Opportunities for Cooperation between Estonia and ... - Valitsus
Opportunities for Cooperation between Estonia and ... - Valitsus
Opportunities for Cooperation between Estonia and ... - Valitsus
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In<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong> communications technology<br />
• A joint <strong>Estonia</strong>n-Finnish in<strong>for</strong>mation society council <strong>and</strong> a working group<br />
working under its auspices should be established to issue recommendations<br />
to the governments of the two countries on developing in<strong>for</strong>mation society<br />
policies, <strong>and</strong> to harmonize the related regulations both <strong>between</strong> <strong>Estonia</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Finl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> at the European Union level.<br />
• A working group should be established to outline a joint <strong>Estonia</strong>n-Finnish<br />
strategy <strong>for</strong> e-government <strong>and</strong> electronic services that would be applied<br />
by the central government authorities <strong>and</strong> the capitals.<br />
• The potential <strong>for</strong> establishing a joint in<strong>for</strong>mation technology <strong>and</strong><br />
communications polytechnic by the Baltic <strong>and</strong> Nordic countries should be<br />
explored <strong>and</strong> its feasibility evaluated.<br />
• The potential <strong>for</strong> creating a joint <strong>Estonia</strong>n-Finnish language technology<br />
programme should be considered.<br />
Labour<br />
• An <strong>Estonia</strong>n-Finnish working group should be established to prepare a<br />
joint strategy <strong>for</strong> solving labour problems <strong>and</strong> issues related to the ageing<br />
of the population. Both governments <strong>and</strong> the labour market organizations<br />
should be represented in the working group.<br />
• An <strong>Estonia</strong>n-Finnish labour market survey should be carried out to<br />
determine the need <strong>for</strong> additional labour <strong>and</strong> evaluate the potential <strong>for</strong><br />
importing qualified labour from third countries.<br />
Social welfare <strong>and</strong> health care<br />
• <strong>Cooperation</strong> in medical research, the education of health care professionals<br />
<strong>and</strong> specialization should be supported.<br />
• An inter-country panel of experts should be appointed to look into the<br />
needs <strong>and</strong> possibilities <strong>for</strong> combining <strong>Estonia</strong>n <strong>and</strong> Finnish social welfare<br />
<strong>and</strong> health care services including the use of technical facilities.<br />
• An expert in social <strong>and</strong> health care issues should be appointed to the<br />
<strong>Estonia</strong>n Embassy in Helsinki <strong>and</strong> the Finnish Embassy in Tallinn.<br />
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