Due to historical reasons, the experiences of the EU's 25 member states in relations with Russia differ according to whether they are or were metropolitan or non-metropolitan, large or small, and old or new.
Siim Kallas | Presentation in the Riigikogu at the 1st Reading of the Draft State Budget Act 2000 |
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Kalle Jürgenson | State Budget 2000, What and Why? |
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Olev Raju | Commentaries on the State Budget 2000 |
Madis Võõras | Estonia on the Way to Full Membership of the European Space Agency |
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Ene Ergma | Estonia Has Become a Space State |
Urve Läänemets | A Good Teacher Should Be Ready to Learn Also from the Pupils |
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Külli Eichenbaum | Using the Local Peculiarities of Old Võromaa |
On Europe and 25 Russias. Knowledge-based Estonia. State audit. Public opinion and the Riigikogu. E-voting. The role of the executive branch in the EU. Estonia´s pension system. Local municipalities and state investments. Politicization of officials. The dream of a European century.
Summaries of articles are in English.
Due to historical reasons, the experiences of the EU's 25 member states in relations with Russia differ according to whether they are or were metropolitan or non-metropolitan, large or small, and old or new.
There is a significant paradigm shift taking place in the global economy. The new socio-economic system is characterized by the terms knowledge-based, innovation-based, networking-based and lifelong-learning-based.
Many writings aspiring to the status of a strategic document have been drafted in Estonia, but unfortunately they do not have internal coherence or the possibility of being implemented.
The essay is a new look at problems described in a previous essay (RiTo 3/2001, 105-109).
Implementing "Sustainable Estonia 21," a strategy for sustainable development commissioned by the Government and formulated as the joint effort of a number of academicians, and business, technology and environmental analysts in 2002-2003, has been delayed by weak political will.
This article introduces ten steps that the Estonian government has planned to raise the competitiveness of the country's economy by furthering research and development activities.
The Auditor General cannot be given compulsory audit duties. In putting together the annual working plan, the Auditor General is guided by its strategy and its constitutional responsibility to submit an overview every year to parliament on how state assets were used and managed the previous year.
The parliament embodies the state's highest authority - the representation of the Estonian people. Thus one of the most important criteria for the Riigikogu's activity is its trustworthiness in the public eye.
As a new member of the EU, it is natural that Estonian civil servants are only still learning to discern the nuances of the European Union's decision-making process and are amassing experience and contacts.
The article is based on the findings of the study on compliance of the Estonian pension system with the 11 common pension objectives of the European Union. The study was commissioned by the Government Office and the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia and carried out by the expert team of the PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies.
The current article examines the attitude of municipalities to the changes made to the state investment program that took place after the "Procedure of Composing the State Investment Program" of 2000 entered into force.
Cybercrime as a subset of crime is frequently tied to other types of crime such as copyright violations, crimes against property (computer swindles), crimes against persons (child pornography) and the like.
The aim of the study is to examine the consequences of the size of a state with regard to the Europeanization of the Estonian public administration.
The politicization of top officials and the lack of clarity in the division of labor between administrative and political - seen as obstacles to the policy formation process - are fairly common topics for discussion.
During the period preceding the EU accession referendum in September 2003, those who opposed Estonia's EU membership referred to themselves as "accession opponents" or "independents" instead of "Eurosceptics".
The primary goal of electronic voting is considered to be raising voting participation. It is still considered questionable in Estonia whether adoption of e-voting will significantly increase voter turnout.
The article analyzes recent developments in regulatory impact analysis (RIA) by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and European Union (EU) and relates them to the discussions on development of RIA in Estonia.
According to the spirit and the letter (Article 4 and 146 provisions) of the constitution, the legislative, executive and judicial activity of the state is organized on the basis of separation of powers and the principle of checks and balances.
Construction is an activity that results in long-term changes to the environment, due to which the Building Act is one of the most important legal acts regulating construction in the community.
This article analyzes pan-European networks between civic associations, which cover the member states of the European Union and the global foreign policy field almost as densely as do government institutions.
Even though Estonia's priority since independence was joining Euro-Atlantic structures, the West was fairly reticent about the idea in the very beginning.
The idea of selecting the year's best political cartoons and assembling a traveling exhibition was born in 1999, when Riigikogu chancellery began planning the setting up of the Journal of Estonian Parliament, Riigikogu Toimetised.