Reports

Mobility and the options for mobility are tightly linked with how we live our lives. We move to go to work, to study or to make use of our leisure time. The future of mobility can be seen in the broadest sense of how and where people live their lives, or more narrowly as the day-to-day mobility choices made within the existing system. 

Foresight Centre developed four scenarios about the global balance of power shifts until 2035 and outlined the implications for Estonia.

People in Estonia are living longer than ever but they are living with health problems, and while the life expectancy of Estonians has risen the most in Europe, the same cannot be said of the number of healthy life years.

Foresight Centre developed three scenarios about the impact of the virus crises on the Estonian economy untill 2030.

A raport commissioned by the Foresight Center four scenarios concerning the future of Estonian maritime trade in 2040 were completed.

One new ship coming under the Estonian flag could generate 45,000–240,000 euros in tax revenue from the on-shore sector. The exact amount would depend on how interested shipping companies are in the products and services offered by our on-shore sector.

This report analyses the values of Estonian society. Values are viewed here as the desirable goals which people strive to attain. Values guide the selection or evaluation of actions, policies, people, and events. We see them as a component of human capital – the characteristics of people that make a contribution to the development of a country, national economy and life satisfaction. The report provides an outline of the current state and recent changes of major Estonian values, in comparison to other European countries. Predictions about future value trends are also included.

Estonian regional policy has set out to implement the potential based on regional identity. So far, however, this has not been able to reverse the increasing concentration of economic activities into metropolitan regions.

This report is a bird’s-eye view of the main challenges and development perspectives of the Estonian labour market in the context of major and emerging global trends.

Productivity scenarios describe the potential changes in global value chains and what these entail for Estonian companies, the development of their business models, strategic decisions, and cooperation. These also give an indication of the risks and opportunities inherent in each development avenue. The scenarios can be useful when designing policies that support business and productivity growth, mitigate possible risks and address the challenges that could arise in different scenarios.