly accounts by 30 June. With the suggested solution: Prints the yearly accounts from the ledger.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How deadlines across many people are tracked is not known. With the suggested solution: The software reminds the office of each deadline.
Not known: how deadlines across many people are tracked.
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Suggested solution
About this section
- What this shows
- One way to solve the problem, and how the work would run with it.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It is a starting point to test with buyers, not a plan. The sections below are the evidence for and against it.
Build case-management software for the town offices that take on this work, with a file per person, their money and the yearly accounts for the court, as 1 company already does in Sweden.
A court makes the village responsible for an adult who can't manage alone, and the mayor or an official then handles the person's money, court hearings, hospital consents and yearly accounts, often without training.3 sourcesochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden,…In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czCivil Code § 485 — inventory and yearly accounts (another site)Whoever manages the person's property for them sends the court an inventory within two months of appointment and yearly accounts by 30 June.
A town office that takes on people from several villages keeps each person's file, money and deadlines in one place, and prints the yearly accounts from it.
- Court. Today: Makes the village responsible for the person. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: the court still decides this.
- Mayor or a town-hall official. Today: Takes on the work, often untrained. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: the town still names who does it.
- The mayor or official. Today: Keeps the person's money and property. With the suggested solution: Keeps each account in one shared ledger.
- The mayor. Today: Goes to court hearings and gives hospital consents. With the suggested solution: Unchanged: these still need a person.
- The mayor or official. Today: Sends the court yearly accounts by 30 June. With the suggested solution: Prints the yearly accounts from the ledger.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How deadlines across many people are tracked is not known. With the suggested solution: The software reminds the office of each deadline.
Not known: how deadlines across many people are tracked.
Why now
0/3 · No deadline
Mayors lose days to court hearings and hospital calls, and a bill would only let villages hand this on, not require it.2 sourcesochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden,…In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”
- A mayor takes other town-hall work home after court hearings.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- Villages with a care institution can look after dozens of people.ceska-justice.czČeská justice — ten years of promises to villages (another site)The chair of the association of local governments says some small villages that host institutions for disabled people must care for dozens of people, as the government takes up the bill again.
- State money covers about half the cost its own costing finds.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Why now
About this section
- What this shows
- The dated rules and events that push buyers to act, soonest first.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A dated rule turns “nice to have” into “must buy by”, and tells you how long the window stays open.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means an enacted rule binds these buyers within 18 months and names a penalty. Without a named penalty it is 2/3. A draft law, a rule on someone else, or a date further out is 1/3.
Mayors lose days to court hearings and hospital calls, and a bill would only let villages hand this on, not require it.2 sourcesochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden,…In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”
- A mayor takes other town-hall work home after court hearings.ochrance.czOmbudsman — state tasks on small municipalities (another site)The public defender of rights surveyed 2,191 small villages and 140 larger towns in April–May 2025. Among those that do each task, 69% call misdemeanour cases and 61% call looking after these adults a burden, and mayors describe court hearings, hospital consents and losing track of the people in their care.In the source’s words“Za nejvíce zatěžující považují přibližně dvě třetiny obcí agendy projednávání přestupků (69 %) a veřejného opatrovnictví (61 %).”
- Villages with a care institution can look after dozens of people.ceska-justice.czČeská justice — ten years of promises to villages (another site)The chair of the association of local governments says some small villages that host institutions for disabled people must care for dozens of people, as the government takes up the bill again.
- State money covers about half the cost its own costing finds.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
The dates behind this:
- On 1 January 2024 the association of municipalities with a shared official became possible.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”spolecenstviobci.gov.czSpolečenství obcí — the state's page on this work (another site)Since 2024 a formal association of municipalities can share a trained official for this work; the state pays 30,500 CZK a year per person looked after, and 1,465 municipalities did this work in 2024.
- On 3 September 2026 the government sent the bill to parliament.psp.czChamber of Deputies — bill No. 294 (civil code amendment) (another site)The government sent the bill to the Chamber of Deputies on 3 September 2026, and it can be debated from 14 September 2026.In the source’s words“Návrh zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník, ve znění pozdějších předpisů, a některé další zákony v souvislosti s veřejným opatrovnictvím — Návrh se předkládá v souladu s Plánem legislativních prací vlády na rok…”
- From 1 July 2027 the bill would let a village hand this work to another town, or to an association of municipalities, by contract.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- Every year by 30 June the town sends the court the accounts of each person's money it manages.Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czCivil Code § 485 — inventory and yearly accounts (another site)Whoever manages the person's property for them sends the court an inventory within two months of appointment and yearly accounts by 30 June.
