Our working groups

The Confederation of Estonian Employers has six sectoral working groups, chaired by chairpersons elected from among its members:

Innovation Start-up, Ivo Suursoo (OIXIO Group OÜ)
Economic Environment and Taxes, Ain Hanschmidt (AS Infortar)
Health, Marja-Liisa Alop (Meliva AS)
Labour Market, Ain Käpp (Estonian Hotels and Restaurants Association)
Education, Veljo Konnimois (Estonian Engineering Federation)
Environment and Responsible Business, Kai Realo (Ragn-Sells AS)

All members can take part in the working groups if they designate a representative. Contact details of the working group coordinators can be found under each working group.

Want to actively contribute to Estonia’s competitiveness? You are welcome to join the sectoral working groups of the Estonian Employers’ Confederation:

Economic environment and taxes

The mission of employers is to contribute to Estonia’s economic growth and to raise people’s living standards. Therefore, we believe it is right that the most important criterion for assessing all policy decisions affecting the economy is the growth of Estonia’s competitiveness. The focus of the Working Group on the Economy and Taxes is on economic development, the business environment and taxes. We have set up separate working groups for the major thematic areas relevant for economic development, such as labour, education, innovation and climate.

Innovation Kick-start Centre (KICC)

Productivity growth in Estonian companies has been significantly slower than wage and other input price growth in recent years. Structural change in the economy and society as a whole is needed to maintain or increase competitiveness.

Labour market

Every member of society who is willing and able to contribute to the labour market must be able to do so. We are in favour of opening up the labour market to professionals from third countries. We promote flexible forms and forms of employment. We stand for a fair minimum wage for both workers and employers.

Environment and responsible business

All assets should be put to use as economically as possible within Estonia in the interests of national development, rather than sold cheaply abroad as raw materials.

Education

We are working to alleviate the shortage of highly skilled professionals. We attach importance to attracting the talent of the future to Estonia, improving the quality of vocational education and training and increasing the teaching of technical subjects in higher education. Lifelong learning must become a way of life.

Health

People need to be healthy to perform better at work, be less sick and stay longer at work. Every day of sickness is lost by the worker, the employer and the state in terms of added value, lost tax revenue and lost income.