1. ENFORCING SOCIAL COHERENCY
IN ESTONIA
Maia-Triin Melsas
Kristel Jakobson

2. SOCIAL SECURITY
Quality of life
Financial
stability
Confidence
Human
Development
Index (HDI)

3. WELFARE STATE
1) Providing free education to everyone
2) Fighting poverty, active civil society
3) Protecting human rights
4) Supporting cooperation between people for a
good and dignified life
5) Helping those in need

4. Law of social welfare
• Abiding human rights
• Duty to help others
Social assistance
• Essential measures
Inevitalbe social assistance
• Socially helpless situation
• Provided by local authorities

5. Social insurance
- STATE ISSUED PAYMENTS THAT DEPEND ON
THE SIZE OF DEPOSITS
A three pillar pension system:
1) State pension
2) Mandatory funded pension (2% of wage)
3) Voluntary funded pension
Average = 369,27€

6. FAILED OBJECTIVES
• Program to lessen waiting lines to receive
medical care
• Efectivity of employment services
• Redusing the pay gap
• Fighting gender inequality

7. Coparisons to Europe
• More elders work in Estonia than in other EU
countries
• Estonia has the largest gender pay gap
• Estonia has one of the most unequal labor
markets in the EU
• Estonia is the 24th most populous country out
of 27 in the EU

8. Development Plan
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Making people finacially independent
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Equal opportunities
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Promote gender equality
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Help to guarantee dignity

9. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1)Social security schemes: activating, sustainable, up-
to-date, prevent poverty
2)Social assistance and services form a system
3)Sustainable welfare system
4)Women are presented with equal opportunities,
responsibilities, rights and duties in all areas
5)The society is tolerant and appreciates equality

10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!