4. Vision of the future from the past.

 Competent government always trying to not only influence the present, but also predict the future. This was done by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in 2013, when the forecast of "tech society in 2020" was made. Due to their nature, forecasts may be inaccurate, because of this reason I want to highlight the most accurate prediction, and prediction that did not happen.

This topic "inimeste parem elu" was the most accurate, because any Estonian citizen have freedom of speech on the Internet, and the Internet is not limited in any legal terms. Every Estonian citizen have guaranteed the privacy of their personal data.  Also, people have become "smart consumers", furthermore, Estonia have the highest increase of online shopping for the last 10 years among European countries. You can even make an appointment with a doctor or book a time to apply for a passport using the internet ! We also have a great example of an Estonian application directly responsible for out health - HOIA.

I am not an expert, but I think that one of the imprecise statements was about education. A lot of  older generation people are not only not familiar with the world of ICT, but also do not know how to use computers at a basic level. This issue is slowly being resolved by introduction of technology training in retraining courses, but this methodology is still underdeveloped. Also low level of flexibility was shown during the start of the pandemic by the institutions of primary and higher education. The first month the education system was paralyzed, and only after a long period of time it was able to return to an acceptable pace of teaching. o be done in this industry, although the first steps were made. Also, due to these reasons, high school exams were not obligatory, and the English exam was canceled. Considering all of the above facts, the forecast was not entirely successful, and there is still a lot of work to do.