Willing to pay
2/2 · Clear signs
Towns pay for this work, and in 2025 three of them signed up to rent a software add-on for it each year.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
- Towns have bought add-ons for this work since at least 2017.2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
- The state's 430M CZK a year is less than its own costing says.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- The state pays a town about 30,500 CZK a year for each person.spolecenstviobci.gov.czSpolečenství obcí — the state's page on this work (another site)Since 2024 a formal association of municipalities can share a trained official for this work; the state pays 30,500 CZK a year per person looked after, and 1,465 municipalities did this work in 2024.
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P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Willing to pay
About this section
- What this shows
- Who already spends money on this problem, how much, and how they buy.
- Why it matters to a builder
- If people already pay for this, even by hand or through a consultant, you are replacing a spend, not creating a budget.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means a Czech buyer has paid for this, or a priced job also gets public money that pays part of it. A price on file makes it 1/2. Public money alone earns nothing. Only public buyers publish what they pay, so problems sold to private firms often score lower.
Towns pay for this work, and in 2025 three of them signed up to rent a software add-on for it each year.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
- Towns have bought add-ons for this work since at least 2017.2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
- The state's 430M CZK a year is less than its own costing says.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
- The state pays a town about 30,500 CZK a year for each person.spolecenstviobci.gov.czSpolečenství obcí — the state's page on this work (another site)Since 2024 a formal association of municipalities can share a trained official for this work; the state pays 30,500 CZK a year per person looked after, and 1,465 municipalities did this work in 2024.
- Towns hire lawyers to help; see Willing to pay.
Regions get another 21M CZK a year on top of the 430M CZK for towns.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).” The ministry's own costing needs 877 full-time officials at about 801M CZK a year to look after everyone properly.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).” The bill does not change the money: its impact assessment calls it budget-neutral.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
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What one buyer pays
- 1 470 CZK a month
- A Czech town office using an online register for this work aptien.comAptien — the online register (another site)A Czech online register for the officials who do this work is listed from 1,470 CZK a month.
- 28 593 CZK a year
- Město Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, a town Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czFrýdlant nad Ostravicí — renting an add-on for this work, January 2025 (another site)What a town pays each year, under a software rental signed in January 2025, for an add-on for this work in its town-hall software.
- 30 870 CZK a year
- Město Kostelec nad Orlicí, a town Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czKostelec nad Orlicí — adding the add-on to its rental, August 2025 (another site)What another town pays each year, before a discount on the whole order, to add an add-on for this work to the town-hall software it rents.
- 32 801 CZK a year
- Město Otrokovice, a town Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czOtrokovice — adding the add-on to its rental, August 2025 (another site)What a town pays each year to add an add-on for this work to the town-hall software it already rents.
- 57 000 CZK per project
- Město Chrudim, a town doing this work Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czChrudim — more work on its add-on (another site)What one Czech town paid in 2022 to extend its add-on for this work, so it tracks a person's money on several accounts at once.
- 120 000 CZK a year
- Město Břeclav, a town doing this work Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBřeclav — a law firm for this work (another site)The town of Břeclav pays a law firm 120,000 CZK including VAT for legal help with this work in 2025, and has placed a similar order most years since 2020.
- 199 000 CZK once
- Statutární město Hradec Králové, a regional city Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czHradec Králové — an add-on for this work (another site)What one Czech city paid in 2018 to add a module for this work to its town-hall software.
- 913 267 CZK a year
- A Czech town employing one full-time official for this work VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe ministry's costing — one full-time official (another site)By the state's own costing method, one full-time official doing this work costs a town 913,267 CZK a year and can properly look after about 16 people.
Validated abroad
1/3 · Early abroad
Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative.provisum.seProvisum — case system for Swedish supervising offices (another site)Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system developed with Stockholm and Västerås, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative with no licence fee.
- Provisum (another site)Based in Sweden
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Validated abroad
About this section
- What this shows
- Companies abroad that already sell a solution, and how far along they are.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Established companies selling it in other markets show that buyers will pay, so you are not betting on an untested idea.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means established in two or more markets, one of them near Czechia. 2/3 is one established company, 1/3 only early players.
Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative.provisum.seProvisum — case system for Swedish supervising offices (another site)Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system developed with Stockholm and Västerås, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative with no licence fee.
- provisum.seProvisum — case system for Swedish supervising offices (another site)Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system developed with Stockholm and Västerås, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative with no licence fee.
A case system for the Swedish municipal offices that supervise people running adults' affairs (överförmyndare), developed with the cities of Stockholm and Västerås and offered to every Swedish office through the municipal cooperative Sambruk with no licence fee; the yearly cost depends on a town's population (provisum.se, read 2026). Its supplier, Resursen Sverige AB, was registered in 2013 (allabolag.se). No count of towns using it is published.
