Liis Kasemets

Head, Zero-bureaucracy Task Force, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Liis Kasemets

Head, Zero-bureaucracy Task Force, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
Liis Kasemets is head of the Zero-bureaucracy Task Force, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. Prior to this, she was the senior advisor on governance at the Government Office of Estonia, developing and coordinating the system and principles of good governance in the government decision-making process, fostering the quality and openness of policy-making, and promoting civic engagement and regulatory impact assessment. She also manages the process of Open Government Partnership in Estonia and coordinates the work of the multi-stakeholder forum engaging members from the government, the parliament, the local municipalities, the social partners and the civil society organizations, and participates in cross-border cooperation network amongst the Nordics. In 2014 Ms. Kasemets served as an expert to "The OECD Governance Reviews: Estonia and Finland. Fostering Strategic Capacity across Governments and Digital Services across Borders." This was the first OECD report to evaluate in parallel the reforms undertaken in two countries to foster the states' strategic agility, analyzing the strategic goal-setting coordination mechanisms to deliver on government agenda, the flexibility of resource assigning, and the openness of policy-making, as well as the possibilities for cross-border cooperation in service delivery. For ten years she was the head of research at the research center MindPark conducting in-depth policy analyses and advising governance reforms. Ms. Kasemets holds a B.A. in political science and public management and an M.A. in political science from the University of Tartu.
Last updated: Sep 29, 2025

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