CIVIL SOCIETY – WHAT, CIVIL SOCIETY – WHAT, WHY AND HOW?WHY AND HOW?

Olav Aarna

Riigikogu

Committee for Cultural Affairs

CIVIL SOCITY – WHAT?CIVIL SOCITY – WHAT?

ReasonablePublicsector

Active nonprofit

sector

Strong privatesector

ESTESTONIANONIAN EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SSCCENARIENARIOS 2015OS 2015

Low cohesion High cohesion

Highinnovationcapacity

Lowinnovationcapacity

ESTONIA OF ESTONIA OF MARKETMARKET

EDUCATION ANDEDUCATION ANDELITEELITE SCHOOLS SCHOOLS

LEARNING LEARNING ESTESTONIAONIA

ESTONIA OF ESTONIA OF CONSTANTLY CONSTANTLY

STARTINGSTARTINGEDUCATIONALEDUCATIONAL

REFORMS REFORMS

ESTONIA OF ESTONIA OF NATIONAL NATIONAL SCHOOLSSCHOOLS

CIVIL SOCIETY – WHY?CIVIL SOCIETY – WHY?

• Sustainable development

• Towards knowledge and innovation based economy and society

• Social cohesion

• Innovation capacity

• Crises of welfare state

• ...

EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE&ORGANI-INTELLIGENCE&ORGANI-

ZATIONAL CULTUREZATIONAL CULTURE• Success 80 (90)% depends on emotional

intelligence (EQ) and only 20(10%) on rational intelligence (IQ) (D.Goleman)

• Most reforms concentrate on organizational, administrative and financial matters

• Promotion of organizational culture and learning organizations

• Don’t underestimate “soft side”!

EKAK – EVENT vs PROCESSEKAK – EVENT vs PROCESS

• EKAK – internationally recognized acronyme• Permanent involvement of parliament

(“champions” among politicians)• Institutionalized support structure• EKAK support group & monitoring committee• EKAK public hearing (event vs process)• Learning by doing!