How can we make the data collected by the public sector more useful for both the Estonian society and every individual is the question asked at the Foresight Centre data conference “How could data serve us better?”.
What will the electricity consumption of households be like in the future and how to make it more sustainable and manageable? These were the questions asked at the Foresight Centre online seminar “How will expectations of future home life change the energy demand: implications for demand management”, held on 20 October.
Technical access restrictions, such as CAPCHAs and multiple download restrictions, are hindering the availability and refining of public information, shows the study “Trends in Access to Public Sector Information” that will be published by the Foresight Centre on Tuesday, 18 October.
According to the study “Trends in access to public sector information”, published by the Foresight Centre, the balance between the data protection requirements and the right to obtain public information is askew in Estonia. The implementation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has reduced the availability of data even further.
According to the Foresight Centre report “Long-term Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on Estonia. Population, Integration, Foreign Trade”, which was published today, Estonia must take into account that many war refugees will remain in Estonia for an indefinite time. The Centre drew up scenarios about 10,000, 30,000 and 60,000 war refugees remaining in Estonia.
The sustainability of Estonia’s transport system mostly depends on Tallinn and Harju County, which contribute nearly 50% of the total mileage of all the vehicles in Estonia, says the report of the Foresight Centre “The Future of Mobility. Development trends up to 2035“, which is now published in English.
Encouraging the people working through digital platforms to use business account could annually bring up to 68 million euros in tax revenues into the state budget, shows the Foresight Centre study “Platform Work in Estonia in 2021”, which was published on 2 June.
The incomes of the people who work through digital platforms are lower than the Estonian average, shows the Foresight Centre study “Platform Work in Estonia in 2021”, which was published on Wednesday, 2 June.
Nearly 56,000 people work through digital platforms every week in Estonia, shows the Foresight Centre study “Platform Work in Estonia in 2021”, which was published on Wednesday, 2 June. During the last year, more than 160,000 people have done platform work at least once.
Tomorrow, 25 May, the Foresight Centre is publishing its report “Future of Mobility. Development Trends up to 2035”, which explores the mobility of the Estonian population, and the consequent challenges on the transport system.
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Johanna Vallistu
Former Expert of Foresight Centre