It was developed with the cities of Stockholm and Västerås, carries no licence fee, and costs each town a yearly sum set by its population.provisum.seProvisum — case system for Swedish supervising offices (another site)Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system developed with Stockholm and Västerås, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative with no licence fee. The Swedish office supervises the people who run adults' affairs and checks their yearly accounts, the closest match to a Czech town office doing the same work.provisum.seProvisum — case system for Swedish supervising offices (another site)Swedish towns' offices that oversee this work can use a shared case system developed with Stockholm and Västerås, offered to every office through a municipal cooperative with no licence fee. The Czech bill's impact assessment also points to Sweden's volunteers who take on this role and to trust companies that manage property in England.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
Market gap
0/2 · Crowded
Two established Czech suppliers of town-hall software already sell towns an add-on for this work.Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.
New, selling this: Aptien, ORTEX (Sociální agenda). Established, selling this: VERA (VERA Radnice) (since 2017), Marbes (PROXIO) (since 2018). New, selling something nearby: nobody on file. Established, selling something nearby: ICZ (traffic-offence system) (since 2023).
- EarlySells thisAptien (another site)Sells an online register for the officials who do this work, with a file per person, their money, deadlines and printed yearly reports, on top of a general records tool for firms and towns.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisORTEX (Sociální agenda) (another site)Sells ORTEX Sociální agenda, software for a town's social department, to towns since at least 2015.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2017VERA (VERA Radnice) (another site)Sells VERA Radnice, town-hall software with a module for this work that keeps each person's details and plans the official's tasks.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2018Marbes (PROXIO) (another site)Sells PROXIO, a family of information systems for public administration, with a module for towns that run the affairs of adults in their care.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2023ICZ (traffic-offence system) (another site)Sells a system for handling traffic offences, the other agenda small municipalities call a burden.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Market gap
About this section
- What this shows
- Czech companies that already sell this, and firms nearby that sell something else.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A mature Czech seller means taking customers from an incumbent. Firms nearby still matter: the buyer may already pay them.
- How to read the score
- More points mean a more open field. 2/2 means no Czech company sells this, 1/2 only early ones do, 0/2 a mature one does.
Two established Czech suppliers of town-hall software already sell towns an add-on for this work.Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.
New, selling this: Aptien, ORTEX (Sociální agenda). Established, selling this: VERA (VERA Radnice) (since 2017), Marbes (PROXIO) (since 2018). New, selling something nearby: nobody on file. Established, selling something nearby: ICZ (traffic-offence system) (since 2023).
- EarlySells thisAptien (another site)Sells an online register for the officials who do this work, with a file per person, their money, deadlines and printed yearly reports, on top of a general records tool for firms and towns.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisORTEX (Sociální agenda) (another site)Sells ORTEX Sociální agenda, software for a town's social department, to towns since at least 2015.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2017VERA (VERA Radnice) (another site)Sells VERA Radnice, town-hall software with a module for this work that keeps each person's details and plans the official's tasks.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2018Marbes (PROXIO) (another site)Sells PROXIO, a family of information systems for public administration, with a module for towns that run the affairs of adults in their care.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2023ICZ (traffic-offence system) (another site)Sells a system for handling traffic offences, the other agenda small municipalities call a burden.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
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- Established: Marbes (PROXIO) (another site)2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
Sells PROXIO, a family of information systems for public administration, with a module for towns that run the affairs of adults in their care. Named customers: Hradec Králové bought that module from MARBES CONSULTING s.r.o. in July 2018, and Chrudim ordered further work on the module, tracking a person's money on several accounts at once, from Marbes s.r.o. (IČO 29108373) in 2022.Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer. Beroun bought its social-department module, which covers this work with a money ledger per person, in October 2025.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it. Marbes says it has supplied software since 1993.
- Established: VERA (VERA Radnice) (another site)2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
Sells VERA Radnice, town-hall software with a module for this work that keeps each person's details and plans the official's tasks. Named customers: Uherské Hradiště ordered the module in 2017 and Jihlava bought it in 2022, and the town of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm bought its social-department software in November 2022, with this work and a cash ledger in the order.2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it. Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Otrokovice and Kostelec nad Orlicí signed up to rent the module in 2025.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
- Early: Aptien (another site)2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.aptien.comAptien — the online register (another site)A Czech online register for the officials who do this work is listed from 1,470 CZK a month.
Sells an online register for the officials who do this work, with a file per person, their money, deadlines and printed yearly reports, on top of a general records tool for firms and towns. It names no town that bought it for this work, and no contract for it was found in the state contracts register.Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer. Aptien Labs s.r.o. has existed since 2005.
- Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it.
Sells ORTEX Sociální agenda, software for a town's social department, to towns since at least 2015. The town of Kaplice bought it in June 2025 after its own tender, which asked for this work with a money ledger per person, and the offer confirmed both.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it. That is the one named buyer for this work on file: the earlier licences read do not mention it, so when the product began to cover it is not known. ORTEX spol. s r.o. is a software firm in Hradec Králové.
