By Plenary Sessions: Kadri Tali

The economic outlook strongly emphasizes growth, innovation, and the involvement of private capital in the culture and sports sectors, with the goal of bringing these fields to the arena as fully realized economic industries. The speaker opposes state-led re-taxation and redistribution, arguing that such measures do not create the necessary conditions for growth. They advocate for a financial mechanism that would motivate entrepreneurs to contribute.

The economic perspective supports tying national resources to external defense, proposing a specific expenditure commitment (0.25% of GDP) for aiding Ukraine.

Economic perspectives address the efficiency of higher education funding, emphasizing the use of performance-based funding to incentivize universities to achieve desired outcomes. Specifically, the discussion focused on removing the indicator measuring the proportion of foreign students from the funding components while retaining the short-term international mobility indicator within the performance funding framework.