Czech law by the Act on measures to reduce the costs for deploying high-speed electronic communications networks. The barriers in some regions include insufficient development of backhaul networks, which do not meet the conditions to form a base for the construction of local NGAs. Without sufficient-capacity backhaul networks connecting local access electronic communications networks with backbone connections, achieving the objective of the full coverage of 100% of households with access to high-speed Internet in the areas concerned will not be possible. Backhaul networks were therefore placed into this programme to promote the construction (modernisation) of NGAs in the Czech Republic as part of the NGAs. With regard to the fact that the development of NGNs is not possible without substantial private investment, it is necessary in the interest of their construction to support the profitability of such investments. We currently see the low stimulation of demand for services using high-speed Internet access as a systemic deficiency in this regard. Yet the interest of end users in the mentioned services could be ignited by the thorough computerisation of contact between private entities and public administration, and support for the use of electronic communications services also in other branches (health, education, etc.). These barriers are addressed by the Government’s Action Plan for the Development of the Digital Market, and hence this document does not contain a proposal for a solution to this issue. A number of barriers to the development of NGAs fall within the area of communication and education. The construction of electronic communications networks is complicated by the lack of a communication platform including representatives of local government, public administration and network operators focusing on issues related to the development of electronic communications networks, and insufficient sharing of experience, which leads to a fragmentation of approaches to the construction of these networks and the slow introduction of new approaches by local government. In relation to municipalities and regions, there is also a lack of wider promotion of support for the construction of electronic communications networks by the central government. Properly targeted promotion would increase the awareness of the benefits of the availability of high-speed Internet access from the perspective of the economy and the quality of life of citizens, and of measures and procedures to promote the construction of electronic communications networks. It is also important to mention the fact that dialogue between the central government, local government and representatives of enterprises in the area of electronic communications and the ICT industry has in the past come up against various barriers. The complexity of the issue of the development of NGNs requires a permanent constructive dialogue and strengthening of cooperation between these entities. In connection with the barriers mentioned above, there are a number of specific barriers, in particular of a legislative and regulatory nature, which can be thematically divided into the following two areas, while the order of the individual items does not correspond to the severity of the identified deficiencies. A proposal of measures is provided in chapter 6.2 of this document. An overview of the barriers follows: 4.3.1 Barriers to the planning and construction of networks a) The impossibility of concluding other types of contract (except easement contracts) in particular on land with a higher number of co-owners, resulting in the impossibility of constructing electronic communications networks. 27