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.