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Saaja: Aarushi Tripathi, Maria-Helena Rahumets - MKM
Teema: RE: Request for Interview- Academic Project
Dear Aarushi,
Good morning, and thank you for reaching out. Your research on financing mechanisms for social protection schemes for platform workers sounds highly relevant and valuable.
We are happy to share all relevant materials that we have on this topic, which we hope will be useful for your research (please note that one of them is in Estonian, but could nevertheless prove to be useful). Please find them attached to this e-mail.
In case you require additional details or further clarification, we would recommend reaching out to the Ministry of Social Affairs, as they are responsible for the area of social protection and are thus able to provide deeper insights into the specific mechanisms and policies in place. You can contact them via their general e-mail (
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> ) – it will be directed to the correct department.
Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with. Wishing you success in your research, and we appreciate your interest in Estonia’s model!
Best regards,
Johann Vootele Mäevere
nõunik
Töösuhete ja töökeskkonna osakond
Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium
+372 5378 5158
From: Aarushi Tripathi <
[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 10:30 AM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Request for Interview- Academic Project
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Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga.
Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada.
Good morning
I hope you are doing well.
My name is Aarushi Tripathi, and I am a second-year student in the Master of Public Policy program at Duke University, USA. As part of the course, I am working on a project to understand different types of financing mechanisms to fund social protection schemes for platform or gig workers in Estonia. I am trying to learn more about how these financing mechanisms - identified through the work of the International Labour Organization - have been implemented, what they mean for workers and the challenges and opportunities they present. I am hoping to use these findings to create policy recommendations for other countries with a similar context, with Estonia as one of the models.
Through case studies, I am hoping to obtain deeper insights into how workers with sporadic work can be better included within social protection schemes. Estonia represents a distinct financing mechanism model, that of automated registration. I have also added a short overview of my research objectives with this email.
I wanted to check if a member within the ministry would be available for an interview anytime this month or the next? If so, is there any formal process to request an interview?
Their insights would be invaluable in strengthening my research findings and would contribute significantly to designing more robust funding methods for social protection of platform workers.
Thank you very much for considering my request. I look forward to the possibility of collaborating with you on this important research endeavour. Please let me know if you need any additional information.
Regards
Aarushi
Aarushi Tripathi (she/her)
<https://www.name-coach.com/aarushi-tripathi-f8918f81-fcca-41bd-9ebc-d5983d08dc4c>
Vice President, Duke Graduate and Professional Student Government
Master of Public Policy- MPP '25, Sanford School of Public Policy
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarushitripathi/>
Email:-
[email protected] <mailto:
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