Roundtable Three: Next Steps to Increase the Transparency of Policymaking in Estonia on May 11

04.05.2022

The roundtables will convene Members of the Riigikogu, civil society, and international experts to raise awareness about and better understand policies and practices in the areas of lobbying and preventing conflicts of interest in legislative activities, with an aim to develop concrete recommendations as a logical follow-up to the guidelines adopted by the executive sector. 

Roundtables are co-organized by Transparency International Estonia (TI Estonia), the Anti-Corruption Select Committee of the Parliament of Estonia, and the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn.

Watch online on TI Estonia's Facebook page.

Roundtable Three. Next Steps to Increase the Transparency of Policymaking in Estonia

Time: May 11 at 9.30-11:40 am

The principal aim of this roundtable is to map out how Estonia can achieve further progress on lobbying and conflicts-of-interest reforms, be they legislative or policy changes. Concrete recommendations will be developed from this roundtable.

Agenda

9:30-9:40 Welcoming words & Summary of Roundtable Two

Riina Sikkut, Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee

9:40-10:00 Gaining Trust through Transparency: Overview of Policies that Enhance Integrity and Transparency

Donald Sherman, Vice President and Chief Counsel, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

10.00-10:20 Building Coalitions and Harvesting Political Will

Inese Voika, Saeima and Līga Stafecka, Senior Policy Analyst, Providus – Centre for Public Policy

10:20-11:20 Quo Vadis? Way Forward

Moderated Discussion with MPs and interest groups

11:20-11:40 Conclusion of the Roundtables & Ways Forward

Riina Sikkut, Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee
Steven-Hristo Evestus, Chairman of the Board of TI Estonia
Brian Roraff, Chargé d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Tallinn

The recordings of the previous roundtables can be found HERE.