Consulting & Vocational Training Company *PiiriTii Ltd*



Aare Kasemets

The *Piiritii Ltd* is establised by Estonian sociologist Aare Kasemets (see BIO) in 2014. Piiri is an old  homestead with a log barn / farmhouse [1889], smoke sauna, pond and other wildlife between the forest and cornfields (see Gallery after BIO), 25 km from Estonian university town Tartu and 210 km from capital city Tallinn. Good place for creative thinking. The PiiriTii means in South-Estonian 'grandmother' language the BorderWay or the Way Between .... In global risk society context the [research] problems and solutions are usually between disciplinary and organisational 'boxes':)

 

A. The main competence / study / lecture areas:

1) The implementation of regulatory impact assessment and civic engagement methods in policy/service design and legislation. 12 preconditions for knowledge-based policy: OECD, EU and the case of Estonia 1998+ (see B)

2) The gap between norms and facts in draft legislation as a problem of internal security - bridging theories and practices (see B)

3) The building of parliamentary and governmental research services in the context of limited human and financial resources 1992+ (see B)

4) Controlling corruption' measures and interactions in transition countries: the case of Estonia in comparision 1988+ (see B)

5) Rural society and rural sociology in transition: cultural, social, environmental and economic changes and the role of glocal villages movement, eco-communities, etc.

6) Cultural and natural heritage of holy natural places: preconditions for co-sustainability (see B).
Email: aarekasemets@gmail.com * Skype: aare1skype
 

 

B. Some publications and study reports 

 

Kasemets, Aare; Talmar-Pere, Annika (2014). Implementation of Better Regulation Measures in the Internal Security Draft Legislation: the case of Estonia. European Journal of Law Reform, Vol 16, Issue 1, pp 80 - 103. 

 

Kasemets, A. (2013). Top of the Class: the case of Estonia. - in Mungiu-Pippidi, A. (ed.) "Controlling Corruption in Europe. The Anticorruption Report 1" (68 - 73). Opladen * Berlin * Toronto : Barbara Budrich Publishers  

 

Kasemets, A. (2012). The Long Transition to Good Governance: The Case of Estonia. XXII World Congress of the International Political Science Association "Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries." Panel 'Corruption and Democratic Governance: New Approaches & Evidence'. Madrid: July 2012. ERCAS Research Paper No 32: http://www.againstcorruption.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/WP-32-Long-Transition-Estonia1.pdf   (+ ca 75 slides)

Kasemets, A. (2011, ed.) ‘Better regulation and impact assessment methods’ 1^ste-Learning tool for Estonian civil servants, Tallinn, Public Service web (in EE):  http://www.avalikteenistus.ee/projekt/kursus1/index.html 
 

Kasemets, A. (2010). The opportunities for knowledge-based higher education policy in Estonia (Archimedes Foundation, PRIMUS project report, summary in EN).

 

Michael, B.; Kasemets, A. (2007). The Role of Incentive Design in Parliamentarian Anti-Corruption Programmes. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 13(2), 280 - 300.

 

Kasemets, A. (2007). Cultural and natural heritage of holy natural places: preconditions for co-sustainability (summary). Valk, H. (ed.). Natural Holy Places. Values and Protection (77 - 131). Tartu: Educated Estonian Society, summary in EN: http://hiis.ee/sacred-sites/sns2007/aare-kasemets

 

Kasemets, A. (2007). Administrative Measures for the Implementation of Green Public Procurement: Advisory Bodies, Coordination Between Ministries and Environmental Management (a pilot study of 9 EU Member States)

 

Staroňová, K.; Kovacsy, Z.; Kasemets, A. (2006). Comparing Experience of Introducing Impact Assessment Requirement to Draft Legislation in CEE: The Case of Slovakia, Hungary and Estonia. Staroňová, K.; Dunn, B.; Pushkarev, S. (eds.). Implementation - the Missing Link in Public Administration Reform in Central and Eastern Europe (165 - 197). Bratislava: NISPAcee

 

Kasemets, A.; Liiv, M.-L. (2005). The Use of Socio-legal Information in the Explanatory Memoranda of Draft Acts: a Precondition for Good Governance . Janey, G.; Barabashev, A.; Van Den Berg, F. (eds.). Institutional Requirements and Problem Solving in the Public Administrations of the Enlarged European Union and Its Neighbours (142 - 165). Bratislava: NISPAcee

 

Kasemets, A. (2005). The quality of legislation and the role of impact assessment. The Quality of Legislation: Estonian Perspectives - organised by European Commission Legal Drafters; Brussels: 11.10.2005.

 

Lepa, R.; Illing, E.; Kasemets, A.; Lepp, Ü.; Kallaste, E. (2004). Civic engagement in decision-making processes. Tallinn: PRAXIS

 

Kasemets, A.; Hallemaa, H. (2004). Implementation of EKAK on state, regional and local level: need for monitorings. In: "Challenges for Baltic Sea civil society in a changing Europe" - IV Baltic Sea NGO Forum:, 2004, 60 - 63.

 

Kasemets, A. (2003). Sociological and Public Opinion Research as Reflection for the Parliament and Civil Society. In: Abstracts. Ageing Societies, New Sociology: The 6th Conference of The European Sociological Association. Stream 9: Political Sociology; 23-26 Sept, 2003. Murcia: ESA Publications Division, p 536.

 

Kasemets, A. (2002). Communication planning between parliament, government, local authorities and different social groups: problems and solutions. Conference ‘Governance for Russia’s Northwest: Western Experience and Russian Trends’; St Petersburg; 5.-6.02.2002. University of St Petersburg, 2002, 14 p.

 

Kasemets, A. (2001). Impact Assessment of Legislation for Parliament and Civil Society: a Comparative Study (22 countries). Kasemets, A. (ed). Legal and Regulatory Impact Assessment of Legislation. Proceedings of ECPRD seminar (47 - 104). Tallinn: Riigikogu Chancellery: http://www.riigikogu.ee/rva/ecprd/ 

 

Kasemets, A. (2001). Public Opinion Polls as Reflection for Policy-makers and the public: the case of Estonia. Central-East European WAPOR Conference “Public Opinion Research in a Period of Democracy Building”; Warsaw, 8-10 Nov 2001.

 

Kasemets, A. (2000). Formal and informal basis of parliamentary research services – the case of Estonia. In: Proceedings of ECPRD seminar: Independence of Parliamentary Research; 25-26 May, 2000. Afonin, E. (ed). Kiev: European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation and Verhovni Rada of Ukraine, 41 - 55.

 

Kasemets, A. (2000). Implications of new public management theory in parliamentary research services. In: IFLA Conference Proceedings: Section of Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services; Jerusalem, Israel; August 14-18, 2000. Jerusalem: IFLA, 2000, (No 073-98(WS)-E).

 

Kasemets, A. (1999). The Role of Small Parliamentary Information & Research Services in the Political and Social Interaction. Kasemets, A.; Hammer, K. et al  (eds). Society, Parliament & Legislation. The Role of Socio-Economic Studies and Parliamentary Information and Research Services in Legislation (91 - 125). Tallinn: Riigikogu Chancellery

 

Kasemets, A. (1998). Advantages and Disadvantages of Small Parliamentary Information and Research Services: The Estonian Experience. In: IFLA: Recent Publications on Parliamentary Librarianship: Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments. 64th IFLA General Conference; Amsterdam; 16-22 August. Hague

 

Ginter, J.; Kenkmann, P.; Kasemets, A. (1998). "Use of Social Information in the Law-making Process of Parliaments: a Comparative Study" (17 countries). Tallinn: Riigikogu Chancellery