Governing the welfare state and beyondSolutions for a complex world and uncertain futureEeva Hellström & Mikko KosonenThe Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

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Reactiveapproach

Proactiveapproach

How should the new unemployment

scheme be financed ? Do we need a new

division of responsibilities in the

pension system?

What structural reforms are needed in

public health policy? How can we involve and utilise the potentials of

different societal actors?

How can we better address complex

problems cross-cutting the society?

How can we be more resilient and respond to

emerging needs?

Govern the EU towards a legitimate social

agenda

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Develop capacities for strategic and agile governance

Develop phenomena-based governance and ensure customer satisfaction

Strengthen the democratic base of the welfare state

Renew the role of the state in welfare provision

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Major systemic changes in the ways that our welfare states operate as a whole are needed.

Governance reform must be understood as a first-priority reform need – as an enabler of socio-economic policy reform !