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The seminar will explore whether the experiments around the world have resulted in an improved quality and the effectiveness of lawmaking or merely in a „democracy theatre”. We will discuss the role of technologies to foster collaboration between people and lawmakers. The ability of communities and institutions to work together enables solving problems more effectively and legitimately.

Brexit will cause damage to the financial services of both the United Kingdom and Europe, and the financial centres located outside Europe, like New York and Singapore, may benefit from it, was the main message of the seminar organised by the Foresight Centre, where the impacts of Brexit were discussed.

The studies presented at the Conference have been conducted in three fields of research of the Foresight Centre: productivity, (e-)governance, and labour market. The Conference will offer a first look into the results of the (e-)governance study.

The Foresight Centre conference on changes in the labour market conveyed the message that it is unnecessary to radically reform the labour market but crucial to keep the labour law and social protection updated.

The wider proliferation of telework and platform work along with the new virtual professions increase the work-related costs and risks for the employees, which were traditionally shouldered by the employers.

An increasing number of Estonian employers offer flexitime and telework. However, the study on employee-friendly flexibility commissioned by the Foresight Centre indicates that flexible work options tend to be more accessible in large companies, or for employees with higher education levels or qualifications.

Nearly half of Estonian residents see entrepreneurship as an attractive career choice, says the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor study. There is an important increase in the number of Estonians who think that the conditions in Estonia favour setting up a business, while fear of failure has decreased.

The Foresight Centre is happy to announce the launch of several fascinating studies that provide information for generating scenarios on productivity, labour market and (e-)governance.

The Foresight Centre gave the Economic Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) an overview of its last year’s activities. In the opinion of the Chairman of the Committee Sven Sester, their studies help increase Estonia’s competitiveness.

Before starting to draft scenarios on what the labour market in Estonia until 2035 will be like, it is necessary to understand what kind of changes are to be expected on the basis of existing evidence. Within the framework of the future of work project, we will study both the demographic changes and the changing of the nature of work, and afterwards we will place the scenarios in the context of social system and taxation.