PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN ESTONIA

Business traditions in Estonia were broken in connection with the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union and the accompanying implementation of the socialist economic model. In 1991, after Estonia regained independence, private entrepreneurship started to grow fast. Twenty-four years later entrepreneurship has a substantial role in the Estonian economy. This article focuses on Estonian public and private sector cooperation since the accession of Estonia to the EU (since 2004). This article aims to identify public-private sector partnerships, measures taken by the public sector to reduce the administrative burden of the private sector, business activity and the receipt of tax income in the Estonian State budget. The performance of the aim showed that the public sector has active cooperation with the private sector, thus ensuring the growth of business activity, and the receipt of tax revenues to the state budget. The Estonian government has introduced several measures to reduce the administrative burden on the private sector, which has guaranteed to the maximum extent the options of the private sector and transparency of the information displayed to the public.