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- Established: ICZ (traffic-offence system) (another site)Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.
Sells a system for handling traffic offences, the other agenda small municipalities call a burden. Named customers: the cities of Most and Chomutov signed for it in 2023.Market checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer. It serves large towns and their camera-caught traffic offences; it does not help with this work. ICZ a.s. has traded since 1997.
Both of those suppliers signed new towns for it in 2025.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it. Two more Czech sellers offer it: one sells an online register that no named town has bought, and one sells social-department software that a town bought for this work in 2025; see Market gap.2 sourcesMarket checksmlouvy.gov.czCzech software for this work — two established suppliers already sell it (another site)Two suppliers of town-hall software sell towns a module for this work and have named buyers for it, so the product already exists here; a third seller offers an online register for it with no named buyer.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — towns paying for software for this work, 2025 (another site)The public contracts register shows towns signing for software that handles this work in 2025: three renting an add-on for it, and two buying social-department software that includes it. Towns also pay lawyers for help with the work; see Willing to pay.
- Minor-offence cases already have a way out: a village pays a bigger town to handle them under a contract between the two municipalities.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — Slavkov u Brna takes misdemeanours from seven villages (another site)In June 2024 seven villages handed all their misdemeanour cases to the town of Slavkov u Brna by public-law contract — the model the bill copies. Seven villages handed all their cases to one town this way in June 2024.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — Slavkov u Brna takes misdemeanours from seven villages (another site)In June 2024 seven villages handed all their misdemeanour cases to the town of Slavkov u Brna by public-law contract — the model the bill copies.
- Since 2024 a formal association of municipalities in one district can share one trained official for this work.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in…In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného…”spolecenstviobci.gov.czSpolečenství obcí — the state's page on this work (another site)Since 2024 a formal association of municipalities can share a trained official for this work; the state pays 30,500 CZK a year per person looked after, and 1,465 municipalities did this work in 2024.
- Today it is unclear whether a village may hand this work to another town by contract, which the bill would settle.VeKLEPodok.gov.czThe bill — the justice ministry's impact assessment (another site)The justice ministry's bill would let a village hand the affairs of adults in its care to another town or a group of municipalities by contract from 1 July 2027. Its impact assessment counts 15,527 people in a town's care, 330 mayors doing the work themselves in 2020, and 430M CZK a year paid to towns for it.In the source’s words“Sběr počtu opatrovanců v roce 2025 ukazuje, že opatrovnictví vykonávají většinově malé obce typu I. (75 % obcí vykonávajících agendu veřejného opatrovnictví).”
Execution difficulty
1/3 · Hard
Makes it easier
- Towns already buy add-ons to their office software for this work.
- No licence is needed to sell one.
Makes it harder
- The buyers are public bodies with yearly budgets.
- Established suppliers of town-hall software already sell this.
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Execution difficulty
About this section
- What this shows
- What stands between you and the first sale: who buys, what permission selling needs, what it must plug into, and whether it needs outside money.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It tells you whether a small team can start selling soon, or needs a licence, a certification or funding first.
- How to read the score
- More points mean easier to enter: 3/3 is easy, 0/3 very hard. It is not added to the Opportunity total, and local competition does not count here: that is Market gap.
Hard
Makes it easier
- Towns already buy add-ons to their office software for this work.
- No licence is needed to sell one.
Makes it harder
- The buyers are public bodies with yearly budgets.
- Established suppliers of town-hall software already sell this.
Local competition does not change this level. It is covered under Market gap.
Suggested first moves
- Build a register for a town office that looks after people from several villages: each person's file, money, deadlines and yearly court accounts.
- Call the social departments of towns that already handle minor-offence cases for nearby villages, and ask whether they plan to take on this work too.
- Offer the register to associations of municipalities that already share one trained official, since they already pool this work.
P-0038 · Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.
Suggested first moves
About this section
- What this shows
- A few concrete steps to start with.
- Why it matters to a builder
- They are cheap ways to learn whether buyers will pay, before you build much.
- Build a register for a town office that looks after people from several villages: each person's file, money, deadlines and yearly court accounts. It should keep money on several accounts per person. The bill under Why now would let villages hand this work to a bigger town, so the offices that take it on will look after people from many villages at once. The modules sold today serve one town's own caseload; see Market gap. Keep the money ledger and the yearly accounts in the same file, because the court asks for both.
- Call the social departments of towns that already handle minor-offence cases for nearby villages, and ask whether they plan to take on this work too. They already run this kind of arrangement, as Market gap shows, and the villages around them are the ones asking for it; see The opportunity. Ask how they track each person's money and deadlines today, and what the court asks them for.
- Offer the register to associations of municipalities that already share one trained official, since they already pool this work. The state money follows each person looked after, as Willing to pay shows, so price the register the same way, per person.