Reviewing Estonia’s county-level planning practices through municipalities’ implementation experiences

Project aims

• Collect qualitative data on the experiences of local government specialists and decision-makers in using county plans.
• Analyse the practices, challenges, and impact of using spatial plans.
• Develop recommendations to modernize the planning system and support a new national planning practice.
• Identify future needs for strategic planning.

SEI Tallinn in the project

• Project management and methodology development
• Designing and conducting interviews and focus groups
• Document analysis and evaluation of monitoring mechanisms
• Thematic analysis and validation of results
• Preparing the final report and presenting it to the client.

The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia.