Eesti metsa- ja puidutööstuse sektoruuringu eesmärk on viia läbi Eesti puidusektori konkurentsivõime analüüs ja selgitada välja edutegurid, et luua alused riiklikul tasandil sektori kitsaskohtade leevendamiseks ja tugevuste võimendamiseks ning pakkuda kvaliteetset infot otsuste tegemiseks ettevõtete tasandil. Metsa- ja puidusektori konk...

Uuringu on eesmärgiks uurida Eesti e- teenuste kasutamise tulemuslikkust ja mõju, sealhulgas: pakkuda välja mõõdetavad e-teenuse kasutamise tulemusindikaatorid; kirjeldada metoodikat, kuidas väljapakutud indikaatoritega e-teenuse kasutamise tulemusi mõõdetakse ja kuidas tulemusi tõlgendatakse, rõhutades seejuures just kasutamises to...

Evaluation of the EUs structural funds on the fields of innovation, higher education, research and development is being conducted by Praxis in cooperation with Institute of Baltic Studies and Technopolis Group Belgium. Evaluation is ordered by the Ministry of Education and Research. The aim of the evaluation is to measure the effectiveness and comp...

As part of the project „Estonian ICT Cluster" it was necessary to conduct research on the use of ICT solutions. Research was conducted using case studies, and its objectives were to map the experiences of those solutions by the clients and the positive effects generated by these solutions. Research revealed that clients don´t usually evaluate ...

"Central Baltic Job Ferry" project for facilitating labour market mobility in the Central Baltic region Central Baltic Job Ferry project will improve the mobility of labour in cross-border regions of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden which are hindered by several obstacles. These obstacles include limited access or lack of information on job op...

Aims of project To promote new innovative high growth firms e.g. “gazelles” by encouraging entrepreneurial creativity, providing needed support and evaluating needs for early stage risk finance. Project aims to solve identified common for partner regions (Kurzeme, Riga and South Estonia) market failure to release innovative spinouts from regi...

On 11 January 2010 Enterprise Estonia, acting as host organisation of the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Estonia – Latvia Programme 2007-­‐2013, invited interested parties to participate in a tender of the Contractor “Evaluation of the Estonia – Latvia Programme” and submit their offers. The evaluation of the Programme is to be carri...

IBS analüütikud Merit Tatar ning Kadri Uus viivad koostöös Poliitikauuringute Keskusega Praxis 2010. aastal ellu projekti „Valitsusasutuste kaasamispraktikate analüüs“, mille raames analüüsitakse põhjalikult ministeeriumide kaasamispraktikaid aastatel 2007-2010, töötatakse välja sobiv metoodika sarnaste hindamiste jätkamiseks tulev...

Project EGOPRISE ("E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR") aims to turn public administrations in rural BSR areas to more business oriented service suppliers, to relieve SMEs from administrative burdens, improve their access to informat...

Projekti eesmärgiks on anda hinnang, kas Struktuurifondide meetmete tingimustes määratletud kriteeriumid võimaldavad valida projekte, mis panustavad rakenduskavades sätestatud eesmärkide saavutamisse parimal moel, ning kas need kriteeriumid võimaldavad liikuda eesmärkide saavutamise suunas võimalikult kiiresti ja tähtsustavad projektide j...

The aim of the project is to analyse and evaluate intensively participation practices in nine Estonian ministries during 2007-2009, prepare methodology and framework for similar evaluations in the future and propose suitable policy recommendations for improving the participative culture in public sector in forming publically important legal acts an...

Due to changes in the economical situation it is necessary to re-evaluate the strategies set in 2006-2007 for the use of EUs Structural Funds. Therefore the Estonian Ministry of Finance ordered an evaluation based on the EC regulation 1083/2006 article 48, which states that the evaluation should always precede the amendments of the Operational Prog...

The Impact of the European Union Regional Policy on Sub-National Mobilisation in a Unitary State: The Case of Estonia Understanding and Shaping Regions: Spatial, Social and Economic Futures (RSA Annual Conference) Merit Tatar, konverentsiettekanne (2009) Vaata  

Struktuurivahendite rakenduskava hindamine Uuringuaruanne, juuli 2009 Download   LÜHIKOKKUVÕTE Käesolev aruanne võtab kokku aprillist kuni juulini 2009. aastal läbi viidud struktuurivahendite rakenduskavade hindamise, mille eesmärgiks oli välja selgitada, kuivõrd hästi on rakenduskavades  kavandatud struktuurivahend...

Globalization leads to greater challenges for Research and Technology Development (RTD) policies and for the competitiveness of technology oriented SMEs. However, regional innovation policy-making is in need of innovation itself: It has to be more dynamic and adaptive. This can be reached by integrating RTD issues more coherently into str...

  Technology-Intensive FDI and Economic Development in A Small Country – The Case of Estonia Marek Tiits (2007) Download   Abstract. This article reviews the role of foreign direct investment in industrialisation of various catching-up economies and draws based on this lessons for policy-making in small countries. The author states th...

The Nation of Merchants Marek Tiits (editor) This book is currently available only in Estonian.  English version is forthcoming in 2008. Estonian version: Kaupmeeste riik Introduction Favourable geographic location in the neighbourhood of Nordic countries, radical reforms of the early 1990s, relatively low produc...

This project was approved in the FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2 call for proposals of the 6th Framework Programme. The specific programme covered was "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area" and the activity areas included were "Coherent development of research and innovation policies". The project will perform the comparative analysis ...

The promotion of regional and social cohesion as well as of environmental protection and sustainability are among the most important Community objectives. Project REGIONET will contribute knowledge that helps to better integrate environmental issues in regional development plans and management (also now needed for Structural Fund...